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4. The most famous destroyer commander of the war was ?


Mountbatten?

Mountbatten commanded a destroyer ?

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ORIGINAL: Froonp

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ORIGINAL: warspite1

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ORIGINAL: Greyshaft
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4. The most famous destroyer commander of the war was ?

I'd vote for the guy who was commanding HMS Cossack when it intercepted the German transport Altmark in Norwegian waters. Later promoted to Adm. Name started with a 'V'. Was it 'Vian'?

Warspite1

Good choice - although probably less well known, but more deserving of recognition for his later cruiser and carrier exploits - especially with the BPF

BPF ?

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4. The most famous destroyer commander of the war was ?

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ORIGINAL: morgil

1. In Norway lots of ppl signed up for the SS units. When a group of these got sent to the Netherlands for guard duty they did what ?
2. What was the name of Winston Churchill's manservant / bodyguard ?
3. The British government was at one point huddled together in a London basement, writing the resignation letter to the Germans, what made them stop?
4. The most famous destroyer commander of the war was ?

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ORIGINAL: morgil

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ORIGINAL: morgil

1. In Norway lots of ppl signed up for the SS units. When a group of these got sent to the Netherlands for guard duty they did what ?
2. What was the name of Winston Churchill's manservant / bodyguard ?
3. The British government was at one point huddled together in a London basement, writing the resignation letter to the Germans, what made them stop?
4. The most famous destroyer commander of the war was ?

4. Really bad question as it is so dependant of point of view and i forgot to put American in there aswell, but the one I was thinking of was indeed of Swedish descent.
Admiral Arleigh "31-Knot" Burke.


Next question; What SS Unit sported 3 Lions on the collar tab ?

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ORIGINAL: morgil


2. What was the name of Winston Churchill's manservant / bodyguard ?
4. Really bad question as it is so dependant of point of view and i forgot to put American in there aswell, but the one I was thinking of was indeed of Swedish descent.
Admiral Arleigh "31-Knot" Burke.


Next question; What SS Unit sported 3 Lions on the collar tab ?

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when was the worlds first computer made and what for?

In the 70s and for playing games?? [:D]

Could you specify a bit more? Since mechanical comptuers have been around for some 2k years

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ORIGINAL: terje439

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ORIGINAL: tigercub

when was the worlds first computer made and what for?

In the 70s and for playing games?? [:D]

Could you specify a bit more? Since mechanical comptuers have been around for some 2k years

I agree this needs to be clarified. here are some first computer's.
mechanical = abacus 2k+ years
programmable = ZI by Conrad Zuse 1936-38
digital = ABC (Iowa State Univ) 1937; some argue ENIAC 1943-46 but patent was invalidated in 1973 and inventors rights given to ABC
transistor = TX-O (MIT) 1956
stored program capable = EDSAC 1949

For these reasons and many more the question is way too generic.

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ORIGINAL: abj9562

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ORIGINAL: terje439

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ORIGINAL: tigercub

when was the worlds first computer made and what for?

In the 70s and for playing games?? [:D]

Could you specify a bit more? Since mechanical comptuers have been around for some 2k years

I agree this needs to be clarified. here are some first computer's.
mechanical = abacus 2k+ years
programmable = ZI by Conrad Zuse 1936-38
digital = ABC (Iowa State Univ) 1937; some argue ENIAC 1943-46 but patent was invalidated in 1973 and inventors rights given to ABC
transistor = TX-O (MIT) 1956
stored program capable = EDSAC 1949

For these reasons and many more the question is way too generic.

I saw your post on computers and having had computer history in my college computer classes in I knew something was not right.


I was looking for this computer…

In 1801, Joseph Marie Jacquard made an improvement to the textile loom by introducing a series of punched paper cards as a template which allowed his loom to weave intricate patterns automatically.



And had forgotten about this computer...

The "castle clock", an astronomical clock invented by Al-Jazari in 1206, is considered to be the earliest programmable analog computer.



Which means that the computer made by Konrad Zuse was the first program-controlled computer not the first programmable computer.

The inventor of the program-controlled computer was Konrad Zuse, who built the first working computer in 1941 and later in 1955 the first computer based on magnetic storage.

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On the new Guadacanal questions:

Q1) no idea
Q2 Japanese Name, American Name, and a Philippino Name (but I am just guessing)
Q3) I was USAF so I am not sure.
Q4) It means the order is understood and will be carried out.
Q5) I could be wrong but I recall they were involved in the Second Seminole war in Florida around 1835.

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Which ship am I?

I appear as a counter in World In Flames.
I was completed in 1939, just before the outbreak of WWII.
40% of my sisters failed to survive the war but I was lucky enough to come through.
I was badly damaged very early in the war and only came back into service half way through WWII.
I subsequently saw action in a high profile naval battle.
I was named after a capital city.
I am still in one piece and reside in a capital city - but not the one I am named after.

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ORIGINAL: patchogue

Belfast

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ORIGINAL: warspite1

Which ship am I?

I appear as a counter in World In Flames.
I was completed in 1939, just before the outbreak of WWII.
40% of my sisters failed to survive the war but I was lucky enough to come through.
I was badly damaged very early in the war and only came back into service half way through WWII.
I subsequently saw action in a high profile naval battle.
I was named after a capital city.
I am still in one piece and reside in a capital city - but not the one I am named after.

If you want this to be an open-ended question and use it in a quiz, you need to give an example of how you want the answer provided (e.g., Belfast, H.M. S. Belfast, ...). Or, of course, you could make it a closed-ended question with a list of possible answers.

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Which Ship am I?

I appear as a counter in World In Flames
My sister and I were competed during the thirties
I was badly damaged during a well known episode early in the war
We both failed to survive the war, though neither of us were lost to enemy action
I was named after a place whose name became very famous during the war, but for reasons that had nothing to do with me.

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ORIGINAL: warspite1

Which Ship am I?

I appear as a counter in World In Flames
My sister and I were competed during the thirties
I was badly damaged during a well known episode early in the war
We both failed to survive the war, though neither of us were lost to enemy action
I was named after a place whose name became very famous during the war, but for reasons that had nothing to do with me.

Dunkerque

I do like these questions....[:)]

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My guess would be the USS Langley. She was converted from a coal ship to a carrier and sunk in 1942.

I spent 4 years in the Hampton roads area by Norfolk Naval base but was stationed at Langley AFB. I had a good friend who was a naval historian and told me about her history. However I am not sure she is a counter in WiF and do not want to look as that would be cheating.

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ORIGINAL: abj9562

My guess would be the USS Langley. She was converted from a coal ship to a carrier and sunk in 1942.

I spent 4 years in the Hampton roads area by Norfolk Naval base but was stationed at Langley AFB. I had a good friend who was a naval historian and told me about her history. However I am not sure she is a counter in WiF and do not want to look as that would be cheating.

Oh and my second guess is the HMS Hood but I am not sure when she was commissioned.

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ORIGINAL: warspite1

Okay next one - as a better way to test the usefulness (or otherwise) of the clues I will provide these at various intervals and see which clue is the one that gives it away:

Which ship am I?

I appear as a counter in World In Flames
I saw service in both the First and Second World Wars

More to follow.....

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ORIGINAL: patchogue

Have checked my answer and am wrong!

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ORIGINAL: warspite1

Okay next one - as a better way to test the usefulness (or otherwise) of the clues I will provide these at various intervals and see which clue is the one that gives it away:

Which ship am I?

I appear as a counter in World In Flames
I saw service in both the First and Second World Wars

More to follow.....