WAR QUIZAMITH.A.K.

1) Q&A

1) AN IMPLOSION-TYPE WEAPON WITH A PLUTONIUM CORE, 'FAT MAN' WAS DETONATED AT AN ALTITUDE OF ABOUT 1,800 FEET (550 M) OVER THE CITY, AND WAS DROPPED FROM THE?

BOCKSCAR ( ALSO CALLED BOCK'S CAR)

is the name of the United States Army Air Forces B-29 bomber that dropped the Fat Man nuclear weapon over the Japanese city of Nagasaki during World War II

2) WHAT WAR SPARKED OFF BY THE MARCO POLO BRIDGE INCIDENT AND WHICH LATER MERGED INTO WWII IS CONSIDERED THE LARGEST ASIAN WAR IN THE 20TH CENTURY?

 WAS A MILITARY CONFLICT FOUGHT PRIMARILY BETWEEN THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA AND THE EMPIRE OF JAPAN (JULY 7, 1937 – SEPTEMBER 9, 1945)

Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)

3) IN 1879, 139 BRITISH SOLDIERS SUCCESSFULLY DEFENDED THEIR GARRISON AT RORKE'S DRIFT AGAINST AN INTENSE ASSAULT BY FIVE THOUSAND PEOPLE OF WHAT ETHNICITY?

ANGLO-ZULU WAR

The Anglo-Zulu War was fought in 1879 between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom. (or rather imprecisely as Zululand) was a monarchy in Southern Africa that extended along the coast of the Indian Ocean from the Tugela River in the south to Pongola River in the north.

4) THE CONDOR LEGION OF THE LUFTWAFFE IS BEST-KNOWN FOR THE BOMBING OF WHAT PLACE WHICH WAS SUBSEQUENTLY IMMORTALIZED IN ART?(HINT IS IN PIC)

GUERNICA (1937)

5) WHAT SPECIAL TACTIC DID GERMANY TAKE AGAINST POLAND?

BLITZKRIEG

 is a highly mobile form of infantry and armour working in combined arms teams.

6) CALLED THE DEADLIEST CONFLICT WORLDWIDE SINCE WWII, THE AFRICAN WAR THAT LASTED FROM 1998 TO 2003 CLAIMING 5.4 MILLION LIVES TAKES THE NAME OF WHAT COUNTRY – IT IS ALSO KNOWN AS GREAT WAR OF AFRICA?

CONGO (THE SECOND CONGO WAR)

7) ALSO KNOWN AS THE SECOND INDOCHINA WAR, AND KNOWN AS RESISTANCE WAR AGAINST AMERICA  OR SIMPLY THE AMERICAN WAR?

VIETNAM WAR

 from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.

 8) WHAT IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN INVENTED BY MAVALLI TIFFIN ROOMS (MTR)(BANGALURU) DURING WORLD WAR II WHEN RICE WAS IN SHORT SUPPLY?

RAVA IDLY

9) THE BATTLE OF CORAL SEA IN WWII IN 1942 IS NOTABLE FOR THE FIRST FLEET ACTION OF WHAT TYPE OF CRAFT THAT ARE STILL IN VOGUE?

AIRCRAFT CARRIERS

10) AT THE TIME OF WORLD WAR II THERE WERE THREE DICTATORS IN EUROPE. TWO WERE ADOLF HITLER AND BENITO MUSSOLINI. THE THIRD DICTATOR DID NOT TAKE PART IN WORLD WAR II. WHO WAS HE?

FRANCISCO FRANCO(ESP)

11) WHAT MAJOR 1915 CAMPAIGN OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR IS ALSO CALLED AS THE BATTLE OF ÇANAKKALE AND IS CREDITED WITH SHAPING THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF MORE THAN ONE COUNTRY?

GALLIPOLI CAMPAIGN

In Turkey it is referred to as the Battle of Çanakkale, in particular the sea battle which took place on March 1915 where the Royal Navy was repulsed by Turkish forces. It is perceived as a defining moment in the history of the Turkish people - a final surge in the defense of the motherland as the aging Ottoman Empire was crumbling. The campaign was the first major battle undertaken by the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC), and is often considered to mark the birth of national consciousness in both of these countries. 

12) THE SONG QUICKLY BECAME THE ANTHEM OF THE ANTI VIETNAM-WAR AND COUNTERCULTURE MOVEMENTS, BY BEATLES STAR JOHN LENNON?

GIVE PEACE A CHANCE

13) THE WARS OF THE DIADOCHI WERE A SERIES OF CONFLICTS FOUGHT FOR THE CONTROL OF AN EMPIRE AFTER WHOSE DEATH?

ALEXANDER THE GREAT

14) 1982: UNDECLARED WAR BETWEEN ARGENTINA AND GREAT BRITAIN.

THE FALKLANDS WAR

15) THE TRAVANCORE–DUTCH WAR WAS A WAR BETWEEN THE DUTCH EAST INDIA COMPANY (VOC) AND THE INDIAN KINGDOM OF TRAVANCORE,IS COMMONLY KNOWN TO US AS?

 BATTLE OF COLACHEL (1741)

16) ‘X’ IS THE COUNTRY WERE THE FIRST TO USE FLAMETHROWERS IN WWI. THEIR FLAMETHROWERS COULD FIRE JETS OF FLAME AS FAR AS 130 FEET (40 M). IDENTIFY THE ‘X’.

GERMANY

17) HOW MANY COUNTRIES WERE INVOLVED IN THE WORLD WAR 1?

30

18) HE WAS AN ENGLISH POET AND HE WAS ONCE DESCRIBED AS THE MOST HANDSOME MAN IN ENGLAND. HE IS KNOWN FOR HIS POEMS WRITTEN DURING WORLD WAR I.

RUPERT BROOKE

Rupert Chawner Brooke was an English poet known for his idealistic war sonnets written during the First World War, especially "The Soldier". He was also known for his boyish good looks,

19) KURUKSHETRA MALAYALAM FILM IS BASED ON?

KARGIL WAR(1999)

20) IT IS THE CHARLIE CHAPLIN'S SECOND FILM FOR FIRST NATIONAL PICTURES. RELEASED IN 1918, IT IS A SILENT COMEDY SET IN FRANCE DURING WORLD WAR I.

SHOULDER ARMS(1918)

21)THREE TYPES OF PLANES A6M (ZEROES), B5N (KATES) AND D3A (VALS) WERE MAINLY INVOLVED IN THIS MOMENTOUS EVENT.

ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR

22) THIS RUSSIAN COMPANY IS THE CURRENT MANUFACTURER OF MOST OF THE COUNTRY'S ATTACK AIRCRAFT.

SUKHOI

23) X IS THE IS ONE OF THE HERBICIDES AND DEFOLIANTS USED BY THE U.S. MILITARY AS PART OF ITS HERBICIDAL WARFARE PROGRAM, OPERATION RANCH HAND, DURING THE VIETNAM WAR FROM 1961 TO 1971. ID. THE X?

AGENT ORANGE

US-Huey-helicopter-spraying-Agent-Orange-in-Vietnam

24) IT WAS FOUGHT BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND CHINA OVER THEIR CONFLICTING VIEWPOINTS ON DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS, TRADE, AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE FOR FOREIGN NATIONALS.

FIRST OPIUM WAR (1839–42)

25) WHO COINED THE TERM “COLD WAR”?

BERNARD BARUCH

Bernard Mannes Baruch was an American financier, stock investor, philanthropist, statesman, and political consultant.

2) IDENTIFY

LITTLE BOY

Little Boy was the codename for the type of atomic bomb dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945.

BENITO MUSSOLINI

ID. THIS CHAPLIN FILM AGAINST HITLER?

ID. THE EVENT.

INDO CHINA WAR (1962)

IDENTIFY ISRAELIAN.

BENJAMIN NETANYAHU(PRIME MINISTER OF ISRAEL)

ID. THIS WARRIOR?

SIMON BOLÍVAR

Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios Ponte y Blanco, commonly known as Simón Bolívar, was a military and political leader.

ARCHDUKE FRANZ FERDINAND OF AUSTRIA

YASSER ARAFAT

BAN KI MOON

MAO ZEDONG

IDENTIFY THIS MEMORIAL

AMAR JAWAN JYOTI MEMORIAL.

2) LOGO ROUND

NATO

North Atlantic Treaty Organization The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, also called the Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949.

UNITED NATIONS

The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization established on 24 October 1945 to promote international co-operation.

HAMAS

Islamic Resistance Movement") is a Palestinian Sunni Islamic organization, with an associated military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades,  in the Palestinian territories and elsewhere in the Middle East including Qatar.

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