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About the Bismarck

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Fun Trivia : Quizzes : WW2 Maritime : About the Bismarck

Introduction:
"Quiz about the short life of the Battleship Bismarck."


1. Who was the Captain (Kapitan zur See) of the Bismarck?
    Erich Forste
    Karl Topp
    Kurt Hoffmann
    Ernst Lindemann


2. When did the Bismarck set sail for its one and only operational cruise?
    May 1940
    May 1942
    May 1941
    June 1941


3. The Bismarck's main armament was in four separate turrets of two guns each. What was the size of those guns?
    457mm (18in)
    406mm (16in)
    380mm (15in)
    355mm (14in)


4. The four turrets of the Main Armament of the Bismarck were each given a name. The forward turrets were named A-turret Anton and B-turret Bruno. The aft turrets were C-turret and D-turret Dora. What was the name for C-turret?
    Answer: (One Word: famous Roman)


5. On the day of the last battle the Bismarck was up against the battleship HMS King George V and which other British battleship?
    Renown
    Duke of York
    Repulse
    Rodney


6. What was the maximum speed of the Bismarck?
    28 knots
    30 knots
    24 knots
    20 knots


7. What British ship's radar was the first to locate the Bismarck as it was sailing past Greenland and Iceland?
    HMS Suffolk
    HMS Maori
    HMS Norfolk
    HMS Neptune


8. What was the name of the sea passage that the Bismarck was in when it was first sighted?
    Hudson Strait
    North Sea
    Denmark Strait
    Norwegian Sea


9. What was the name of the other ship in the Bismarck class?
    Scharnhorst
    Tirpitz
    Gneisenau
    Deustchland


10. What weakness on the HMS Hood was most likely the cause of its sinking?
    it sacrificed speed for armored protection
    she was running low on fuel
    its main armament was not large enough
    it sacrificed armored protection for speed


11. During the battle off Iceland only gunfire from the HMS Hood managed to score any hits on the Bismarck true or false?
    True
    False


12. What was the name of the other German ship that accompanied the Bismarck?
    Admiral Hipper
    Prinz Eugen
    Admiral Scheer
    Graf Spee


13. During the battle off Iceland the Bismarck group fought the HMS Hood and the HMS Prince of Wales. Of the two British ships which one managed to get the first hit on the Bismarck?
    Hood
    Prince of Wales
    both
    neither


14. After the sinking of the Hood, planes from what British aircraft carrier were the first to attack the Bismarck?
    HMS Duke of York
    HMS Renown
    HMS Indefatigable
    HMS Victorious


15. Two days after the first carrier strike, a second carrier the HMS Ark Royal launched its planes against the Bismarck. The planes armed with torpedoes,did not sink the Bismarck. But what they did do, was to inflict irreparable damage to what part of the ship?
    the rudder
    gunnery radar
    the propellers
    fuel oil compartments leaking


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