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Weekly WW2 Trivia Questions
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Q1: what was the overriding reason for the American campaign to capture Guadalcanal in the Pacific?
A :The Japanese were building an airstrip that would threaten Australia with land bombers
Q2: Identify the SS General who met Alan Dulles of the OSS, to try to negotiate peace in March 1945
A : SS General Karl Wolff smuggled to Switzerland, he also met with General Lyman Lemnitzer on the same trip.
Q3: Which WW2 campaign is considered to be the most spectacular series of victories gained over a British army?
A : The German Campaign in North Africa to capture Tobruk in 1942, according to the history of the campaign as it is recorded in the official South African version.
Looks like Mousey has it on Q3 well done
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A few more multiple choice ones this week.....
Q1 : Who were known as the Golden Pheasants ?
Q2 : What was the German code name for the bombing of Coventry on Nov 14-15 1940 ?
a) Moonlight Sonata?
b) Operation Greif?
or
c) Operation Cicero?
Q3 : What was the Allied 'Operation Gambit' ?
a) Cardboard and wooden aircraft and tanks assembled in Southern England to decieve German air reconnaissance?
b) The false info fed to the Germans regarding the Normandy landings, suggesting it would take place in Calais?
or
c) The British submarine mission that went in close to the French coast in advance of the Normandy landings ?
Q4 : How did the Germans let the British know, they were aware that the Aircraft on some of the airfields in southern England were made of wood and cardboard?
Q5 : Who was the only General to land with the first wave of troops at Normandy?
Q6 : What did the initials SHAEF stand for?
Q7 : Other than the British, which nations had the most, and the least number of squadrons in the RAF by the time the Allies invaded France.
Q8 : Identify the first U.S ship attacked by enemy fire in 1941?
Q9 : Who did the French sign an armistice with on the day that the Pétain Government set up its headquarters in Vichy, June 24th 1940 ?
Q10 : Who said "I made a mistake, I will pay for it with my life, if my life can still serve as payment"
a) Rudolf Hoess Commandant of Auschwitz?
b) Mussolini?
c) German Field Marshal Keitel?
or
d) German Colonel General Alfred Jodl?
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Sorry for the delay in posting the answers lads
Q1 : Who were known as the Golden Pheasants ?
A : The select group of Nazi Officials who were permitted to wear the gilded swastika.
Q2 : What was the German code name for the bombing of Coventry on Nov 14-15 1940 ?
a) Moonlight Sonata?
b) Operation Greif?
or
c) Operation Cicero?
A : Moonlight Sonata
Q3 : What was the Allied 'Operation Gambit' ?
a) Cardboard and wooden aircraft and tanks assembled in Southern England to decieve German air reconnaissance?
b) The false info fed to the Germans regarding the Normandy landings, suggesting it would take place in Calais?
or
c) The British submarine mission that went in close to the French coast in advance of the Normandy landings ?
A : C - The British submarine mission that went in close to the French coast in advance of the Normandy landings ?
Q4 : How did the Germans let the British know, they were aware that the Aircraft on some of the airfields in southern England were made of wood and cardboard?
A : They dropped dummy wooden bombs on them.
Q5 : Who was the only General to land with the first wave of troops at Normandy?
A : Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt, 4th Division on Utah Beach.
Q6 : What did the initials SHAEF stand for?
A : Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force
Q7 : Other than the British, which nations had the most, and the least number of squadrons in the RAF by the time the Allies invaded France.
A : The Canadians had 42 squardons and the Yugoslavs had 1
Q8 : Identify the first U.S ship attacked by enemy fire in 1941?
A : A German U-Boat attacked the Robin Moor, a freighter, on May 21st 1941.
Q9 : Who did the French sign an armistice with on the day that the Pétain Government set up its headquarters in Vichy, June 24th 1940 ?
A : Italy
Q10 : Who said "I made a mistake, I will pay for it with my life, if my life can still serve as payment"
a) Rudolf Hoess Commandant of Auschwitz?
b) Mussolini?
c) German Field Marshal Keitel?
or
d) German Colonel General Alfred Jodl?
A : Mussolini
Great effort lads !! Looks like (taking a few technicalities into account) +JIM+ wins the sticky bun this week, but it was a pretty close call, Well Done +JIM+
but just to clarify, on a few of the answers requested:
Q4: Was in relation to the period coming up to the D-Day Landings, when in April 1944 a German Recon Aircraft dropped wooden bombs on an American Decoy Airfield in southern England. Despite this a point was awarded to +Jim+ for his answer, which is also technically correct.
The example I gave was sourced from a Documentary about Jasper Maskelyne
Q5: Was related to the Normandy beach landings, as opposed to operations that took place beforehand. However Bealbocht earned a point for his answer to that one for the additional info supplied (which I wasn't aware of).
Q7: Related to Squadrons as opposed to Foreign Pilots serving in the RAF
if there are any further queries ? just post
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Please let it be . . . 'They dropped wooden bombs on them'.marcsignal wrote:Q4 : How did the Germans let the British know, they were aware that the Aircraft on some of the airfields in southern England were made of wood and cardboard?
A : They dropped dummy wooden bombs on them.
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Sorry for the delay lads. A few multiple choice ones again this week, here goes
1: Who said "Never have so few been commanded by so many" ?
2: What was 'A-Day' ?
3: Which Allied air operation was known as 'Sofaspuds'
a) - An Allied air assault on Germanys agriculture and food distribution network in 1944 ?
b) - An Allied air assault on the Romanian Oilfields at Ploesti in 1943 ?
c) - An allied air assault on railways and bridges in France prior to D-Day in 1944 ?
4: When did the first V2 Rockets Fall on London?
a) - October 10th 1944 ?
b) - September 8th 1944 ?
c) - January 1st 1945 ?
5: When did Germany launch the last V2 Rocket against Great Britain?
a) - January 19th 1945 ?
b) - March 27th 1945 ?
c) - May 1st 1945 ?
6) Who was John "Jack" Melville?
a) Churchills Brother in Law ?
b) 'The Blitz Ripper', a London serial killer during WW2 ?
c) Major William Martin, the dead man used in Operation mincemeat ?
7: From what campaign during WW2 did the term Molotov Cocktail originate?
8: When did the first Allied air assault on Germany take place?
9: Identify the 2 other cities bombed by the Luftwaffe, during the same moonlight period of November 1940 when they bombed Coventry.
10: Identify the British fighter-bomber aircraft that was fast enough to intercept Germanys V1 Rockets?
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1: Who said "Never have so few been commanded by so many" ?
2: What was 'A-Day' ?
ADLERTAG - German attack on RAF airfields and radar stations in 1940?
3: Which Allied air operation was known as 'Sofaspuds'
a) - An Allied air assault on Germanys agriculture and food distribution network in 1944 ?
b) - An Allied air assault on the Romanian Oilfields at Ploesti in 1943 ?
c) - An allied air assault on railways and bridges in France prior to D-Day in 1944 ?Wild guess - b
4: When did the first V2 Rockets Fall on London?
a) - October 10th 1944 ?
b) - September 8th 1944 ?
c) - January 1st 1945 ?b - September 1944
5: When did Germany launch the last V2 Rocket against Great Britain?
a) - January 19th 1945 ?
b) - March 27th 1945 ?
c) - May 1st 1945 ?b - March 1945
6) Who was John "Jack" Melville?
a) Churchills Brother in Law ?
b) 'The Blitz Ripper', a London serial killer during WW2 ?
c) Major William Martin, the dead man used in Operation mincemeat ?c - is my guess
7: From what campaign during WW2 did the term Molotov Cocktail originate?Talvisota - I think the Finns used it for the first time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_M8_hS0gqU8
8: When did the first Allied air assault on Germany take place?Not a bomb raid? 1942? Don't know
9: Identify the 2 other cities bombed by the Luftwaffe, during the same moonlight period of November 1940 when they bombed Coventry.Again wild guess: London, Liverpool
10: Identify the British fighter-bomber aircraft that was fast enough to intercept Germanys V1 Rockets?Spitfire latter marks, Hawker Tempest, Gloster Meteor0 -
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marcsignal wrote: »Sorry for the delay lads. A few multiple choice ones again this week, here goes
1: Who said "Never have so few been commanded by so many" ?
Major-General D. Taylor of the D-Day landings
2: What was 'A-Day' ?
3: Which Allied air operation was known as 'Sofaspuds'
a) - An Allied air assault on Germanys agriculture and food distribution network in 1944 ?
b) - An Allied air assault on the Romanian Oilfields at Ploesti in 1943 ?
c) - An allied air assault on railways and bridges in France prior to D-Day in 1944 ?
Guess A , german ag & food
4: When did the first V2 Rockets Fall on London?
a) - October 10th 1944 ?
b) - September 8th 1944 ?
c) - January 1st 1945 ?B 8th sept
5: When did Germany launch the last V2 Rocket against Great Britain?
a) - January 19th 1945 ?
b) - March 27th 1945 ?
c) - May 1st 1945 ?b 27th march6) Who was John "Jack" Melville?
a) Churchills Brother in Law ?
b) 'The Blitz Ripper', a London serial killer during WW2 ?
c) Major William Martin, the dead man used in Operation mincemeat ?C Op mincemeat
7: From what campaign during WW2 did the term Molotov Cocktail originate?"the winter war" in Finland , nov 1939
8: When did the first Allied air assault on Germany take place?On 1/2 July 1940, the British attacked German warships Scharnhorst[73] and Prinz Eugen in port of Kiel and the next day, 16 RAF bombers attacked German train facilities in Hamm.
9: Identify the 2 other cities bombed by the Luftwaffe, during the same moonlight period of November 1940 when they bombed Coventry.15th Nov , london
23rd November southhampton
10: Identify the British fighter-bomber aircraft that was fast enough to intercept Germanys V1 Rockets?de Havilland Mosquitoes.
will post the answers next week, Good Luck
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Here are the next 10 lads, sorry for the hold up
1: Name the 3 Japanese cities that were targets for the last air raids of the war
2: Approximately how many US Ships did Japanese Kamikazi pilots sink or damage ?
a) Over 200 ?
b) Over 300 ?
c) Over 400 ?
3: Who succeeded Hermann Goering as commander-in-chief of the Luftwaffe ?
4: U.S. General Douglas Mc Arthur was an eighth cousin of who?
a) Churchill
b) Roosevelt
c) De Valera
5: Identify the last European capital to be liberated in May 1945
6: Identify the town in Sicily that Patton raced and beat Montgommery to.
7: Who was Hitler's personal bodyguard in the last days of the war?
8: Why did Canada wait 7 days until Sept 10th 1939 to follow Britain, Australia, India and New Zeland in declaring war on Germany.
9: Who said “All the same, a formidable people, a very great people to have pushed this far” about whom ?
10 What was the code name for the Allied raid on Dieppe, France in 1942?
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marcsignal wrote: »Here are the next 10 lads, sorry for the hold up
1: Name the 3 Japanese cities that were targets for the last air raids of the war
After Hiroshima and Nagasaki were hit, Tokyo was hit by b29s 10th Aug.
2: Approximately how many US Ships did Japanese Kamikazi pilots sink or damage ?
a) Over 200 ?
b) Over 300 ?
c) Over 400 ?c: over 400,( 404 / 36 sunk)
3: Who succeeded Hermann Goering as commander-in-chief of the Luftwaffe ?Generaloberst Robert Ritter von Greim
4: U.S. General Douglas Mc Arthur was an eighth cousin of who?
a) Churchill
b) Roosevelt
c) De ValeraGuess c)De Valera
5: Identify the last European capital to be liberated in May 1945Prague 11 May 1945
6: Identify the town in Sicily that Patton raced and beat Montgommery to.Messina
7: Who was Hitler's personal bodyguard in the last days of the war?Oberscharführer Rochus Misch,
8: Why did Canada wait 7 days until Sept 10th 1939 to follow Britain, Australia, India and New Zeland in declaring war on Germany.as a a symbolic gesture of independence.
9: Who said “All the same, a formidable people, a very great people to have pushed this far” about whom ?Guess "Churchill about Russia"
10 What was the code name for the Allied raid on Dieppe, France in 1942?Operation Rutter or later on Operation Jubilee
will post the answers next week, best of luck
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ACHTUNG !! HERE are the suggested changes to the trivia quiz arrangement for 2010.
This weeks questions are below, the winner this week will/can post 10 questions of his/her choice next week if they like ?
1 - Name the Australian built fighter plane that was designed and (a prototype) built in four weeks ?
2 - What type of German Marine Vessel was the first to be sunk in WW2 ?
a) - A merchant ship
b) - A U-Boat
c) - A Minesweeper
d) - A Destroyer
3 - Where during WW2 did the first Axis hostile action against Canadian territory take place ?
4 - How many days did the Germans occupy Paris ?
a) - 1503 days
b) - 1524 days
c) - 1556 days
d) - 1537 days
5 - Identify the 2 Civillian activities in Berlin that did not cease during the attack, surrender, and occupation of the city in 1945 ?
6 - Identify the first American unit to cross the Rhine ?
7 - Identify either 1 of the 2 Generals (1 Axis and 1 Allied) who had a fondness for parakeets ?
8 - Who was the Youngest General in the German Army ?
9 - What was the name of General Eisenhower's British female Chauffeur ?
a) - Kay Summersby
b) - Doreen Tallon
c) - Violet Catchpole
10 - What was Operation Crossbow ?
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marcsignal wrote: »ACHTUNG !! HERE are the suggested changes to the trivia quiz arrangement for 2010.
This weeks questions are below, the winner this week will/can post 10 questions of his/her choice next week if they like ?
1 - Name the Australian built fighter plane that was designed and (a prototype) built in four weeks ?
CAC Boomerang (hee hee, apt name)
2 - What type of German Marine Vessel was the first to be sunk in WW2 ?
a) - A merchant ship
b) - A U-Boat
c) - A Minesweeper
d) - A Destroyeror
e) - A possible Merchant Raider,
Unable to find any other records , d) Graf Spree Dec 1939. Have a caputured merchant ship in Sept 39.
3 - Where during WW2 did the first Axis hostile action against Canadian territory take place ?When the submarine fired a torpedo at the loading pier, Bell Island became the only location in North America to be subject to direct attack by German forces in the Second World War.
4 - How many days did the Germans occupy Paris ?
a) - 1503 days
b) - 1524 days
c) - 1556 days
d) - 1537 daysa) give or take a few leap days, and the lads arriving a few days before the armstice is signed (Germans on the way in) my calculations come up with 1490ish .. so will go with the first one
5 - Identify the 2 Civillian activities in Berlin that did not cease during the attack, surrender, and occupation of the city in 1945 ?
good grief.. em.. beer making and prostitution.or beer making and cafes/nightclubs
6 - Identify the first American unit to cross the Rhine ?44th infantry Strasbourg (Strausbourg), Nov. 23, 1944.
7 - Identify either 1 of the 2 Generals (1 Axis and 1 Allied) who had a fondness for parakeets ?
pass for the moment,
8 - Who was the Youngest General in the German Army ?Erich Bärenfänger
Bärenfänger made Generalmajor's rank at 30 years old
9 - What was the name of General Eisenhower's British female Chauffeur ?
a) - Kay Summersby
b) - Doreen Tallon
c) - Violet Catchpolea, Kay Summersby
10 - What was Operation Crossbow ?Operation Crossbow, a plan to destroy rocket production and launch sites.
Good Luck
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Parakeets.. and number of days in Paris, some tricky ones there.
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1 - Name the Australian built fighter plane that was designed and (a prototype) built in four weeks ?
CA-12 Boomerang?
2 - What type of German Marine Vessel was the first to be sunk in WW2 ?
a) - A merchant ship
b) - A U-Boat
c) - A Minesweeper
d) - A DestroyerIt was U-393 - Where during WW2 did the first Axis hostile action against Canadian territory take place ?Bell island, Newfoundland?
4 - How many days did the Germans occupy Paris ?
a) - 1503 days
b) - 1524 days
c) - 1556 days
d) - 1537 daysGonna go with 1537 assuming 12th June 1940 as original surrender date and 26 August 1944 as liberation date
5 - Identify the 2 Civillian activities in Berlin that did not cease during the attack, surrender, and occupation of the city in 1945 ?If I remember Downfall correctly, there were a fair few parties going on!
I suppose Public transport with what rolling stock was left and alcohol sales/distribution
6 - Identify the first American unit to cross the Rhine ?Do you mean at Remegen or with Operation Varsity? I'll assume Remegen, it was 27th Armoured Infantry
7 - Identify either 1 of the 2 Generals (1 Axis and 1 Allied) who had a fondness for parakeets ?
No Idea
8 - Who was the Youngest General in the German Army ?Erich Bärenfänger
9 - What was the name of General Eisenhower's British female Chauffeur ?
a) - Kay Summersby
b) - Doreen Tallon
c) - Violet CatchpoleKay Summersby
10 - What was Operation Crossbow ?It was the RAF/USAAF campaign of bombing missions on the rocket launching sites, Peenmunde et al
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OK here are the Answers
1 - Name the Australian built fighter plane that was designed and (a prototype) built in four weeks ?
A: CA-12 Boomerang. Because of the difficulty in obtaining U.S.or British Aircraft, the Australians built one of their own. A total of 250 were built
2 - What type of German Marine Vessel was the first to be sunk in WW2 ?
b) - A U-Boat
3 - Where during WW2 did the first Axis hostile action against Canadian territory take place ?
A: At Vancouver island in June 1942 when a Japanese submarine fired on a radio station there.
4 - How many days did the Germans occupy Paris ?
b) - 1524 days
5 - Identify the 2 Civillian activities in Berlin that did not cease during the attack, surrender, and occupation of the city in 1945 ?
A: The 17 Breweries and the Weather Bureau operated without interruption
6 - Identify the first American unit to cross the Rhine ?
A: A unit of the 9th Armoured Div, First Army, Crossed the Ludendorf Bridge at Remagen on March 7th 1945*** Stewards enquiry on this one !!
7 - Identify either 1 of the 2 Generals (1 Axis and 1 Allied) who had a fondness for parakeets ?
A: Montgommery of the British, and Blumentritt of the Wehrmacht. Both men kept some of the birds with them whenever possible
8 - Who was the Youngest General in the German Army ?
The answer I have for this for Full General is General Walther Wenck at 45 years old, former chief of staff to Guderian, and the man all Berliners depended on to save the city from the Russians. Erich Bärenfänger made the rank of Major General.
9 - What was the name of General Eisenhower's British female Chauffeur ?
a) - Kay Summersby
10 - What was Operation Crossbow ?
A: The mission to attack V1 and V2 sites/production facilities all over Europe
even taking into account No. 6(sorry i should have made it clearer i wasn't talking about 'Varsity'), it still looks lke gatecrash nipped it by 1. So, do you wanna PM each other and come to some arrangement ? as bealbocht has 10 new questions prepared, i think ? anyways i'll leave it up to you guys.
looking forward to the next 10, it always seems easier when you're in the driving seat
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1)What was Operation Granita - Invasion of Crete by the Germans?
2)What was the purpose of the Bruneval Raida - The capture or destruction of German anti aircrat radar installations ?
3)Who were the queens of the German army.
a - No idea ?
4)Who led the Cockleshell heroes.a- A "Major Stringer" springs to mind, but unsure about this one.
5) Stuka was a nickname for Sturzkampfflugzeug (diving combat aircraft , of course) . But Stuka was also used as part of a nickname for another piece of German military hardware. What was it.
a- No idea, but will guessthe Nebelwefer rocket system.
6)Name the spy ring that informed the Russians of the planned German assault at Kurska- The Lucy Spy Ring ?
7)Where did Rommell first engage the Americans in North Africaa- Kasserine Pass ?
8)What other battle took place on the same day as Pearl Harbour.a - Battle for moscow ?
9)What did the Russian soldiers call the equivalent of the English ,“Katie”
a - No idea
10)Where were the first German bombs dropped in Dublin.(city)a- i have a feeling that was the Donore Bombings Jan 2nd 1941, bombs fell on South Circular Rd Kimmage and Terenure
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well done gatecrashIn the Irish times archive 4th Jan 1941 , Page 7. the picture of the destroyed houses, is the same as the view from my bedroom window. Not till I saw this picture, did I notice, these two house are the only ones along the whole row, without bay windows. Don’t yet have a copy of the picture, but would really like one (€60 to buy from the Irish Times.. pah..
Also, I wonder if this was just one plane dropping its load.. I suppose it was, bit of a spread, with hits dropping about a mile from each other.
some pics of the damage in rathdown park in terenure here, jan 2nd 41
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=64190302&postcount=153
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