WWII Quiz

[MontyB]

I am sure you can come up with something to keep us going.

 

[BritinBritain]

Which British Regiment wore their caubeen (beret) with the badge over the right eye, and pulled down to the left?

 

[BritinBritain]

The Royal Ulster Rifles. is the answer

 

[George]

See if this works. The A-bomb was detonated in WWII. When was the concept 1st conceived?

 

[MontyB]

See if this works. The A-bomb was detonated in WWII. When was the concept 1st conceived?

Well I will bite as this is kind of a tough question but in early 1932 James Chadwick discovered the neutron and an atomic blast is just a controlled release of atomic power through a multiplying neutron chain reaction then the first practical idea for an atomic bomb had to be late 1932-33, interestingly enough some guy called Leo Szilard filed for a patent of an atomic bomb in 1934.

 

[George]

the first practical idea for an atomic bomb had to be late 1932-33, .

Conceptualized in a general way, not necessarily a practical application concept.

 

[MontyB]

Just read the HG Wells 1914 novel "World Set Free" and it has an "Atomic" hand grenade in it.

 

[George]

Just read the HG Wells 1914 novel "World Set Free" and it has an "Atomic" hand grenade in it.

Too recent!

 

[George]

well, that died out. What was the only US Navy ship in WWII that the Captain's wife lived aboard with her husband?

 

[MontyB]

well, that died out. What was the only US Navy ship in WWII that the Captain's wife lived aboard with her husband?

This one leads me to believe it is more a shore installation than an actual serving ship.

 

[George]

This one leads me to believe it is more a shore installation than an actual serving ship.

A commissioned warship at a shore installation.

 

[MontyB]

A commissioned warship at a shore installation.

That is what I meant, something along the lines of HMS Victory or USS Constitution.

 

[George]

That is what I meant, something along the lines of HMS Victory or USS Constitution.

Well, sorta like that, but not technically a museum ship.

 

[BritinBritain]

As this seems to have died a death, here's a new question to kick start the thread.

What airborne operation was legal during WW2 is now illegal under the latest rules of war?

 

[MontyB]

Probably all of them given todays politics but I will start with operation oak.

 

[BritinBritain]

Probably all of them given todays politics but I will start with operation oak.

The answer I was looking for is operation Chastise, the dam busters raid on German Dams would be illegal under todays rules of war.

 

[George]

Well, sorta like that, but not technically a museum ship.

ship at a school

The answer I was looking for is Operation Chastise, the dam busters raid on German Dams would be illegal under todays rules of war.

Well, that's a shame.

 

[MontyB]

ship at a school.

I was thinking along the lines of USS Wolverine or Sable.

 

[George]

I was thinking along the lines of USS Wolverine or Sable.

Training Carriers, but, nope! Vintage ship, but not Constitution or Constellation.

 

[MontyB]

There was the USS Reina Mercedes which acted as a barracks in the early 1940s.