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Well, I was sitting at the airport the other day with time to spare, so I decided to cobble this together. My previous efforts about British and American history highlighted an alarming level of ignorance amongst the fine members of this forum Imagine not knowing about Dallas...
Now, I've always been impressed by the military knowledge of certain members of this site, so I wanted to see how good you guys really are with a subject that is much discussed on this forum.
I'm expecting everybody to get at least 80% of the answers right. Anybody who fails shall be locked in a cell and forced to listen to Cliff Richard records non-stop (If you're in the UK) or covered in barbecue sauce and thrown into a pit of weiner dogs (if you're American) If you're not British or American, then I'm sorry, maybe you'll get lucky in the next life
Anyway, enough of my yakking. Answers are at the end of this quiz. And as usual, I don't want to hear BS about historical context!!! We'll start with some easy questions.
1) My avatar contains a portrait of which commander? Painted by?
2) Odd man out: Eisenhower, Grant, Van Buren, Hayes, Jackson.
3) What was the British Army’s standard rifle from 1895-1957?
4) What were: Panther, Lynx, Elefant, and Nashorn?
5) What were: Emily, Kate, Dinah and Sonia?
6) What was OKW?
7) What was Operation Mercury?
8) In which year was the battle of Cunaxa fought?
9) List these battles of the Peninsula War in chronological order: Salamanca, Talavera, Vemeiro, Vitoria, Bussaco.
10) Identify these British Military Units by their mottos or nicknames: Neno Me Impune Lacessit,
Per Mare Per Terram, In Arduis Fidelis, Dirty Half hundred.
11) Who won the battle of Cannae and which year was it fought in?
12) Who won the battle of Issus and which year was it fought in?
13) Who was Simo Hayha?
14) Which two sides fought against each other in the Battle of Mohacs?
15) The treaty of Westphalia ended which conflict?
16) The treaty of Portsmouth ended which conflict?
17) Who said: “Retreat, hell! We’re not retreating, just advancing in a different direction.”
18) Of the following ranks of the Waffen SS, which is the highest and which is the lowest: Hauptsturmfuhrer, Hauptscharfuhrer, Sturmbannfuhrer, Standartenfuhrer.
19) Identify the following: yari, nodachi, sgian-dubh.
20) During WW2 who commanded the British fleet which sunk two Japanese carriers at Midway, and allowed the American carrier Yorktown to retreat to safety?
Answers
Spoiler:
1) Duke of Wellington painted by Goya
2) Van Buren. All were POTUS, but Van Buren did not serve in the military.
3) Lee Enfield
4) German AFV during WW2
5) Allied code names for Japanese military aircraft during WW2
6) Oberkommando Der Wehrmacht - German Army high command WW2
7) German invasion of Crete 1941
8) 401 BC If you're a fan of the movie/film 'the warriors,' you may know this.
10) Neno Me Impune Lacessit (No one attacks me with impunity - Black Watch)
Per Mare Per Terram ( By sea by land - Royal Marines) In Arduis Fidelis (Faithful in adversity - Royal Army Medical Corp ) Dirty Half hundred (50th regiment of foot)
11) Hannibal 216 BC
12) Alexander The Great 333BC
13) Sniper for the Finnish army during the winter war 1939-1940. 8000 confirmed kills or something like that!
14) Kingdom of Hungary and allies Vs Ottoman empire. If they're any pedants out there ready to quibble about the exact composition of the opposing forces, then don't bother!!!
19) yari, (spear) nodachi (two handed sword) sgian-dubh (knife) Somebody will moan about spelling variants!!
20) Admiral Ackbar
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deaths and the sun will be swept from the sky. But is it true?" - Tom Kirby, CEO, Games Workshop Ltd
OK, I'll have a go with the ones I'm fairly sure of... Which isn't many of them TBH
Do_I_Not_Like_That wrote:
1) My avatar contains a portrait of which commander? Painted by?
2) Odd man out: Eisenhower, Grant, Van Buren, Hayes, Jackson.
3) What was the British Army’s standard rifle from 1895-1957?
Lee Enfield 4) What were: Panther, Lynx, Elefant, and Nashorn?
German Armoured vehicles of WW2 5) What were: Emily, Kate, Dinah and Sonia?
6) What was OKW?
7) What was Operation Mercury?
8) In which year was the battle of Cunaxa fought?
9) List these battles of the Peninsula War in chronological order: Salamanca, Talavera, Vemeiro, Vitoria, Bussaco.
10) Identify these British Military Units by their mottos or nicknames: Neno Me Impune Lacessit,
Per Mare Per Terram, In Arduis Fidelis, Dirty Half hundred.
11) Who won the battle of Cannae and which year was it fought in?
12) Who won the battle of Issus and which year was it fought in?
13) Who was Simo Hayha?
Finnish sniper in the Winter War of the 1930s - Highest bodycount of any sniper in history (~400 IIRC) 14) Which two sides fought against each other in the Battle of Mohacs?
15) The treaty of Westphalia ended which conflict?
16) The treaty of Portsmouth ended which conflict?
17) Who said: “Retreat, hell! We’re not retreating, just advancing in a different direction.”
Going to hazard a guess at Patton 18) Of the following ranks of the Waffen SS, which is the highest and which is the lowest: Hauptsturmfuhrer, Hauptscharfuhrer, Sturmbannfuhrer, Standartenfuhrer.
19) Identify the following: yari, nodachi, sgian-dubh.
20) During WW2 who commanded the British fleet which sunk two Japanese carriers at Midway, and allowed the American carrier Yorktown to retreat to safety?
EDIT: After reading the answers, rather disappointed I didn't know some of them... Got most of the ones I did answer right though
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Do_I_Not_Like_That wrote:20) During WW2 who commanded the British fleet which sunk two Japanese carriers at Midway, and allowed the American carrier Yorktown to retreat to safety?
Spoiler:
20) Admiral Ackbar
Spoiler:
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1. Arthur Wellesley by Goya IIRC 2. Martin Van Buren was a lawyer by trade and never a soldier, I assume that's what you were driving at, but he was also the only POTUS who spoke English as a second language. Dutch being his first.
3. The SMLE in various Numbers and Marks.
4. Respectively: a medium tank, recce tank, tank destroyer x2.
Edit upon seeing your answer key you have a rather wider definition of AFV than I do.
5. Reporting names for Japanese aircraft
6. German High Command, by telegraph.
7. The invasion of Crete by Germany
8. 401 BCE
9.Vemeiro(somewhat related to 1?), Talevera, Bussaco, Vitoria, and Salamanca.
Edit: good enough for government work.
10. The first one is the Black Watch, the second the RM...past that I've no clue.
11. Hannibal Barca in 216 BCE
12. Alexander III of Macedon (Zie Great if you must). In Either late 333 or early 334 BCE. I'd lean to 333.
13. The most ridiculous sniper evah! The Finn that made Russia pay for invading in blood.
14. IDK 15. The Thirty Years War
16. The RussoJapanese War?
17. GEN Oliver Smith Chosin Resivoir
18.4,3,1, 2 Edit: in the Waffen SS more SGM than SGT.
19.Japanese Spear (and an Atari game), Japanese Sword, Scottish(Irish...who can tell? Something something worn with a skirt) Dagger. I suppose "Gaelic" or even "Celt" would be more correct.
20. Lolwhut. Captain Make Beleive I suppose. If there was a British presence at midway it sure as gak didn't sink two carriers.
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Do_I_Not_Like_That wrote:Well, I was sitting at the airport the other day with time to spare, so I decided to cobble this together. My previous efforts about British and American history highlighted an alarming level of ignorance amongst the fine members of this forum Imagine not knowing about Dallas...
Now, I've always been impressed by the military knowledge of certain members of this site, so I wanted to see how good you guys really are with a subject that is much discussed on this forum.
I'm expecting everybody to get at least 80% of the answers right. Anybody who fails shall be locked in a cell and forced to listen to Cliff Richard records non-stop (If you're in the UK) or covered in barbecue sauce and thrown into a pit of weiner dogs (if you're American) If you're not British or American, then I'm sorry, maybe you'll get lucky in the next life
Anyway, enough of my yakking. Answers are at the end of this quiz. And as usual, I don't want to hear BS about historical context!!! We'll start with some easy questions.
1) My avatar contains a portrait of which commander? Painted by?
Sir Arthur Wellsley. Painted by some Dutchman?
2) Odd man out: Eisenhower, Grant, Van Buren, Hayes, Jackson.
I'm guessing one of these was not an American general. Eisenhower, Grant and Jackson definitely were. Hayes I have never heard of. I think Van Buren was a civilian...
3) What was the British Army’s standard rifle from 1895-1957?
The Lee Enfield
4) What were: Panther, Lynx, Elefant, and Nashorn?
Panzerkampfwagen V Medium Tank, A British Helicopter, a German Tank Destroyer based on the Porsche Tiger's chassis and another German Tank Destroyer (open-topped)... I'm unsure of the chassis.
5) What were: Emily, Kate, Dinah and Sonia?
Unsure. But Emily and Kate were two American codenames for referring to Japanese aircraft.
6) What was OKW?
Something like Oberfeld Kommand die Wehrmacht or something like that. German High Command of the Armed Forces? I may be wrong as I get the impression that there was also an OKW and OKE for commanding the West and East respectively.
7) What was Operation Mercury?
The relief of Malta? 'The Last Convoy'... might be wrong.
8) In which year was the battle of Cunaxa fought?
Bleh?
9) List these battles of the Peninsula War in chronological order: Salamanca, Talavera, Vemeiro, Vitoria, Bussaco.
My Sharpe DVD boxset isn't to hand at the moment...
10) Identify these British Military Units by their mottos or nicknames: Neno Me Impune Lacessit,
Per Mare Per Terram, In Arduis Fidelis, Dirty Half hundred.
11) Who won the battle of Cannae and which year was it fought in?
The Cannae Openers?
12) Who won the battle of Issus and which year was it fought in?
Some dude from antiquity.
13) Who was Simo Hayha?
A Finnish sniper who achieved something like 800 kills in two weeks during the Winter War.
14) Which two sides fought against each other in the Battle of Mohacs?
Indians and Europeans...
15) The treaty of Westphalia ended which conflict?
The War of Austrian Succession?
16) The treaty of Portsmouth ended which conflict?
The Civil War?
17) Who said: “Retreat, hell! We’re not retreating, just advancing in a different direction.”
18) Of the following ranks of the Waffen SS, which is the highest and which is the lowest: Hauptsturmfuhrer, Hauptscharfuhrer, Sturmbannfuhrer, Standartenfuhrer.
I'm smelling a scarily Germanophile trend in this post... Sturmbannfuhrer = Major, Hauptsturmfuhrer; no idea, but Haupt makes me think of Captains... So I guess:
Standartenfuhrer, Hauptsturmfuhrer, Hauptscharfuhrer, Sturmbannfuhrer
19) Identify the following: yari, nodachi, sgian-dubh.
Hooray for Shogun 2! Spear, Two-handed sword, a typo.
20) During WW2 who commanded the British fleet which sunk two Japanese carriers at Midway, and allowed the American carrier Yorktown to retreat to safety?
Nelson II.
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Well done to Auston. That's the kind of effort I was aiming for. A few minor points:
Yeah, Van Buren spoke Dutch and he was the first President to be born a citizen of the USA, damn it, this is a military quiz!!! As an interesting aside, Hayes is one of the few presidents yet to appear on a US banknote.
Anybody who plays FOW should get the WW2 questions correct. If not, they should be tied up and forced back into a GW store!! I'm assuming that most people quit GW for FOW ( i did anyway)
Always beware the trick question. Midway was a British victory! The rubbish they teach to American youth these days
"Our crops will wither, our children will die piteous
deaths and the sun will be swept from the sky. But is it true?" - Tom Kirby, CEO, Games Workshop Ltd
1) My avatar contains a portrait of which commander? Painted by?
Well... he looks British. I'm going with Nelson (you Brits have a thing for him). Painted by... Cézanne.
2) Odd man out: Eisenhower, Grant, Van Buren, Hayes, Jackson.
Jackson. He fought for the Confederacy and not the US of A.
3) What was the British Army’s standard rifle from 1895-1957?
Ummmm.... the bayonet?
4) What were: Panther, Lynx, Elefant, and Nashorn?
Types of cats.
5) What were: Emily, Kate, Dinah and Sonia?
Women's names.
6) What was OKW?
Okinawa International Airport
7) What was Operation Mercury?
That's when we tried to nuke the Planet Mercury.
8) In which year was the battle of Cunaxa fought?
2135
9) List these battles of the Peninsula War in chronological order: Salamanca, Talavera, Vemeiro, Vitoria, Bussaco.
I don't think "the Peninsula War" is a real thing.
10) Identify these British Military Units by their mottos or nicknames: Neno Me Impune Lacessit,
Per Mare Per Terram, In Arduis Fidelis, Dirty Half hundred.
I don't even know what you're looking for here.
11) Who won the battle of Cannae and which year was it fought in?
The British won in 1915.
12) Who won the battle of Issus and which year was it fought in?
The Egyptians in 2135BC
13) Who was Simo Hayha?
A guy
14) Which two sides fought against each other in the Battle of Mohacs?
That's defiantly not a real thing.
15) The treaty of Westphalia ended which conflict?
The war between East and West Phalia.
16) The treaty of Portsmouth ended which conflict?
Isn't that in Virginia? I'll go with... the Spanish-American war.
17) Who said: “Retreat, hell! We’re not retreating, just advancing in a different direction.”
You did, just now.
18) Of the following ranks of the Waffen SS, which is the highest and which is the lowest: Hauptsturmfuhrer, Hauptscharfuhrer, Sturmbannfuhrer, Standartenfuhrer.
I think your cat ran across your keyboard.
19) Identify the following: yari, nodachi, sgian-dubh.
Yup, definitely a cat on the loose.
20) During WW2 who commanded the British fleet which sunk two Japanese carriers at Midway, and allowed the American carrier Yorktown to retreat to safety?
Eisenhower.
Wow, I'm pretty impressed. This seemed like a ridiculously specific quiz only aimed at people really into British military history. But, I ended up getting 20/20!
1) My avatar contains a portrait of which commander? Painted by?
Duke of Wellington. Painted by... someone...
2) Odd man out: Eisenhower, Grant, Van Buren, Hayes, Jackson.
Van Buren
3) What was the British Army’s standard rifle from 1895-1957?
What is an Enfield?
4) What were: Panther, Lynx, Elefant, and Nashorn?
German medium tank, light tank, converted prototype Tigers, and a tank destroyer.
5) What were: Emily, Kate, Dinah and Sonia?
Imperial Japanese bombers and transports
6) What was OKW?
Germany Army High Command, don't know the German off the top of my head
7) What was Operation Mercury?
The German attack on Crete.
8) In which year was the battle of Cunaxa fought?
No idea
9) List these battles of the Peninsula War in chronological order: Salamanca, Talavera, Vemeiro, Vitoria, Bussaco.
Don't know this either
10) Identify these British Military Units by their mottos or nicknames: Neno Me Impune Lacessit,
Per Mare Per Terram, In Arduis Fidelis, Dirty Half hundred.
What do I look like, a trivia book?
11) Who won the battle of Cannae and which year was it fought in?
Hannibal Barca and his brother Margo, the baddest mofos to ever command the ancient world 216 BCE
12) Who won the battle of Issus and which year was it fought in?
Alexander ~330
13) Who was Simo Hayha?
Finnish sniper with grossly exaggerated kill counts.
14) Which two sides fought against each other in the Battle of Mohacs?
Holy Roman Empire vs Ottoman Empire, to be honest I first thought of the Iroqois
15) The treaty of Westphalia ended which conflict?
Which one? One ended the civil war in the HRE and another ended the war between Spain and the Dutch.
16) The treaty of Portsmouth ended which conflict?
I know this one but I can't seem to remember it right now...
17) Who said: “Retreat, hell! We’re not retreating, just advancing in a different direction.”
Don't know his name but he's American and he said it during the mass retreat during the Korean War
18) Of the following ranks of the Waffen SS, which is the highest and which is the lowest: Hauptsturmfuhrer, Hauptscharfuhrer, Sturmbannfuhrer, Standartenfuhrer.
Captain, Chief Squad Leader (Sergeant), Major, and Colonel. We can all put them in order from there.
19) Identify the following: yari, nodachi, sgian-dubh.
Spear, a long to handed sword, and... a tuning fork? idk
20) During WW2 who commanded the British fleet which sunk two Japanese carriers at Midway, and allowed the American carrier Yorktown to retreat to safety?
Sir Francis Drake of course, come to save the Yanks cause the Brits wouldn't pay his tab when he offered to save them
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1) My avatar contains a portrait of which commander? Painted by?: No idea.
2) Odd man out: Eisenhower, Grant, Van Buren, Hayes, Jackson.: Van Buren. Bonus question: Van Buren was the first President to do one thing, and the only President to do another. What were they?
3) What was the British Army’s standard rifle from 1895-1957?: Enfield, in various incarnations.
4) What were: Panther, Lynx, Elefant, and Nashorn?: Tank, Tank/M113 Variant/Scout Car, Tank Destroyer, Tank Destroyer.
5) What were: Emily, Kate, Dinah and Sonia?: Japanese aircraft.
6) What was OKW?: German SupCom.
7) What was Operation Mercury?: No idea.
8) In which year was the battle of Cunaxa fought?: No idea.
9) List these battles of the Peninsula War in chronological order: Salamanca, Talavera, Vemeiro, Vitoria, Bussaco.: Don Quixote
10) Identify these British Military Units by their mottos or nicknames: Neno Me Impune Lacessit, Per Mare Per Terram, In Arduis Fidelis, Dirty Half hundred.: Per Mare is the RM (I think).
11) Who won the battle of Cannae and which year was it fought in?: Second Punic War, Hannibal won. Not sure of the year.
12) Who won the battle of Issus and which year was it fought in?: Alexander, don't know the year.
13) Who was Simo Hayha?: Finnish "sniper".
14) Which two sides fought against each other in the Battle of Mohacs?: No idea.
15) The treaty of Westphalia ended which conflict?: 30 Years War. Created the nation-state system.
16) The treaty of Portsmouth ended which conflict?: Russo-Japanese.
17) Who said: “Retreat, hell! We’re not retreating, just advancing in a different direction.”: An idiot.
18) Of the following ranks of the Waffen SS, which is the highest and which is the lowest: Hauptsturmfuhrer, Hauptscharfuhrer, Sturmbannfuhrer, Standartenfuhrer.: Reverse the way you listed it.
19) Identify the following: yari, nodachi, sgian-dubh.: Spear, Sword (thank you Bushido Blade), no idea.
20) During WW2 who commanded the British fleet which sunk two Japanese carriers at Midway, and allowed the American carrier Yorktown to retreat to safety?
Edit: Fixed a typo, and groin-grabbing length.
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Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.
I am disgusted by this site and the members that are part of it! I was worried that people were going to say this quiz is too easy. I was contemplating a life of exile away from this site. Now I find (with a few notable exceptions) that most people haven't even heard of Midway!!! Hang your heads in shame!!
As for the Van Buren thing, is he the only POTUS not to have had a first lady??
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"Our crops will wither, our children will die piteous
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Well I didn't take the test since a bit of it was british related...and the british at midway made me chuckle and think of......
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