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RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 8:20 am
by Orm
ORIGINAL: terje439
ORIGINAL: Orm
Q: What was the purpose of the British "Falcon (Interceptor) Unit"?
No idea, so guessing, and putting ALOT of weight on the name of the unit here [:D]
-it's main purpose was to hunt down Axis mail pidgeons!
Am I close?
You are indeed correct.
Britain conscripted birds into service. They also had "National Pidgeon Service" and "Falcon Control Unit" to protect the carrier pidgeons.
The biggest operation during the war for birds was in the Italian Campaign when US sent over 10000 messages with pidgeons because the mountainous terrain limited radio communications.
-Orm
RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 8:53 am
by Neilster
This is trickier and hopefully hard to Google. What strange method of guiding American air-launched weapons was suggested by a famous researcher towards the end of the Second World War?
Cheers, Neilster
RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 9:59 am
by cockney
Q. When was the 21.Panzer-Division ordered formed by the Oberkommando des Heeres from the 5.Leicht-Division?
RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 10:34 am
by terje439
ORIGINAL: cockney
Q. When was the 21.Panzer-Division ordered formed by the Oberkommando des Heeres from the 5.Leicht-Division?
September -41 was it not?
RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 10:37 am
by warspite1
Which two naval vessels - one Italian, one German were named after the same historical character?
RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 10:37 am
by terje439
ORIGINAL: Neilster
This is trickier and hopefully hard to Google. What strange method of guiding American air-launched weapons was suggested by a famous researcher towards the end of the Second World War?
Cheers, Neilster
Damn this one I have no idea about. And not as easy as the anti-pidgeon unit to guess either...
I know the USA had radio-guided as well as free-fall gyro-guided weaponry, but I am betting those are not the one you are after...
Trained dolphins with a homing device?
RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 10:40 am
by warspite1
ORIGINAL: terje439
ORIGINAL: cockney
Q. When was the 21.Panzer-Division ordered formed by the Oberkommando des Heeres from the 5.Leicht-Division?
September -41 was it not?
Warspite1
Terje - did you
really get that without looking it up? If so [;)] then that`s impressive
RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 10:50 am
by terje439
ORIGINAL: warspite1
ORIGINAL: terje439
ORIGINAL: cockney
Q. When was the 21.Panzer-Division ordered formed by the Oberkommando des Heeres from the 5.Leicht-Division?
September -41 was it not?
Warspite1
Terje - did you
really get that without looking it up? If so [;)] then that`s impressive
Nah, but not on the web thou. Used Lidell Hart [:)]
RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 10:50 am
by tigercub
when was the worlds first computer made and what for?
RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 10:55 am
by terje439
ORIGINAL: tigercub
when was the worlds first computer made and what for?
In the 70s and for playing games?? [:D]
Could you specify a bit more? Since mechanical comptuers have been around for some 2k years
RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 11:02 am
by terje439
Current unanswered questions:
-Neilster: What strange method of guiding American air-launched weapons was suggested by a famous researcher towards the end of the Second World War?
-Warspite1: Which two naval vessels - one Italian, one German were named after the same historical character?
-Tigercub: when was the worlds first computer made and what for?
RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 11:03 am
by warspite1
ORIGINAL: tigercub
when was the worlds first computer made and what for?
Warspite1
Don`t know what that`s got to do with WWII - but from my computer studies lessons back in the early 80`s wasn`t it something to do with Charles Babbage and Napier`s bones?? Late 1700`s/early 1800`s.
RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 11:51 am
by Neilster
ORIGINAL: warspite1
ORIGINAL: tigercub
when was the worlds first computer made and what for?
Warspite1
Don`t know what that`s got to do with WWII - but from my computer studies lessons back in the early 80`s wasn`t it something to do with Charles Babbage and Napier`s bones?? Late 1700`s/early 1800`s.
Babbage, working from the 1820s until his death in 1871, didn't complete his mechanical computing machines. He kept tinkering with the designs and was a hard man to work for. His Difference Engine has since been built and it works. His Analytical Engine would have been a true computer.
There are some other contenders but generally it's considered the first electronic computer was Colossus, built by the British. It was used for code-breaking and generally on the Fish (German High Command) intercepts if I remember correctly.
Cheers, Neilster
RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 1:05 pm
by warspite1
ORIGINAL: Neilster
ORIGINAL: warspite1
ORIGINAL: tigercub
when was the worlds first computer made and what for?
Warspite1
Don`t know what that`s got to do with WWII - but from my computer studies lessons back in the early 80`s wasn`t it something to do with Charles Babbage and Napier`s bones?? Late 1700`s/early 1800`s.
Babbage, working from the 1820s until his death in 1871, didn't complete his mechanical computing machines. He kept tinkering with the designs and was a hard man to work for. His Difference Engine has since been built and it works. His Analytical Engine would have been a true computer.
There are some other contenders but generally it's considered the first electronic computer was Colossus, built by the British. It was used for code-breaking and generally on the Fish (German High Command) intercepts if I remember correctly.
Cheers, Neilster
Warspite1
Neilster
That answers my - "Don`t know what that`s got to do with WWII" - comment then doesn`t it? [;)]
RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 3:03 pm
by terje439
Seems this stopped up as soon as we got a few really hard ones. Oh well, I'll throw in an easy one then;
Q: Which highranking member of the Luftwaffe (early years) was more interested in testing the new models instead of running his own office?
RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 3:50 pm
by NeBert
ORIGINAL: terje439
Seems this stopped up as soon as we got a few really hard ones. Oh well, I'll throw in an easy one then;
Q: Which highranking member of the Luftwaffe (early years) was more interested in testing the new models instead of running his own office?
I guess you mean Ernst Udet?
RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 5:32 pm
by Norman42
Good fun. Ok, here are a few head scratchers:
Q: What was the task of the 813th Pioneirkompanie of the Wehrmacth in Paris in August 1944?
Q: Who did Hitler call The Most Feared Man In Europe?
Q: What was the nickname of William Joyce, the British-American who broadcast English language propaganda for Germany?
Q: Identify the most decorated (ie medals, awards, citations) American unit in WW2.
Q: What was the code name for the US invasion of Okinawa on April 1, 1945?
Q: Name the Polish Division that fought on the side of the Soviets against the Germans.
Q: Identify the pilot who flew more combat missions then anyone else during the war.
And here are some real tough ones:
Q: Who was the youngest man serving in the US Navy to win a Purple Heart and Bronze Star, and how old was he?
Q: Who was sent searching Cairo to locate a mansion for Rommel to take as his HQ in his so-to-be-accoplished capture of the city?
Q: What was Hitler's dog's name?
RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 5:41 pm
by terje439
ORIGINAL: NeBert
ORIGINAL: terje439
Seems this stopped up as soon as we got a few really hard ones. Oh well, I'll throw in an easy one then;
Q: Which highranking member of the Luftwaffe (early years) was more interested in testing the new models instead of running his own office?
I guess you mean Ernst Udet?
I did indeed!
RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 5:42 pm
by Norman42
Which two naval vessels - one Italian, one German were named after the same historical character?
Hmm.
Gonna take a guess at Julius Ceasar? (SS Kaiser Jules, and the battleship Guilio Caesare)
RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 6:14 pm
by Neilster
ORIGINAL: Norman42
Good fun. Ok, here are a few head scratchers:
Q: What was the task of the 813th Pioneirkompanie of the Wehrmacth in Paris in August 1944?
Q: Who did Hitler call The Most Feared Man In Europe?
Q: What was the nickname of William Joyce, the British-American who broadcast English language propaganda for Germany?
Q: Identify the most decorated (ie medals, awards, citations) American unit in WW2.
Q: What was the code name for the US invasion of Okinawa on April 1, 1945?
Q: Name the Polish Division that fought on the side of the Soviets against the Germans.
Q: Identify the pilot who flew more combat missions then anyone else during the war.
And here are some real tough ones:
Q: Who was the youngest man serving in the US Navy to win a Purple Heart and Bronze Star, and how old was he?
Q: Who was sent searching Cairo to locate a mansion for Rommel to take as his HQ in his so-to-be-accoplished capture of the city?
Q: What was Hitler's dog's name?
1. Didn't someone get the order to destroy Paris but they had ridiculously few men to do it? Was it these guys?
2. Otto Skorzenzy
3. Lord Haw Haw
7. Rudel, maybe
10. Blondie
Dunno the others and looking them up is against the spirit of the quiz.
Cheers, Neilster