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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-18-2005 05:02

Correct Answers
1) Surcouf was the largest submarine in the world at the start of ww2
2) Correct (In fact you know more than I do)
3) Stalag Luft IVC aka Colditz
4) Genghis Kahn. He was dubbed Proctor John by the Pope when id Mongol army attacked the muslim forces from behind. The Pope stopped liking him when he started attacking christians as well.
5) A Japanese Battle Axe
6) I specified CONFEDERATE generals not POPE who was in charge of the UNION forces. Correct answer, Stonewall Jackson was in command and General Longstreet led the relief force.
7) Rearguard, Bataille, Vanguard
8) U-boat ace. Commanded U-99 which carried the crest of a golden horseshoe.
9) Group Captain Leonard Cheshire. He won his VC, not for a single act a bravery, but for sustained bravery under fire over a period of months. He later founded the Cheshire Homes.
10) Nathan Bedford Forrest
11) Battle of the Falkland Islands 1914
12) The Chackra is an Indian throwing coit.
13) HMS Jervis Bay was an armed merchant cruiser that gave the signal to "scatter" to the convoy it was escorting before it turned back to face the WW2 versions of Scharnhorst and Gneisenau. This was the first time that signal was given in WW2.
14) General Emmanual de Grouchy. (A bit like me really--- Grouchy that is)
15) PQ17 was ordered to scatter when Norwegian spies misplaced Tirpitz. This was the second time a convoy was ordered to scatter in WW2. The destroyer screen was commanded by Commander (later Captain) Jack Broome.
Well done Moonshh. Only 4 wrong. Congratulations.
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Jan-19-2005 14:23

Is that it?
No more quiz??

Jan-19-2005 14:24

Well, we are all still waiting for jstkdn to post another.

Jan-19-2005 16:08

Jojo is urging me to post something. I defenitely owe him that much. Thanks jojo and everybody else!!

Today's quiz is random:
1 The constellation Ursa Minor or little bear is also known as what?
2 From which continent do llamas originate?
3 Which is the next prime number after 113?
4 In which year did the Cuban Missile crisis occur?
5 Which disease related to Crutzfeld Jacob's affects sheep?
6 Which event took place in New York on the 24th of October 1929?
7 The mythical Griffin was a cross between 2 creatures, which ones?
8 If you were at the top of the Mt. Everest and boiled a kettle of water, at what temperature would it boil. 70, 100 OR 130 degrees Centigrade.
9. Which is larger Iraq or Iran?
10. Who discovered the small pox vaxine?

Jan-19-2005 17:11

Jstkdn: I'm going to have a wild stab at this, no Googling or research.

1) Umm ... the Great Bear.
2) S.America.
3) 127
4) 1962
5) Umm ... Mad Sheep Syndrome.
6) The Wall Street Crash?
7) I reckon a lion and an eagle
8) I reckon it's 130
9) Iran definitely!
10) Jenner

Cool quiz : o )

Jan-19-2005 17:36

i'll try this.

1. the litte dipper
2. north america and then they migrated to south america
3. 127
4. 1962
5. Scrapie
6. black thursday...stock market crash
7. eagle and lion
8. about 100
9. iran
10. edward jenner

Jan-19-2005 17:59

Without googling WOW! I am impressed.

Still neither of you are at 10/10!

Jan-19-2005 18:02

I like the mad sheep syndrome BTW, LOL!

Jan-19-2005 23:36

Yeah ... that was a bit of a stab in the dark. It's always worth a guess!

Jan-20-2005 02:16

I guess it's time to see how good (or bad) my memory is.

1. The Lesser Bear
2. South America
3. 127
4. 1963
5. Scrapie
6. U.S. stock market crash
7. a lion and an eagle
8. 100
9. Iran
10. Edwin Jener