Off topic- Quiz Section

[Gen. Sandworm]

IT was the US because they hooked my grandad's ass up to a machine that stored the horrible toxin. True it would not kill you but it can burn the eyes and peel paint off walls. Those with in a 10 meters radius will leave the effected area immediatly. No wonder grandpa was to keen on the army. Poor guy just wanted to be alone with his puffs of joy. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Fuchs66]

OK OK I can see we're not getting anywhere here the answer is (roll of drums) diisopropylflourophosphate or DFP

The principle British researcher on organo-phosphate toxins, Bernard Saunders, did discover a nerve gas, known as "diisopropylfluorophosphate (DFP)", but it was much less deadly than tabun or sarin. However, DFP could be mixed with mustard agent, forming a combination that was nastier and also had a much lower freezing point than mustard by itself, creating an effective winter weather agent.


http://www.vectorsite.net/twgas2.html

[Fuchs66]

OK easy one now British soldiers are often referred to as squaddies where does this nickname come from?

[BDL]

Soft, slimy mud is called squad, we spend a lot of our time in said soft slimy mud, hence we are 'squaddies'

[Fuchs66]

Soft, slimy mud is called squad, we spend a lot of our time in said soft slimy mud, hence we are 'squaddies'

That's a new one on me and not the origin I have read, ok a clue it's taken from an old English word that describes another group of people.

[BDL]

Soft, slimy mud is called squad, we spend a lot of our time in said soft slimy mud, hence we are 'squaddies'

That's a new one on me and not the origin I have read, ok a clue it's taken from an old English word that describes another group of people.

No idea then, that's the one I was told :oops:

[Fuchs66]

It's not all that flattering either :lol:

[Firefly]

Heres me thinking it was based on the common sub unit of infantry, the Squad. Now your telling me it isnt?

So are you asking for the origin of the word, or the unit?

Confused from Wilts.......

[Fuchs66]

Heres me thinking it was based on the common sub unit of infantry, the Squad. Now your telling me it isnt?

So are you asking for the origin of the word, or the unit?

I'm asking for the origin of the Nickname for a British soldier Squaddy

Although it has since been associated with "a squad" it's origins stem from a slang word from the 18th C for another group of people.

ps Squad is apparantly also slimy mud as pointed out before, you live and learn, :lol:

[Firefly]

OK, Squaddy, may be derived from Swaddy, an 18th century word for Bumkin.

Hot or Cold?

[Fuchs66]

OK, Squaddy, may be derived from Swaddy, an 18th century word for Bumkin.

Hot or Cold?

Excellent give the man a coconut. Yep comes from the time when the class differences between officers and ORs was a bit more severe.

Edit to add this:

The Trooper Cut Down in His Prime

As I was a-walkin' down by the Royal Arsenal,
Early the morning though 'warm was the day,
When who should I see but one of my comrades,
All wrapped up in flannel, and cold as the clay.

CHORUS-
Then beat the drum slowly and play your fife slowly,
And sound the dead march as you carry me along;
And fire your bundooks* right over my coffin,
For I'm a young trooper cut down in my prime.

The bugles were playin'; his mates were a-prayin',
The chaplain was kneelin' down by his bed;
His poor head was achin', his poor heart was breakin',
This poor young trooper cut down in his prime.

(CHORUS)

Get six of my comrades to carry my coffin,
Six of my comrades to carry me on high;
And six young maidens to carry white roses,
So they won't smell me as they pass me by.

(CHORUS)

Outside of the barracks you will find two girls standin',
And one to the other she whispered and said:
"Here comes the young swaddy** Whose money we squandered,
Here comes the young trooper cut down in his prime."

(CHORUS)

On the cross by his grave you will find these words written:
"All you young troopers take warnin' by me;
Keep away from them flash-girls*** who walk in the city;
Flash-girls of the city have quite ruined me."

(CHORUS)

*-bundooks - from the Hindustani banduk, a rifle or musket
**-swaddy - English slang for soldier
***-flash-girls - street girls (probably prostitutes)

Squaddies (Swaddies) haven't changed much have they? :lol: :lol:

[Firefly]

Damn, now I have to think of a decent ungooglable question.

Wait out!

[pdf27]

Damn, now I have to think of a decent ungooglable question.

Wait out!
Photos are practically impossible to google ;)

[Gen. Sandworm]

What is special about this sequence Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start.

More specifically what is it known as?

[Tsolias]

Is it a video game thing? :shock:

[Gen. Sandworm]

Is it a video game thing? :shock:

Close ............... need a name!!!

[Tsolias]

The Contra Code for the Konami games.

[Gen. Sandworm]

The Contra Code for the Konami games.

Close enough .............. Known as the Konami code. Works for more than just contra. GG your question

[Tsolias]

The islands of Pantelleria and Lampedusa in the Mediterranean.
What common faith they shared during WWII?

[Dani]

Any clues?

[Cuts]

The islands of Pantelleria and Lampedusa in the Mediterranean.
What common faith they shared during WWII?

Is it the branch of Catholicism known as the Order of the Hospital or Order of St John ?

[Bladensburg]

Zoroastrian?

[Tsolias]

:oops: :oops: :oops: :oops:
My mistake.
I meant to ask:

The islands of Pantelleria and Lampedusa in the Mediterranean.
What common destiny they shared during WWII?

...sorry

:oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops:

[Dani]

The aerial capture (within 2 days - 11.06.1943 Pantelleria and 13.06.1943 Lampedusa)?

Or the fact that both islands had after June 1943 allied air bases??

[Tsolias]

The aerial capture (within 2 days - 11.06.1943 Pantelleria and 13.06.1943 Lampedusa)?



Well done Dani!
Your question.

[Dani]

Give me a couple of hours for reaching home! I will strike back!

[Dani]

Name the German pilot flying a Me 262 with the highest number of confirmed victories.

[pdf27]

Name the German pilot flying a Me 262 with the highest number of confirmed victories.
Highest number of victories in a -262, or the pilot with the highest number of overall victories to have scored a victory in the -262?

[Firefly]

If its flew the 262, Erich Hartman. 352 Victories in only 3 years.

[Firefly]

However Heinz Baer is the top 262 score with 16 victories.

[Dani]

Highest number of victories in a -262, or the pilot with the highest number of overall victories to have scored a victory in the -262?

The pilot.

@Firefly: No.

[Gen. Sandworm]

Highest number of victories in a -262, or the pilot with the highest number of overall victories to have scored a victory in the -262?

The pilot.

@Firefly: No.

Answer

[Eagle]

German ace Walter Nowotny

[Dani]

No.

[Panzerknacker]

The Me-262 top scorer is Kurt Welther with at list 27 aircraft destroyed using this jet fighter.

He claimed 29 ( 25 Moskitos and 4 B-17) but two of it remained unconfirmed.

German ace Walter Nowotny

Nowotny only shoot down one aircraft while fliying the Messer 262.

[Dani]

The Me-262 top scorer is Kurt Welther with at list 27 aircraft destroyed using this jet fighter.

He claimed 29 ( 25 Moskitos and 4 B-17) but two of it remained unconfirmed.

German ace Walter Nowotny

Nowotny only shoot down one aircraft while fliying the Messer 262.

Kurt Welter claimed 29 victories whilst flying Me262
http://www.luftwaffe.cz/welter.html

Well done Panzerknacker!!! :D
Honestly I just wanted to cancel my quiz but you answered.

So, it is your turn!

[Panzerknacker]

My turn to to ask..? Okay :lol:


What plane is this ?:

http://x11.putfile.com/11/30421443920.jpg

[Gen. Sandworm]

My turn to to ask..? Okay :lol:


What plane is this ?:



Hard to tell...............Zero?!

[Panzerknacker]

Not exactly...is japanese allright

[BDL]

Ki 44?

[Panzerknacker]

Sorry but ..no.

[Eagle]

Is the Nakajima Ki-84 "Hayate", known as Frank by the allied forces. It was considered the best Jap-army fighter from all the war, and it was the answer to the north american P-51 Mustang.

[Topor]

Not a Ki.84 - no air intake under the nose & wrong canopy.(Mind you, "artistic licence" might plat a part :wink: ).

[Panzerknacker]

Casi... :lol:

Sorry Aguila.. but is not the Hayate, check the side turbocharger, it maybe can help you to recognize the aircraft.

Pretty close aniway. :wink:

[Eagle]

Not a Ki.84 - no air intake under the nose & wrong canopy.(Mind you, "artistic licence" might plat a part :wink: ).

Yeah, you are right... I thought that the artist didn't notice the air intake and he removed it. Sorry!

I don't know what to say, if it is not a Ki-84, so I would say Kawanishi N1KJ-2 "Shiden Kai", but I don't think that could be the Shiden Kai.

[Panzerknacker]

Maybe this pic could help:

http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/774/35wo.jpg

[FluffyBunnyGB]

Was it a captured P 47 D THUNDERBOLT, or a copy thereof?

[Topor]

Nakajima Ki-87: experimental, high altitude fighter.
The Turbo gave it away - not too clear what it was in the 1st pic.

[Panzerknacker]

That is right Topor, good job ¡¡¡ 8)

Now you guys can test the old Panzerknacker. :D

[Topor]

We (the UK) turned one into a slug & the other into a World Beater.

Name both(US products).

[Panzerknacker]

We (the UK) turned one into a slug & the other into a World Beater.

Name both(US products).


I am completely clueless :oops: ...I tough that you going to post a pic of something :?

[Eagle]

I don't know if its for my so bad english or what, but I don't understand... let me guess, are you talking about an armoured vehicle that had two versions, one of them a slug-tracked?

[BDL]

The second one - Mustang?

Not sure about the first one

[Topor]

BDL You got the second & the first is also a fighter "modified" to our spec's.

[BDL]

Was the other one the updated Brewster Buffalo?

edit - the F2A3 version

[Topor]

No, this aircraft served with great effect with the USAAF right to the end of the War; mainly in the Far East.

[FluffyBunnyGB]

F4U CORSAIR?

[Firefly]

P-39?

[Topor]

The Corsair was a Navy aircraft & we didn't do nuffink to the P39 :wink:

[mike M.]

I would say the P-38 :?:

[Eagle]

North American P-51 Mustang. Ordered by the Royal Air Force, and then, used a lot by the US forces.

[Topor]

Mike M gets the P38.
The Purchasing Commission decreed that the RAF didn't need the turbochargers fitted to the USAAF version.

[Panzerknacker]

Any other question....?

[Topor]

BDL & Mike M can fight over who doesn't have to think up a question :wink:

[BDL]

If Mike hasn't posted one in a couple of hours, I'll stick one up

[BDL]

How many countries did Germany declare war on in World War 2?

[Panzerknacker]

Just one, the USA...but because is was far away, if not Hitler probably dont bother to do that.

[BDL]

Just one, the USA...but because is was far away, if not Hitler probably dont bother to do that.

Yep - your question

[Topor]

Four:
Poland
France
USSR
USA

[Panzerknacker]

Four:
Poland
France
USSR
USA

Ejem......it was just one Topor, the USA, hitler did that in one adress to the Reichstag in December 10th 1941.

Yep - your question

All right...what tank is this:

http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/8531/jaja2fz.jpg

[BDL]

Four:
Poland
France
USSR
USA

There was no declaration of war on Poland, France or the USSR apparently (there was on one on the USSR, but since the leading Panzers were already 20 or 30 miles inside the USSR at the time, I don't think it counts).

[FluffyBunnyGB]

T 44

[Panzerknacker]

That is correct :wink: . You can do the next one.

[FluffyBunnyGB]

At last. I got one correct!

:D :D :D

Give me a few hours to sort something out.

Fluffy

[FluffyBunnyGB]

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a362/FluffyBunnyGB/quizpic01.jpg

This development vehicle is slightly post WW2 but based on work carried out during WW2, so I've put it in.

The questions:

1. What tank is underneath all that scaffolding & junk?

2. What was this vehicle developed to do?

Kind regards

Fluffy

[BDL]

Valentine?

Flying tank?

[FluffyBunnyGB]

BDL Correct on the VALENTINE, but what sort of lunatic would strap, say, half a dozen JATO units to a AFV to get it to jump over obstacles?

I mean, that would be ludicrous wouldn't it?

Imagine what might happen . . . . .






























http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a362/FluffyBunnyGB/quizpic2.jpg

Jumping / flying Bren carrier. This was also tried with a turretless VALENTINE, but there was no way of controlling stability during its (short) flight.


But that isn't what the tank in my question was for.

It was, however, the same set of lunatics who did the flying Bren carrier.

[Bladensburg]

It's not some mad idea for melting tarmac is it?

[Cuts]

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a362/FluffyBunnyGB/quizpic01.jpg

I know Fluffy, it's the Dan Dare version of Wheelbarrow.

[BDL]

I know Fluffy, it's the Dan Dare version of Wheelbarrow.

That's one hell of a disrupter :lol:

[FluffyBunnyGB]

Getting warmer . . . .

As of course you would stood in front of that particular VALENTINE variant . . . . .

[Cuts]

So it is a sort of FOGB Wheelbarrow ?

[Topor]

The object bolted to it is a Whittle type jet engine, probably a Goblin, though IFIIK why :?

[Bladensburg]

The mother of all flamethrowers?

[Cuts]

The missus tells me that I should be receiving a Goblin soon...

[Topor]

The missus tells me that I should be receiving a Goblin soon...

Oh, you lucky, lucky man :wink:

[FluffyBunnyGB]

Guys

It's not a BFO WHEELBARROW, although it is faintly in the same line of work.

I can't believe you are all still flailing around trying to find an answer to this?

The bloody Crabs would do better!

Take the bull's horns and get a grip on the question.

Perhaps you think I'm a sadeist, or trying to be funny? That's abcird.

You might find the answer in a mag somewhere, or possible even in Mine Kampf.

Kind regards, (and that's enough clues!)

Fluffy

[BDL]

The jet detonates mines

[FluffyBunnyGB]

Close enough for me.

After the War, Maj-Gen Percy Hobart was asked to set up a Specialised Armour Development Establishment (SADE) to take over the work of the 79th Armoured Division ("the funnies").

The SHERMAN CRAB flail mine clearing tanks had been a fair success during WW2, as had the BULLSHORN plough (still effectively in use, for example by US Forces stuck to the front of ABRAMS). Devices such as rollers, including the Canadian Indestructable Roller Device (CIRD) were not such a hit.

However, the problem with flail tanks was that of blast damage to the flails (not usually a problem with the plough) and the developing German practice of linking mines in pairs to catch the flail tank.

Among other options considered by SADE were clearing mines by rocket blast. The initial trials were with JATO units fixed to the front of tanks singly, then in threes, finally with a CHURCHILL MkIV with twelve.

They cleared the mines, but burnt out too quickly.

The VALENTINE in the picture was fitted with a W2/700 gas turbine, clearing a shallow trench. Mines were thrown a distance of about 8 metres without detonation, but results were variable and the idea was shelved.

All the above (including pictures) from "Vanguard of Victory", David Fletcher, HMSO, ISBN 011290422.

A very good book for those interested in the more unusual developments in armour used by the Brits in WW2.

BDL - the floor is yours, sir!

[BDL]

Will return with a question shortly

[BDL]

Who or what was Wojtek?

[Cuts]

Would it be the ammo carrier of 2 Polish Corps at Cassino ?
















Oh, he was a brown bear by the way. :)

[BDL]

Yes - how does everyone find my questions so frigging easy though?

Your question

[Cuts]

Ok, an anorakky question, I had to get something a bit obscure as otherwise they're too easy.

I'm not sure if it can be found on a search engine but we'll find out.



What was the original designation of the German leMG 136(e) ?

[BDL]

Captured Bren guns - not Googled either, by the way

[Cuts]

Captured Bren guns - not Googled either, by the way

Glad you didn't Google it BDL, 'cos it's incorrect !

[Topor]

Brens are le Mg 138(e)

Lewis guns are le Mg 137(e)

le Mg 136(e)'s are feckedifiknows :?

The (e) refers to the ammunition being English, i.e. .303"

That's all I can find for now.

[Cuts]

Just to make things fun there was also a designation: leMG 136(g)

Is it easier now ? :lol:

[Shaselion]

well making a wild stab if (e) is .303 cal then (g) should be a larger Calibure 50 cal Browning MG.

shas

[Cuts]

I'm afraid the Wild Stab needs to do the ATD again :wink:

It's not the M2 BMG.


The answer needs research in a place other than the net - I'll give it a bit more time.

[pdf27]

Wild stab in the dark, if it has (e) - English and (g) - German(?) versions, is it a Maxim type machine gun? In which case the (e) would probably be the Vickers MMG.

[Cuts]

Nice logic PDF, but I think Jerry would have used (d) for Deutschland (or Das Reich ? :D )

As far as I'm aware designating the country of origin only occured for non-German wpns, and then only after the Fremden Gerät system was officially taken into service.




By the way if you can't sleep without knowing, the "Gun, Machine, Vickers, 0.303 in, Mk1" in German service was called "sMG 230(e)"

Got to admire the way the Boxes made things easier :roll:



This is getting way too spotterish isn't it ?

[pdf27]

Nice logic PDF, but I think Jerry would have used (d) for Deutschland (or Das Reich ? :D )
I did think of that too, but couldn't think of any countries that begin with a G using my rather bad and rusty German. Not having access to any suitable books and with little knowledge of WW2 small arms I'm rather screwed on this one.

[Cuts]

Nice logic PDF, but I think Jerry would have used (d) for Deutschland (or Das Reich ? :D )
I did think of that too, but couldn't think of any countries that begin with a G using my rather bad and rusty German. Not having access to any suitable books and with little knowledge of WW2 small arms I'm rather screwed on this one.

(g) für griechisch, von Griechenland ?

[Topor]

Hotchkiss M1922/26

It's the only LMG I can find that both the British & the Greeks used.

[Cuts]

Hotchkiss M1922/26

It's the only LMG I can find that both the British & the Greeks used.

That'll do Topor.

You have the chair.

[Topor]

Oh bugger :(

Here's an odd one, which may or may not be based on facts:

What part did Mule manure play in the Allied victory?

[FluffyBunnyGB]

Explosive devices were disguised as mule & camel manure by the Brits, and spread around the Western Desert to destroy Axis vehicles.

[Topor]

Yep - one way to blow the crap out of your opponent :lol:

Your turd - sorry- turn :wink:

[FluffyBunnyGB]

Saw a programme called something like "Dirty Tricks of WW2" the other day, where they recreated the idea.

Taking a mould from a heap of camel poo isn't my idea of a fine day at work.

Wonder what he puts on his passport as "occupation"?

Apparently the effect on Axis morale was considerable; the desert having rather a lot of mule & camel droppings, each one of which may explode.

Freckles anyone?

Question follows.

[FluffyBunnyGB]

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a362/FluffyBunnyGB/quizpic04.jpg

The picture shows a WW2 weapon that evetually spawned WOMBAT, MOBAT etc.

The bloke that invented it, and the round it fired, made similar designs in sizes up to 7.2"

The round it fired was, in some ways, more useful and longer lived than the weapon type itself. [philosophical gunner discussion about the weapon being the round, and the gun the means of delivery starts here]

Although WOMBAT was phased out in the late 1980's IIRC, the round was still in use in a conventional gun until at least 1996, 'cos I was firing them. I think we still have the round for wartime use only as it's a bit prone to break up in flight or summat.

Questions:

a. Who invented it?

b. What was the round?

Bonus points for spotting the calibre of the weapon in the photo, and which WW2 British gun it shared a calibre with.

Kind regards

Fluffy

[Topor]

Charles Dennistoun Burney

HESH (WB: "Wallbuster")

25pdr Field Gun

3.45"

[FluffyBunnyGB]

Better pop down to the stores & draw yourself a pair of Clogs, Clever, L1A1 :D

Do you have the same book collection I do?

I think I'll have to go back to the tanks-with-jet-engines book next time it's my question . . . . .

Over to you dear boy

[Topor]

Nah, they're the L2A1 "heavy" model :P

Having spent a couple of years playing "Aircraft ID" on another forum, I know the Google tricks :wink:

The real bugger is that I have to think up another question :(

[Topor]

What connects Mickey Mouse, Dumbo, Bambi & other similar characters with a weapon intended to defeat concrete fortifications?

[FluffyBunnyGB]

Torpor

Please tell me this isn't a dreadful Tex Avery / CHURCHILL AVRE pun?

Fluffy

[Topor]

No, you silly person :P :D

[FluffyBunnyGB]

Was Elevatable Goat a cartoon character in all those films, as well as the cryptonym for a charge placing frame on the front of CHURCHILL?

[pdf27]

What connects Mickey Mouse, Dumbo, Bambi & other similar characters with a weapon intended to defeat concrete fortifications?

Waaaay too easy!
The Americans found that even the biggest GP bombs were almost completely ineffective against hard targets, and so towards the end of the war they developed the "Disney" rocket-boosted hard target bomb, with a weight of 2,040 kilograms (4,500 pounds). It was initially used in March 1945 in attacks on submarine pens.
http://www.vectorsite.net/twbomb1.html

[Topor]

Ok pdf, I couldn't make it too obscure. :P

Your turn.

[pdf27]

Your turn.
Dammit, completely running out of ideas here :evil:
Who else wants to post one instead of me?

[Dani]

Which was the largest donation made for RAF in ww2 and who donated?

[Firefly]

Lady MacRobert and £25000 plus?

[Dani]

More money! :D
Other person! :D

[Dani]

Clue: the person wasn't British!

[Cuts]

Clue: the person wasn't British!

Oh good, that narrows it down to just several hundred million then.
:D

[Dani]

Note that I already told Firefly that it was a donation higher than £25000! :D
So...

[Firefly]

Clue: the person wasn't British!

Lady MacRobert was American BTW..... Just so you know.

[Dani]

Clue: the person wasn't British!

Lady MacRobert was American BTW..... Just so you know.

:oops:
Thanks!

[Dani]

The person was European.

[Dani]

The largest donation received came from Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands who donated £215,000 to purchase an entire squadron of 43 Spitfires.

Feel free to post a quiz!

[2nd of foot]

Did they charge her the tax as well?

[Gutkowski]

$368,682 us dollars for that many spitfires ,I will take 4 Please :P

[PzKpfw VI Tiger]

$368,682 us dollars for that many spitfires ,I will take 4 Please :P

:o :o I will take the rest!! :D

[Dani]

Feel free to post a quiz!

Refreshing my post...
:D

[Tsolias]

OK who's behind this quote:

"We have severely underestimated the Russians, the extent of the country and the treachery of the climate. This is the revenge of reality."

[PzKpfw VI Tiger]

Heinz Guderian.

[Tsolias]

Heinz Guderian.

Correct!
It was written in a letter to his wife in 1941.

Your turn!

[Dani]

Who was the Cheif of Air Staff from 1940 to 1945?
Hope that Tiger wouldn't be upset if I post here his quiz.

[PzKpfw VI Tiger]

Ok.... I'll throw my two cents in I suppose. The Sentinels that guard the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier walk 21 steps across the Tomb and on the 21st step, the guard turns to face the Tomb for 21 seconds. The soldier then turns and faces the other way and changes his rifle to the sholder away from the Tomb and places it on the shoulder closest to the audience. After 21 seconds, the first step is repeated again.

So with that background, tell me what is the significance of the 21 seconds, and the changing of the weapon to the audience side shoulder.

[Gutkowski]

Well It alludes to the twenty-one gun salute, which is the highest honor given any military or foreign dignitary.
And the changing of the rifle shows that the unknown solder is protected from all

[PzKpfw VI Tiger]

Nicely put Gutkowski. Your turn to post a quiz! :)

[Gutkowski]

What country killed the first German serviceman ??
Or
What country killed the first American serviceman ??

[PzKpfw VI Tiger]

What country killed the first American serviceman ??

Japanese at Pearl Harbor?

[Gutkowski]

That Is incorrect :lol:

[Eagle]

The first german, Poland I think... or possibly Austria, when Germany conquered that country a couple of years before the real start from the war.

About the north american, it could be Germany, a german pilot, when a north american pilot was flying a british aircraft from the Eagle Squadron...


Are these, or one of these correct? :?: :?: :?:

[Gutkowski]

The first german, Poland I think... or possibly Austria, when Germany conquered that country a couple of years before the real start from the war.

About the north american, it could be Germany, a german pilot, when a north american pilot was flying a british aircraft from the Eagle Squadron...


Are these, or one of these correct? :?: :?: :?:


No the are not correct ,I think I got you guys LOL

[FluffyBunnyGB]

Is the answer to both questions that the first serviceman was accidentally killed by their own side?

I suggest this becuase the British Army regularly loses more folk to training and road accidents than enemy action (current events being something oif an exception). This is more a function of how few troops we lose to the enemy BTW, than undue carelessness with the lives of our soldiers.

[Gen. Sandworm]

Is the answer to both questions that the first serviceman was accidentally killed by their own side?

I suggest this becuase the British Army regularly loses more folk to training and road accidents than enemy action (current events being something oif an exception). This is more a function of how few troops we lose to the enemy BTW, than undue carelessness with the lives of our soldiers.

Also I dont see how the first american killed in combat could be any other than the japanese if you consider pearl harbor as the start of the war. I do know that the germans sunk a few ships before the declaration of war. Also the vice versa. An American destroyer sunk a German uboat. Be i would not count these deaths as part of the war total since the countries werent techically at war.

Anyhow it might be about answer time!

Edited to add by the same line of thinking .......... the first americans after the declaration of war would have been in the Philiphines

[Gutkowski]

The first German serviceman killed in the war was killed by the Japanese (China, 1937)
The first American serviceman killed was killed by the Russians (Finland 1940).



http://www.5ad.org/AmazingFacts.htm

[Cuts]

http://www.5ad.org/AmazingFacts.htm

Hmmm.
Checked out that page and some of the 'facts' looked decidedly suspcious, I'll have to do some more research on them.

[Gen. Sandworm]

Well ill go

Who said this "The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia." ?????

[Gutkowski]

Otto von Bismarck??

[Gen. Sandworm]

Otto von Bismarck??

Jep your turn! :D

[Gutkowski]

One more Quote
Who Said This ,
"With amazement and disappointment, we discovered in late October and early November that the beaten Russians seemed quite unaware that as a military force they had almost ceased to exist."

[Firefly]

“With amazement and disappointment, we discovered in late October and early November that the beaten Russians seemed quite unaware that as a military force they had almost ceased to exist.”


General Blumentritt

[Gutkowski]

You Are Right ,
Your Turn :lol:

[Firefly]

OK, a two parter.

Name the aircraft on the top.

http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/2885/shortmayo0pl.jpg

Name the record it achieved in late 1938 which remained unbroken for several years.



Sorry for the grainy photo I couldnt find a better one.

[Grishnak]

Short S20 Mercury

Unbroken seaplane distance flight from Dundee to Orange River, South Africa (9652 km.)

[Firefly]

Correct and quick too. Your question.

[Grishnak]

What was the name of the last German Zeppelin to be built, what was its last misson.

[Cuts]

The last German Zeppelin to be built was the L71
She flew some naval missions before it was decided to lengthen her still more, but events of the war overtook her & she was captured.

The last mission for the German crew was to fly her to Pulham Airship Station in the UK.
Neither she, nor L64 also delivered to Pulham AS were ever flown by Brit crews.

[Grishnak]

Wrong, lz 71 was built in 1916, many was made later than that

[Topor]

LZ130 Graf Zeppelin(II).

Scrapped in 1940 by order of Goering.

"Plans for an LZ131, with an extra bay and carrying 100 passengers, were never far advanced. LZ130 was laid up in Hangar #2 at Rhein-Main Airfield, Frankfurt, with the outbreak of World War Two. Together with the original GRAF ZEPPELIN, the LZ127, the last and finest big rigid airship ever built was cut up for scrap in March 1940. Two months later, on 6 May, (the third anniversary of the HINDENBURG disaster) the expensive, new Zeppelin hangars at Frankfurt were leveled with dynamite on the excuse that they were a navigational hazard for military planes using the field."

[Grishnak]

LZ 130 Graf zeppelin II is correct, but what was its last mission.
What was it used for in August 1939 before being laid up at the outbreak of the war with Poland.

[Firefly]

ESM recce of the RAF's Chain Home Radar network?

[Grishnak]

That is correct, your turn

[Firefly]

I'm a wee bit pushed for time right now, anyone else who want to post the next question, feel free. I only got 1/2 of it right anyway.

[Topor]

What influenced David Niven(the actor) in his choice of which regiment he wanted to join?

[Gutkowski]

The Navy, but due to their reluctance to accept his services he was instead to join the Rifle Brigade and was based on Salisbury Plain :lol: :lol:

[Topor]

Nope :wink:

[pdf27]

The army, in the sense that in his preferred regiments he put:
1) Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
2) Black Watch
3) Anything but the Highland Light Infantry

Guess which he joined!

[Topor]

Aye, but why not the HLI?

[Gen. Sandworm]

Well this hasnt been posted on in awhile. Who said this quote "(blank on purpose).... give me back my legions." ? Also state about what event and where? Fill in the blank too? Hints will be given if needed but I seriously doubt it.

[Lancer44]

Well this hasnt been posted on in awhile. Who said this quote "(blank on purpose).... give me back my legions." ? Also state about what event and where? Fill in the blank too? Hints will be given if needed but I seriously doubt it.

Caesar Augustus: "Quintilius Varus, give me back my legions!" ...
Quintilius Varus was appointed by Augustus to conquer and govern Germania.
His legions lured into Teutonic Forest were annihilated by Germanic tribes.
Varus committed suicide and his severed head preserved in pot of honey, was send to Rome.
Seutonius - Roman historian wrote that when Varus head was taken out of honey pot, Augustus cried: "Quintilius Varus, give me back my legions!"...
There is another version that Augustus actually said "Quintillius Varus, where are my eagles?"...
This version point to legion's standards lost to Germans in Teutonic Forest.

It was very easy...

Regards,

Lancer44

[Gen. Sandworm]

Good job. Your turn. BTW if youve never played Rome: Total War is a pretty good game and quite educational as well. :D

[Lancer44]

Hi General Sandworm,

Thanks.

http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/9426/whatsthat2vn.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Who produced this fancy vehicle and what is it's name?
Tip: Name is as fancy as it looks...

Lancer44