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William Edmund Butterworth III is better known by the pen name he uses for his military and detective fiction. He has also written under at least ten other pseudonyms, as well as several versions of his real name. As William E. Butterworth he wrote many of the books in the "M*A*S*H" series based on the popular television series.
5 W.E.B. Griffin quizzes and 70 W.E.B. Griffin trivia questions.
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  The Corps: Semper Fi   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 20 Qns
This is a quiz on book one of "The Corps" series by W.E.B. Griffin. I really enjoyed this series, and hope that you will enjoy the quiz.
Average, 20 Qns, bear67, Aug 27 17
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  "The Corps: Counterattack"   popular trivia quiz  
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 10 Qns
"Counterattack" is W.E.B. Griffin's third book in his series, "The Corps". It introduces several characters that will be in the rest of the series.
Easier, 10 Qns, bear67, Mar 11 07
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  "The Brotherhood of War" Part 2   great trivia quiz  
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 15 Qns
This is my second quiz on this series, "The Brotherhood of War" by W.E.B. Griffin.
Average, 15 Qns, bear67, Jan 18 09
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  "The Brotherhood of War" Part 1   popular trivia quiz  
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A quiz on "The Brotherhood of War" series by W.E.B. Griffin. It is a nine-book series about the US Army.
Easier, 10 Qns, bear67, Feb 16 10
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  The Corps: Call to Arms   popular trivia quiz  
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A quiz on the second book in W.E.B. Griffin's series "The Corps", "Call to Arms". This is my favorite of the Griffin series.
Average, 15 Qns, bear67, Oct 19 12
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trivia question Quick Question
How does Lt. Macklin finally "get even" with McCoy?

From Quiz "The Corps: Semper Fi"




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W.E.B. Griffin Trivia Questions
1. Staff Sergeant Joe Howard had a special ability as what?

From Quiz "The Corps: Counterattack"

Answer: As an expert marksman

He won a New Jersey rifle match that was hosted by Major General Commandant Holcomb, whom Joe didn't recognize because the General was in civilian clothing.

2. "If they are asked, aviators will tell you there is no such thing as______"...what?

From Quiz The Corps: Call to Arms

Answer: A natural born pilot

They just don't believe that people are born with an instinctual knack for flying an airplane. It has to be drilled into a person.

3. What is Ken McCoy's rank at the beginning of the story?

From Quiz The Corps: Semper Fi

Answer: PFC

At the very start of the book he is a PFC getting ready to go play poker after duty on New Year's Eve. He was just about to be promoted to Corporal.

4. According to the epilogue of the book "The Generals", which character was later elected to office?

From Quiz "The Brotherhood of War" Part 2

Answer: Barbara Bellmon

She was elected to two terms in the House of Representatives as a Republican for the state of California.

5. Who did Craig Lowell fall in love with and marry?

From Quiz "The Brotherhood of War" Part 1

Answer: Ilse Von Griffenburg

After losing track of her, he found her working in the base hospital that he was in.

6. What did Joe Howard do during the attack on Pearl Harbor, after handing out all of the weapons and ammo in his arms vault?

From Quiz "The Corps: Counterattack"

Answer: Hid behind the counter

In his defense, this was after having seen two men killed by Japanese machine guns, right in front of him, when he was on his way to join the defense.

7. What is wrong with Cpt. Banning when he is loaded aboard a submarine to come home from the Philippines?

From Quiz The Corps: Call to Arms

Answer: He is blind

He was blinded (temporarily) by the concusion of incoming artillery rounds, fired by the Japanese. He was preparing to commit suicide when he realized that his vision was returning.

8. What nickname did McCoy earn in China, that would follow him for the rest of his life?

From Quiz The Corps: Semper Fi

Answer: Killer

He earned it by killing two Italian Marines with a knife, when he was ambushed by them.

9. From what war was Craig Lowell sent home in disgrace?

From Quiz "The Brotherhood of War" Part 2

Answer: The Korean Conflict

This was for two reasons; 1. He was involved in a sex scandal with a USO entertainer. 2. He testified on behalf of Phil Parker, whom the brass wanted to hang out to dry.

10. Who is "the Mouse"?

From Quiz "The Brotherhood of War" Part 1

Answer: Sanford Felter

Although Sandy claims to not mind the nickname, his wife, Sharon despises it.

11. What was Technical Sergeant Charles Galloway's job in the Corps?

From Quiz "The Corps: Counterattack"

Answer: He was a Flying Sergeant

When the attack started he and "Big" Steve Oblensky were at a hunting cabin up in the mountains, with their girlfriends.

12. What was the name of the submarine Cpt. Banning leaves in?

From Quiz The Corps: Call to Arms

Answer: USS Pickerel

The USS Bowfin is on permanent display as a tourist attraction at Pearl Harbor, next to the Battleship Missouri, and the USS Arizona Memorial. All three make for a fascinating day of history, that I highly recomend.

13. What is the problem with Ed Banning's wife, Milla?

From Quiz The Corps: Semper Fi

Answer: She's a White Russian

He met her through an ad in the paper for language lessons.

14. In the final book, "Special Ops", who are they trying to catch?

From Quiz "The Brotherhood of War" Part 2

Answer: Che Guevera

Most of the well known characters only make minor appearances in this book.

15. How did General "Porky" Waterford die?

From Quiz "The Brotherhood of War" Part 1

Answer: A heart attack while playing polo.

Anybody who really knew him said that it was how he would have wanted to go out.

16. What did Galloway and "Big" Steve do that got Charley grounded and reassigned?

From Quiz "The Corps: Counterattack"

Answer: Flew a patched up plane out to an aircraft carrier

They embarrassed the Navy brass by patching together several shot up Wildcat fighter planes to make one flyable plane, and then flew it out to the U.S.S. Saratoga. The location of Sara was supposed to be a secret.

17. Who is being investigated for suspicions of insanity and communist sympathies?

From Quiz The Corps: Call to Arms

Answer: LtCol. Evans Carlson

Banning was understandably upset by his blindness. Macklin might have been nuts, but not communist. Holcomb was the Comandant of the Corps at the time and beyond reproach. Carlson, as it turns out, was neither crazy or a Red.

18. What does Banning call Lt. Macklin, that is a great insult?

From Quiz The Corps: Semper Fi

Answer: Slimy Creature

B.A.M. is a term for female Marines. Unfortunately I can't repeat what it means in a family site.

19. How did Phil Parker and Craig Lowell first meet?

From Quiz "The Brotherhood of War" Part 2

Answer: As roommates at the Officer Basic Course at Ft. Knox.

Phil taught Craig how to get a refrigerator for their room by bribing the supply sergeant with scotch, bourbon, and gin.

20. Where was Bob Bellmon captured as a POW in WWII?

From Quiz "The Brotherhood of War" Part 1

Answer: Kasserine Pass, North Afrika

He had his tank shot out from under him, and then tried to play dead.

21. Who was Lieutenant Colonel Franklin Neville, and how did he die?

From Quiz "The Corps: Counterattack"

Answer: Commander of the Para Marines - training accident

He got a bad case of publicity lust, and pushed the lead man in the stick out of the way, so that he could jump out first. He then got tangled in the rip cord, and hit the horizontal stabilizer of the plane. He was dead before he hit the ground.

22. What is Col. "Wild Bill" Donovan's job title?

From Quiz The Corps: Call to Arms

Answer: Coordinator of Information

This was the very beginning of the Central Intelligence Agency, and is based on facts.

23. Even though the numbers got exaggerated in the retelling over time, how many people did McCoy actually kill in China?

From Quiz The Corps: Semper Fi

Answer: 20

There were the two Italian Marines and then eighteen Chinese Bandits.

24. What does Craig Lowell call the medal he got in Greece?

From Quiz "The Brotherhood of War" Part 2

Answer: The Big Golden Saucer

It was awarded to him by the King of Greece.

25. Where was Craig Lowell wounded?

From Quiz "The Brotherhood of War" Part 1

Answer: Greece

He was an advisor to the 27th Royal Hellanic Mountain Division, when he was hit with massive shrapnel wounds all over his back. It was later described as angry zippers.

26. Who did Fleming Pickering go to work for after Pearl Harbor was attacked?

From Quiz "The Corps: Counterattack"

Answer: Secretary of the Navy, Frank Knox

He was to give first hand reports of "how things are really going over there". Knox hired Pickering because he was not a "yes man", and would tell him the unvarnished truth, as opposed to the washed down stories Knox was getting from the Admirals. Thus he was thought of as "Knox's Spy".

27. Where did LtCol. Carlson meet and interview Lt. McCoy for the Raiders?

From Quiz The Corps: Call to Arms

Answer: Machine Gun Range #2

He talked to McCoy in front of some young Marines, in Chinese. This surprised the men, as nobody knew McCoy spoke a foreign language.

28. Who did McCoy have an affair with in China?

From Quiz The Corps: Semper Fi

Answer: Ellen Feller

She was the wife of the Christian Missionary, whom the Marine convoy was escorting. The affair was instigated entirely by her, a trait that Griffin uses in a lot of his romances in this (and other) series.

29. Craig Lowell's battle scars were said to look like what?

From Quiz "The Brotherhood of War" Part 2

Answer: Angry zippers

He was embarrassed about the scars, and told Phil Parker that he got hurt backing into a fan.

30. Who, in the entire series, held the highest military award?

From Quiz "The Brotherhood of War" Part 1

Answer: Rudolph "Mac" MacMillan

Mac was awarded the Medal of Honor in WWII for his actions in Operation Market Garden, in Holland.

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