Cumulative History Quiz #4

[Evie]

Now, for the new question, hmmm...

During the 2nd world war, the Japanesse deployed the largest battleship ever. Work was begun on three of these warships, but only 2 were completed as per their original plans. The third was much changed underway before something was eventualy completed based on the work made on it.

What where their names (all three), what was the final form of the third, and how and when (at the time of which battles) were the first two destroyed?

 

[Michiel de Ruyter]

The two completed were Yamato and Mashashi, I think.
The third was probably turned into an aircraft carrier, as a number of other cruisers and battleships at that time. Name? I don't know. The Mushshi was IIRC destroyed during the Battle of Leyte Gulf and the Yamato during a suicide attack on the Amarican fleet during the battle of Okinawa. Both by aircraftbombs and torpedos.

 

[Evie]

Originally posted by Michiel de Ruyter
The two completed were Yamato and Mashashi, I think.
The third was probably turned into an aircraft carrier, as a number of other cruisers and battleships at that time. Name? I don't know. The Mushshi was IIRC destroyed during the Battle of Leyte Gulf and the Yamato during a suicide attack on the Amarican fleet during the battle of Okinawa. Both by aircraftbombs and torpedos.

Pretty close, though you managed to butcher the name of the second twice ;-). (Mashashi, Mushshi - both are relatively close, but not quite it).

 

[napoleon526]

Do I get extra points for knowing that Yamato is the name of the Imperial Dynasty in Japan, and that Musashi was a mythical swordsman from Japanese legend?

 

[Evie]

Originally posted by napoleon526
Do I get extra points for knowing that Yamato is the name of the Imperial Dynasty in Japan, and that Musashi was a mythical swordsman from Japanese legend?

You'd get even more point if you told me that Yamato was the primitive Japanesse state, as named by the chinesse, and that Miyamoto Musashi wrote the Book of Five Rings ;-).

 

[napoleon526]

Anybody want to ask a question?

 

[philippe]

whos turn is it?

 

[Evie]

If someone finished answering the old question, it would be that person's turn.

Still lacking the name of the third ship. Apparently no one noticed that.

 

[Serutan]

Oda,

I don't know the name of that third ship, but I do know the
answer to your March 1 quesion:

Toronaga is based on Tokugawa Ieyasu

Anjin-san is based on Will Adams.

Does that count (seeing as this has been dead a while)?

Wilkey

 

[Charles XII]

Q.1
Indus... perhaps

Q.3
Allies
commonwealth
all South American contries excluding the Guianas
France+colonies
Russia
Poland
Italy
Norway
Denmark
BeNeLux
Romania
Yugoslavia
Greece
Bulgaria
China
Mexico
panama
and a couple othe Central American countries.
two or three independant african nations also joined

Axis
Japan
Italy
Germany
Vichy France
Finland
Bulgaria
Romania
Hungary
and Various puppet states produced from conquered territories

 

[Lucky]

Sorry to disappoint you, but these questions were already answered over half a year ago!

The purpose of this thread is that one person ask a question and then the first one to answer correctly (after confirmation of the questioner) gets to ask the next one. And so on.

So if you want to take part in this quiz, answer the latest question!



To Oda, you should either confirm Serutans answer or finally post a new question!

 

[Knight-Dragon]

Yeah, it's being more than a week now. Either give us a clue or post a new question. Let not this thread die an inglorious death.

 

[Evie]

Well, since no one got it, I guess I will let either Michiel de Ruyter, Napoleon256 or Serutan get the next question. Whichever one is first.

The third Yamato-class was named Shinano, by the way.

 

[Beam]

Do answers need to be from memory as in the geography threads? And is there a new question?

 

[Serutan]

Lucky,

I know I should have answered the most recent question;
I did what I did becuase it had been something like 7 days
with no activity on the thread...

OK, the question:

What American Civil War battle caused one of the
participants to write "There has never been such
fighting I reckon in the history of war"?

 

[Beam]

Gettysburg?

 

[napoleon526]

Could you tell us who said it?

 

[Lucky]

Originally posted by Serutan
Lucky,

I know I should have answered the most recent question;
I did what I did becuase it had been something like 7 days
with no activity on the thread...

I wasn´t referring to your answer, I replied to our new member "Charles XII", who answered the 1st and 3rd question from the beginning of this thread!

 

[Kennelly]

I go for Gettysburg or Antietam

 

[Serutan]

Originally posted by Kennelly
I go for Gettysburg or Antietam

Good thought, but unfortunately incorrect.