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Title: April Quiz-Part I Post by: BTs_GhostSniper on April 02, 2005, 01:58:31 am Here it is, the April Quiz! This month, the quiz will be split into 3 sections, each containing 3 questions. The winner of each section will receive $20 Cash (U.S.), and the winner of the most sections will receive $20 Cash (there will be a tie-breaker question if needed). Also, there will be a 10th question that will be a bonus, also worth $20 Cash. That's $100 up for grabs for the April Quiz! I will post one section each Friday, with the bonus question following on the 4th Friday of the month (April 22).
This Quiz is about World War II: 1. How many U.S. Navy Battleships were sunk during WWII, and what were their names? (hint--these are ships that were sunk and never returned to service) 2. What are the only 2 American aircraft built during WWII that used French-made guns? (hint--both aircraft were built in America and flown by the United States Military during the war. The 2 aircraft may or may not have been experimental, in fact, I'll tell you for sure that one of them was experimental and wasn't put into production.) 3. What was the highest award any regular military person (not high-ranking officers) in Germany could be awarded during WWII, and how many people were awarded it? That's the first section, good luck! (I will not be on tonight, so the first person with the correct answers in my e-mail gets the prize...if need be, I will e-mail you the ones you got wrong late tonight or early in the morning) Title: Re: April Quiz Post by: crypt on April 02, 2005, 06:40:34 am Number 2 cannot be found anywhere, I even checked the library for 3 hours. (april fools) Maybe a reword or hint for an old buddy, GS?
Title: Re: April Quiz Post by: BTs_GhostSniper on April 02, 2005, 08:13:21 am Number 2 cannot be found anywhere, I even checked the library for 3 hours. (april fools) Maybe a reword or hint for an old buddy, GS? I love it when I cross-check my questions with google. God I love it when a plan comes together. I guarantee you it is on the internet somewhere (mainly cause I put it there), and I also guarantee that you'll have to go looking for it, you can't just google it...gotta do some real research buddy. Now you know why I only needed 3 questions per section.[/size] ;) Title: Re: April Quiz Post by: BTs_GhostSniper on April 02, 2005, 08:22:41 am Also, I just checked the answers that have been e-mailed to me so far, and out of all the people who have attempted the quiz, one person got 1 question right. Keep trying, the answers are out there somewhere!
-GhostSniper Out.[/size] Title: Re: April Quiz-Part I Post by: bronto on April 02, 2005, 08:55:00 pm omg that was meeeeeeeeee.
Title: Re: April Quiz-Part I Post by: crypt on April 03, 2005, 02:34:28 am GS, I'll waste more gas going to the library than I will make getting the question.
Title: Re: April Quiz-Part I Post by: c| Lone-Wolf on April 03, 2005, 03:29:17 am Then ride a bike if you're concerned about gas money. Not only will you save money, youll get in shape as well.
Title: Re: April Quiz-Part I Post by: Civrock on April 03, 2005, 03:31:43 am and not pollute the air either. ;D
Title: Re: April Quiz-Part I Post by: BTs_GhostSniper on April 03, 2005, 03:35:28 am GS, I'll waste more gas going to the library than I will make getting the question. Why go to the library? Every answer can be found somewhere on the internet. I just made sure that the questions weren't easy to google.[/size] Title: Re: April Quiz-Part I Post by: BTs_GhostSniper on April 03, 2005, 03:52:43 am By the way, one person has successfully answered 2 of the 3 questions right.[/size]
Title: Re: April Quiz-Part I Post by: bronto on April 03, 2005, 05:11:06 am i'll give someone the third answer if they give me 10$
Title: Re: April Quiz-Part I Post by: BTs_GhostSniper on April 03, 2005, 06:01:45 am i'll give someone the third answer if they give me 10$ lol, why don't you just answer the 3 questions and win $20 yourself?[/size] Title: Re: April Quiz-Part I Post by: Daf One on April 03, 2005, 06:48:51 am the second one is a pain in the ass, but I think I know what the French guns are...gotta find planes now :-(((
Title: Re: April Quiz-Part I Post by: bloodanguts on April 03, 2005, 08:00:15 am damn... #2 was a hard one... I think I might of gotten it though :) ::applause::
Title: Re: April Quiz-Part I Post by: BTs_GhostSniper on April 03, 2005, 04:44:51 pm damn... #2 was a hard one... I think I might of gotten it though :) ::applause:: You were wrong, but I've put a hint up there with question #2 to help everyone out.[/size] Title: Re: April Quiz-Part I Post by: bloodanguts on April 03, 2005, 05:39:56 pm :( At least some varients of both of them used French guns... :(
Title: Re: April Quiz-Part I Post by: BTs_GhostSniper on April 03, 2005, 07:08:10 pm :( At least some varients of both of them used French guns... :( Also, when I say "French guns", I mean they are actually guns built in France and used in American aircraft that were built during WWII (France had already fallen by the time the U.S. entered the war, so how is this possible, you might ask?). Now if you think about what that means, then that is another really good hint.[/size] ;) Title: Re: April Quiz-Part I Post by: bloodanguts on April 03, 2005, 09:24:34 pm So it can't just be american aircraft shipped to france before the capitualation? It has to be planes used by the USAAF?
Title: Re: April Quiz-Part I Post by: bronto on April 03, 2005, 10:03:16 pm can the weapon be a french liscenced version of another countries weapon?
Title: Re: April Quiz-Part I Post by: bloodanguts on April 03, 2005, 10:49:29 pm This is annoying, I've been able to find a few American Made aircraft that had French weaponry, however, I've found more than two kinds, and of those I found, its unclear whether they were fitted for shipment to france, or just for some weird reason...
Any more hints coming? Title: Re: April Quiz-Part I Post by: bronto on April 03, 2005, 11:07:45 pm i hate the internet. i can't find anywhere that lists specific weaponry they just say .50 callibres, or something.
Title: Re: April Quiz-Part I Post by: BTs_GhostSniper on April 03, 2005, 11:18:31 pm So it can't just be american aircraft shipped to france before the capitualation? It has to be planes used by the USAAF? Yes, the airplanes have to be used by the U.S. Military. These are not airplanes that France used, they are airplanes built in the United States, for the United States, that used French-made guns. So they aren't even guns designed by France and built elsewhere...these guns were actually built in France, and put into airplanes built in the United States during WWII.[/size] can the weapon be a french liscenced version of another countries weapon? No, these guns were actually built in France.[/size] This is annoying, I've been able to find a few American Made aircraft that had French weaponry, however, I've found more than two kinds, and of those I found, its unclear whether they were fitted for shipment to france, or just for some weird reason... These 2 aircraft that used French guns were never shipped to, or used by, France. They were only used by the U.S. Military during WWII.[/size] Title: Re: April Quiz-Part I Post by: BTs_GhostSniper on April 04, 2005, 05:55:51 pm The 2nd Part of the April Quiz will be posted a day early. I will get it posted sometime on Thursday (April 7), as I will be taking my daughter to Tulane Medical Center in New Orleans on Friday morning for some tests. I probably won't get back until late Saturday or Sunday, so be sure to e-mail me your answers and I will check the e-mails as soon as I get back. If anyone gets the answers right on the first try, the winner will be determined by who e-mailed me first.
Also, there still is not a winner for the first section of the April Quiz. Several people have 2 of the answers correct, but Question #2 seems to be stumping everybody (hehehe). So here's another hint: Both airplanes were flown by the U.S. Army Air Forces, one airplane was an experimental attack aircraft, and the other airplane was a bomber that was operational and was used in combat during the war. One more hint...the French guns that were used in these two aircraft were left over from World War I (as France had already been invaded by Germany when the U.S. entered the war, I can't believe nobody thought about how the U.S. got French-made guns in U.S.-made aircraft DURING World War II). Title: Re: April Quiz-Part I Post by: bloodanguts on April 05, 2005, 12:23:13 am Would Belgian made count? They speak French... kind of...
Title: Re: April Quiz-Part I Post by: BTs_GhostSniper on April 05, 2005, 01:57:59 am Would Belgian made count? They speak French... kind of... No, these guns were actually built in France. They were built in France before World War II in fact. They were actually left over guns from World War I. That is how they got French-made guns into aircraft built in the United States during WWII...because they already had the guns before France was invaded. Come on guys, stop googling the exact phrases and do some research on the internet! I promise the answers are on the internet (I put one of them on the internet myself, so I know it's there).[/size] Title: Re: April Quiz-Part I Post by: Daf One on April 05, 2005, 02:17:39 am I found a figher that used french guns in the interwar years I think
my god, all the damn planes either have .30, .50, .303, rockets,7.62 and T2/T4 cannons, wtf. Title: Re: April Quiz-Part I Post by: bloodanguts on April 05, 2005, 03:17:06 am Would Belgian made count? They speak French... kind of... No, these guns were actually built in France. They were built in France before World War II in fact. They were actually left over guns from World War I. That is how they got French-made guns into aircraft built in the United States during WWII...because they already had the guns before France was invaded. Come on guys, stop googling the exact phrases and do some research on the internet! I promise the answers are on the internet (I put one of them on the internet myself, so I know it's there).[/size] I have been doing research. I've already researched French gun calibers, which are rather irregular compared to normal American standards. I have been busting my ass off, and have found more than a few that seem correct I might add... Title: Re: April Quiz-Part I Post by: BTs_GhostSniper on April 05, 2005, 04:12:33 am I have been doing research. I've already researched French gun calibers, which are rather irregular compared to normal American standards. I have been busting my ass off, and have found more than a few that seem correct I might add... The problem is you are looking at American aircraft built BEFORE the U.S. entered the war, and BEFORE France was invaded. The 2 planes I am talking about were not built and fitted with French-made guns until AFTER the U.S. entered WWII. By the way, think of all the names for "guns" when you do your searches. You may find the particular guns that were used are refered to by another more specific name (example, a cannon is also a gun...).[/size] ;) Title: Re: April Quiz-Part I Post by: Daf One on April 05, 2005, 04:16:15 am I KNEW IT, HAS TO BE THAT CANNON.
MAN, I CANNOT WAIT FOR SOMEONE TO WIN, I am all pissed off at this quiz. I will burn the answers to #2. Title: Re: April Quiz-Part I Post by: crypt on April 05, 2005, 08:57:48 pm GS, I'll pay you 20 bucks to give me the answer to number 2.
Title: Re: April Quiz-Part I Post by: BTs_GhostSniper on April 05, 2005, 09:11:51 pm GS, I'll pay you 20 bucks to give me the answer to number 2. lol Title: Re: April Quiz-Part I Post by: bloodanguts on April 05, 2005, 09:17:31 pm Quote from: BTs_GhostSniper By the way, think of all the names for "guns" when you do your searches. You may find the particular guns that were used are refered to by another more specific name (example, a cannon is also a gun...).[/color][/size] ;) I've been cross referencing all searchs with French munition standards, which are overall different from American. Title: Re: April Quiz-Part I Post by: Daf One on April 06, 2005, 12:00:31 am bloodandguts, i think you are looking too hard.
Title: Re: April Quiz-Part I Post by: bloodanguts on April 06, 2005, 12:37:48 am probably... But its not like I have anything better to do with my time.
Title: Re: April Quiz-Part I Post by: BTs_GhostSniper on April 06, 2005, 02:32:10 am Congratulations to bloodandguts for winning the first section of the April Quiz!
The correct answers are: 1. 2, the USS Arizona and the USS Oklahoma, both sunk on December 7, 1941. Other battleships that were sunk that day were raised and put back into service. 2. North American B-25G (early versions) and the Beechcraft XA-38 Grizzly. 3. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Golden Oakleaves, Swords, and Diamonds. It was awarded to only one person, Hans-Ulrich Rudel. The second highest was the regular Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oakleaves, Swords, and Diamonds. It was awarded to 27 people. Okay, the 2nd section of the April Quiz will be posted this Thursday, April 7.[/size] Title: Re: April Quiz-Part I Post by: bloodanguts on April 06, 2005, 03:31:15 am Weeee!!! That was a hard one...
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