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December 6th, 2005
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| Milforum's Bouncer | Post; British Empire TriviaWe'll do this for milbucks once they come back online. Till then trust me and I will credit the accounts of the first correct answers at that time... Round one for 100 milbucks. Who uttered the phrase to a crowd of Britons in India and in what year, "Verily and truly the jackass kicketh at the lion."? For a bonus 100 milbucks who was the person who was the British magnate who preceeded his speech?
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December 8th, 2005
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| Centurion | George Frederick Samuel Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon? 
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December 8th, 2005
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| Milforum's Bouncer | You're close but the Marquess was on the opposite side of this issue and it was reactions to a move toward Indian equality that led to this event in history. |
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December 14th, 2005
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| Centurion | Motilal Nehru?
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December 15th, 2005
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| Milforum's Bouncer | No, the man who gave this speech was British. HINT: It was as part of the reaction by British in India to the proposal by the Marquess Ripon to allow Indian judges to hear cases against British citizens. THE RUB: To think the Brits on this forum are letting a colonial such as my self to best them at trivia about their own empire... oh the shame.  |
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