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"Tommy" has a surname, what is it? |
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English poet and scholar Robert Graves wrote about "Tommy" in his autobiography, in 1929. What is its title? |
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One suggestion for the origin of "Tommy" is that the name was chosen for demonstrations of how enlistees should fill out official forms for the Army. The first such form appeared in 1815, when "Tommy" filled in which document? |
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By 1837, "Private Tommy" had been promoted in the demonstration documents, what was his new rank? |
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Another theory for the origin of "Tommy" dates from the Battle of Boxtel in 1794. Which famous military figure was leading the British men when he spotted "the original Tommy" acquitting himself bravely under fire? |
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Which piece of military equipment was nicknamed "Tommy-cooker" by the German forces during World War II? |
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Which Nobel Laureate wrote the poem "Tommy," in an anthology dedicated to someone with his initials, published in 1892? |
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To refute what he perceived as the "anti-Tommy" sentiments of the 1892 poem "Tommy", which poet, often referred to as "the World's worst poet", wrote "Lines in Praise of Tommy" in 1898? |
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There is a popular variety of a particular fruit which is named after our Tommy, what type of fruit is it? |
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10.
A quiz on Tommy wouldn't be complete without perhaps the most famous "Tommy quote" of all; complete the following cliched line -
"For you Tommy, _________" |
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