OT - WWII quiz

[Norman42]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: Norman42

Q3 - What were the names of the last 3 factories that the Soviets held in Stalingrad against the Germans in Oct 1942?

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Q3 There was a tractor factory, Barrikady? amd something else...

Correct 2 out of 3. Dzerzhinsky Tractor Factory, and Barrakady Arms Plant.

[Norman42]

ORIGINAL: Neilster

ORIGINAL: Norman42

Q3 - What were the names of the last 3 factories that the Soviets held in Stalingrad against the Germans in Oct 1942?

Red October? It's something typically revolutionary like that I think.

Cheers, Neilster

And correct for the 3rd one. Red October Steel Mill. (Kraznyy Oktbreskiy)

[Norman42]

ORIGINAL: brian brian


Didn't Avalon Hill make a game out of the St. Nazaire operation?

Yes, Raid on St. Nazaire was the title. I own it and it is one of my all time favorite bookcase games. Its a solo game where you play against the ever growing German patrols and searchlights, and it is quite a nail biter when the full alert happens, your last commandos heroically die and you tally up your score to see if you matched the historic action.

The game ends with a final dice roll(modified by how long your comandos held out) to see if the HMS Campbeltown explosives destroys the sea locks or not, tipping you over the win tally.

Great, great game.

[brian brian]

hmmm sounds like a good candidate for computerization

it was Montgomery who said the quote about two rules in war.


Here is a question ... what model aircraft was produced in the greatest numbers in WWII? We'll go with model # and letter variant, with further subvariants all counted together. So if it was a Acme PQ-17, the PQ-17a and PQ-17b would all count the same.

[warspite1]

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1. What was the ultimate fate of the light cruiser USS Phoenix?

2. Which much maligned aircraft was responsible for the sinking of the German cruiser Konigsberg in April 1940?

3. How many of the battleships sunk or damaged at Pearl Harbor never re-entered service with the USN?

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No takers for these?

[Shannon V. OKeets]

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1. What was the ultimate fate of the light cruiser USS Phoenix?

2. Which much maligned aircraft was responsible for the sinking of the German cruiser Konigsberg in April 1940?

3. How many of the battleships sunk or damaged at Pearl Harbor never re-entered service with the USN?

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No takers for these?

Q3 - 1 (Arizona)

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: Shannon V. OKeets

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1. What was the ultimate fate of the light cruiser USS Phoenix?

2. Which much maligned aircraft was responsible for the sinking of the German cruiser Konigsberg in April 1940?

3. How many of the battleships sunk or damaged at Pearl Harbor never re-entered service with the USN?

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No takers for these?

Q3 - 1 (Arizona)

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Arizona is of course correct - but the number you quote is wrong

[michaelbaldur]

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ORIGINAL: Shannon V. OKeets

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No takers for these?

Q3 - 1 (Arizona)

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Arizona is of course correct - but the number you quote is wrong

2 the other was the Oklahoma ...it was raised and scrapped

[Norman42]

2. Which much maligned aircraft was responsible for the sinking of the German cruiser Konigsberg in April 1940?

Royal Navy Sea Skuas operating from shore if I'm not mistaken.

[Froonp]

ORIGINAL: brian brian
Here is a question ... what model aircraft was produced in the greatest numbers in WWII? We'll go with model # and letter variant, with further subvariants all counted together. So if it was a Acme PQ-17, the PQ-17a and PQ-17b would all count the same.

109s ?

[Norman42]

ORIGINAL: brian brian


Here is a question ... what model aircraft was produced in the greatest numbers in WWII? We'll go with model # and letter variant, with further subvariants all counted together. So if it was a Acme PQ-17, the PQ-17a and PQ-17b would all count the same.

USSR IL-2 Sturmovik : 36000+ built of all variants (the standing record for combat plane production)

Some other big production runs:

German Bf-109 : 35000 built of all variants

USSR Yak-3 : 30000+

UK Spitfire : 20500 built of all varients

USSR Polikarpov I-16 : ~20000

US B24 Liberator : 18200 of all variants

US P38 Lightning : ~10000

[Froonp]

ORIGINAL: Norman42

ORIGINAL: brian brian
Here is a question ... what model aircraft was produced in the greatest numbers in WWII? We'll go with model # and letter variant, with further subvariants all counted together. So if it was a Acme PQ-17, the PQ-17a and PQ-17b would all count the same.

USSR IL-2 Sturmovik : 36000+ built of all variants (the standing record for combat plane production)

Doesn't this include the Il-10s, or the Avia built IL-2s ? If so, the one-o-niners are the most produced.

Some other big production runs:

German Bf-109 : 35000 built of all variants

USSR Yak-3 : 30000+

UK Spitfire : 20500 built of all varients

USSR Polikarpov I-16 : ~20000

US B24 Liberator : 18200 of all variants

US P38 Lightning : ~10000

[Froonp]

Wikipedia says that the Il-10 are included in the IL-2 builts.

Also, it says that the Po-2 has 40,000+ builts, making it the most produced WWII aircraft.

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur

ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: Shannon V. OKeets



Q3 - 1 (Arizona)

Warspite1

Arizona is of course correct - but the number you quote is wrong

2 the other was the Oklahoma ...it was raised and scrapped

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Bingo

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: Norman42

2. Which much maligned aircraft was responsible for the sinking of the German cruiser Konigsberg in April 1940?

Royal Navy Sea Skuas operating from shore if I'm not mistaken.

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You are not mistaken - just the USS Phoenix to go...

[paulderynck]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

You are not mistaken - just the USS Phoenix to go...

Vaporized in an H-bomb test ?

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: paulderynck

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You are not mistaken - just the USS Phoenix to go...

Vaporized in an H-bomb test ?

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No - she survived the second world war and met her end many years later - but how?

[Frederyck]

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ORIGINAL: paulderynck

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You are not mistaken - just the USS Phoenix to go...

Vaporized in an H-bomb test ?

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No - she survived the second world war and met her end many years later - but how?

She was sunk as "General Belgrano" during the Falklands War.

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: Frederyck

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Vaporized in an H-bomb test ?

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No - she survived the second world war and met her end many years later - but how?

She was sunk as "General Belgrano" during the Falklands War.

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....is the right answer.

[Norman42]

ORIGINAL: Froonp

Wikipedia says that the Il-10 are included in the IL-2 builts.

Also, it says that the Po-2 has 40,000+ builts, making it the most produced WWII aircraft.

I was going by combat aircraft, including all varients of the IL-2. If you include Po-2 trainer/recon aircraft then they are the winner for sure.