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The Vowel-less Knights #3
In the tradition of the Vowel-less Knights, the more you answered, the harder it got to answer. Therefore, here are more for you to answer.
1. cnnt smltnsl prvnt nd prpr fr wr.
2. f knw nthr th nm nr rslf, wll sccmb n vr bttl.
3. Wr s rgrdd s nthng bt th cntntn f stt plc wth thr mns.
1. cnnt smltnsl prvnt nd prpr fr wr.
2. f knw nthr th nm nr rslf, wll sccmb n vr bttl.
3. Wr s rgrdd s nthng bt th cntntn f stt plc wth thr mns.
Hint
1. Spoken by the man most often considered the 20th century's leading genius.Bonus point: who?
2. Written by the most famous Asian general alive before 1000 AD.
Bonus points: who, and what is the title of his most famous work?
3. Written by a Prussian Major General after his death.
Bonus points: who, and what is the title of his work?
Answer
1. You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.Bonus: Albert Einstein.
2.If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.
Bonus: Sun Tzu, who wrote The Art of War, and this quote comes from chapter 3.
3. War is regarded as nothing but the continuation of state policy with other means.
Bonus: Karl Von Clausewitz, who wrote On War.
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Scoutman gr8 teaser. Really enjoyed playing with this one.
I only got the first one..lol. Except I didn't get the "you". Fun teaser.
Hooray for the Vowel-less Knights!!
The others were merely fun. These are fun, and fight back, too!
Nice!
Nice!
i love these teasers! they're great! keep it up!
From the hint: "3. Written by a Prussian Major General after his death."
Eek! Undead!
Eek! Undead!
Actually, #3 was written during his life, but published after his death, by his wife. So it was written (as in published) after his death. Weird, hunh?
This is BRILLIANT! Well-done!
these r hard i think i may give ^ on them jk they're 2 fun 2 give ^ on
This is great! I love these Scout-Man! 1 was quite easy but the rest were little devils!!! Good one!
uhm.. "war"? A is a VOWEL!!
How can the Prussian Major General have written this AFTER his death?
'...it was written (as in published) after his death.' Written and published are not the same. But still a good teaser.
I thought it was hard, but doesn't seem like a brain teaser, because... well, I'm not really sure what I wanted to say, nm...
I really enjoyed this one. Great job!
I did want to ask about the first one though. Should there have been a "Y" at the beginning to indicate the "You" starting the sentence in the answer? Just curious.
I did want to ask about the first one though. Should there have been a "Y" at the beginning to indicate the "You" starting the sentence in the answer? Just curious.
wELL, I liked this a lot, but I would have liked it waaaaaay more if I had understood it a little better. Like in the instructions a reminder that "y" is considered a vowel and that words like "you" would not be indicated at all. I didn't look at the hint, so, if it was in the hint, it shouldn't have been because its needed to do the teaser.
Otherwise its very good, and if I had understood it better I would have happily worked on it until I solved it! Thanks!
Nice
i got them all, but only because i knew all the quotes already. otherwise, i don't think i'd have had a clue.
I hated it. How are people with less knowledgable brains like me going to figure that one out? Grrrrr!
Got bits and pieces but could not decipher the whole phrases Way too TOUGH for my intelectual
I got all of them, but didn't get the bonuses.
love these - hard if you have no idea about the quote, but w/ a little work you can figure them out eventually. Thanks!
Eventually never came for me! I also got many of the words but could only make a quote out of #1. Fun trying, though.
Fun..but it should be stated that the voweless-knights consider Y a vowel
y is not always a vowel. In the word myself it is, but in the word you it isn't. It is only a vowel when it is at the end of the syllable.
interesting. challenging. thank u.
Well, I do understand that Y is not always a vowel. In the interest of a challenging teaser, however, I am treating all Y's as vowels. If this practice really upsets you, please private message me for a discussion.
The "Y" as a vowel and the missing "you" were not a problem for me. Writing something after your death, was.
Ow... anyway i got one.
Tough, but fun! SIMULTANEOUSLY escaped me.
Thanks for this unique teaser.
Thanks for this unique teaser.
very different one for me. Cool. Liked it. Good job
Fine teaser. Couldnt get the complete quotations, but guessed most of the words. Can we have more, please?
very nice---enjoy word puzzles
Got nearly all after much thinking
Got nearly all after much thinking
Yahoo! I got them, with some trouble with the one word. However, I did not get the bonus and I did appreciate the history lessoon. Good job! More Please!
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