Rotating Quiz #26
Dan Tilque
trivia quiz. One point for each question, but several of them have the
possibility of getting a bonus which will be used to break ties.
1. What city was under siege for almost 900 days during WWII?
2. Truk (lagoon/atoll) was the location of the main Japanese naval base
in the central Pacific. By what name is it known today? (spelling must
be exact)
3. What science fiction author served as a radar specialist and
instructor during WWII? (Hint: he later wrote the semi-autobiographical
novel _Glide Path_ about his experience.)
4. What was the first fleet-to-fleet naval battle in history in which
neither side's ships sighted nor fired upon each other?
5. What was the name of the Canadian beach in the Normandy Invasion?
6. There are two instances of a father and his son both being awarded
the US Medal of Honor. In both cases, the sons earned them for actions
they performed in WWII. Give the family name of either. You may give two
answers without penalty. If either is correct, you get the point; get
both for a tie-breaker bonus. (Hint: one of the two in each family is a
well-known person.)
7. In 1938, Germany occupied and annexed Austria. By what
German-language name is this action known as?
8. What was the German codename for their invasion of the Soviet Union
in 1941?
9. A fictional US Navy cargo ship plies the back areas of the Pacific
Theater during WWII. "For the most part it stays on its regular run,
from Tedium to Apathy and back; about five days each way. It makes an
occasional trip to Monotony, and once it made a run all the way to
Ennui, a distance of two thousand miles from Tedium." Name either the
ship or the novel/movie/TV show it appears in. (Name both for a
tie-breaker bonus.)
10. Eight European governments went into exile, either directly or via
other countries, to England, when their country was occupied by the
Germans. Name six of them. (name more than six for tie-breaker
bonus(es). Note the first 6 countries named will be your answer for the
point and the next one or two for the bonus.)
--
Dan Tilque
Keeping Pluto dead has taken a lot of work.
-- Mike Brown "How I killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming"
John Masters
> Below is Rotating Quiz #26. For no real reason, I've made it a WWII
> trivia quiz. One point for each question, but several of them have the
> possibility of getting a bonus which will be used to break ties.
>
>
> 1. What city was under siege for almost 900 days during WWII?
Stalingrad
>
> 2. Truk (lagoon/atoll) was the location of the main Japanese naval base
> in the central Pacific. By what name is it known today? (spelling must
> be exact)
>
> 3. What science fiction author served as a radar specialist and
> instructor during WWII? (Hint: he later wrote the semi-autobiographical
> novel _Glide Path_ about his experience.)
Arthur C Clarke
>
> 4. What was the first fleet-to-fleet naval battle in history in which
> neither side's ships sighted nor fired upon each other?
>
> 5. What was the name of the Canadian beach in the Normandy Invasion?
Juno
>
> 6. There are two instances of a father and his son both being awarded
> the US Medal of Honor. In both cases, the sons earned them for actions
> they performed in WWII. Give the family name of either. You may give
> two answers without penalty. If either is correct, you get the point;
> get both for a tie-breaker bonus. (Hint: one of the two in each family
> is a well-known person.)
Murphy, Johnson
>
> 7. In 1938, Germany occupied and annexed Austria. By what
> German-language name is this action known as?
Anschluss
>
> 8. What was the German codename for their invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941?
Barbarossa
>
> 9. A fictional US Navy cargo ship plies the back areas of the Pacific
> Theater during WWII. "For the most part it stays on its regular run,
> from Tedium to Apathy and back; about five days each way. It makes an
> occasional trip to Monotony, and once it made a run all the way to
> Ennui, a distance of two thousand miles from Tedium." Name either the
> ship or the novel/movie/TV show it appears in. (Name both for a
> tie-breaker bonus.)
>
> 10. Eight European governments went into exile, either directly or via
> other countries, to England, when their country was occupied by the
> Germans. Name six of them. (name more than six for tie-breaker
> bonus(es). Note the first 6 countries named will be your answer for the
> point and the next one or two for the bonus.)
France, Holland, Dennmark, Norway, Sweden, Belgium
Mark Brader
> 1. What city was under siege for almost 900 days during WWII?
Stalingrad.
> 3. What science fiction author served as a radar specialist and
> instructor during WWII? (Hint: he later wrote the semi-autobiographical
> novel _Glide Path_ about his experience.)
Clarke.
> 4. What was the first fleet-to-fleet naval battle in history in which
> neither side's ships sighted nor fired upon each other?
It's either Midway or Coral Sea. I'll go with Coral Sea.
> 5. What was the name of the Canadian beach in the Normandy Invasion?
Juno.
> 6. There are two instances of a father and his son both being awarded
> the US Medal of Honor. In both cases, the sons earned them for actions
> they performed in WWII. Give the family name of either. You may give two
> answers without penalty. If either is correct, you get the point; get
> both for a tie-breaker bonus. (Hint: one of the two in each family is a
> well-known person.)
I'll try Roosevelt.
> 7. In 1938, Germany occupied and annexed Austria. By what
> German-language name is this action known as?
Anschluss.
> 8. What was the German codename for their invasion of the Soviet Union
> in 1941?
Barbarossa.
> 9. A fictional US Navy cargo ship plies the back areas of the Pacific
> Theater during WWII. "For the most part it stays on its regular run,
> from Tedium to Apathy and back; about five days each way. It makes an
> occasional trip to Monotony, and once it made a run all the way to
> Ennui, a distance of two thousand miles from Tedium." Name either the
> ship or the novel/movie/TV show it appears in. (Name both for a
> tie-breaker bonus.)
"McHale's Navy"?
> 10. Eight European governments went into exile, either directly or via
> other countries, to England, when their country was occupied by the
> Germans. Name six of them. (name more than six for tie-breaker
> bonus(es). Note the first 6 countries named will be your answer for the
> point and the next one or two for the bonus.)
Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Norway, Denmark, Greece; Poland.
--
Mark Brader | "Sir, your composure baffles me. A single counterexample
Toronto | refutes a conjecture as effectively as ten... Hands up!
m...@vex.net | You have to surrender." -- Imre Lakatos
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Marc Dashevsky
> Below is Rotating Quiz #26. For no real reason, I've made it a WWII
> trivia quiz. One point for each question, but several of them have the
> possibility of getting a bonus which will be used to break ties.
>
>
> 1. What city was under siege for almost 900 days during WWII?
> 2. Truk (lagoon/atoll) was the location of the main Japanese naval base
> in the central Pacific. By what name is it known today? (spelling must
> be exact)
>
> 3. What science fiction author served as a radar specialist and
> instructor during WWII? (Hint: he later wrote the semi-autobiographical
> novel _Glide Path_ about his experience.)
Arthur C. Clarke
Netherlands, Luxembourg, France, Belgium, Monaco, Norway
--
Go to http://MarcDashevsky.com to send me e-mail.
Peter Smyth
>Below is Rotating Quiz #26. For no real reason, I've made it a WWII
>trivia quiz. One point for each question, but several of them have the
>possibility of getting a bonus which will be used to break ties.
>
>
>1. What city was under siege for almost 900 days during WWII?
>
>2. Truk (lagoon/atoll) was the location of the main Japanese naval base
>in the central Pacific. By what name is it known today? (spelling must
>be exact)
>
>3. What science fiction author served as a radar specialist and
>instructor during WWII? (Hint: he later wrote the semi-autobiographical
>novel _Glide Path_ about his experience.)
>4. What was the first fleet-to-fleet naval battle in history in which
>neither side's ships sighted nor fired upon each other?
>
>5. What was the name of the Canadian beach in the Normandy Invasion?
>6. There are two instances of a father and his son both being awarded
>the US Medal of Honor. In both cases, the sons earned them for actions
>they performed in WWII. Give the family name of either. You may give two
>answers without penalty. If either is correct, you get the point; get
>both for a tie-breaker bonus. (Hint: one of the two in each family is a
>well-known person.)
>7. In 1938, Germany occupied and annexed Austria. By what
>German-language name is this action known as?
>
>8. What was the German codename for their invasion of the Soviet Union
>in 1941?
>
>9. A fictional US Navy cargo ship plies the back areas of the Pacific
>Theater during WWII. "For the most part it stays on its regular run,
>from Tedium to Apathy and back; about five days each way. It makes an
>occasional trip to Monotony, and once it made a run all the way to
>Ennui, a distance of two thousand miles from Tedium." Name either the
>ship or the novel/movie/TV show it appears in. (Name both for a
>tie-breaker bonus.)
>
>10. Eight European governments went into exile, either directly or via
>other countries, to England, when their country was occupied by the
>Germans. Name six of them. (name more than six for tie-breaker
>bonus(es). Note the first 6 countries named will be your answer for the
>point and the next one or two for the bonus.)
Peter Smyth
Erland Sommarskog
> 1. What city was under siege for almost 900 days during WWII?
Leningrad (as it was called at the time)
> 6. There are two instances of a father and his son both being awarded
> the US Medal of Honor. In both cases, the sons earned them for actions
> they performed in WWII. Give the family name of either. You may give two
> answers without penalty. If either is correct, you get the point; get
> both for a tie-breaker bonus. (Hint: one of the two in each family is a
> well-known person.)
Rockefeller
> 7. In 1938, Germany occupied and annexed Austria. By what
> German-language name is this action known as?
Anschluss
> 8. What was the German codename for their invasion of the Soviet Union
> in 1941?
Barbarossa
> 10. Eight European governments went into exile, either directly or via
> other countries, to England, when their country was occupied by the
> Germans. Name six of them. (name more than six for tie-breaker
> bonus(es). Note the first 6 countries named will be your answer for the
> point and the next one or two for the bonus.)
Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Luxemburg, France, Poland,
Yugoslavia
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se
Mark Brader
> Leningrad
Dammit, I knew that!
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "Professor, I think I have a counterexample."
m...@vex.net | "That's all right; I have two proofs."
Calvin
wrote:
> Below is Rotating Quiz #26. For no real reason, I've made it a WWII
> trivia quiz. One point for each question, but several of them have the
> possibility of getting a bonus which will be used to break ties.
>
>
> 1. What city was under siege for almost 900 days during WWII?
Stalingrad
> 2. Truk (lagoon/atoll) was the location of the main Japanese naval base
> in the central Pacific. By what name is it known today? (spelling must
> be exact)
Guam?
> 3. What science fiction author served as a radar specialist and
> instructor during WWII? (Hint: he later wrote the semi-autobiographical
> novel _Glide Path_ about his experience.)
Clarke?
> 4. What was the first fleet-to-fleet naval battle in history in which
> neither side's ships sighted nor fired upon each other?
Battle of Midway
> 5. What was the name of the Canadian beach in the Normandy Invasion?
Sword?
> 6. There are two instances of a father and his son both being awarded
> the US Medal of Honor. In both cases, the sons earned them for actions
> they performed in WWII. Give the family name of either. You may give two
> answers without penalty. If either is correct, you get the point; get
> both for a tie-breaker bonus. (Hint: one of the two in each family is a
> well-known person.)
Murphy?
> 7. In 1938, Germany occupied and annexed Austria. By what
> German-language name is this action known as?
Anschluss
> 8. What was the German codename for their invasion of the Soviet Union
> in 1941?
Barbarossa
> 9. A fictional US Navy cargo ship plies the back areas of the Pacific
> Theater during WWII. "For the most part it stays on its regular run,
> from Tedium to Apathy and back; about five days each way. It makes an
> occasional trip to Monotony, and once it made a run all the way to
> Ennui, a distance of two thousand miles from Tedium." Name either the
> ship or the novel/movie/TV show it appears in. (Name both for a
> tie-breaker bonus.)
The Love Boat?
> 10. Eight European governments went into exile, either directly or via
> other countries, to England, when their country was occupied by the
> Germans. Name six of them. (name more than six for tie-breaker
> bonus(es). Note the first 6 countries named will be your answer for the
> point and the next one or two for the bonus.)
Greece, Netherlands, um, Denmark, Belgium, Poland, Czechoslovakia
Great quiz thanks Dan.
--
cheers,
calvin
swp
> Below is Rotating Quiz #26. For no real reason, I've made it a WWII
> trivia quiz. One point for each question, but several of them have the
> possibility of getting a bonus which will be used to break ties.
>
>
> 1. What city was under siege for almost 900 days during WWII?
leningrad
> 2. Truk (lagoon/atoll) was the location of the main Japanese naval base
> in the central Pacific. By what name is it known today? (spelling must
> be exact)
chuck?
> 3. What science fiction author served as a radar specialist and
> instructor during WWII? (Hint: he later wrote the semi-autobiographical
> novel _Glide Path_ about his experience.)
sir Arthur C. Clarke
> 4. What was the first fleet-to-fleet naval battle in history in which
> neither side's ships sighted nor fired upon each other?
pearl harbor?
> 5. What was the name of the Canadian beach in the Normandy Invasion?
juno
> 6. There are two instances of a father and his son both being awarded
> the US Medal of Honor. In both cases, the sons earned them for actions
> they performed in WWII. Give the family name of either. You may give two
> answers without penalty. If either is correct, you get the point; get
> both for a tie-breaker bonus. (Hint: one of the two in each family is a
> well-known person.)
roosevelt, macarthur
> 7. In 1938, Germany occupied and annexed Austria. By what
> German-language name is this action known as?
anschluss österreichs
> 8. What was the German codename for their invasion of the Soviet Union
> in 1941?
operation hedgehog!
> 9. A fictional US Navy cargo ship plies the back areas of the Pacific
> Theater during WWII. "For the most part it stays on its regular run,
> from Tedium to Apathy and back; about five days each way. It makes an
> occasional trip to Monotony, and once it made a run all the way to
> Ennui, a distance of two thousand miles from Tedium." Name either the
> ship or the novel/movie/TV show it appears in. (Name both for a
> tie-breaker bonus.)
mr roberts ; uss reluctant
> 10. Eight European governments went into exile, either directly or via
> other countries, to England, when their country was occupied by the
> Germans. Name six of them. (name more than six for tie-breaker
> bonus(es). Note the first 6 countries named will be your answer for the
> point and the next one or two for the bonus.)
sigh. france and whatever else Mark Brader said.
swp
Joachim Parsch
Dan Tilque schrieb:
>
> Below is Rotating Quiz #26. For no real reason, I've made it a WWII
> trivia quiz. One point for each question, but several of them have the
> possibility of getting a bonus which will be used to break ties.
>
> 1. What city was under siege for almost 900 days during WWII?
Leningrad.
> 2. Truk (lagoon/atoll) was the location of the main Japanese naval base
> in the central Pacific. By what name is it known today? (spelling must
> be exact)
>
> 3. What science fiction author served as a radar specialist and
> instructor during WWII? (Hint: he later wrote the semi-autobiographical
> novel _Glide Path_ about his experience.)
Arthur C. Clarke.
> 4. What was the first fleet-to-fleet naval battle in history in which
> neither side's ships sighted nor fired upon each other?
>
> 5. What was the name of the Canadian beach in the Normandy Invasion?
>
> 6. There are two instances of a father and his son both being awarded
> the US Medal of Honor. In both cases, the sons earned them for actions
> they performed in WWII. Give the family name of either. You may give two
> answers without penalty. If either is correct, you get the point; get
> both for a tie-breaker bonus. (Hint: one of the two in each family is a
> well-known person.)
>
> 7. In 1938, Germany occupied and annexed Austria. By what
> German-language name is this action known as?
Anschluss.
> 8. What was the German codename for their invasion of the Soviet Union
> in 1941?
Unternehmen Barbarossa.
> 9. A fictional US Navy cargo ship plies the back areas of the Pacific
> Theater during WWII. "For the most part it stays on its regular run,
> from Tedium to Apathy and back; about five days each way. It makes an
> occasional trip to Monotony, and once it made a run all the way to
> Ennui, a distance of two thousand miles from Tedium." Name either the
> ship or the novel/movie/TV show it appears in. (Name both for a
> tie-breaker bonus.)
>
> 10. Eight European governments went into exile, either directly or via
> other countries, to England, when their country was occupied by the
> Germans. Name six of them. (name more than six for tie-breaker
> bonus(es). Note the first 6 countries named will be your answer for the
> point and the next one or two for the bonus.)
Norway, Netherlands, Poland, Belgium, France, Czechoslovakia
Joachim
Jeffrey Turner
>
>
> 1. What city was under siege for almost 900 days during WWII?
Stalingrad
> 2. Truk (lagoon/atoll) was the location of the main Japanese naval base
> in the central Pacific. By what name is it known today? (spelling must
> be exact)
>
> 3. What science fiction author served as a radar specialist and
> instructor during WWII? (Hint: he later wrote the semi-autobiographical
> novel _Glide Path_ about his experience.)
>
> 4. What was the first fleet-to-fleet naval battle in history in which
> neither side's ships sighted nor fired upon each other?
>
> 5. What was the name of the Canadian beach in the Normandy Invasion?
Juno
> 6. There are two instances of a father and his son both being awarded
> the US Medal of Honor. In both cases, the sons earned them for actions
> they performed in WWII. Give the family name of either. You may give two
> answers without penalty. If either is correct, you get the point; get
> both for a tie-breaker bonus. (Hint: one of the two in each family is a
> well-known person.)
>
> 7. In 1938, Germany occupied and annexed Austria. By what
> German-language name is this action known as?
Anschluss
> 8. What was the German codename for their invasion of the Soviet Union
> in 1941?
Barbarossa
> 9. A fictional US Navy cargo ship plies the back areas of the Pacific
> Theater during WWII. "For the most part it stays on its regular run,
> from Tedium to Apathy and back; about five days each way. It makes an
> occasional trip to Monotony, and once it made a run all the way to
> Ennui, a distance of two thousand miles from Tedium." Name either the
> ship or the novel/movie/TV show it appears in. (Name both for a
> tie-breaker bonus.)
>
> 10. Eight European governments went into exile, either directly or via
> other countries, to England, when their country was occupied by the
> Germans. Name six of them. (name more than six for tie-breaker
> bonus(es). Note the first 6 countries named will be your answer for the
> point and the next one or two for the bonus.)
France, Belgium
--Jeff
Pete
email.me:
> Below is Rotating Quiz #26. For no real reason, I've made it a WWII
> trivia quiz. One point for each question, but several of them have the
> possibility of getting a bonus which will be used to break ties.
>
>
> 1. What city was under siege for almost 900 days during WWII?
Leningrad
>
> 2. Truk (lagoon/atoll) was the location of the main Japanese naval
base
> in the central Pacific. By what name is it known today? (spelling must
> be exact)
Kwajelein
>
> 3. What science fiction author served as a radar specialist and
> instructor during WWII? (Hint: he later wrote the semi-
autobiographical
> novel _Glide Path_ about his experience.)
Vonnegut
>
> 4. What was the first fleet-to-fleet naval battle in history in which
> neither side's ships sighted nor fired upon each other?
Midway
>
> 5. What was the name of the Canadian beach in the Normandy Invasion?
Juno
>
> 6. There are two instances of a father and his son both being awarded
> the US Medal of Honor. In both cases, the sons earned them for actions
> they performed in WWII. Give the family name of either. You may give
two
> answers without penalty. If either is correct, you get the point; get
> both for a tie-breaker bonus. (Hint: one of the two in each family is
a
> well-known person.)
Roosevelt, Kennedy
>
> 7. In 1938, Germany occupied and annexed Austria. By what
> German-language name is this action known as?
Anschlus
>
> 8. What was the German codename for their invasion of the Soviet Union
> in 1941?
Barbarossa
>
> 9. A fictional US Navy cargo ship plies the back areas of the Pacific
> Theater during WWII. "For the most part it stays on its regular run,
> from Tedium to Apathy and back; about five days each way. It makes an
> occasional trip to Monotony, and once it made a run all the way to
> Ennui, a distance of two thousand miles from Tedium." Name either the
> ship or the novel/movie/TV show it appears in. (Name both for a
> tie-breaker bonus.)
Mr. Roberts
>
> 10. Eight European governments went into exile, either directly or via
> other countries, to England, when their country was occupied by the
> Germans. Name six of them. (name more than six for tie-breaker
> bonus(es). Note the first 6 countries named will be your answer for
the
> point and the next one or two for the bonus.)
Poland, France, Denmark, Holland, Belgium, Norway, Czechoslovakia,
Hungary
>
Pete
Rob Parker
Leningrad
> 2. Truk (lagoon/atoll) was the location of the main Japanese naval base in
> the central Pacific. By what name is it known today? (spelling must be
> exact)
Truk
> 3. What science fiction author served as a radar specialist and instructor
> during WWII? (Hint: he later wrote the semi-autobiographical novel _Glide
> Path_ about his experience.)
Arthur C Clarke
> 4. What was the first fleet-to-fleet naval battle in history in which
> neither side's ships sighted nor fired upon each other?
Battle of Midway
> 5. What was the name of the Canadian beach in the Normandy Invasion?
Juno (?)
> 6. There are two instances of a father and his son both being awarded the
> US Medal of Honor. In both cases, the sons earned them for actions they
> performed in WWII. Give the family name of either. You may give two
> answers without penalty. If either is correct, you get the point; get both
> for a tie-breaker bonus. (Hint: one of the two in each family is a
> well-known person.)
>
> 7. In 1938, Germany occupied and annexed Austria. By what German-language
> name is this action known as?
>
> 8. What was the German codename for their invasion of the Soviet Union in
> 1941?
Barbarossa
> 9. A fictional US Navy cargo ship plies the back areas of the Pacific
> Theater during WWII. "For the most part it stays on its regular run, from
> Tedium to Apathy and back; about five days each way. It makes an
> occasional trip to Monotony, and once it made a run all the way to Ennui,
> a distance of two thousand miles from Tedium." Name either the ship or the
> novel/movie/TV show it appears in. (Name both for a tie-breaker bonus.)
>
> 10. Eight European governments went into exile, either directly or via
> other countries, to England, when their country was occupied by the
> Germans. Name six of them. (name more than six for tie-breaker bonus(es).
> Note the first 6 countries named will be your answer for the point and the
> next one or two for the bonus.)
France, Belgium, The Netherlands, Poland, Luxembourg, Denmark, Latvia,
Lithuania
Rob
Dan Tilque
>
>
> 1. What city was under siege for almost 900 days during WWII?
Leningrad
Marc Dashevsky, Erland, swp, Joachim Parsch, Pete, and Rob Parker got it.
>
> 2. Truk (lagoon/atoll) was the location of the main Japanese naval base
> in the central Pacific. By what name is it known today? (spelling must
> be exact)
Chuuk
No one got it, although swp came real close.
>
> 3. What science fiction author served as a radar specialist and
> instructor during WWII? (Hint: he later wrote the semi-autobiographical
> novel _Glide Path_ about his experience.)
Arthur C Clarke
John Masters, Mark Brader, Marc Dashevsky, Peter Smyth, Calvin, swp,
Joachim Parsch, and Rob Parker got it.
>
> 4. What was the first fleet-to-fleet naval battle in history in which
> neither side's ships sighted nor fired upon each other?
Battle of the Coral Sea
Mark Brader got it
>
> 5. What was the name of the Canadian beach in the Normandy Invasion?
Juno
John Masters, Mark Brader, Peter Smyth, swp, Jeffrey Turner, Pete, and
Rob Parker got it
>
> 6. There are two instances of a father and his son both being awarded
> the US Medal of Honor. In both cases, the sons earned them for actions
> they performed in WWII. Give the family name of either. You may give two
> answers without penalty. If either is correct, you get the point; get
> both for a tie-breaker bonus. (Hint: one of the two in each family is a
> well-known person.)
Roosevelt (father: Theodore, son: Theodore jr)
MacArthur (father: Arthur, son: Douglas)
Mark Brader, swp, and Pete got it. swp got the bonus
I was unaware before researching this quiz that Theodore Roosevelt was
awarded the MoH, but it seems to have been a relatively recent event.
OK, it happened about 10 years ago, so I guess I wasn't paying
attention. He got it for the San Juan Hill thing, so that was a delay of
just over a century between the action and the award. It makes him the
only president to have won the MoH.
>
> 7. In 1938, Germany occupied and annexed Austria. By what
> German-language name is this action known as?
Anschluss
John Masters, Mark Brader, Erland, Calvin, swp, Joachim Parsch, Jeffrey
Turner, and Pete got it
>
> 8. What was the German codename for their invasion of the Soviet Union
> in 1941?
Barbarossa
John Masters, Mark Brader, Erland, Calvin, Joachim Parsch, Jeffrey
Turner, Pete, and Rob Parker got it
>
> 9. A fictional US Navy cargo ship plies the back areas of the Pacific
> Theater during WWII. "For the most part it stays on its regular run,
> from Tedium to Apathy and back; about five days each way. It makes an
> occasional trip to Monotony, and once it made a run all the way to
> Ennui, a distance of two thousand miles from Tedium." Name either the
> ship or the novel/movie/TV show it appears in. (Name both for a
> tie-breaker bonus.)
USS Reluctant, "Mr Roberts"
swp and Pete got it. swp got the bonus
(lol at "Love Boat")
>
> 10. Eight European governments went into exile, either directly or via
> other countries, to England, when their country was occupied by the
> Germans. Name six of them. (name more than six for tie-breaker
> bonus(es). Note the first 6 countries named will be your answer for the
> point and the next one or two for the bonus.)
Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Greece, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway,
Poland, and Yugoslavia
no one got it. Everyone had either Denmark or France or both in their
list. Denmark's government stayed home and continued to govern as best
it could with the Germans underfoot. France's government surrendered and
never left the country. They just moved to Vichy. The Free French were a
whole new organization whose only direct connection with the
pre-occupation French government was that de Gaulle had been a cabinet
member of that government.
OK, France may be arguable, but I went by the site below which seems to
be the text of a book about WWII governments-in-exile. The reasons for
excluding France are given in the introduction, about halfway down the page.
http://governmentsinexile.com/yapoucontents.html
Scores:
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 T
John Masters 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 4
Mark Brader 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 6
Marc Dashevsky 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Peter Smyth 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Erland Sommarskog 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3
Calvin 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3
swp 1 0 1 0 1 1+ 1 0 1+ 0 6++
Joachim Parsch 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4
Jeffrey Turner 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3
Pete 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 6
Rob Parker 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4
Looks like swp wins by two plus signs. Take 'er away Stephen.
Thanks to everyone for playing.
swp
I'll post #27 later today. heavy rain here causing localized flooding is making life interesting, but in a much different way than these quizzes are.
swp