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RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 3:42 am
by terje439
aye that it is
RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 3:44 am
by warspite1
Which Royal Navy ship torpedoed herself?
RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 3:49 am
by terje439
HMS Trinidad during PQ-13(?). Gyro torps were still not top notch at the time I guess [:D]
RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 3:52 am
by warspite1
ORIGINAL: terje439
HMS Trinidad during PQ-13(?). Gyro torps were still not top notch at the time I guess [:D]
Warspite1
I hope we`re not googling mr Terje[;)]
RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 3:53 am
by terje439
ORIGINAL: warspite1
ORIGINAL: terje439
HMS Trinidad during PQ-13(?). Gyro torps were still not top notch at the time I guess [:D]
Warspite1
I hope we`re not googling mr Terje[;)]
Nope, but you are asking a NORWEGIAN about convoys... And one that comes from a long line of sailors to top it off [;)]
RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 3:58 am
by warspite1
ORIGINAL: terje439
ORIGINAL: warspite1
ORIGINAL: terje439
HMS Trinidad during PQ-13(?). Gyro torps were still not top notch at the time I guess [:D]
Warspite1
I hope we`re not googling mr Terje[;)]
Nope, but you are asking a NORWEGIAN about convoys... And one that comes from a long line of sailors to top it off [;)]
Warspite1
Okay - in which case I shall re-ask a question from a while back that was not answered. Who were the two Toothless Terrors - and a supplementary, which song by the Police featured these two (although they weren`t singing about the WWII versions?
RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 4:04 am
by terje439
ARGH! I know this...Was it not two cruisers? Think the name came from the size of the guns they carried? (so much for the "size does not matter" thingy [:D]). But the names? And not sure about the nationality. And POLICE song?? Nah THAT one I will not be able to solve for sure..
These two still stand btw:
Q2: What new assignment did Himmler recieve at November 26th 1944?
Q3: The British tank A22 or Infantry Tank Mark IV was also known under what name?
*post count: 666*
Side note: OOO wicked post count!!!
Up the Irons!!
RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 4:12 am
by warspite1
ORIGINAL: terje439
ARGH! I know this...Was it not two cruisers? Think the name came from the size of the guns they carried? (so much for the "size does not matter" thingy [:D]). But the names? And not sure about the nationality. And POLICE song?? Nah THAT one I will not be able to solve for sure..
These two still stand btw:
Q2: What new assignment did Himmler recieve at November 26th 1944?
Q3: The British tank A22 or Infantry Tank Mark IV was also known under what name?
Side note: OOO wicked post count!!!
Up the Irons!!
Warspite1
Yes it was two cruisers - yes the nicknames were to do with the weaponry. I`ll leave the question open a bit longer.
Devilishly good post count! Re your last comment - does that mean you are a West Ham fan?
I don`t know much about tanks but I`ll guess Crusader
RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 4:24 am
by terje439
ORIGINAL: warspite1
Devilishly good post count! Re your last comment - does that mean you are a West Ham fan?
I don`t know much about tanks but I`ll guess Crusader
No @ Crusader
Up the Irons is not for West Ham (I'm L'pool all the way), but for Iron Maiden when it is stated by yours truely [8D]
RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 4:39 am
by warspite1
ORIGINAL: terje439
ORIGINAL: warspite1
Devilishly good post count! Re your last comment - does that mean you are a West Ham fan?
I don`t know much about tanks but I`ll guess Crusader
No @ Crusader
Up the Irons is not for West Ham (I'm L'pool all the way), but for Iron Maiden when it is stated by yours truely [8D]
Warspite1
V POOOOOOOR Footie club choice [:-] Especially as you`ve just nicked one of our best players.
Okay one more guess - Cromwell
RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 6:28 am
by terje439
ORIGINAL: warspite1
ORIGINAL: terje439
ORIGINAL: warspite1
Devilishly good post count! Re your last comment - does that mean you are a West Ham fan?
I don`t know much about tanks but I`ll guess Crusader
No @ Crusader
Up the Irons is not for West Ham (I'm L'pool all the way), but for Iron Maiden when it is stated by yours truely [8D]
Warspite1
V POOOOOOOR Footie club choice [:-] Especially as you`ve just nicked one of our best players.
Okay one more guess - Cromwell
Hehe been a fan of LFC since I was 5 [:)]
Nope not the Cromwell
Still unanswered:
Q2: What new assignment did Himmler recieve at November 26th 1944?
Q3: The British tank A22 or Infantry Tank MArk IV was also known under what name?
RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 8:43 am
by Neilster
ORIGINAL: terje439
ORIGINAL: warspite1
Devilishly good post count! Re your last comment - does that mean you are a West Ham fan?
I don`t know much about tanks but I`ll guess Crusader
No @ Crusader
Up the Irons is not for West Ham (I'm L'pool all the way), but for Iron Maiden when it is stated by yours truely [8D]
But Iron Maiden have a West Ham connection. Bassist Steve Harris played for their youth team I think.
I'll take a guess on the tank. Valentine?
Cheers, Neilster.
RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 10:33 am
by terje439
ORIGINAL: Neilster
ORIGINAL: terje439
ORIGINAL: warspite1
Devilishly good post count! Re your last comment - does that mean you are a West Ham fan?
I don`t know much about tanks but I`ll guess Crusader
No @ Crusader
Up the Irons is not for West Ham (I'm L'pool all the way), but for Iron Maiden when it is stated by yours truely [8D]
But Iron Maiden have a West Ham connection. Bassist Steve Harris played for their youth team I think.
I'll take a guess on the tank. Valentine?
Cheers, Neilster.
Yea "Up the Irons" can be both Iron Maiden and West Ham, but when it comes from me it will always be in reference to Iron Maiden [8D]
I'll give you correct on Steve Harris [;)] He did indeed play for the West Ham youth team (and they still try to play a football game whenever they stay long enough on one spot), and I believe his son is now playing for a PL youth team atm.
The tank is not the Valentine either. Not too many more to guess on now [:D]
RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 11:56 am
by Orm
ORIGINAL: terje439
Still unanswered:
Q2: What new assignment did Himmler recieve at November 26th 1944?
Q3: The British tank A22 or Infantry Tank MArk IV was also known under what name?
Q2: Himmler was made Commander of an Army Group sometime in the Autumn 1944. Maybe that was on the 26th of November 1944?
-Orm
RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 12:17 pm
by cockney
Q3: The British tank A22 or Infantry Tank MArk IV was also known under what name?
just seen the question, and its the Matilda, named after the duck and not the Aussie waltz.
RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 12:23 pm
by terje439
ORIGINAL: Orm
ORIGINAL: terje439
Still unanswered:
Q2: What new assignment did Himmler recieve at November 26th 1944?
Q3: The British tank A22 or Infantry Tank MArk IV was also known under what name?
Q2: Himmler was made Commander of an Army Group sometime in the Autumn 1944. Maybe that was on the 26th of November 1944?
-Orm
Correct.
RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 12:24 pm
by terje439
ORIGINAL: cockney
Q3: The British tank A22 or Infantry Tank MArk IV was also known under what name?
just seen the question, and its the Matilda, named after the duck and not the Aussie waltz.
Nope, the Matilda II was the A12, so a later tank.
RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 12:36 pm
by terje439
Q1: Roughly how many allied merchant ships were sunk in the Atlantic during the war?
Q2: What did F.D.R achieve that would later lead to an amendment to the constitution of the USA?
Q3: The British tank A22 or Infantry Tank MArk IV was also known under what name?
RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 1:21 pm
by Orm
ORIGINAL: terje439
Q1: Roughly how many allied merchant ships were sunk in the Atlantic during the war?
Q2: What did F.D.R achieve that would later lead to an amendment to the constitution of the USA?
Q3: The British tank A22 or Infantry Tank MArk IV was also known under what name?
Q2: He was made President 4 times in an election. No other President served more than 2 terms and I belive it was traditional for the president to step down after the second term. I am sure that the change in the constitution was to put a limit on the terms a President may serve.
-Orm
RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 1:22 pm
by warspite1
ORIGINAL: terje439
Q1: Roughly how many allied merchant ships were sunk in the Atlantic during the war?
Q2: What did F.D.R achieve that would later lead to an amendment to the constitution of the USA?
Q3: The British tank A22 or Infantry Tank MArk IV was also known under what name?
Warspite1
1. I should know this as I read it when researching my write-ups but have forgotten [&:]
2. FDR was made president for a third time in 1944? after which a limit of 2 was put in place.
3. I`m running out of C`s - Comet?