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OT: Quiz on WWII
Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2016 11:25 pm
by Footslogger
See how well you do on this Quiz About WWII?
Some questions do deal with the Pacific Theatre.
http://history.howstuffworks.com/world- ... ledge+Quiz
I got 23 out of 30.
RE: OT: Quiz on WWII
Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2016 8:59 am
by Leandros
19 out of the first 20. Then it got more specialized. Candy bars and name of the third nuker. Missed Tokyo as the eventual third target, too. That was
stupid. Ended with 26.
Fred
RE: OT: Quiz on WWII
Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2016 10:24 am
by AndyDuke
26, but I got lucky on a few of the guesses.
Andy
RE: OT: Quiz on WWII
Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2016 11:02 am
by Jorge_Stanbury
Also 26:
missed the hamburgers (freedom steaks??), the number of countries (this was the hardest I guess); candy bars and one more I don't remember
RE: OT: Quiz on WWII
Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2016 11:19 am
by Trugrit
RE: OT: Quiz on WWII
Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2016 11:22 am
by btd64
27 out of 30. Missed the number of wounded non-combatants and number of nations. Can't remember the other one....GP
RE: OT: Quiz on WWII
Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2016 12:52 pm
by dr. smith
Got 27, but knew from comments about Tokyo - knew it wasn't Kyoto.
One odd question from above (after the misspelling "Scappaflow":
Battle of Leyte Gulf was part of this larger battle:
- Okinawa
- Iwo Jima
- Midway
- Guadalcanal - was Correct, but hardly the case. [:-]
RE: OT: Quiz on WWII
Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2016 1:04 pm
by patrickl
I got 23 too. It was fun doing this quiz. [:D]
RE: OT: Quiz on WWII
Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2016 1:05 pm
by Jorge_Stanbury
I was also bitching about that question... the closest, at least chronologically would by Iwo Jima, which is what I chose
Guadalcanal was long finished by early 1943
the correct answer would be the Invasion of the Philippines
RE: OT: Quiz on WWII
Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2016 3:37 pm
by dr.hal
27 Many to easy but a few were tricky!
RE: OT: Quiz on WWII
Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2016 4:56 pm
by Oberst_Klink
26... not bad for a bloody Jerry, eh?
Klink, Oberst
RE: OT: Quiz on WWII
Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2016 5:14 pm
by Anachro
I know it's generally accepted to be 1939 with the invasion of Poland, but we all know WW2 really started in 1937 with the Marco Polo Bridge incident. [8D]
RE: OT: Quiz on WWII
Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2016 7:29 pm
by Leandros
ORIGINAL: Anachro
I know it's generally accepted to be 1939 with the invasion of Poland, but we all know WW2 really started in 1937 with the Marco Polo Bridge incident. [8D]
Other opinions/suggestions on this..[;)]...?
Fred
RE: OT: Quiz on WWII
Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2016 7:58 pm
by KMCCARTHY
Pretty inane. I quit 1/2 through.
RE: OT: Quiz on WWII
Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2016 8:42 pm
by rustysi
Awe, I'm done taking tests.[:D]
ORIGINAL: Leandros
ORIGINAL: Anachro
I know it's generally accepted to be 1939 with the invasion of Poland, but we all know WW2 really started in 1937 with the Marco Polo Bridge incident. [8D]
Other opinions/suggestions on this..[;)]...?
Fred
September 18, 1931. Manchukuo.[:'(]
RE: OT: Quiz on WWII
Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2016 9:06 pm
by BBfanboy
ORIGINAL: rustysi
Awe, I'm done taking tests.[:D]
ORIGINAL: Leandros
ORIGINAL: Anachro
I know it's generally accepted to be 1939 with the invasion of Poland, but we all know WW2 really started in 1937 with the Marco Polo Bridge incident. [8D]
Other opinions/suggestions on this..[;)]...?
Fred
September 18, 1931. Manchukuo.[:'(]
1919 - Versailles
RE: OT: Quiz on WWII
Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2016 9:49 pm
by rustysi
1919 - Versailles
Very good.
1914 - Sarajevo[:D]
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RE: OT: Quiz on WWII
Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2016 10:51 pm
by geofflambert
I took that quiz before you posted. One of the questions was how many countries were involved in WWII. Their answer was 30. I came up with 37, but have realized that one of those was not accurate, namely Macedonia. I put a comment on the site to that effect. Here's my list (before correction):
Principal Contenders (8)
Germany, Soviet Union, Britain, France, Italy, Japan, China and the US
Independent Countries at the start either combatant and/or occupied during the war (29)
Czechoslovakia, Poland, Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Norway, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Austria, Yugoslavia, Albania, Macedonia, Finland, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia, Iraq, Iran, Mongolia and South Africa
Total: 37
It could be argued that Ethiopia was already occupied before the war began, but that I would say was a precursor to the war and Ethiopia is still referred to at the oldest independent country in Africa.
RE: OT: Quiz on WWII
Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2016 12:36 am
by rustysi
You left out Brazil, not at the start, but they did supply a combat division that fought in Italy. You might also include Mexico who declared war late, but did supply at least an air unit (fighter I believe), although I don't believe they saw action.
RE: OT: Quiz on WWII
Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2016 3:47 pm
by pontiouspilot
26/30....wow...Hitler had a nephew in USA??....Has his son won any primaries??