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Biggles in World War II

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Fun Trivia : Quizzes : Johns, W.E. : Biggles in World War II

Introduction:
"Another war and another challenge for Captain W.E. Johns' redoubtable hero? Can you meet the challenge and shoot down these questions?"


1. In which story do Biggles, Algy and Ginger actually hear the radio broadcast about the outbreak of World War Two?
    Biggles Defies the Swastika
    Spitfire Parade
    Biggles See it Through
    Biggles in the Baltic


2. In "Biggles in the Baltic" with which country are all the names of the aeroplanes in "Z" squadron connected?
    The U.S.A.
    France
    Canada
    Australia


3. Who are the three flight lieutenants in Biggles' squadron during World War Two?
    Algy Lacey, Henry Harcourt, Ginger Hebblethwaite
    Ferocity Ferris, Tug Carrington, Nutty Almond
    Algy Lacey, Ginger Hebblethwaite, Bertie Lissie
    Algy Lacey, Bertie Lissie, Angus Mackail


4. What is causing the British aeroplanes to fall out of the sky in the conflict with the Japanese in "Biggles in the Orient"?
    a poison gas that has been placed in the cockpit
    chewing gum and chocolate that has been drugged
    an electrical ray that is able to cut the magneto
    a form of mass hypnosis


5. In which World War Two "Biggles" story does his squadron operate from a dried-up blue lake shown him by Captain Rex Larrymore?
    Biggles 'Fails to Return'
    Biggles in Borneo
    Biggles Defies the Swastika
    Spitfire Parade


6. What are the "goods" that Biggles manages to deliver in "Biggles Delivers the Goods"?
    large numbers of spies to work behind the lines
    large amounts of crude oil
    large quantities of rubber
    large amounts of armaments for resistance groups


7. Which three people parachute into Monaco in an attempt to locate Biggles in "Biggles 'Fails to Return'"?
    Algy, Ginger and Bertie
    Ginger, Bertie and Angus
    Algy, Tex and Tug
    Henry, Algy and Ferocity


8. Who is the leader of the squadron against which Biggles conducts the operations in "Biggles Sweeps the Desert"?
    Von Stalhein
    Von Zoyton
    Gontermann
    Renkell


9. What does Bertie actually do in the "Spitfire Parade" story "Bertie Picks the Lock"?
    He drops a bomb on von Stalhein's castle.
    He helps Biggles escape from a German prison.
    He blows up an important stretch of canal.
    He helps Biggles break into a Gestapo Headquarters.


10. In "Biggles 'Fails to Return'" what is the name of the girl from Monaco for whom Ginger starts to develop a deep affection?
    Jeanette
    Danielle
    Marianne
    Berenice


11. In which wartime adventure does Biggles use a blue pencil as a means of communication?
    Biggles 'Fails to Return'
    Biggles Defies the Swastika
    Biggles in the Baltic
    Biggles in the Orient


12. In "Biggles Flies Again" Biggles and Algy met Li-Chi, a celebrated Chinese pirate. He turns up once again during the Second World War with an interesting scheme. In which book does this happen?
    Biggles in Borneo
    Biggles Delivers the Goods
    Biggles in the Orient
    BIggles Defies the Swastika


13. In which sort of aircraft do Biggles, Algy and Bertie make the attack on the oil store in "Thunder Over Germany", the "Biggles" story in the volume entitled "Comrades in Arms"?
    Lancaster
    Typhoon
    Mosquito
    Spitfire


14. In which World War Two story does Erich von Stalhein finally succeed in capturing Biggles, Algy and Ginger all at the same time?
    Biggles Defies the Swastika
    Biggles Sweeps the Desert
    Biggles 'Fails to Return'
    Biggles in the Orient


15. Which member of Biggles' squadron is hit on the head by the escaping Nazi pilot in "Biggles Sweeps the Desert"?
    Ginger
    Ferocity Ferris
    Algy
    Henry Harcourt


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