1. Who was the great ship HMS Hood named after? Viscount Hood of Scapa Flow Lord Samuel 1st Viscount Hood Admrial Lord Hood of Jellicoe Lord Sir Arthur Hood

2. What was the crest used by the 'Mighty Hood '? The Cornish chough holding an anchor on a blue field A lion rampant A leaping Dolphin across a lighthouse tower An Eagle holding a lamb in its mighty talons

3. The mighty 42,000 ton battlecruiser was launched in what year ? 1914 1918 1916 1920

4. At which shipyard was the 'Mighty Hood' built ? W.G. Armstrong, Whitworth and Company, Ltd. Harland and Wolfe The John Brown Works Cammell Laird and Company

5. HMS Hood saw her first action at Jutland during World War I. True False

6. On 3-6 July 1940 HMS Hood took part in a very famous, and to some infamous action. Can you name it? Operation Thunderclap Operation Crossbolt Operation Catapult Operation Tiger Shark

7. On 24th May 1941 HMS Hood and HMS Prince of Wales engaged the German Battleship Bismarck and what other German ship in the Denmark straits? Admiral Scheer Prinz Eugen Scharnhorst Tirpitz

8. HMS Hood and KMS Bismarck both had Admirals on board. Admiral Lutjens on KMS Bismark and Admiral _____ on board HMS Hood. Admiral Andrew Cunningham Vice Admiral Lancelot Holland Vice Admiral Sir John Hawkins Rear Admiral Sir Peter D'Arcy

9. HMS Hood, hit by a salvo of 15 inch shells fired by KMS Bismarck, was struck somewhere amidships and exploded, sinking in just a short few minutes. How may men aboard HMS Hood survived the sinking ? 37 None 3 12

10. And what became of the KMS Bismarck? She escaped into the North Atlantic and raided Allied convoys She returned to Germany She escaped to France She was herself sunk 3 days later