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WWII - Strange & Interesting Facts: 2

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WWII Strange Interesting Facts 2 game quiz
"This is my second "Strange and Interesting Facts" quiz on World War Two."

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1. The US Navy put out a length of anchor chain that was how many times the depth of the water?
    4.5
    4
    3.5
    5


2. Who of the following performed an appendectomy on a sailor while aboard a US submarine?
    Thomas Moore on USS Silversides
    Wheeler B. Lipes on USS Seadragon
    All of them
    Harry B. Roby on USS Grayback


3. The USS Archerfish was an American submarine. What notable feat did it accomplish?
    It sank three Japanese submarines in four days
    It sank the 71,000 ton Japanese carrier Shinano four hours after it was launched
    It rescued future president George H.W. Bush after his plane was shot down
    It sank the German submarine (U-171) in Tokyo Bay


4. What was notable about the American submarine USS Argonaut?
    It delivered Edson's Raiders for the Makin Island raids
    It was originally designed to be a minelayer
    All of these
    It was too big for practical use as a submarine


5. Which of these famous WWII figures had at least one artificial limb?
    Hans Rudel, German Stuka pilot
    British fighter ace pilot Douglas Bader
    They all did
    Artur Axmann, chief of the Hitler Youth


6. Germany had a number of "auxiliary cruisers" which were, in fact, armed merchant ships which looked like ordinary merchant ships and would generally fly the flag of a neutral nation until they were able to close in on unsuspecting Allied ships. When they got within range they would replace the flag with the German flag and expose their hidden guns. Of course, the lightly armed Allied ships had little chance. Listed below are four of these ships. Which was the most successful?
    Atlantis
    Komet
    Orion
    Pinguin


7. Who was Constance Babington-Smith?
    General George Patton's secret mistress
    A British Women's Air Force photo-reconnaissance expert
    An Englishwoman of noble birth who made German propaganda broadcasts
    An RAF pilot who never saw combat as the war ended


8. Who was Norman Baillie-Stewart?
    The third-ranking RAF fighter ace
    A former British Army officer who made propaganda broadcasts for the Germans
    A member of parliament who gave Churchill his bulldog
    The only British general killed during the Normandy invasion


9. What was noteworthy about the American Liberty ship S.S. Booker T. Washington?
    It was the first American merchant ship named for an African-American
    It was the first American merchant ship commanded by an African-American
    It was the first American merchant ship christened by an African-American
    All of these


10. Ezra Weston Loomis Pound (October 30, 1885 - November 1, 1972) was an American expatriate poet, musician, and critic who was a major figure of the Modernist movement in early-to mid-20th century poetry. He was the driving force behind several Modernist movements, notably Imagism and Vorticism. What was his WWII connection?
    He was President Roosevelt's special "Ambassador to the Arts"
    He had no connection with WWII
    He wrote many poems criticizing man's inhumanity to man
    He was a leading Axis propagandist while living in Italy


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