WWII Forums Quiz Part I

Hello...? It's all gone quiet . . . . . . . .

 

Wilhelmina and Ouizerbruke

 

Nope ! Keep going.
A well-known book published on the 50th Anniversary has the answer.

 

G'day

Could it be the "Benedendorpsweg-Acacialaan".

Popski

 

Well done that man!

Absolutely right, Popski - and you can see a memorial plaque in the front garden of a house there.

Over to you . . .

 

Thanks Bull

My question is,
What was the name of the report in which the British Scientific intelligence in 1939 got word of the developments of German "secret weapons"?
Gentlemen over to you

Popski

 

The 'Oslo Report' ?

 

Hi Bull

This time for answering must be a record, spot on. Too easy this question?
Bull think of a nice ??????

Popski

 

How can I dare say it - I found the answer in a book by D*v*d *rv*ng !

Ok.
On the Dams Raid, May 15-16 1943, what was the name and nationality of the pilot of the Lancaster which delivered the final blow to the Eder Dam ?

 

G'day Bull

Would he be an Aussie

Popski

 

Hi Bull

Trying to beat your time. It was Fl Lt Les Knight who dropped that bomb,who got killed on the night of 15-16 September 1943 after a raid of the Ruhrdams. He came down near at Den Ham in Holland

Popski

 

Ha Haaaa .... right on, Popski.
He was Australian, but I'll let you have that for sheer speed. I can't keep this up - it's giving me a headache !

Your question....

 

G'day

Shouldn't make it too easy. What is the air speed velocity of a laiden swallow? No wrong show
Ok What is the name for the gun developed by he British to replace the BREN gun in 1941-1943?

Good hunting
Popski

 

I never knew we did think of replacing the dear old Bren !
I'll take a wild guess at the 7.92mm Besa.
But that went into AFV's, not infantry.

 

Sorry Bull

You're hot but not quite, it uses .303Br ammo and should be able to use Bren parts. It never saw action, but was developed to go into production if the Bren factory RSAF got hit by an airraid, which didn't happen. The letters in your answer are nearly correct. Maybe I just have to give you the answer you're only one letter short. What do you think???

Popski

 

This is hurting my brain.
The only other gun I know is the Vickers-Berthier but this was developed considerably before 42/43.
Groannn....

 

G'day

Bull you were very close but maybe someone else knows. It was a development to replace the Bren if the Brenfactory got hit in an airraid, use's .303 Br ammo and could use Bren parts as spares. It is never used in action and the development stopped in 1943. Produced by BSA.

Popski

 

hmmmm i think instead of this being called "ww2 pop quiz" it should be called..."the European theater pop quiz"

 

G'day Ron

Maybe the timedifference doesn't give tyou enough time to react, but in a quiz the first wright answer wins. And also there are sometimes difficult questions. And also there was a war in Europe. But ill give the answer and Ron can post a american question

It's the BESAL Mk1 and Mk2, but because of the BESA machinegun(Bull) it was renamed the
" LMG Faulkner, 0.303-in Mk1"

Over to you Ron

 

I never heard of it . . . you learn something every day !