OT - WWII quiz

[terje439]

ORIGINAL: Neilster

3. I thought it was the USS Missouri.

Cheers, Neilster

Yup it was

[micheljq]

ORIGINAL: brian brian

Q3: I think the British 'Firefly' was an upgunned version of the Sherman, but it's been a long time since I got Crescendo of Doom.

Yes the british fitted their famous 17 pounder anti-tank gun on the sherman tank, one of the most successfull allied (URSS not included) tanks of WWII. Could almost fight toe to toe with the german panther.

[Shannon V. OKeets]

ORIGINAL: terje439

ORIGINAL: Neilster

3. I thought it was the USS Missouri.

Cheers, Neilster

Yup it was

Starboard side.

The Missouri is docked at Pearl Harbor these days, alongside the Arizona Memorial. It is mostly restored/refurbished and if you want to visit they have daily tours. My chorus will be performing on Veternas Day for the sunset service (on the fantail, as we have been doing for the past 4 or 5 years).

[csharpmao]

Q1 : I think it's Bamse : More information about this dog: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamse_(St._Bernard)

[saintjames]

How about a few Australian flavoured questions?

1. Which Australian Militia unit made first contact with the Japanese in New Guinea?

2. What was the name of the Australian ship sunk of the West Australian Coast and recently discovered?

3. Which Australian armoured unit was posted to protect Western Australia?

4. Who other than Blamey was an Australian Field Marshal of WWII?

[Froonp]

ORIGINAL: saintjames

How about a few Australian flavoured questions?

1. Which Australian Militia unit made first contact with the Japanese in New Guinea?

2. What was the name of the Australian ship sunk of the West Australian Coast and recently discovered?

This is the one who perished fighting the German Raider. The raider must be the Kormoran, but I'm not sure about the Australian cruiser. Maybe the Sydney ?

3. Which Australian armoured unit was posted to protect Western Australia?

4. Who other than Blamey was an Australian Field Marshal of WWII?

[terje439]

ORIGINAL: csharpmao

Q1 : I think it's Bamse : More information about this dog: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamse_(St._Bernard)

Yes, it is Bamse

[Ohio Jones]

ORIGINAL: Ohio Jones

What two famous film scribes met while doing intelligence work in Canada?

No takers, huh? I guarantee you know their movies... I'll leave it open a while longer.

Another (much easier) question: What ill-fated ship carried Churchill to meet Rooseveldt to draw up the Atlantic Charter?

... and the follow-up question: where was the meeting held (i.e. what was the ship's destination)?

[brian brian]

The HMS Prince of Wales carried Churchill to Newfoundland to meet Roosevelt, I believe.

[brian brian]

I found a good one last night in my quiz book. I'll bring y'all more later....

What was the only amphibious operation of the war that was a complete failure, i.e. the surviving invaders withdrew without establishing a beach-head?

[wosung]

First Wake invasion Dec. 41?

Regards

[YohanTM2]

Dieppe

[Grapeshot Bob]

ORIGINAL: Shannon V. OKeets
The Missouri is docked at Pearl Harbor these days, alongside the Arizona Memorial. It is mostly restored/refurbished and if you want to visit they have daily tours. My chorus will be performing on Veternas Day for the sunset service (on the fantail, as we have been doing for the past 4 or 5 years).

When I was 14 I visited the Missouri and signed my name on the wood deck under one of the turrets.


GSB

[brian brian]

Wosung got that one right. The USMC without even any combat veterans repulsed the first Japanese invasion of Wake.

At Dieppe the attacking forces intended to withdraw regardless of results, so I guess that one doesn't count.

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: brian brian

Wosung got that one right. The USMC without even any combat veterans repulsed the first Japanese invasion of Wake.

At Dieppe the attacking forces intended to withdraw regardless of results, so I guess that one doesn't count.

What about Operation Menace?

[Grapeshot Bob]

ORIGINAL: Ohio Jones

What two famous film scribes met while doing intelligence work in Canada?

I'll take an educated guess. Ian Flemming (who wrote the James Bond novels and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) and someone else. I'm not sure who the other person was. Did it happen at Camp X?

ORIGINAL: Ohio Jones
Another (much easier) question: What ill-fated ship carried Churchill to meet Rooseveldt to draw up the Atlantic Charter?

... and the follow-up question: where was the meeting held (i.e. what was the ship's destination)?

The meeting was in Placentia Bay in Newfoundland on the HMS Prince of Wales.



GSB

[Shannon V. OKeets]

ORIGINAL: Grapeshot Bob

ORIGINAL: Ohio Jones

ORIGINAL: Ohio Jones

What two famous film scribes met while doing intelligence work in Canada?

No takers, huh? I guarantee you know their movies... I'll leave it open a while longer.

Another (much easier) question: What ill-fated ship carried Churchill to meet Rooseveldt to draw up the Atlantic Charter?

... and the follow-up question: where was the meeting held (i.e. what was the ship's destination)?

I'll take an educated guess. Ian Flemming (who wrote the James Bond novels and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) and someone else. I'm not sure who the other person was. Did it happen at Camp X?


GSB

E. Howard Hunt?

[terje439]

Q1: What was the name fo the two US nukes that was dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

Q2: What city was Operation Gomorrah targeting?

Q3: Just before Operation Overlord, what unit did the Germans think Patton commanded, and why did this have am impact of the German plans during Overlord?

[Froonp]

ORIGINAL: terje439

Q1: What was the name fo the two US nukes that was dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

Little boy and Fat Man.

Q2: What city was Operation Gomorrah targeting?

Dresde terror bombing ?

Q3: Just before Operation Overlord, what unit did the Germans think Patton commanded, and why did this have am impact of the German plans during Overlord?

An US Armoured Corps. It was a decoy of wooden and inflated ballon tanks in fact.
Defend the Pas de Calais.

[wworld7]

ORIGINAL: Froonp

Q3: Just before Operation Overlord, what unit did the Germans think Patton commanded, and why did this have am impact of the German plans during Overlord?

An US Armoured Corps. It was a decoy of wooden and inflated ballon tanks in fact.
Defend the Pas de Calais.

Not correct.

Patton had command of the "fake" 1st US Army Group, whose goal was making the Germans believe the landing was coming at the shortest point across the channel at Calais.

This plan had a name but I don't remember it.