OT - WWII quiz

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: terje439

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Q.3 PQ17
Q.4 Untersee
Q.5 Germany
Q.6 Japan or France - I`ll go for Japan
Q.7 The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot?
Q.8 Musashi
Q.10 Anschluss

Q3 - Correct
Q4 - Correct
Q5 - Wrong
Q6 - Lucky guess - Correct
Q7 - Correct
Q8 - Correct
Q10 - Correct

Warspite1

Research for the naval write ups is paying dividends [:)]

[terje439]

[;)]

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: terje439

A few more for you guys then:

Q1: The Rolls Royce Merlin engine was named after what?

Q2: What airplane name is also the name of anAudrey Hepburn movie?

Warspite 1

Q.1 The only Merlin I know of is the Magician/Wizard from King Arthur
Q.2 Thats easy - its the Avro Breakfast at Tiffany`s medium bomber

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: terje439

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Q.3 PQ17
Q.4 Untersee
Q.5 Germany
Q.6 Japan or France - I`ll go for Japan
Q.7 The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot?
Q.8 Musashi
Q.10 Anschluss

Q3 - Correct
Q4 - Correct
Q5 - Wrong
Q6 - Lucky guess - Correct
Q7 - Correct
Q8 - Correct
Q10 - Correct

Warspite 1

I`ve just tried looking up Q.5 - could be one of two - good trick question [;)]

[terje439]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

I`ve just tried looking up Q.5 - could be one of two - good trick question [;)]

Yea, surprised me when I first read that fact.

[Mike Dubost]

ORIGINAL: terje439

A few more for you guys then:

Q1: The Rolls Royce Merlin engine was named after what?

Q2: What airplane name is also the name of anAudrey Hepburn movie?

Q3: What convoy bound for the USSR suffered the heaviest losses?

Q4: U-boat is the english term for the German word U-boot, but what is U-boot short for?

Q5: What nationality developed the "schnorkel" system for submarines?

Q6: What nation developed the largest submarines during the war?

Q7: If you were a US aviator that fought in the Pacific, what would you call the dates June 19-20 1944?

Q8: What was the name of the IJN Yamato's sistership?

Q9: Who was the last person to recieve the "Blood Order"?

Q10: What was the name for the uniting of Germany ands Austria in 1938?

For Q5, didn't the CSS Hunley (Confederate States of America) have a version of the "schnorkel"?

[brian brian]

I think the Akagi and Hiryu had wooden flight decks?


"JW" convoy designation replaced the "PQ" designation. What did "JW" stand for?

[brian brian]

The Germans stole their schnorkel design from the Dutch. But that might have been from one of the companies the Germans themselves helped set up to circumvent the Versailles restrictions on them having subs, I forget on the schnorkel. But a Finnish firm set up like that did the basic design for the VIIC type U-Boat.

[Neilster]

The other Rolls-Royce engines around then were the Peregrine, Griffon etc, so I'll guess the Merlin is a flying creature of some description.

Cheers, Neilster

[saintjames]

The Merlin is a small bird of the Falcon family.

[rjopel]

Compared to other Aircraft carriers, what was unusual about the Akagi and Hiryu?
 
Thier bridge is on the port side.

[terje439]

ORIGINAL: saintjames

The Merlin is a small bird of the Falcon family.

That is absolutely correct (I'll give you 9/10 correct too Neilster [;)])

And Brian Brian is correct, the schnorkel system used in German submarines was of Dutch design.

And I'll admit it was a good try on Q2 Warspite1, but not quite right [:D]

[micheljq]

Q6: What nation developed the largest submarines during the war?

I remember something about a very big french submarine, named the Surcouf (name of a french corsair or naval commander from the beginning of the 19th century who did some feats in India region I think).  According to wikipedia 4218 tons, huge for a sub at this time. 
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[Frederyck]

ORIGINAL: terje439
And I'll admit it was a good try on Q2 Warspite1, but not quite right [:D]

It is kind of embarrassing that I have no idea what the answer is either...

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: micheljq

Q6: What nation developed the largest submarines during the war?

I remember something about a very big french submarine, named the Surcouf (name of a french corsair or naval commander from the beginning of the 19th century who did some feats in India region I think).  According to wikipedia 4218 tons, huge for a sub at this time. 
[8|]

Warspite1

Thats why I was not sure if it was the French (Surcouf) or the Japanese (I-400). But plumped for the Japanese sub - which luckily was right.

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: rjopel

Compared to other Aircraft carriers, what was unusual about the Akagi and Hiryu?

Thier bridge is on the port side.

Warspite1

....is the right answer.

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: brian brian

I think the Akagi and Hiryu had wooden flight decks?


"JW" convoy designation replaced the "PQ" designation. What did "JW" stand for?

Warspite1

Brian Brian, please put me out of my misery on this - as a naval question - this is just plain embarrassing that I don`t know [&:] but I could do with knowing for my write up of the Russian convoys [:)].

[patchogue]

It is claimed that a submarine was demonstrated to Charles II on/under the Thames driven by oarsmen - if true it must have had a schnorkel!

[brian brian]

"JW" = "Joe-Winston". Another nugget from the Churchill volumes.

[monkla]

ORIGINAL: micheljq

Q6: What nation developed the largest submarines during the war?

I remember something about a very big french submarine, named the Surcouf (name of a french corsair or naval commander from the beginning of the 19th century who did some feats in India region I think).  According to wikipedia 4218 tons, huge for a sub at this time. 
[8|]

Ahh...the Surcouf. It bring's back fond memories of a naval campaign I was in where I had the submarine at my disposal. Going around shelling the enemy with the 2 8 inch guns on board. How cool is that - okay, also pretty stupid, but what can I say.

I think it is believed that she was rammed by an allied merchantment somewhere in the Caribbean.