Military Trivia, Anyone ??

, you keep it up, and your goin to get a cookie for humor, just on principle, [/quote]

We have 2 Winners !!!!

TheOneNamedMike
and
mgunner564,

Shame only one gets a Cookie.
The One Named Mike.....4
mgunner564.....3
Panic324.....3
Jarhead999.....3
The One Named Mike.....3
djstasavitch.....2
kkoeber.....2
Spl Durkee.....1
sticks.13.....1


This battle, which lasted from 21 February ???? until 19 December ???? caused over an estimated 700,000 casualties (dead, wounded and missing). The battlefield was not even a square ten kilometres. From a strategic point of view there can be no justification for these atrocious losses. The battle degenerated into a matter of prestige of two nations literally for the sake of fighting......

What is the Name of this Battle, and what are the Years that this battle to place in. ( 3 Cookies )

Battle of Verdun

This battle, which lasted from February 21 1916, through December 19, 1916.
DO I GET COOKIES?


The two nations fighting were the french and the germans.

Darnit. Mike you're too fast!

ohhh i should get into this.

Nice going Mike, you nailed it !!!

If others havn´t noticed, The One NamedMike is running away from the Pack !!!

The One Named Mike.....7
mgunner564.....3
Panic324.....3
Jarhead999.....3
The One Named Mike.....3
djstasavitch.....2
kkoeber.....2
Spl Durkee.....1
sticks.13.....1

#14, getting into the home stretch here, can anybody stop TheOneNamedMike´s run ??

How did Tanks, get their name `` Tank ´´ ?? ( since I have the weekend off, 2 Cookies ).

Many people claim to have coined this word, for many different reasons. The
Tank Museum favours the claim of Albert Stern, secretary to the Admiralty
Landships Committee.
Since it was agreed that the term Landship was too
descriptive, alternatives were sought. Bearing in mind its appearance most
suggestions were for things like water tanks, such as cistern, but they finally
settled on Water Carrier. Aware of the military penchant for initials Albert
Stern did not relish being secretary to the W. C. Committee so he claims to
have chosen TANK instead

Or in other words.

During construction, to hide their true identity as weapons, they were designated as water carriers for the Mesopotamian campaign and referred to as "tanks" (as in "water tank").

Sorry guys but mike did it again.

Great Job

The One Named Mike.....9
mgunner564.....3
Panic324.....3
Jarhead999.....3
The One Named Mike.....3
djstasavitch.....2
kkoeber.....2
Spl Durkee.....1
sticks.13.....1


Can anybody stop Him !!!!


Next question in the morning, ( My Morning )

Good morning,

Sticking with the subject of Tanks,

#15

What auto maker built the first armored tanks used by U.S. troops in battle?

Ford

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Nope,

chevrolet? agh! retarded spelling

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Nope , sorry ncis, I am rooting for you tho

Renault?

The first tanks used by U.S Forces were built by Renault, only due to the fact that America did not have any during WW I,

Here you go Mike, enjoy your cookie

The One Named Mike.....10
mgunner564.....3
Panic324.....3
Jarhead999.....3
The One Named Mike.....3
djstasavitch.....2
kkoeber.....2
Spl Durkee.....1
sticks.13.....1



( Going to have to make some rule changes for the next round, if there is one )

hey, slob, just wondering, what do we get to do with our cookies when it's over? do you buy us a systema?

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You wish !!!!, The winner gets to chow down on his/her prize and enjoy the sugar rush that comes with it

no no no no no, he buys us the great feeling that comes when you feel like youve completed something!

whatever the heck that means!

no ncis i believe the reward is

the satisfactory of winning something, that really is just nothing.

or

the satisfactory of winning cheer competetion!
Whatever that means

Sorry, I skipped a couple of days, had to take care of some things here at home

We are down to the last 3, Who is going to give TheOneNamedMike a run for his money, I can´t believe that you are going to let him walk away with such an easy win !


#16

What is the Atomic,-,Titanic Connection ?

Since this little bit of Trivia has to do with some former Super Secret, Over the Top, For Your Eyes Only, Information, the post(er) with the best, most accurate answer gets 5 cookies !

( Hint, it has something to do with 2 boats and 1 ship and a Dream )
I´m going to let this stay open for 48 hours, Good Luck.

well, it could be that the titanic sailed from england to N.Y. city, so my guess is that the connection is the attempt to get an atomic bomb onto the titanic for transport over to england to be used on a major city in then nazi Germany. is that right?

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The Titanic went down in 1912, there was no Nazi Germany, the first succesful test of the Atomic Bomb was on July 16, 1945, sorry WW but you missed, as a consolation prize, the next question will have something to do with July 16, 1945

I can't believe that only one person is going to take a shot at this one,
Here is a Hint,

The 2 Boats, are submarines, one is named the Thresher. SSN-593

got it

Ballard had in 1982 requested funding for the project from the US Navy, but this was provided only on the then secret condition that the first priority was the then secret search for the sunken US nuclear submarines Thresher and Scorpion. Only when these had been discovered and photographed did the search for Titanic begin

thank you wikipedia, is it right

Almost, all the right information is there, but there is still more to the story, I´ll give you one more shot, and if you are still the only one, you get your Cookies

( Wiki, is not always right , )

( Hint, what were the complete conditions for thier involvment, How much time did he have to locate the Titanic, Why did the Navy agree to Ballard and not to other offers, Why was everything kept so Super FYEO ?? )

slob212 wrote:

Almost, all the right information is there, but there is still more to the story, I´ll give you one more shot, and if you are still the only one, you get your Cookies

( Wiki, is not always right , )

( Hint, what were the complete conditions for thier involvment, How much time did he have to locate the Titanic, Why did the Navy agree to Ballard and not to other offers, Why was everything kept so Super FYEO ?? )

( Hint, what were the complete conditions for thier involvment, that he would be required to keep Hush Hush about it?
How much time did he have to locate the Titanic, 7 days?
Why did the Navy agree to Ballard and not to other offers, he was involeved with the U.S. navy?
Why was everything kept so Super FYEO they didn't want the then soviet union to know that one of their subs had gone down>
(my grandfather overlooked the building of the thresher he said)

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The Conditions for the Navy´s agreement to help Locate the Titanic, were, 1, The 2 Submarines had to be located first. 2, Ballard had to become Part of the Navy, He was sworn in and made a Naval Commander. 3, Only after the Subs were located could he Search for the Titanic, he actually had 14 days to locate the Titanic. 4, Nobody was to know of his involvment or what it was that he was looking for, he cover story was always, `` I am trying to find the Titanic ´´

The Navy agreed to Ballard because he was using a new type of under water scanning that unlike sonar, he could produce 3-d images of items on the ocean flor, and was able to film at extreme depths.

The reason why it was kept so secret was, Not only were both Subs Nuclear and the Navy wanted to make sure that the reactors were still intact befor they released the information that the subs were found, 1 of the Submarines was equiped with 2 Nuclear Torpedo´s, it was also rumored that one was sunk by the Russian military, don´t forget both Subs went down during the Cold War.

Well WW since you were the only one to answer, and you did provide the correct information, Here are your Cookies,

The One Named Mike.....10
WhiteWolf.....5
mgunner564.....3
Panic324.....3
Jarhead999.....3
The One Named Mike.....3
djstasavitch.....2
kkoeber.....2
Spl Durkee.....1
sticks.13.....1



#17

On July 16, 1945, an Event took place in America that was to change History and the World as we know it, What was the Event ? and, What was the things Code Name ? ( 2 Cookies )

#18 ( The last One )

During the Apollo Years, the Navy Seals, did something that no other Naval force or Dive qualified organization in the Entire World did, they were always the first, and to date nobody or other dive organization did it or will ever be able to do it.
What was this Simple thing, but impossible for the rest of the world ? ( 2 Cookies )

it was trinity the first atomic bomb test. and it was code named trinity or were you thinking of the group that made it called the Manhattan project?

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Trinity is the Project Name, 1 cookie so far ! First atomic Bomb Test, correct

high diving? like, jumping out of an airplane, parachuting, and diving into the water?

just a guess