Thursday, November 15, 2007

[war quiz] your war this morning - ww2

Bonus point - is this Yamamoto or Rommel?

In World War 2:


1.One side were the Allies. Who was the other within Europe?

2. The 1939 Russo-German pact was known as the Molotrop- Ribbentov, Molotov-Ribbentrop or Molotov-Hindenburg?

3. Total personnel deployed were around 70m, 100m or 200m?

4. The incident which sparked it was the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, the Phony War, the invasion of Poland, Pearl Harbour?

5. The German loss in Stalingrad was in 1941, 1943, 1945?

6. Chamberlain's policy was popularly known as apparatchik, appeasement, appraisement?

7.The German offensive style of war was called Beerputsch, Blitzenstraf, Blitzkrieg?

8.The period after Poland fell was referred to as the Phony War, Western Front, Cold War?

9.The Narvik Debate brought down von Ribbentrop, Molotov, Chamberlain?

10. The generally accepted Japanese mastermind for pearl Harbour was Nagumo, Hirohito, Yamamoto?

Bonus point - is this Yamamoto or Rommel?

Answers

The Axis, Molotov-Ribbentrop, 100m, the invasion of Poland, 1943, appeasement, blitzkrieg, phony war, Chamberlain, Yamamoto.

8 comments:

  1. 8 without the bonus points. This goes to show my age I guess.
    A long time since we've had a quiz.

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  2. Didn't know 5 or 8. Yes, let's have some more quizzes, please!

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  3. I'm lulling you all into a false senswe of security. Try this evening's.

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  4. I didn't know the last one, so guessed Nagumo. I was wrong, obviously

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  5. All of them... WWII is my favorite history subject though

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