Missions quiz. 10 famous battles,10 types of tools and 10 famous people

[guilliebrougues]

HI Ab's can anyone please help me I have answered 20 of these 30 questions but seem to be struggling with the lst 10. They are not in any particular order so only have the rhyming clues to go on.e.g.

1. Obtain 3rd. Person singular of "to be "
Then a walled town or fortress see.
4. A Latin king, please now evince,
With offspring of a royal prince.
5. You should choose, to make a start,
From job dismissed,is the next part.
7. Type of a trademark, now you try,
Add a letter, then a plaintive cry.
10. Up and down, this old coin's understood,
Cherish desire of something good.
11. Female third person, plus sol-fa sound,
Native Chinese, with male bird around.
17. An apartment, here has contract and letter,
A cereal grain with finish this better.
23. Trees outer bark, that floats with ease,
a cylinder with helical groove, tell please.

any help would be appreciated. thanks.

[emeritus]

23 Cork screw

[Muffinbear]

1. Gettysburg

[BertieButton]

23 CORKSCREW?

[JMR27]

4. Rex Harrison

[JMR27]

5. Pick axe

[guilliebrougues]

\Thank you emeritus, muffinbear, bertiebutton and jmr for your help i have now only got 1 tool to find 1 battle and 3 famous people.from the eight questions i asked.

[guilliebrougues]

Hi folks just found another question i am not sure about. 29, fine linen or cambric find, with elation, cut down, with hesitant exclamation.
thanks in advance.