Quick History Quiz (just for fun)

Mike Scholl · Post by **Mike Scholl** » Mon Sep 29, 2003 2:59 pm

Lots of comments in this forum about who's an Historian and who's a Gamer
and who can't find his own behind without using both hands, a map, and a
ground guide. So if you think you know WWII, try this...

TRUE or FALSE "General Rommel commanded an Army at the beginning of WWII."

(and if you say true..., name the Army)

pry · Post by **pry** » Mon Sep 29, 2003 3:23 pm

Mike Scholl wrote:Lots of comments in this forum about who's an Historian and who's a Gamer
and who can't find his own behind without using both hands, a map, and a
ground guide. So if you think you know WWII, try this...

TRUE or FALSE "General Rommel commanded an Army at the beginning of WWII."

(and if you say true..., name the Army)

TRUE

General Juliusz Rommel commanded the Polish Lodz Army on September 1 1939

IronDuke_slith · Post by **IronDuke_slith** » Mon Sep 29, 2003 3:27 pm

True, The Commander of the Polish "Lodz" Army was a General Rommel. Four divisions and a couple of Cavalry Brigades strong, it had largely ceased to exist by around 10th September 1939, destroyed by the advance of the German 10th Army under General Walther Von Reichenau.

Erwin Rommel of Africa Corps fame, was on Hitler's personal staff at the outbreak of the war and did not take active part in the campaign. He got his first Field Command on 15 February 1940 when he took command of 7th Panzer.

IronDuke.

IronDuke_slith · Post by **IronDuke_slith** » Mon Sep 29, 2003 3:31 pm

Beaten to it

That said, I couldn't find a record of his first name. Any idea what happened to him?

pry · Post by **pry** » Mon Sep 29, 2003 3:36 pm

IronDuke wrote:Beaten to it That said, I couldn't find a record of his first name. Any idea what happened to him?

Rommel survived nearly six years (1939-1945), as a prisoner of the Germans. Rommel was one of over 5,000 other Polish prisoners – including 22 other generals – liberated when American troops overran a large P/W camp at Murnau. Afterwards he lived in retirement, dieing in 1967, at well over 80 years of age.

Drongo · Post by **Drongo** » Mon Sep 29, 2003 4:07 pm

Who's Rommel?

Mike Scholl · Post by **Mike Scholl** » Mon Sep 29, 2003 6:38 pm

It's obvious we have at least a couple of historians out there who are
early risers as well. ABSOLUTELY CORRECT on the first try. And thanks
for the note on his survival into his 80's. That I didn't know. Guess I
owe PRY a beer if ever we meet. Just tossed this out because so much
of what passes through this forum is getting kinda "touchy". Thought we
could use a break and a bit of fun.

mogami · Post by **mogami** » Mon Sep 29, 2003 6:47 pm

Well if it is just for fun and we do not have to stick to WW2 I'll submit a question.

Which Corps in Shermans Army did Jefferson C. Davis command?

pry · Post by **pry** » Mon Sep 29, 2003 6:52 pm

Mogami wrote:Well if it is just for fun and we do not have to stick to WW2 I'll submit a question.

Which Corps in Shermans Army did Jefferson C. Davis command?

I'll take a stab at this one also...

14th Corps Army of the Cumberland

mogami · Post by **mogami** » Mon Sep 29, 2003 6:56 pm

Hi, Correct.

Mr.Frag · Post by **Mr.Frag** » Mon Sep 29, 2003 7:09 pm

Mogami wrote:Well if it is just for fun and we do not have to stick to WW2 I'll submit a question.

Which Corps in Shermans Army did Jefferson C. Davis command?

14th Corps (second division of, prior to assuming command from Palmer)

(grr, phone rings, you don't refresh, bang, someone slips in)

Follow on question: What was the last action it served in?

IronDuke_slith · Post by **IronDuke_slith** » Mon Sep 29, 2003 7:23 pm

Mike Scholl wrote:It's obvious we have at least a couple of historians out there who are
early risers as well. ABSOLUTELY CORRECT on the first try. And thanks
for the note on his survival into his 80's. That I didn't know. Guess I
owe PRY a beer if ever we meet. Just tossed this out because so much
of what passes through this forum is getting kinda "touchy". Thought we
could use a break and a bit of fun.

Early risers? It's 4PM in the afternoon in the Mother Country. Don't you use GMT?

Drongo, the Rommels were about their business in a little sideshow to the Pacific War that took place in Europe. That said, one of them did have a few cross words with a number of Australians out in the desert so there's no excuse for not having heard of him, at least.

pry · Post by **pry** » Mon Sep 29, 2003 7:31 pm

Mr.Frag wrote:
(grr, phone rings, you don't refresh, bang, someone slips in)

Follow on question: What was the last action it served in?

Sorry about that Mr Fang,

To answer your question my "Best Guess" would be Bentonville NC, but I am not willing to bet the farm on it.

Mr.Frag · Post by **Mr.Frag** » Mon Sep 29, 2003 8:23 pm

Should have bet the farm

Bentonville is correct.

Luskan · Post by **Luskan** » Mon Sep 29, 2003 8:26 pm

Usually I refrain from interfering in such unwashed discourse between the plebes but I was feeling altruistic so decided to bless this thread with my post . . .

What are you? A pack of Polish apologists? How dare you imply that the polish Rommel attacked the evil Australians in the deserts of South America???

You all obviously don't know what you're talking about. Life must be so much more difficult for stupid people so I won't hold it against you all!

As for Bentonville, it should be obvious to anybody who can read the following official top secret US government document that Bentonville is in Nevada - not North Carolina or Arkansas (where ever the hell they are). :p

History clearly shows that the 14th Army of the Cumberland achieved a 6 to 1 kill ratio against the numerous Kiwi Bismarck class battleships during the Boer war. Anyone who disagrees with me on any of this is a complete moron. :rolleyes:

On a slightly (only just) more serious note, I'd like to know which of you truly are educated in the more complicated arts (history was too easy, going to ask some HARD questions to sort the scholars from the net freaks/tv addicts/armchair historians around here!) so I'll post a questions from a completely unrelated fictional (your only hints) field:

1. Who wrote the highly controversial and nearly best selling "Trilogy of Philosophical Blockbusters: Where God went wrong, Some More of God's Greatest Mistakes and Who is this God Person anyway?"??

2. T.H. White started his famous book with a legendary character called . . . Wart. Who did Wart grow up to be?

3. Quote the Play, Act, Scene and line number of that most poignant and memorable moment when someone said: "Lead on MacDuff!".

I'll give abour 12 hours before I return to reveal the answers (most quiz show contestants barely get 10 minutes!).

Also please note, I resisted the urge to ask where "Your mother was a hamster and your father smelled of eldeberries!" came from.

Hornblower · Post by **Hornblower** » Mon Sep 29, 2003 9:15 pm

I'll take question #3 for $1000 please...
What is Shakespeare's Macbeth??.... Scene 8 of the 5th act. (If I recall my 8th grade English class correctly) No clue what line- sorry.. However, again if I recall correctly, I thought it was "Lay on Macduff"?

Mr.Frag · Post by **Mr.Frag** » Mon Sep 29, 2003 9:17 pm

1. Oolon Colluphid obviously!

I'll leave the rest for others

pry · Post by **pry** » Mon Sep 29, 2003 10:12 pm

Luskan wrote: History clearly shows that the 14th Army of the Cumberland achieved a 6 to 1 kill ratio against the numerous Kiwi Bismarck class battleships during the Boer war. Anyone who disagrees with me on any of this is a complete moron.

Actually Luskan I am glad you brought this up, now we can get to the bottom of whom really sank the Kiwi Bismarck.... The actual cause of Kiwi Bismarck's demise is a closely guarded secret from the Boer War.

The USAAF loaned a Uber-B17 prototype to the Royal Horse Artillery, the uber-teen took off from England in the morning phase and bombed the port at Capetown inflicting 40% damage while shooting down 45 German aircraft flying CAP with their elite Tibetan Monk pilots with experience in the upper 90's and 0 fatigue (It is amazing how those monks never seem to get fatigued, must be that Zen thing) and taking no damage in return.

In the afternoon phase the uber-teen then went on to recon the entire Bay of Bengal after taking off in a thunderstorm, reporting the positions of every vessel including 4 whales and 3 shrimp boats each with a 50 seagull CAP. (The uber-teens are way too effective!!!)

The Uber-teen attacked one of the shrimp boats decimating the CAP, (The crew later reported there was nothing of the CAP left but blood, guts and feathers on the windshield) and managed to inflict a bomb hit on a moving target, this I find most annoying and a-historical because everyone knows it is impossible to hit a moving target with a 50 seagull CAP.

I could post meaningless quotes from historical authors to back this up but that would require effort on my part so if you want dispute these quotes look them up for yourself and post them here, then you will see I am right and you are wrong as always…. Then get back to me…

The Uber-teen then attacked the Kiwi Bismarck using the prototype remote controlled 2000lb, Iceberg Mk20, dropped from 100 feet. Now in a rare twist of atmospheric oddities, the frequency used to guide the Iceberg Mk20 was at that same moment being used by a farmer in Fargo North Dakota while holding a seance for his dead Jersey Cow Bessie.

This caused the Iceberg Mk20 to drop in cloak-stealth mode which made accurate guidance impossible fortunately the Iceberg Mk20 managed to strike the Kiwi Bismarck on the starboard side ripping open a gash along 200 feet of her hull. Fatally wounded she rolled over and sank within a minute on the spot killing nearly all of her 1500 passengers because not enough air-sick bags were provided.

The British claim to have ALMOST sank her, The Kiwi's claim to have ALMOST scuttled her but it was the Uber-teen and Iceberg Mk20 that did her in. Another interesting note is the uber crew arrived back at base with higher moral than when they left, seems fits of laughter raised moral by 10%, This is a GAMEBUSTER, everyone knows that fits of laughter can only raise moral by 5%, look it up….

Now this is obviously a USN bias and swings the game to far to their side, Matrix and the play testers also failed to anticipate the effects of global warming in the Pacific which renders the Mk20 useless due to warmer waters. In WITP we as players should have the option to toggle Global Warming Mode On/Off to balance the game or better yet just scrap the whole thing and start over.

As to the rest of your questions I have no clue, it is not easy being an unwashed - dirt stupid - obstinate cretin with a revisionist agenda who panders to the masses... but I try to deal with my shortcomings as best as I am able

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Sonny · Post by **Sonny** » Mon Sep 29, 2003 10:14 pm

Luskan wrote:..................

Also please note, I resisted the urge to ask where "Your mother was a hamster and your father smelled of eldeberries!" came from.

Oooh, oooh teacher call on me - I know the answer! Me, me!

pasternakski · Post by **pasternakski** » Mon Sep 29, 2003 10:54 pm

Luskan wrote:3. Quote the Play, Act, Scene and line number of that most poignant and memorable moment when someone said: "Lead on MacDuff!".

Also please note, I resisted the urge to ask where "Your mother was a hamster and your father smelled of eldeberries!" came from.

The exact quote is, "Lay on, MacDuff!"

I faahrt in your general direction.

Quick History Quiz (just for fun)

Quick History Quiz (just for fun)

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History Quiz

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