OT - WWII quiz

[LiquidSky]

His avatar is  [font=arial]64th Army Gen. Lt. Chuikov.  Defender at Stalingrad.[/font]

And it appears he is having a bad hair day.

[Froonp]

ORIGINAL: wfzimmerman

hey mad Russian, I just added items 52, 60, 71, 73 to the super spreadsheet.

can you take a look at the form and ok your contributions?  items 1, 2, 3, 4...

https://spreadsheets.google.com/a/nimbl ... M3JkTkE6MA..

Fred

Leads to a login & password page for me.

[Froonp]

ORIGINAL: Mad Russian
98) How many times did Japanese submarines shell the United States west coast?

Once, February 23, 1942 Japanese submarine I-17 bombed California.
Depicted in the motion Picture "1941" I believe.



Edit : February 1942, not February 1941.

[wfzimmerman]

Public access to Google Forms is such a hassle. I am going to have to switch if this doesn't resolve.

Try this

http://www.nimblebooks.com/wordpress/20 ... quiz-book/

[wfzimmerman]

ORIGINAL: Mad Russian

Here is another set of questions for those that are tired of the first set.



80) The Electric Boat Company was the largest builder of what type of ship for the US Navy?

80) Liberty Ships.

--Also - PT Boats! Source: Frank L. Andruss, Sr.: Building the PT Boats (Nimble Books, 2009).

Added to spreadsheet http://www.nimblebooks.com/wordpress/20 ... quiz-book/

[wfzimmerman]

ORIGINAL: Froonp

ORIGINAL: Mad Russian
98) How many times did Japanese submarines shell the United States west coast?

Once, February 23, 1941 Japanese submarine I-17 bombed California.
Depicted in the motion Picture "1941" I believe.

Added to spreadsheet. http://www.nimblebooks.com/wordpress/20 ... quiz-book/

[wfzimmerman]

Yes, that's correct.

Tiger I
Elephant
Tiger II
Sturmtiger
Jagdtiger

Most people forget that the Elephant was made off of the Tiger chassis.

Good Hunting.

MR

Added.

http://www.nimblebooks.com/wordpress/20 ... quiz-book/

[wfzimmerman]

ORIGINAL: terje439

97) How many B-25's flew in the Doolittle Raid?

16

Added. http://www.nimblebooks.com/wordpress/20 ... quiz-book/

[Froonp]

ORIGINAL: wfzimmerman

ORIGINAL: Froonp

ORIGINAL: Mad Russian
98) How many times did Japanese submarines shell the United States west coast?

Once, February 23, 1941 Japanese submarine I-17 bombed California.
Depicted in the motion Picture "1941" I believe.

Added to spreadsheet. http://www.nimblebooks.com/wordpress/20 ... quiz-book/

Except that it is wrong.
I Googled it, and found out a second bombing :

23 February 1942 : A Japanese submarine (I-17) makes the first attack on the American mainland by shelling an oil refinery at Ellwood, California.
28 August 1942 : A Japanese seaplane catapulted from submarine I-25 and drops firebombs on forests in Oregon, USA causing a forest fire.

There may be more.

[Froonp]

I have one :

What are the Baedeker raids ? Why this name, and what is there that is special about these raids ?

[Froonp]

I have another (it is so ridiculous) :

What is the first name of Montgomery ?

[wfzimmerman]

ORIGINAL: Froonp

ORIGINAL: Mad Russian
50) What plane did the Japanese call the "Whistling Death"?

Chance Vought F4U Corsair.

added.

[wfzimmerman]

ORIGINAL: Mad Russian

ORIGINAL: Norden

What is the largest successful military operation of all time?
The attack on Berlin?

18) Which Allied AFV had the main gun pointing over the rear of the vehicle instead of facing forward?
2-pdr portee?

29) Which German fighter aircraft had an engine and propeller at both the front and the back of the aircraft?
Do 335? Dont think it was operational though. It is in WiF.

39) What American piece of equipment soon came to be feared by Allied tankers after it's introduction into combat?

The Panzerfaust & Panzerschreck? Both copies of the Bazooka

48) Which Allied fighter is credited with destroying more Axis aircraft than any other?
Its a russian fighter no doubt. I try a shot at the Mig-3.

43) What does the term "cat fur" refer to when talking about German tanks?
Hehe, never heard that before, but the "cats" had a layer of Zimmerit - antimagnetic paste.

Berlin was not the largest successful military operation of all time.

18) The 2-pdr portee was not an Armored Fighting Vehicle (AFV). But an antitank gun mounted on the back of a truck. It did face backwards though. That's not what I'm looking for in this case though.

29)Yes, it was the Dornier 335 Pfeil.

39) The Panzerschreck is correct. I was a copy of the bazooka which the Germans captured in Tunisia. The Panzerfaust is not a copy of the bazooka.

43) Hehe, never heard that before, but the "cats" had a layer of Zimmerit - antimagnetic paste. Zimmerit is not what cat fur refers to.

48) No, the Mig-3 is not correct.

Good Hunting.

MR

Added.

[wfzimmerman]

ORIGINAL: Mad Russian

ORIGINAL: monkla

Forgive me if I've doubled up on an answer here or there. There's just so many questions.....


12) What are the two places known in WWII as the most bombed place on earth? One was bombed by the Axis, the other was bombed by the Allies.
Malta is the axis bombed one.

18) Which Allied AFV had the main gun pointing over the rear of the vehicle instead of facing forward?
The British Archer

23) Which country entered WWII with a rifle it thought too ineffective, stopped production of the weapon, then restarted it's production which then lasted to the end of the war?
Probably the Italians....

29) Which German fighter aircraft had an engine and propeller at both the front and the back of the aircraft?
Ta 335 I think. Or Do335. Can't quite remember now.

46) The T-34 was the most produced vehicle by the Soviet Union. What was the second most produced vehicle?
Will have a stab. BT-7

50) What plane did the Japanese call the "Whistling Death"?
F4U Corsair

Leigh

12) Malta is the axis bombed one. Where was the Allied bombed one?

18) Yes, the British Archer is correct.

23) Yes, the Italians are correct.

29) Yes, the Dornier 335 is correct.

46) No, the BT-7 is not the second most produced Soviet AFV during the war.

50) Yes, the Corsair is correct.

Good Hunting.

MR

Added.

[wfzimmerman]

ORIGINAL: Froonp

ORIGINAL: wfzimmerman

ORIGINAL: Froonp



Once, February 23, 1941 Japanese submarine I-17 bombed California.
Depicted in the motion Picture "1941" I believe.

Added to spreadsheet. http://www.nimblebooks.com/wordpress/20 ... quiz-book/

Except that it is wrong.
I Googled it, and found out a second bombing :

23 February 1942 : A Japanese submarine (I-17) makes the first attack on the American mainland by shelling an oil refinery at Ellwood, California.
28 August 1942 : A Japanese seaplane catapulted from submarine I-25 and drops firebombs on forests in Oregon, USA causing a forest fire.

There may be more.

Fixed.

[Froonp]

ORIGINAL: Froonp

ORIGINAL: Mad Russian
98) How many times did Japanese submarines shell the United States west coast?

Once, February 23, 1941 Japanese submarine I-17 bombed California.
Depicted in the motion Picture "1941" I believe.

Except that it is wrong.
I Googled it, and found out a second bombing :

23 February 1942 : A Japanese submarine (I-17) makes the first attack on the American mainland by shelling an oil refinery at Ellwood, California.
28 August 1942 : A Japanese seaplane catapulted from submarine I-25 and drops firebombs on forests in Oregon, USA causing a forest fire.

There may be more.

And a third :
23 February 1942 : A Japanese submarine (I-17) makes the first attack on the American mainland by shelling an oil refinery at Ellwood, California.
28 August 1942 : A Japanese seaplane catapulted from submarine I-25 and drops firebombs on forests in Oregon, USA causing a forest fire.
9 September 1942 : Japanese bomb Oregon forests with incendiaries for second time but with little effect.

[wfzimmerman]

ORIGINAL: Mad Russian


34) You are correct. It was Operation Bagratin and D-Day.

Good Hunting.

MR

Added.

[wfzimmerman]

ORIGINAL: Mad Russian

ORIGINAL: Froonp

Who was the "one-shot lighter" ?

Who was? Or what was?

The Sherman was known as the one shot lighter, the Ronson and the Tommy Cooker because it caught fire after being hit almost anywhere. There is a documented case of a Sherman catching fire after being hit on the drive sprocket.

Good Hunting.

MR

Added.

[Froonp]

ORIGINAL: wfzimmerman

ORIGINAL: Mad Russian

ORIGINAL: Froonp

Who was the "one-shot lighter" ?

Who was? Or what was?

The Sherman was known as the one shot lighter, the Ronson and the Tommy Cooker because it caught fire after being hit almost anywhere. There is a documented case of a Sherman catching fire after being hit on the drive sprocket.

Good Hunting.

MR

Added.

It was not the Sherman. (I asked the question).
It is the G4M Betty.

[wfzimmerman]

ORIGINAL: Froonp

ORIGINAL: wfzimmerman

ORIGINAL: Mad Russian




Who was? Or what was?

The Sherman was known as the one shot lighter, the Ronson and the Tommy Cooker because it caught fire after being hit almost anywhere. There is a documented case of a Sherman catching fire after being hit on the drive sprocket.

Good Hunting.

MR

Added.

It was not the Sherman. (I asked the question).
It is the G4M Betty.

Got it.