HISTORY QUIZ NO. 19 WORLD WAR 2

[magpie in the 80's]

1. Which general led the German tanks into the Ardennes Forest to capture France?
HEINZ GUDERIAN
2. What did the British soldiers call their Sherman medium tanks fitted with 17- pounder cannons?
FIREFLY
3. These airborne divisions parachuted into Normandy, the 101st Airborne, the 82nd Airborne, and one British division. What was this division?
6TH AIRBOURNE
4. Vice Admiral Mikawa of the Imperial Japanese Navy inflicted one of the worst defeats of the war on the American Navy at which battle in the Pacific?
BATTLE OD SAUO ISLAND
5. Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, who was the planner behind the Pearl Harbor attack, was shot down by American P-38 fighters touring which island?
BOUGANVILLE
6. Which German general reached the Suez Canal and opened the way to the oil rich Middle East from the desert sands of North Africa?
NO GERMAN GENERAL DID THAT IN WW2
7. Which Russian general served under the tsar and then a brilliant career under the Communists, all while he was under a never-revoked death sentence?
KONSTANTINE ROKOSSOUSKIY
8. What did Hitler code-name his third major campaign of Russia?
OPERATION ZITADELLE
9. Two World War 2 tanks were very evenly matched, and one only had the edge because of enormous production capability. What were these two tanks?
A Pzkpf VI Tiger and the IS-2 B Pzkpf VI Ausf B King Tiger and the Tetrach
C Pzkpf IV and the M4 Sherman D Pzkpf V Panther and the T-34
D) Pzkpf V Panther and the T-34
10. What killed famous war journalist Ernie Pyle?
JAPENESE SNIPER
11. What was the British plane credited with the most kills during the famous Battle of Britain?
A Hawker Typhoon B Bolton-Paul Defiant C Hawker Hurricane D Supermarine Superfire
C)HAWKER HURRICANE
12. This city was supposed to be captured on D-day by the British and Canadian I Corps, but ended up taking months to capture.
CAEN
13. The Chinese Nationalist President Chiang Kai-Shek believed this enemy to be a greater threat than the Japanese.
COMMUNISTS
14. This Sherman variant boasted a much more effective 17 pounder gun.
A M4 Sherman Firefly B M4A3/76 Sherman C M4 Sherman Jumbo D M4A1 Sherman Crab
A) M4 SHERMAN FIREFLY
15. When Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus was surrounded outside of Stalingrad, a German general led a breakin attempt to save him. Who was this German general?
FIELD MARSHALL ERIC VON MANSTEIN
16. After the war ended, who became the military governor of Japan?
DOUGLAS MCARTHUR
17. What was the unusual Krummlauf weapon meant to do?
SHOOT AROUND CORNERS
18. Japanese troops under General Yamashita raced down the Malayan Peninsula using these vehicles to easily traverse the dense jungles.
BICYCLES
19. Name the largest battleship in Europe in World War II.
TIRPITZ
20. What are the only American tanks to bear the name of a World War II commander?
A M551 and M3 B M60 and M2 C M60 and M1 D M4 and M8
C) M60 AND M1

[Kahuna]

6/ Rommel
8/ Barbarossa
9/ D
11/ Hurricane
13/ Red Chinese
18/ Bicycles
19/ Bismarck

[godoubleblues]

Q10 - enemy fire, Japanese I think

[Ingall]

17 - shoot around corners

[magpie in the 80's]

17 - shoot around corners

CORRECT INGALL

[magpie in the 80's]

Q10 - enemy fire, Japanese I think

CORRECT GDB

[magpie in the 80's]

6/ Rommel.....INCORRECT
8/ Barbarossa...........INCORRECT
9/ D
11/ Hurricane
13/ Red Chinese
18/ Bicycles
19/ Bismarck..........INCORRECT

OTHERS CORRECT K

[Leaping Lindner]

A few guesses in this lot

1. Von Leeb (?)
2. Firefly
3. 6th
4. Wake Island (?)(Pearl Harbour seems too obvious)
8. Typhoon (?)
12. Caen (?)
14. A
15. Hoth
16. Douglas McArthur
20. B M60 and M2 (Patton and Bradley)

[magpie in the 80's]

A few guesses in this lot

1. Von Leeb (?)
2. Firefly
3. 6th
4. Wake Island (?)(Pearl Harbour seems too obvious)
8. Typhoon (?)
12. Caen (?)
14. A
15. Hoth
16. Douglas McArthur
20. B M60 and M2 (Patton and Bradley)

all others incorrect LL

[magpie in the 80's]

LAST DAYS FOR THIS QUIZ

[magpie in the 80's]

1. Which general led the German tanks into the Ardennes Forest to capture France?
HEINZ GUDERIAN
2. What did the British soldiers call their Sherman medium tanks fitted with 17- pounder cannons?
FIREFLY
3. These airborne divisions parachuted into Normandy, the 101st Airborne, the 82nd Airborne, and one British division. What was this division?
6TH AIRBOURNE
4. Vice Admiral Mikawa of the Imperial Japanese Navy inflicted one of the worst defeats of the war on the American Navy at which battle in the Pacific?
BATTLE OD SAUO ISLAND
5. Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, who was the planner behind the Pearl Harbor attack, was shot down by American P-38 fighters touring which island?
BOUGANVILLE
6. Which German general reached the Suez Canal and opened the way to the oil rich Middle East from the desert sands of North Africa?
NO GERMAN GENERAL DID THAT IN WW2
7. Which Russian general served under the tsar and then a brilliant career under the Communists, all while he was under a never-revoked death sentence?
KONSTANTINE ROKOSSOUSKIY
8. What did Hitler code-name his third major campaign of Russia?
OPERATION ZITADELLE
9. Two World War 2 tanks were very evenly matched, and one only had the edge because of enormous production capability. What were these two tanks?
A Pzkpf VI Tiger and the IS-2 B Pzkpf VI Ausf B King Tiger and the Tetrach
C Pzkpf IV and the M4 Sherman D Pzkpf V Panther and the T-34
D) Pzkpf V Panther and the T-34
10. What killed famous war journalist Ernie Pyle?
JAPENESE SNIPER
11. What was the British plane credited with the most kills during the famous Battle of Britain?
A Hawker Typhoon B Bolton-Paul Defiant C Hawker Hurricane D Supermarine Superfire
C)HAWKER HURRICANE
12. This city was supposed to be captured on D-day by the British and Canadian I Corps, but ended up taking months to capture.
CAEN
13. The Chinese Nationalist President Chiang Kai-Shek believed this enemy to be a greater threat than the Japanese.
COMMUNISTS
14. This Sherman variant boasted a much more effective 17 pounder gun.
A M4 Sherman Firefly B M4A3/76 Sherman C M4 Sherman Jumbo D M4A1 Sherman Crab
A) M4 SHERMAN FIREFLY
15. When Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus was surrounded outside of Stalingrad, a German general led a breakin attempt to save him. Who was this German general?
FIELD MARSHALL ERIC VON MANSTEIN
16. After the war ended, who became the military governor of Japan?
DOUGLAS MCARTHUR
17. What was the unusual Krummlauf weapon meant to do?
SHOOT AROUND CORNERS
18. Japanese troops under General Yamashita raced down the Malayan Peninsula using these vehicles to easily traverse the dense jungles.
BICYCLES
19. Name the largest battleship in Europe in World War II.
TIRPITZ
20. What are the only American tanks to bear the name of a World War II commander?
A M551 and M3 B M60 and M2 C M60 and M1 D M4 and M8
C) M60 AND M1

QUESTIONS ANSWERED ARE IN RED.
QUESTIONS UNANSWERED ARE IN BLUE.

END OF QUIZ