The Anything Goes Quiz

A clue,perhaps?

 

Captain Gars was a nom de geurre for a famous warrior king, sometimes considered a military genius and military (not political) revolutionary.

 

I thought that was made up for Eric Flint's 1632...

Captain Gars was the name Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden, used when travelling incongnito

Tom (back after a long break....)

 

Nice to see you again - how is the new arrival doing these days?

 

Right you are. Your quiz.

 

Thanks, Ricky
Yes, he's doing fine (6.5 months, just able to roll over and eating like a Reichsmarschall)

Anything goes, eh....
What, militarily, were Wetbob and Bigbob?

 

Were they bombs?

 

No, definitely not

 

big bob/wet bob

anything to do with rowing?

 

ONly as a source of the name -- nicknames for Eton sportsmen.

Jaspar Maskylene would appreciate both

 

odd7sodas

That name rings a bell as Quasimodo said, isn't it something to do with illusions in a big way? like making the Suez Canal look to be where it wasn't?

 

Right general area, both geographically and in terms of what they were for

 

Were they decoy lights/mirrors involved in creating a 'false' Alexandria, slightly to the West of the real one, to fool Axis bombers?

 

Think smaller, but still nautically

 

Fake harbour entrance lights?

 

No. Think afloat

 

In that case, I don't know, so further guesses would be futile.

 

A fake fleet at anchor?

 

Ricky,
I'll give it to you as the closest

They were dummy (inflatable) landing craft used in the MTO
Bigbob was an LCT, Wetbob an LCM

 

C'mon Ricky,you sluggard.Yer holdin' up the quiz.