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Quiz about Military Muddling
Quiz about Military Muddling

Military Muddling Trivia Quiz


I've been interested in military history for many years. These are a few items which I thought might attract your interest. If you get all the answers correct, well done!

A multiple-choice quiz by TCEB. Estimated time: 7 mins.
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Author
TCEB
Time
7 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
312,079
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Difficult
Avg Score
5 / 10
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Question 1 of 10
1. The battle of San Jacinto may fairly be said to have decided the fate of Texas.
As Houston's men attacked the unsuspecting Mexican army many shouted "Remember the Alamo."
Now we all remember the Alamo, but what other battlecry did they use that we are less likely to remember?
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Question 2 of 10
2. The Habbakuk Project was a 1942 British proposal to build a giant aircraft carrier to protect Atlantic convoys. Many advantages were claimed for it, but what was the main building material used?
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Question 3 of 10
3. John F. Kennedy's grave is the most visited in Arlington National Cemetery. Which hero of WW11 is the second most visited?

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Question 4 of 10
4. In 1942 on the Russian front, 48th German Corps had one division - the 14th Panzer - rendered nearly helpless by an unusual enemy.
What was it?
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Question 5 of 10
5. The shortest war in history was fought by the British in 1896. To be exact, on the 27th August. Hostilities commenced at 9.02 am, and ended at 9.40.
But who were they fighting?

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Question 6 of 10
6. To breach the Atlantic Wall, an explosive device was developed which looked like a bobbin on its side with rockets mounted round the rims. The idea was that the device would propel itself over the beach and the 4,000lbs of guncotton in the central axle would explode against the defences. What was it called?
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Question 7 of 10
7. Everyone must be familiar with Tennyson's poem "The Charge of the Light Brigade".
Yet at the same Battle of Balaclava shortly before, 800 men of the Scots Greys, The Inniskillings and the Fourth and Fifth Dragoon Guards had attacked three times their number of Russian heavy cavalry and put them to flight.
Indeed , Tennyson wrote a poem about that, too.
What was it called?
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Question 8 of 10
8. Robert Fulton was an inventor from Virginia. As well as steamboats, between 1793 and 1797 he designed the Nautilus, arguably the first viable submarine.
To whom did he try to sell it?
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Question 9 of 10
9. The Battle of Messines Ridge in WW1 was distinguished by many things, not least by the explosion of a number of mines under the German position.
They were a considerable success, and the position was gained with few British casualties. How much explosive was used?
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Question 10 of 10
10. The K-class submarines were built by the British from 1915 onwards in response to a requirement for boats which could keep up with the main battle fleet.
They were successful in this, though the method used was rather dubious.
What was it?
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1. The battle of San Jacinto may fairly be said to have decided the fate of Texas. As Houston's men attacked the unsuspecting Mexican army many shouted "Remember the Alamo." Now we all remember the Alamo, but what other battlecry did they use that we are less likely to remember?

Answer: Remember Goliad

A month earlier - and a month after the Alamo, the Texican garrison of about 400 men of Fort Goliad had surrendered on terms to the Mexican army.
They were marched out, and on Santa Ana's orders the unarmed men were lined up and massacred by musket, bayonet and lance.
Their bodies were piled up in heaps and burnt.
The Alamo was a heroic defence. The Goliad was unredeemed murder. Well might the Texan army have remembered it.
2. The Habbakuk Project was a 1942 British proposal to build a giant aircraft carrier to protect Atlantic convoys. Many advantages were claimed for it, but what was the main building material used?

Answer: Ice

Habbakuk was to be made of ice mixed with woodpulp. It would displace 2,000,000 tons and carry 150 aircraft. It would be unsinkable (Ever tried to sink an iceberg?)
It was never built, though a thousand ton model in Lake Patricia in Canada took three hot summers to melt!
3. John F. Kennedy's grave is the most visited in Arlington National Cemetery. Which hero of WW11 is the second most visited?

Answer: Audie Murphy

Audie Leon Murphy joined the army at the age of 16 after having been rejected by the Navy, the Marines and the paratroops for being too small. In 27 months of combat he earned 33 medals and citations including the Congressional Medal of Honor.
After the war he became a successful rancher and businessman as well as an actor.
He died in 1971 and was buried with full military honours.
4. In 1942 on the Russian front, 48th German Corps had one division - the 14th Panzer - rendered nearly helpless by an unusual enemy. What was it?

Answer: Mice

You've guessed it!
In extreme cold and without fuel, the Germans used straw to insulate their tank shelters.
Mice in the straw ate the insulation from the electrics. Only 42 out of 104 tanks could start and six caught fire.
The OKH took a lot of convincing until they found planes at Smolensk with the same problem.
5. The shortest war in history was fought by the British in 1896. To be exact, on the 27th August. Hostilities commenced at 9.02 am, and ended at 9.40. But who were they fighting?

Answer: Zanzibar

The British disagreed with the choice of a new Sultan. There was a short naval battle in which 3 Zanzibar vessels were sunk, and the royal palace was captured.
The war marked the end of Zanzibar as a sovereign state. It remained under British influence until it became part of Tanzania in 1964.
To add insult to injury, reparations were charged to defray the cost of ammunition!
6. To breach the Atlantic Wall, an explosive device was developed which looked like a bobbin on its side with rockets mounted round the rims. The idea was that the device would propel itself over the beach and the 4,000lbs of guncotton in the central axle would explode against the defences. What was it called?

Answer: The Great Panjandrum

"And even the Great Panjandrum danced till the gunpowder came out of their boot heels". (Samuel Foote)
There are movies of this and it worked, after a fashion - until the rockets came loose and chased the observers up the beach!
7. Everyone must be familiar with Tennyson's poem "The Charge of the Light Brigade". Yet at the same Battle of Balaclava shortly before, 800 men of the Scots Greys, The Inniskillings and the Fourth and Fifth Dragoon Guards had attacked three times their number of Russian heavy cavalry and put them to flight. Indeed , Tennyson wrote a poem about that, too. What was it called?

Answer: The Charge of the Heavy Brigade

Sure enough, it was "The Charge of the Heavy Brigade". If you've ever heard of it, give yourselves a medal. Of course, it was a success, whilst the Light Brigade met unmitigated disaster. Perhaps it wasn't a very good poem?
8. Robert Fulton was an inventor from Virginia. As well as steamboats, between 1793 and 1797 he designed the Nautilus, arguably the first viable submarine. To whom did he try to sell it?

Answer: Napoleon Bonaparte

Napoleon actually viewed a demonstration in the River Seine. He was not impressed, partly because the vessel sprang leaks.

He may also have considered that a hand-cranked boat was hardly likely to get far in a North Sea storm. It can't really be called a missed opportunity, though Fulton's torpedoes might have been useful.
9. The Battle of Messines Ridge in WW1 was distinguished by many things, not least by the explosion of a number of mines under the German position. They were a considerable success, and the position was gained with few British casualties. How much explosive was used?

Answer: 1,000,000 lbs

This occurred on 7th June 1917, though tunnelling had started the year before.
About 500 tons of explosive - mainly amatol - were used in 21 mines excavated via over 8,000 yards of tunnels. The shockwave was heard as far away as London and Dublin.

Only 19 mines were used. One went up in an electrical storm in 1955.
The other is still there - somewhere...
10. The K-class submarines were built by the British from 1915 onwards in response to a requirement for boats which could keep up with the main battle fleet. They were successful in this, though the method used was rather dubious. What was it?

Answer: Steam engines

Steam engines were chosen as the only way to produce the required power to weight ratio. Naturally, provision had to be made to lower the two funnels when diving, which meant that the captain had time for a leisurely walk round the deck to see that all the holes were closed. At least one sank when diving with funnels up.
Classic quote:-"I say No 1, my end's diving. What's your end doing?"
Source: Author TCEB

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