Mar 09, 2024
Time for a new puzzler, I think. This one is kind of historic in nature. Here we go.
I stole this one. I know, that is a shock... lol.
Here it is. You have to sort of fill in the missing details.
A boy named Henry was born in Britain in the year 1761. At the age of 18, he joined their army. And at the age of 22, he had achieved the rank of Second Lieutenant.
At this time, he began working on a new type of weapon. That word is in italics because, while it is a weapon, it is not what everyone thinks of when you hear that word. You gotta think outside the box a little bit.
He devoted all his spare time and much of his money to this creation. Twenty years later, his new anti-personel weapon was adopted by the British, and Henry was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel.
The weapon was named after its inventor. Not Henry, but his last name. It is a word we have all heard. And when you hear it, you won't think of it as a weapon. But it is.
Good luck.
So, what is the last name of the boy born in 1761 named Henry, who invented this new anti-personel type weapon?
His last name is Shrapnel.
Henry Shrapnel.
And of course, we know the word 'shrapnel' as fragments of a bomb or other metal pieces thrown outwards by a bomb. And that is named after the inventor, a British Lieutenant Colonel named Henry Shrapnel.
