This Monday is Veterans Day here in the US and Armistice Day in Canada and the UK. We’re paying homage with a look back the First World War. You paid attention in History class, right?
7 replies on “Dorky Geeky Nerdy #41 | World War One”
Score: 9
The Wonder Woman movie helped me less than my high school history class. I still remember him doing his Winston Churchill impression when we got to WWII.
You can’t have a Red Baron question without a reference the The Royal Guardsmen song:
That was awesome. I’d never heard that song before.
Great quiz. Score: 21
Just two things:
-Canadians tend to call November 11 “Remembrance Day.”
-Brian’s never heard “Snoopy vs the Red Baron” until now???
(There’s also an inferior Christmas follow-up).
Score: 9
The Wonder Woman movie helped me less than my high school history class. I still remember him doing his Winston Churchill impression when we got to WWII.
You can’t have a Red Baron question without a reference the The Royal Guardsmen song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtJ1Gnh9wPU
That was awesome. I’d never heard that song before.
Great quiz. Score: 21
Just two things:
-Canadians tend to call November 11 “Remembrance Day.”
-Brian’s never heard “Snoopy vs the Red Baron” until now???
(There’s also an inferior Christmas follow-up).
There’s also a third part because The Royal Guardsman knew they only had one income source at that point:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rage_CNYHz4
And a fourth…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HQNLOp7X5k
We wandered far, far afield didn’t we? ;)
Well, if someone had heard of “Snoopy vs the Red Baron,” none of this would have happened!
Uh… Here’s a video about colorizing Great War footage: