Some rather ironic history quiz...
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Some rather ironic history quiz...
Two photos.
Who can guess the participants straightaway?
EDIT: If you can't, use your google-fu, because it seems to be a bit hard for the folks
Who can guess the participants straightaway?
EDIT: If you can't, use your google-fu, because it seems to be a bit hard for the folks
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DOnald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney, at a stab.
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Heh. Not all right, but you identified Rummy at least What about the guy on the other side in either photo?
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Bill O'Reilly. Where's that picture from?
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Good try!! It would be REALLY hilarious if it was him, you know that's a hint. Another hint - both photos are highly ironic and both are about US FP. No additional clues, I've said too much already. And yes, sir, you can google. It's too hard for a straightaway guess. One should be into the history of US politics to get itBill O'Reilly.
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Reagan perhaps? i have no idea how he looked before his presidency though..King Kong wrote:In the second photo, the person on the right is Fidel Castro (I think).
I don't know who the other person is. Hmmmm, ironic. . . Ollie North? I don't recognize him.
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Neither do I, though I think he had much darker hair, so I don't think it's him.Zac Naloen wrote:Reagan perhaps? i have no idea how he looked before his presidency though..
Maybe it isn't Fidel, but bin Laden. That would provide more chances for an ironic photograph, since we assisted the mujahedeen when they were fighting the Soviets.
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Okay, we have winners for three out of four...
Right side, first picture - Saddam, guessed by MariusRoi.
Left side, first picture - Rumsfeld, guessed by thejester.
Right side, second picture - Bin Laden, guessed by King Kong.
Left side, second picture - ... waits your supreme guess. Let me give you a hint - this person violently defended the US bedsleeping with Osama's jihadists by saying that it's justified in a war against Communist Russia as late as 1998 He's "famous" for saying that the goals of U.S. foreign policy is to make sure no one in Eurasia ever challenges US domination
Right side, first picture - Saddam, guessed by MariusRoi.
Left side, first picture - Rumsfeld, guessed by thejester.
Right side, second picture - Bin Laden, guessed by King Kong.
Left side, second picture - ... waits your supreme guess. Let me give you a hint - this person violently defended the US bedsleeping with Osama's jihadists by saying that it's justified in a war against Communist Russia as late as 1998 He's "famous" for saying that the goals of U.S. foreign policy is to make sure no one in Eurasia ever challenges US domination
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Incorrect. The second image shows up in a Wikipedia article about Zbigniew Brzezinski who was the National Security Advisor under Jimmy Carter. As the copyright statement for the image points out, the other man is wearing a Pakistani uniform and is much too short to be Osama Bin Laden. (Brzezinski is maybe an inch or two taller than the 5'9" Jimmy Carter. Osama bin-Laden is around 6'-4" to 6'-5" tall and should tower over the American in the photo.)Stas Bush wrote:Okay, we have winners for three out of four...
Right side, first picture - Saddam, guessed by MariusRoi.
Left side, first picture - Rumsfeld, guessed by thejester.
Right side, second picture - Bin Laden, guessed by King Kong.
Left side, second picture - ... waits your supreme guess. Let me give you a hint - this person violently defended the US bedsleeping with Osama's jihadists by saying that it's justified in a war against Communist Russia as late as 1998 ;) He's "famous" for saying that the goals of U.S. foreign policy is to make sure no one in Eurasia ever challenges US domination ;)
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Huh? So it's not really Osama?
Actually, I believe that the viewpoint for the photo is distorting the sizes - Bin is certainly taller than Zbigniew.
Other images of a younger Bin Laden do look similar, the face also:
Uniform is questionable, but not outright impossible.
Actually, I believe that the viewpoint for the photo is distorting the sizes - Bin is certainly taller than Zbigniew.
Other images of a younger Bin Laden do look similar, the face also:
Uniform is questionable, but not outright impossible.
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They look similar in that he has a beard. The fact that he's in uniform blows any chance of him being bin Laden.
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The beard is also too short. That's a relatively well-trimmed full beard, rather than the unkempt bird's nest of bin Laden.
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I'm hesitant to correct a non native English speaker on English grammar considering the fact that the Russian words I know can be counted on one hand and that my grammar isn't all that good itself, but the correct title of the thread in English would be 'A rather ironic history quiz' instead of 'Some rather ironic history quiz'.
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Heh, where's the offense? Thanks for the hint.If you're offended, I apologize
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The guy who's supposed to be Bin Laden is probably Pakistan Army, if I were to take a wild guess.
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Re: Some rather ironic history quiz...
As such, post it in the photo section of the board. Threads about photos go there. *moves thread to AMP*Stas Bush wrote:Two photos.
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