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WWII trivia
2004-02-07, 2:33 PM #1
I am a World War II fanatic and I thought that a game of WWII trivia might be fun for all the rest of the WWII buffs out there.

So lets get started then with an easy question.

1.What is a B.A.R. and what does it stand for?

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2004-02-07, 2:35 PM #2
Browning Assault Rifle or something? A really good machine gun, so good it was kept from our troops in fear that the enemy might capture it.

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2004-02-07, 2:36 PM #3
Hmm.

Browning Automatic Rifle if I'm not mistaken.

And it's a machine gun, heh.
2004-02-07, 2:38 PM #4
Browning Automatic Rifle is correct!

2. What does kamakazi mean translated into English?

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2004-02-07, 2:39 PM #5
Divine wind. Who was Stalin's foreign minister?
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2004-02-07, 2:39 PM #6
that question is more WWII game oriented than history oriented.

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2004-02-07, 2:46 PM #7
Divine wind is correct! Ahh gotta love that samuri mindset.

3. Who were the big three?

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2004-02-07, 2:48 PM #8
Stalin, Churchill, and Roosevelt
2004-02-07, 2:48 PM #9
None other than Molotov. Father of the Molotov coctail.

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2004-02-07, 2:57 PM #10
Yes! Now a slighly more difficult question..

4.Name the landing areas of Operation Overlord.

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2004-02-07, 3:00 PM #11
Omaha, Utah, Juno, Sword, Gold

I think that's all... Just don't ask who went where, heh...
2004-02-07, 3:03 PM #12
Darth you are lucky I was going to ask that.

5.When was the Axis formed (Year and month)?

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2004-02-07, 3:09 PM #13
Neptember 87th, 12BC

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2004-02-07, 3:14 PM #14
Correction is offically the first person to get an answer wrong.(quite ironic) If it is too hard i can change the question. Just say so.

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2004-02-07, 3:23 PM #15
1939. No idea on the month.

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2004-02-07, 3:26 PM #16
Oct. 25, 1936 Rome-Berlin "Axis" alliance formed

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2004-02-07, 3:28 PM #17
September 27th 1940, Japan signs making the Tripartite pact or AXIS a reality.

I think I'm therefore allowed to ask a question?

-What was the gun caliber of the German Tank known as the Tiger?

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2004-02-07, 3:30 PM #18
No, you don't only Bjorn does.

(Think it was 56 or 71 caliber)
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[This message has been edited by Rod-Nog (edited February 07, 2004).]
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2004-02-07, 3:32 PM #19
October 1936 was the first Axis Formed. Tiger tank calber maybe 138. I fi get that wrong i'm gonna kick myself

6.What division captured Hitler's famed Eagle's Nest?

7. What was the longest battle of WWII?

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2004-02-07, 3:41 PM #20
6.101st Airborne Division.
7.Battle of the Atlantic.


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2004-02-07, 3:42 PM #21
Good job Rod! Zero tell me if I got the answer right.

8.The invasion of Algeria was known as Operation ____________? What forces did the allies combat?

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2004-02-07, 3:45 PM #22
October 1936 was the first Axis Formed. <-- oh, look I got that one right too! w00!

8.Operation Torch? North Africans? Arabs? :P

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[This message has been edited by Rod-Nog (edited February 07, 2004).]
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2004-02-07, 3:52 PM #23
Got the first part right. But they fought both French troops and Italians.

9.What was the U.S. standard issue weapon during WWII and up until 1950?

10.Where is Hurtgen Forest, what stalemate occured there, and between who?

11.How many ships were docked at Pearl Harbor during the attack?
A.42
B.57
C.108
D.96

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2004-02-07, 3:58 PM #24
9.What was the U.S. standard issue weapon during WWII and up until 1950? The b.a.r i believe

10.Where is Hurtgen Forest, what stalemate occured there, and between who?No idea but germans V.S brits?

11.How many ships were docked at Pearl Harbor during the attack?
A.42
B.57
C.108
D.96 </me circles D


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2004-02-07, 4:00 PM #25
Probably the M1 Garand Rifle.

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2004-02-07, 4:00 PM #26
9 and 10 are wrong but you got 11 right which is the hardest one of them. I don;t know how you should feel about that.

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2004-02-07, 4:01 PM #27
m1 garand is correct!

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2004-02-07, 4:02 PM #28
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The advantage is is that you can 'borrow' movies for long amounts of time without him remembering that you borrowed them.

The disadvantage is the pizza cheese grime on the DVDs
2004-02-07, 4:03 PM #29
12.Which leader had a gastro-intestinal problem that caused him to fart uncontrollably at times.
A.Stalin
B.Hitler
C.Churchhill
D.Roosevelt

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2004-02-07, 4:04 PM #30
I'll take Weapons and Tanks for $1000, thanks Alex.

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2004-02-07, 4:08 PM #31
13.What weapons were responsible for the London Blitz. (Many bonus points for this next one) What was the german name for these?

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2004-02-07, 4:19 PM #32
V1 and V2 rockets.

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2004-02-07, 4:23 PM #33
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2004-02-07, 4:24 PM #34
V.

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2004-02-07, 4:25 PM #35
damnit! SithNazgul, you beat me to it!

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2004-02-07, 5:06 PM #36
The V in V-1 V-2 stands for "Vergeltungswaffen" or Vengance weapons.

14.What building did the red army take over, signifying the fall of Berlin.

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2004-02-07, 5:27 PM #37
I know it's only BJorn asking questions. But the Operation Torch question made me think of a good one.

In Africa, the British adopted a war cry that they would be used through the war, "Whoa Mohammed". For what reason did they use it, and why did it work?

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2004-02-07, 5:57 PM #38
The Reichstag.

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2004-02-07, 7:09 PM #39
No, I'm pretty sure it was an outhouse.
2004-02-08, 2:47 AM #40
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In Africa, the British adopted a war cry that they would be used through the war, "Whoa Mohammed". For what reason did they use it, and why did it work?

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A guess here.. but did it rally the muslim forces helping them? Like mercanaries and rebels or something?

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