OT - WWII quiz

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The two worst single disasters in British maritime history - in terms of numbers dead - has been the sinking of the RMS Lancastria (a minimum of 4,000 believed dead) and the RMS Laconia (Over 3,000 dead) in 1940 and 1942 respectively. Apart from the fact that both losses were at the hands of the Germans (one was bombed the other torpedoed), what was the common denominator linking these two tragedies?

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The answer is that the captain of both ships - the two biggest maritime tragedies remember - was the same person! Captain Rudolf Sharp survived the Lancastria but was to die on the Laconia. It is thought he intentionally went down with the Laconia.

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[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**)

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Q.1 Heil

[terje439]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

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**)

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Q.1 Heil

hehe no, not correct [;)]

[cockney]

Q1 are you talking about Bing Hitler the comdian? or Vic Hitler in Hill Street Blues? or Eddy Hitler in Bottom?

[terje439]

ORIGINAL: cockney

Q1 are you talking about Bing Hitler the comdian? or Vic Hitler in Hill Street Blues? or Eddy Hitler in Bottom?

Nope, I'm talking about THE Hitler, German Fuhrer before and during WWII.

[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]

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?

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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?

[brian brian]

Warspite got more of them than I knew about. Dunno which HMS ship started in the Pacific fleet.

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ORIGINAL: brian brian

Warspite got more of them than I knew about. Dunno which HMS ship started in the Pacific fleet.

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Which ship was mentioned in the Churchill volumes?

[brian brian]

transferring the Shropshire, very briefly

[wosung]

ORIGINAL: terje439

ORIGINAL: warspite1

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**)

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Q.1 Heil

hehe no, not correct [;)]

Do you refer to the other family name Schicklgruber?

Regards

[patchogue]

Wasn’t the Patton problem something to do with a speech to Knutsford (?) Womens’ Institute about the Russians?

[terje439]

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]

ORIGINAL: terje439

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]

ORIGINAL: warspite1
Adolphus

Ding-ding-ding we have a winner [;)]

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

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?

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HMNZS Achilles. Lets here it for the Kiwi`s

[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?

[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?

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?

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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

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

[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