4th Cumulative WW2 Quiz

[Knight-Dragon]

First thread.
Second thread.
Third thread.

The rules :-
1) A asks a question, the rest will try to answer.
2) A must confirm which answer is correct.
3) Person (say B) with confirmed correct answer then asks the next question.
4) A cannot play again until B's turn is over (to prevent the thread turning into a 2 person spam party).
5) Repeat.
6) If person asking question doesn't login to confirm answers within 72 hrs of his question being posted, any one can ask a new question.
7) If no one can answer question within 72 hrs or can't get the right one, questioner can ask again.
8) Preferably no Net or book searches.

 

[Knight-Dragon]

It's wildWolverine's turn to ask a question.

 

[cidknee]

i believe so too

 

[Knight-Dragon]

Took me a while to figure out a new thread was started, guess each is limited to 1000 posts?

According to TF, this is to lower the stress on the forum server when you do searches... so we're limiting threads to 1000 posts or so.

 

[FriendlyFire]

Is it ok If I kick start this quiz ?
(been over 1 wk I believe)

An easy one

Q what is the different between the Grant and Lee tanks.

 

[steviejay]

same chasis different main gun?

 

[Tank_Guy#3]

The name. (min char limit)

[edit]
The Lee is "M3 A3"
The Grant is "M3 A5"

This would be the most obvious difference.

 

[privatehudson]

The most obvious external difference was that one (the Lee if memory serves) had a smaller "turret" where the commanders cupola was with a machine gun in it.

 

[FriendlyFire]

The most obvious external difference was that one (the Lee if memory serves) had a smaller "turret" where the commanders cupola was with a machine gun in it.

The Lee was a mdified US Grant. The British once having gotten hold of the tank modified it and gave it a seperate designation. These were specificly ordered by the British as part of lend lease.

- The top machinegun cupola was "deleted"
- Thicker frontal armour
- Different engines (Grant I, II)

Reuctantly gives it over to Hudson.

 

[privatehudson]

If you feel that disgruntled you may as well ask another, since you said "easy" I assumed you were looking for only the most obvious difference

 

[FriendlyFire]

If you feel that disgruntled you may as well ask another, since you said "easy" I assumed you were looking for only the most obvious difference

Well no it just that your questions tend to verge on oh extremely hard to impossible. *Coff your biblical refereance one about the sinking of uhh that german ship by shore batteries named after a bibicle figure.

Go ahead but eh keep it on the easy side.

 

[privatehudson]

Well no it just that your questions tend to verge on oh extremely hard to impossible. *Coff your biblical refereance one about the sinking of uhh that german ship by shore batteries named after a bibicle figure.

Go ahead but eh keep it on the easy side.

I don't like easy questions, someone else can go

 

[cidknee]

i like the harder questions too... this is a quiz, and nobody said it was an easy one. Myself I love it when PH asks questions...and the question you coffed at..thats a great one. Ask away ph, my vote anyways

 

[privatehudson]

Ok we hear a lot about U-Boat aces but not much about their direct opposition - the sub-hunters in the allied navies. One man in particular is known as the most prolific of the battle of the Atlantic, who was he?

as usual clues available if people struggle

 

[dgfred]

Hey P H ---- I'll guess Captain F.Johnny Walker--- U-Boat Hunter

If I'm right someone else take it, maybe P H can ask another.

 

[Crighton]

if he's not right, how about:

What was the flight number of the plane Hess used to get and parachute into England in?

 

[privatehudson]

I'll guess Captain F.Johnny Walker--- U-Boat Hunter

Bingo

Operating out of Liverpool Frederick John "Johnny" Walker is said to have achieved the highest number of U-Boat kills amongst the allied naval captains. A statue of him stands at the pierhead in Liverpool which says that he once destroyed 5 U-Boats in 10 days!

Regretably he died shortly after D-Day from exhaustion and was buried at sea after a huge funeral in the Anglican Cathedral (which was barely 1/2 finished at the time).

Ironically his grandson is a Captain in the current 1st Submarine squadron!

Other clues would have been nationality, port he operated from and Whiskey!

 

[nonconformist]

He died of exhaustion? I didn't know that was physically possible, unless under huge duress.


Is there any relation at all to the whisky (red label?)

 

[privatehudson]

That's what they say yes, those were stressful times when on convoys and he was probably only the best by working himself to the very limit every time he left port. He was only in his late 40s when he died too.

I don't believe there is any connection however

 

[YNCS]

I believe that Captain Frederick John Walker RN was the only man to receive four DSOs (DSO and three bars). He was also a Companion of the Bath.