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wosung -> RE: OT - WWII quiz (10/7/2008 7:54:11 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: terje439 quote: ORIGINAL: warspite1 quote: ORIGINAL: terje439 A few more for you guys to think about while I do some serious TV-watching [:D] Q1: What was Hitler's first name (trick Q) Warspite 1 Q.1 Heil hehe no, not correct [;)] Do you refer to the other family name Schicklgruber? Regards

patchogue -> RE: OT - WWII quiz (10/7/2008 9:11:48 PM)
Wasn’t the Patton problem something to do with a speech to Knutsford (?) Womens’ Institute about the Russians?

terje439 -> RE: OT - WWII quiz (10/7/2008 10:27:01 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: wosung Do you refer to the other family name Schicklgruber? Regards Nope. His first name is the Q here. Adolf is actually short for his real name.

warspite1 -> RE: OT - WWII quiz (10/7/2008 10:28:07 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: terje439 quote: ORIGINAL: wosung Do you refer to the other family name Schicklgruber? Regards Nope. His first name is the Q here. Adolf is actually short for his real name. Adolphus

terje439 -> RE: OT - WWII quiz (10/7/2008 10:30:04 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: warspite1 Adolphus Ding-ding-ding we have a winner [;)]

warspite1 -> RE: OT - WWII quiz (10/7/2008 10:30:10 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: warspite1 quote: ORIGINAL: brian brian haven't looked up the Bridge quote yet, but plodding through the Churchill volumes led me to an actual WiF quiz question: Which piece in World in Flames is initially assigned to the wrong home country? Warspite1 There are a few in the naval dept. The heavy cruiser Shropshire is shown as an Australian ship - but was only transferred to the RAN in 1942 due to the loss of HMAS Canberra. HMNZS Achilles and Leander are shown as a New Zealand ships but the New Zealand navy did not exist in its own right until 1941. Prior to this, they were part of the New Zealand squadron of the Royal Navy. HMS Neptune was to have been transferred too but losses in the Med meant she could not be sent to New Zealand as planned. However she had aboard 150 New Zealanders when she was sunk in December 1941 - all of whom lost their lives. HMNZS Gambia also started life as an RN ship and was transferred to the Kiwi`s early in her career. It too is shown as a Kiwi ship. I have not checked for others - but these are the obvious ones. All of which leads me to another question. Which was the only ship of the British Pacific Fleet to have been in the war from day one? Warspite 1 HMNZS Achilles. Lets here it for the Kiwi`s [sm=00000436.gif]

terje439 -> RE: OT - WWII quiz (10/7/2008 10:42:41 PM)
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?

warspite1 -> RE: OT - WWII quiz (10/7/2008 10:57:43 PM)
quote: 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? Warspite 1 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

warspite1 -> RE: OT - WWII quiz (10/7/2008 10:59:13 PM)
Warspite 1 Compared to other Aircraft carriers, what was unusual about the Akagi and Hiryu?

terje439 -> RE: OT - WWII quiz (10/7/2008 11:03:41 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: warspite1 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 -> RE: OT - WWII quiz (10/7/2008 11:08:41 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: terje439 quote: ORIGINAL: warspite1 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 -> RE: OT - WWII quiz (10/7/2008 11:10:07 PM)
[;)]

warspite1 -> RE: OT - WWII quiz (10/7/2008 11:12:03 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: warspite1 quote: 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 -> RE: OT - WWII quiz (10/7/2008 11:19:39 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: terje439 quote: ORIGINAL: warspite1 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 -> RE: OT - WWII quiz (10/7/2008 11:24:08 PM)
quote: 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 -> RE: OT - WWII quiz (10/8/2008 2:52:12 AM)
quote: 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 -> RE: OT - WWII quiz (10/8/2008 2:53:46 AM)
I think the Akagi and Hiryu had wooden flight decks? "JW" convoy designation replaced the "PQ" designation. What did "JW" stand for?

brian brian -> RE: OT - WWII quiz (10/8/2008 3:04:04 AM)
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 -> RE: OT - WWII quiz (10/8/2008 3:48:37 AM)
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 -> RE: OT - WWII quiz (10/8/2008 4:07:45 AM)
The Merlin is a small bird of the Falcon family.

rjopel -> RE: OT - WWII quiz (10/8/2008 9:46:44 AM)
Compared to other Aircraft carriers, what was unusual about the Akagi and Hiryu? Thier bridge is on the port side.

terje439 -> RE: OT - WWII quiz (10/8/2008 11:04:01 AM)
quote: 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 -> RE: OT - WWII quiz (10/8/2008 2:29:03 PM)
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\|]

Frederyck -> RE: OT - WWII quiz (10/8/2008 3:21:15 PM)
quote: 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 -> RE: OT - WWII quiz (10/8/2008 7:00:23 PM)
quote: 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 -> RE: OT - WWII quiz (10/8/2008 7:01:22 PM)
quote: 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 -> RE: OT - WWII quiz (10/8/2008 7:03:59 PM)
quote: 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 -> RE: OT - WWII quiz (10/8/2008 10:42:40 PM)
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 -> RE: OT - WWII quiz (10/9/2008 2:09:34 AM)
"JW" = "Joe-Winston". Another nugget from the Churchill volumes.

monkla -> RE: OT - WWII quiz (10/9/2008 3:33:09 PM)
quote: 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.

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