100 000 post celebratory quiz

To celebrate that we have crossed the 100 000 post mark, we encourage you to participate in this armour knowledge quiz, where you can win an Amazon gift certificate.

Rules

• All members, except moderators and admins, with at least five posts can enter the competetion.
• Answers to the quiz must be send by PM to an admin no later than 2007-02-28 (February 28th, 2007).
• All sources can be used.
• The winner will be drawn between everyone with at least eight correct answers. If no-one has eight correct answers, this limit will be lowered to seven, if no-one has seven correct answers the limit will be six, and so on - thus, everyone has a chance of winning, as long as they participate
• The winner will receive an Amazon gift certificate for USD 25, EUR 20 or GBP 15, at the winners choice.

Questions

1. What was the heaviest Swedish tank in service during the time of World War II?
2. Which German fully-enclosed vehicle mounted the largest caliber gun?
3. Which US tank was the first to officially receive a suggestive name in US service?
4. What was the prefix used by the Russians during World War II to designate flamethrower tanks?
5. Which two tank designations were unique to the British?
6. Which US tank, which entered into series production during World War II, was specifically designed for airborne operations?
7. Which Japanese ideogram (word) was used for medium tanks?
8. Which French tank saw service with both the French, German and US army?
9. What was the caliber of the largest-caliber weapon installed in a series-produced Italian vehicle during World War II?
10. Why does the model number for Japanese tanks not match the year in the 20th century where the tank was introduced?

 

Is it against the rules to use wikipedia or google ?

 

That means you're free to do as you please.

 

LOL, there is really no inforcement for that is there?

 

As mentioned in the rules, please send the answers by PM.

 

We haven't received any answers yet - are people taking their time to find the answers (they shouldn't be that difficult), or are you just sleeping?

Considering that we haven't received anything yet, the chance of winning if you do submit an answer is pretty good.

 

i couldnt even get the first one, and i've been searching feveriously.

 

That one might be a bit difficult, but some of the other questions should be relatively easy. Some can be found quite easily on the Internet, others have been discussed in the past on the forum.

Searching for the answer on Google will probably not give you mny answers, due to the nature of the questions. Rather look in books or various websites.

 

Two members have submitted their answers so far, and there is still plenty of time to spare

 

Remember, this is the last day for entries in the competition!

 

I think I know 2 off my head the others ehhhh not so good..

 

any results christian?

 

I hope to have the answers up later today.

 

Correct answers
What was the heaviest Swedish tank in service during the time of World War II?
Stridsvagn m/42

Which German fully-enclosed vehicle mounted the largest caliber gun?
Panzersturmmörser (Sturmmörser Tiger)

Which US tank was the first to officially receive a suggestive name in US service?
Heavy Tank M26 Pershing

What was the prefix used by the Russians during World War II to designate flamethrower tanks?
OT

Which two tank designations were unique to the British?
Infantry Tank and Cruiser Tank

Which US tank, which entered into series production during World War II, was specifically designed for airborne operations?
Light Tank M22

Which Japanese ideogram (word) was used for medium tanks?
Chi

Which French tank saw service with both the French, German and US army?
FT-17

What was the caliber of the largest-caliber weapon installed in a series-produced Italian vehicle during World War II?
105 mm

Why does the model number for Japanese tanks not match the year in the 20th century where the tank was introduced?
Because the Japanese time system started 660 years before the European one

The last questions gave four different results, but all indicated that the participant had an idea why it was so, so all four variants were considered correct.

Two participants answered the minimum of eight questions correctly. The winner was drawn from the hull of a scale model Jagdpanzer 38, and is:

Canambridge

Congratulations, and thank you to all the participants for submitting their answers.

 

Congrats!

 

A lifetime of stockpiling useless trivia finally pays off. Kind of. Probably not a great return on investment there.

 

congrats. At least you tried lol