You can play it at www.zoo.com/world-war-ii-quiz.
It will take awhile to play it as you only get one question at a time. There are 35 questions. And, you can get a hint if you need it, but that will require you watching a short video from a sponsor and then they essentially give you the answer. I used the hint twice
I ended up at getting 30 of 35 correct. I missed the question about dictators, the Treaty of Alliance, the Bevin Boys and the British author who made broadcasts to America from Germany in 1941.
Some of the questions were relatively easy and others essentially impossible. I did get a few correct on guesses.
They give you a short history behind each question after you've made your choice.
Can You Beat Me? --GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
Monday, April 11, 2016
The USS North Carolina Celebrates the 75th Anniversary of Its Launching
From the April 9, 2016, Fox News (Wilmington, N.C.)
Active duty Marines and sailors were on board the ship Saturday demonstrating life on board the battleship during the war.
The North Carolina was launched 13 June 1940 and sponsored by the daughter of North Carolina Governor Clyde R. Hoey. It was commissioned April 9, 1941 with Captain Olaf M. Hustvedt in command.
It was the first of the Navy's new class of fast battleships and first one launched in two decades as a result of naval treaties.
During its completion and sea trials, it received so much attention it got the nickname "The Showboat."
--GreGen
Active duty Marines and sailors were on board the ship Saturday demonstrating life on board the battleship during the war.
The North Carolina was launched 13 June 1940 and sponsored by the daughter of North Carolina Governor Clyde R. Hoey. It was commissioned April 9, 1941 with Captain Olaf M. Hustvedt in command.
It was the first of the Navy's new class of fast battleships and first one launched in two decades as a result of naval treaties.
During its completion and sea trials, it received so much attention it got the nickname "The Showboat."
--GreGen
Friday, April 8, 2016
Dallas' Theater Row: The Majestic Theatre
From Wikipedia.
In the last post I mentioned the Shorpy Photograph taken in January 1942 along Dallas' Theater Row on Elm Street. It was all alight, even with blackouts on in parts of the United States, evidently not here.
The Majestic Theatre is the last remnant of the city's Theater Row, the historic entertainment district along Elm Street.
It was constructed for $2 million in 1920 and opened in 1921.
Most of the other theaters and places of entertainment, evidently some of them a bit questionable, were gone by the 1970s.
--GreGen
In the last post I mentioned the Shorpy Photograph taken in January 1942 along Dallas' Theater Row on Elm Street. It was all alight, even with blackouts on in parts of the United States, evidently not here.
The Majestic Theatre is the last remnant of the city's Theater Row, the historic entertainment district along Elm Street.
It was constructed for $2 million in 1920 and opened in 1921.
Most of the other theaters and places of entertainment, evidently some of them a bit questionable, were gone by the 1970s.
--GreGen
Shorpy Home Front Photos: Fire-Eaters, Give Me Light, Garbage
JULY 30, 2014, FIRE-EATERS: 1942-- December 1942, Chicago, Illinois. "Working on a giant locomotive, one of the '400s; in the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad shops. Jack Delano, OWI.
A really, really big locomotive to haul those supplies and troops across the country.
JULY 28, 2014, DALLAS NOIR: 1942-- January 1942. "Elm Street Theater Row in Dallas." the war's on, but lights are still on all over the place.
Comment: Summer 1942 and blackout rules. Evidently not here.
JULY 27, 2014, GARBAGE OUT: 1943-- May 1943, New York. "Emptying garbage out into truck from Harlem apartment house." Gordon Parks, OWI.
Even with a war on, the garbage still had to be picked up.
--GreGen
A really, really big locomotive to haul those supplies and troops across the country.
JULY 28, 2014, DALLAS NOIR: 1942-- January 1942. "Elm Street Theater Row in Dallas." the war's on, but lights are still on all over the place.
Comment: Summer 1942 and blackout rules. Evidently not here.
JULY 27, 2014, GARBAGE OUT: 1943-- May 1943, New York. "Emptying garbage out into truck from Harlem apartment house." Gordon Parks, OWI.
Even with a war on, the garbage still had to be picked up.
--GreGen
Shorpy Home Front Photos: Of Gliders and Trains
AUGUST 6, 2014, FLY ME TO THE MOON: 1942-- May 1942. Parris Island, S.C. "Marine Corps glider detachment training camp. A glider wench." Pat Terry and Alfred Palmer, OWI.
AUGUST 2, 2014, REAR BRAKEMAN: 1943-- March 1943. "Walter V. Dew, rear brakeman on Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe between Chicago and Chillicothe, Illinois, watching the train from the cupola." Jack Delano, OWI.
--GreGen
AUGUST 2, 2014, REAR BRAKEMAN: 1943-- March 1943. "Walter V. Dew, rear brakeman on Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe between Chicago and Chillicothe, Illinois, watching the train from the cupola." Jack Delano, OWI.
--GreGen
Shorpy Home Front Photos: School Lunches
FROM THE AUGUST 8, 2014-- CUISINE: 1943-- May 1943: Keysville Virginia. Randolph Henry High School "Typical lunch for 15 cents: Candied yams, macaroni and cheese, fruit salad, deviled eggs, dessert and milk. Milk is free and children can drink all that they want. By Philip Bonn, OWI.
AUGUST 8, 2014-- SCHOOL LUNCH, 1943-- May 1943. Another shot.
Randolph Henry High School is in Charlotte County, Virginia. It gets its name from a combination of the names of John Randolph and Patrick Henry. It opened in 1938 and is still operating.
They have a plaque honoring students who served during World War II.
--GreGen
AUGUST 8, 2014-- SCHOOL LUNCH, 1943-- May 1943. Another shot.
Randolph Henry High School is in Charlotte County, Virginia. It gets its name from a combination of the names of John Randolph and Patrick Henry. It opened in 1938 and is still operating.
They have a plaque honoring students who served during World War II.
--GreGen
Thursday, April 7, 2016
DeKalb County Girds for War-- Part 2: Headquarters Company, 129th Infantry Leaves for Camp Forrest
March 1941, 75 years ago.
"One of the largest crowds ever assembled in this city in recent years bade goodbye to the Headquarters Company, 129th Infantry, on Wednesday afternoon at the Chicago and Northwestern depot in Sycamore.
"Nearly 2,000 persons were present to wish the former National Guardsmen good luck in their year of army service at Camp Forrest, Tenn., and the guardsmen were swamped at the station by a great number of relatives, friends and sweethearts who gathered there."
--GreGen
"One of the largest crowds ever assembled in this city in recent years bade goodbye to the Headquarters Company, 129th Infantry, on Wednesday afternoon at the Chicago and Northwestern depot in Sycamore.
"Nearly 2,000 persons were present to wish the former National Guardsmen good luck in their year of army service at Camp Forrest, Tenn., and the guardsmen were swamped at the station by a great number of relatives, friends and sweethearts who gathered there."
--GreGen
DeKalb County Girds For War: Dental Disability a Major Cause of Rejection of Draftees
From the March 30, 2016, DeKalb County (Illinois) MidWeek "Looking Back."
1941, 75 years ago.
"Army reports on the number and causes of rejections of draftees for physical disability will be used as a guide in intensification of public health work in Illinois, Dr. Robert R. Cross, director of the state department of public health announced this week.
Dental disability is one of the chief causes for the rejection of DeKalb county draftees, the local draft boards report."
Brush Those Teeth. --GreGen
1941, 75 years ago.
"Army reports on the number and causes of rejections of draftees for physical disability will be used as a guide in intensification of public health work in Illinois, Dr. Robert R. Cross, director of the state department of public health announced this week.
Dental disability is one of the chief causes for the rejection of DeKalb county draftees, the local draft boards report."
Brush Those Teeth. --GreGen
Wednesday, April 6, 2016
Deaths in 2014: Richard Bolt, RNZAF
RICHARD BOLT Royal New Zealand Air Force officer. Born 1923, died 27 July 2014.
Second World War bomber pilot and senior RNZAF officer in the postwar years until 1980. His father was the pioneer New Zealand aviator George Bolt.
During the war, he served with the Pathfinder Force and flew Lancaster bombers.
Received the Distinguished Flying Cross in 1945.
--GreGen
Second World War bomber pilot and senior RNZAF officer in the postwar years until 1980. His father was the pioneer New Zealand aviator George Bolt.
During the war, he served with the Pathfinder Force and flew Lancaster bombers.
Received the Distinguished Flying Cross in 1945.
--GreGen
Deaths in 2014: Lettice Curtis, English Female Aviator (ATA)
LETTICE CURTIS (1915-July 21, 2014)
British female aviator who learned to fly in 1937. In July 1940, became the first woman to join the British Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA). She remained with it until 30 November 1945 where she primarily delivered training aircraft to the male pilots.
She was one of the first women to qualify to fly four engine bombers and was the first woman pilot to deliver an Avro Lancaster bomber. She also flew the 222 Handley Page Halifax and 109 Short Stirlings.
Flew 13 days on and 2 off for 62 consecutive months.
Quite a Woman
British female aviator who learned to fly in 1937. In July 1940, became the first woman to join the British Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA). She remained with it until 30 November 1945 where she primarily delivered training aircraft to the male pilots.
She was one of the first women to qualify to fly four engine bombers and was the first woman pilot to deliver an Avro Lancaster bomber. She also flew the 222 Handley Page Halifax and 109 Short Stirlings.
Flew 13 days on and 2 off for 62 consecutive months.
Quite a Woman
Shorpy Home Front Photos:Conserving Rubber and Getting Copper
JUNE 5, 2014, ON A ROLL-- July 1942. Conserving rubber. This truck tire has run 146,000 miles. It is now planned to retread it with a life expectancy of at least half the original mileage. The tire is size 9.75 X 20, weighs 129 pounds and was run on an air pressure of 70 pounds.
"Miss Jean Spanitz, stenographer in the Division of Motor Transportation poses with the tire." Albert Freeman, OWI.
Big old tire. There simply were no new tires for most civilians and businesses. You had to retread.
JUNE 2, 2014: C U LATER: 1942-- November 1942: "Conveyor belts carrying copper ore through a tunnel at the Magna mill of the Utah Copper Co.. Its plants and Magne & Arthur in Utah are treating vast quantities of the copper so vital for war purposes." Andreas Feininger, OWI
--GreGen
"Miss Jean Spanitz, stenographer in the Division of Motor Transportation poses with the tire." Albert Freeman, OWI.
Big old tire. There simply were no new tires for most civilians and businesses. You had to retread.
JUNE 2, 2014: C U LATER: 1942-- November 1942: "Conveyor belts carrying copper ore through a tunnel at the Magna mill of the Utah Copper Co.. Its plants and Magne & Arthur in Utah are treating vast quantities of the copper so vital for war purposes." Andreas Feininger, OWI
--GreGen
Tuesday, April 5, 2016
Shorpy War Front Photos: Times Square on D-Day
JUNE 6, 2014, ON THE TOWN: 1944-- "Times Square and vicinity on D-Day. Watching news line on New York Times Building." OWI.
Two sailors are watching the news.
COMMENT: One is in the Coast Guard. The building also has air cooling.
--GreGen
Two sailors are watching the news.
COMMENT: One is in the Coast Guard. The building also has air cooling.
--GreGen
Pearl Harbor Veteran Gets Special Salute in Final Month
From the June 6, 2015, Columbian "Off Beat: Pearl Harbor Survivor Gets Special Salute in Final Month" by Tom Vogt.
Martin Knapp died June 27, 2015, at 91.
He was on the USS Medusa, a Navy repair ship during the attack. He always regarded himself as lucky as the Medusa was usually docked where the USS Utah was that day. That ship was sunk, his was not.
--GreGen
Martin Knapp died June 27, 2015, at 91.
He was on the USS Medusa, a Navy repair ship during the attack. He always regarded himself as lucky as the Medusa was usually docked where the USS Utah was that day. That ship was sunk, his was not.
--GreGen
Pearl Harbor Survivor's Death in 2015: David F. Lock
From June 20, 2015, 12 News, Houston "Last known Houston Pearl Harbor survivor dies."
David F. Luck, 95, was a U.S. Marine stationed on the battleship USS Pennsylvania. He was in the mess hall when the attack came and said he didn't have time to be scared.
He grew up in Florida and joined the Civilian Conservation Corps before the Marines. He fired a 50 caliber machine gun at the Japanese that day.
--GreGen
David F. Luck, 95, was a U.S. Marine stationed on the battleship USS Pennsylvania. He was in the mess hall when the attack came and said he didn't have time to be scared.
He grew up in Florida and joined the Civilian Conservation Corps before the Marines. He fired a 50 caliber machine gun at the Japanese that day.
--GreGen
Monday, April 4, 2016
Pearl Harbor Veteran Death in 2015: Willis V. Avery, USS Solace
From the May 18, 2015, Las Vegas Review-Journal "Pearl Harbor attack survivor dies in Boulder City at 93" by Keith Rogers.
One of southern Nevada's last Pearl Harbor survivors, Willis V. Avery died May 13, at age 93. He was a 19-year-old pharmacists mate from Vestal, New York, on the hospital ship USS Solace anchored near the USS Arizona. As the Arizona sank, Mr. Avery scrambled along with others onto gigs and longboats to get the wounded and survivors out of the water.
--GreGen
One of southern Nevada's last Pearl Harbor survivors, Willis V. Avery died May 13, at age 93. He was a 19-year-old pharmacists mate from Vestal, New York, on the hospital ship USS Solace anchored near the USS Arizona. As the Arizona sank, Mr. Avery scrambled along with others onto gigs and longboats to get the wounded and survivors out of the water.
--GreGen
Friday, April 1, 2016
Shorpy Home Front Photos: D-Day, June 6, 1944 at the Newsreel Theater
JUNE 6, 2014-- INVASION NEWS 1944-- June 6, 1944. "New York, N.Y.. Times Square and vicinity on D-Day. Howard Hollem, et al. for OWI.
Men gathering around bulletin board. Headline:"Invasion" News, Embassy Newsreel Theatre.
Comment: Newsreel Theaters meant getting quick news fast (for then) This one which opened in 1929, the first with an all newsreel format. Newsreels were on the wane after World War II and eventually dropped the word "Newsreel" from name.
The theater showed regular movies for the next 48 years before closing in 1997 and then reopening as the Times Square Visitors Center.
--GreGen
Men gathering around bulletin board. Headline:"Invasion" News, Embassy Newsreel Theatre.
Comment: Newsreel Theaters meant getting quick news fast (for then) This one which opened in 1929, the first with an all newsreel format. Newsreels were on the wane after World War II and eventually dropped the word "Newsreel" from name.
The theater showed regular movies for the next 48 years before closing in 1997 and then reopening as the Times Square Visitors Center.
--GreGen
Shorpy Home Front Photos: A Variety
JUNE 11, 2014-- DEAR FOLKS: 1943-- July 1943. "Greenville, South Carolina. Air Service Command. Writing a letter home. Jack Delano, OWI.
JUNE 9, 2014-- HOT BOX: 1943-- 1943. "Melbourne, Australia. U.S. Army hospital. Patient receiving treatment in the new fever machine which keeps temperature at 107 degrees (108 degrees is fatal). Note ice in the basin to cool the man's head." Jo Fallon, OWI.
JUNE 27, 2014-- TAVERN ON THE GREEN: 1944-- January 5, 1944. "Tavern on the Green, Central park, NYC. Christmas exterior." Arthur Schleifer, client.
--GreGen
JUNE 9, 2014-- HOT BOX: 1943-- 1943. "Melbourne, Australia. U.S. Army hospital. Patient receiving treatment in the new fever machine which keeps temperature at 107 degrees (108 degrees is fatal). Note ice in the basin to cool the man's head." Jo Fallon, OWI.
JUNE 27, 2014-- TAVERN ON THE GREEN: 1944-- January 5, 1944. "Tavern on the Green, Central park, NYC. Christmas exterior." Arthur Schleifer, client.
--GreGen
Shorpy Home Front Photos: Riding the Rails and Kicking the Ball
JUNE 17, 2014 TROOP TRAIN: 1943-- March 1943-- "Grants, New Mexico. Passing a troop train stopping for coal and water on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe between Belen and Gallup." Jack Delano, OWI. Moving troops coast-to-coast.
Jack Delano rode the rails a whole lot.
JUNE 12, 2014-- CROSSING GUARD: 1943-- March 1943-- Topock, Arizona (vicinity) Military sentry at a bridge over the Colorado River along Santa Fe Railroad between Seligman, Arizona, and Needles, California. Jack Delano, OWI
These above two photos are from the vicinity of Route 66.
JUNE 12, 2014-- THE P.E. CUP: 1943-- Oct. 1943. Washington, D.C.. "Playing soccer at Woodrow Wilson High School. Esther Bubley, OWI. Keeping the kids healthy.
--GreGen
Jack Delano rode the rails a whole lot.
JUNE 12, 2014-- CROSSING GUARD: 1943-- March 1943-- Topock, Arizona (vicinity) Military sentry at a bridge over the Colorado River along Santa Fe Railroad between Seligman, Arizona, and Needles, California. Jack Delano, OWI
These above two photos are from the vicinity of Route 66.
JUNE 12, 2014-- THE P.E. CUP: 1943-- Oct. 1943. Washington, D.C.. "Playing soccer at Woodrow Wilson High School. Esther Bubley, OWI. Keeping the kids healthy.
--GreGen
10 Valiant Diplomats of World War II-- Part 2
5. Selahattin Ulkumen of Turkey
4. Angelo Rotta of the Vatican
3. Gilberto Bosques Saldivar of Mexico
2. Friedrich Born-- Red Cross of Switzerland
1. Jose Castelanos Contreras of Salvador
These people saved thousands of Jewish and refugee lives from the Nazis. Read what they did.
--GreGen
4. Angelo Rotta of the Vatican
3. Gilberto Bosques Saldivar of Mexico
2. Friedrich Born-- Red Cross of Switzerland
1. Jose Castelanos Contreras of Salvador
These people saved thousands of Jewish and refugee lives from the Nazis. Read what they did.
--GreGen
10 Valiant Diplomats of World War II-- Part 1
From the October 7, 2013, Listverse.
As always, I generally list these people. Go to Listeverse for pictures and the information.
10. Prince Constantin Karadja of Romania
9. Carl Lutz of Switzerland
8. Kiram Bingham, IV of United States
7. Aracy de Varvalho Guimaraes Rosa of Brazil
6. Archbishop Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli of the Vatican.
--GreGen
As always, I generally list these people. Go to Listeverse for pictures and the information.
10. Prince Constantin Karadja of Romania
9. Carl Lutz of Switzerland
8. Kiram Bingham, IV of United States
7. Aracy de Varvalho Guimaraes Rosa of Brazil
6. Archbishop Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli of the Vatican.
--GreGen
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