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WWII - Strange & Interesting Facts: 3

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WWII Strange Interesting Facts 3 game quiz
"This is the third in my Strange and Interesting Facts of World War Two. I hope you enjoy it."

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  



1. Who was Morris Cohen?
    A general in the Chinese Army
    Neither of these
    A spy for the Soviet Union
    Both of these


2. What mistake did three German pilots make at Comiso Airfield on Sicily?
    They bombed from too low and blew themselves up
    The landed there
    They collided on approach and the wreckage of one landed on a German general in his staff car
    In low visibility, they straffed their own field and destroyed several Me109s


3. What "first" did Ernest Childers, George H. Cannon, Desmond T. Doss and Joseph T. O'Callaghan share?
    They won the Medal of Honor
    They were the first of each branch of the US military forces to tried for treason.
    They were all killed by the same bullet.
    They were the first of each branch of the US military to receive battlefield commissions.


4. What was noteworthy about British Sergeant-Major Charles Coward?
    When he jumped during the pre-dawn darkness on D-Day, he landed in his sister's yard in France
    He was the first British paratrooper taken prisoner at Arnhem during Operation Market Garden
    He was awarded the Iron Cross by Germany.
    He was the only British enlisted man to recieve a battlefield commission directly to major


5. Who was the first American general killed during the war?
    Lesley McNair
    Gerald D. Bryant
    Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr.
    Herbert Arthur Dargue


6. What was the name of British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery's dog?
    Rommel
    Blackie
    Willie
    Telek


7. This flag officer (admiral or general) graduated from a well-known American military school in 1909 and held, among other awards, the Imperial Order of the Meiji, the Order of the Sacred Treasure and the Order of the Rising Sun. Who of the following is this?
    Robert L. Eichelberger
    Tomoyuki Yamashita
    Isoroku Yamamoto
    Wilhelm Keitel


8. Hitler's favorite books were novels about the American Old West. Who was his favorite author of these western novels?
    Zane Gray
    Karl May
    Jack London
    Ned Buntline


9. What role did Tadao Fuchikami play during the December 7, 1941 raid on Pearl Harbor?
    He was the messenger who delivered the belated "war warning" cable
    He was the first pilot to release a bomb
    He was the first pilot to release a torpedo
    He was the first pilot shot down


10. No civilian residents of mainland USA were ever killed by an enemy bomb. Is this statement true or false?
    True
    False


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Compiled Jun 28 12