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Jan-4-2005 18:37

See if there is interest for this.

1. Each day I will post 10 questions, at random times of the day.
2. Each Quiz runs exactly 24 hours.
3. The first person that has all 10 questions right, wins. Or if no one has all questions right, the best one wins.
4. You can only post answers ONCE for the same quiz.
5. No cash involved. Just glory. :)

Jan-17-2005 02:06

Parker, I know nothing about guns. I did not know even one of these answers. But after asking my in-house experts and a little googling, here's what I came up with. If there are still mistakes, it's because I still don't know what most of the answers mean, I confess!

Category: Guns

1) What year was the Tommy gun invented? 1920

2) If you are talking about a Para Ordinance hand gun what TYPE of gun is it? Pistol

3) What type of rifle is issued to the majority of the U.S. forces? M16-A3

4) What does AK-47 stand for? Automatic Kalishnakov 1947

5) What kind of hand gun does the old James Bond known to carry? Walther PPK

6) What type of hand gun is Dirty Harry known to carry? Colt .44 Magnum

7) What is the shortest legal barrel length of a rifle in the U.S.? The federal limit is 18" with 26" overall length
the legal measure of the barrel is with the action closed, insert a rod or measure down the barrel, The measure is from the breach face to the end of barrel.

8) What caliber ammunition does a Glock Model 29 shoot? .45 ACP

9) This gangster used a sawed off version of the Browning Automatic rifle, name this gangster. Clyde Barrow

10) What country produced the K-31 rifle? Switzerland

Jan-17-2005 04:30

Mad One, I am working on yours and finding it HARD. Hope you're happy!

Jan-17-2005 06:16

Moonshh there are still 4 wrong #1,2,7,8. On # seven that would be the answer if I was talking about a shotgun however I asked about a rifle.

Jan-17-2005 06:43

Darn!

Jan-17-2005 08:59

Isn't there anyone who will finish the gun trivia?

Jan-17-2005 12:19

The answers for the Gun trivia are:
1) 1921
2) 1911
3) M16- A3
4) Avtomat Kalashnikov model 1947
5) Walther PPK
6) .44 Magnum
7) 16"
8) 10mm
9) Clyde Barrow
10)Switzerland

Jan-17-2005 18:17

Looks like jstkdn was the winner!

Jan-17-2005 18:28

Don't you mean "IS the winner?"

Jan-17-2005 19:30

Yes Moonshh. I am happy, but lonely. I think I made it too hard. Some of the questions are really easy, some are complete so and so's. I put a special dutch question for jstkdn so she would feel at home.

Jan-18-2005 02:18

Jojo, "is" or "was," the point is that jstkdn won. Or do I mean "wins?"

Okay, Mad One, I tried and tried. I didn't know any of these answers, either, so this was all about research. I think I got all but three of them.

1) A submarine

2) It was hard to figure out if these were individuals or whole air fighting wings in WWII. Douglas Bader seems to have been called "Dogsbody," but it was also the call sign for Bader's wing. The next question makes it seem as if Dogsbody was one individual, so I will say they were WWII flying aces. This seems to be confirmed by "South African Ace 'Sailor' Malan," "Greycap leader, Allied Fighter Ace Johnnie Johnson," and "the famous 'Screwball' Beurling."

3) Castle Colditz

4) I don't know!

5) A Japanese battle-axe used by the Yamabushi warrior monks. It is made up of a heavy metal head with a point opposite the blade attached to a wooden handle by means of a socket.

6) General John Pope

7) Rearguard, Bataille and Vanguard.

8) A U-Boat ace, also known as "silent Otto," who sank 47 ships for a total of 274.333 tons and damaged 5 ships for a total of 37.965 tons

9) I don't know, but I really tried. I wanted to figure this one out more than any of the others!

10) Cavalry General Nathan Bedford Forrest

11) Battle of the Falklands

12)The Chakram (or Chackrum or Chackram or Chackra) is a metal ring that has been used as a throwing weapon by the Sikhs of India

13)HMS Jervis Bay, an armed merchant cruiser

14)General Emmanuel de Grouchy

15)I don't know!