JimZ

Hi Jim,

They are :

Aleksandr Anatolyevich Kosmodemyansky (Алекса́ндр Анато́льевич Космодемья́нский); July 27, 1925 - April 13, 1945).

and

Zoya Anatolyevna Kosmodemyanskaya (Зо́я Анато́льевна Космодемья́нская) :(September 13, 1923 – November 29, 1941).

They are brother and sister.

They are each hero of the Soviet Union.

They have been awarded their HSU posthumously.

Aleksandr was a first lieutnant who was bestowed the HSU after having fallen in East Prussia.

Zoya was a Soviet partisan, hanged by the Germans for Houses burning. She was one of the most revered heroes of the USSR.

Ch.

Christophe.....

I thought it would be harder than that! Well done indeed!!!

Your point!!

Jim :cheers:

Question 79

1) Who are we?

2) We have lots of things in common.....but I am after three very specific common features between them.

I think this may be a tough one.....but wth you guys, you never know

If you are clueless, just play along and try to suggest what common features they might share.... I will comment to guide you in the right direction and perhaps, this will help uncover their identity.

Jim :cheers:

Scoreboard update!

21 points - JimZ

15 points - Harvey

11 points - Hauptmann

10 points - UB6365

8 points - Christophe

8 points - Gunner 1

3 points - Valter

2 points - kapten_windu

1 point - Tachel

Question 79 to follow soon!!!

Jim

Lt. Gen Pavel Anatolyevich Sudoplatov

Some more background info courtesy of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudoplatov

Thanks UB - WHhat is the "Andrew" link please? I could find nothing on that.....

Did you mean "Victor" perhaps?

I would suggest Pavel Sudoplatov, a Russian spymaster, who was involved in the assasinations of Leon Trotsky and Yevhen Konovalets.

Seems to tick the right boxes in terms of the hints that you gave...joined Cheka at the age of 14, served 15 years in prison and reached the rank of Lt General. Had my eye on him already with the big opponents hint as Trotsky did come to mind....however I cannot make the Andrew connection.

_{Scoreboard update!}

_{UB6365 gets the last question breaking away from Christophe and Gunner 1}

_{20 points - JimZ}

_{15 points - Harvey}

_{11 points - Hauptmann}

_{10 points - UB6365}

_{8 points - Christophe}

_{8 points - Gunner 1}

_{3 points - Valter}

_{2 points - kapten_windu}

_{1 point - Tachel}

_{Question 78 above!!!!}

_Jim

I have asked Hauptmann to set some other clues without getting into the question of "Jewish" being a nationality as well as a religion. We've discussed this once and I do not want us to get into that again. Not here please!

Lets wait for some more hints from Hauptmann and then we'll attack the question by finding the answer.

This promises to be interesting!

Jim :cheers:

Hi Claret Baron,

Lovely Order. Am I however correct that this is Northern Korean?

As this is the Soviet USSR section, it may be better appreciated in more relevant sections.

Regards,

Jim :cheers:

_{Scoreboard update!}

_{Hauptmann gets the last question and therefore asks the next one!}

_{20 points - JimZ}

_{15 points - Harvey}

_{11 points - Hauptmann}

_{9 points - UB6365}

_{8 points - Christophe}

_{8 points - Gunner 1}

_{3 points - Valter}

_{2 points - kapten_windu}

_{1 point - Tachel}

_{Question 77 next!!!!}

_Jim

_{Scoreboard update!}

_{20 points - JimZ}

_{15 points - Harvey}

_{10 points - Hauptmann}

_{9 points - UB6365}

_{8 points - Christophe}

_{8 points - Gunner 1}

_{3 points - Valter}

_{2 points - kapten_windu}

_{1 point - Tachel}

_{Question 76 is in the hands of UB6365.}

_Jim

Hi well done UB,

Try to curtail the replies to one post when its a multipart quesion - unless you are adding additional background info, sometimes, other members may reply at the same time and that could cause problems as to who gave the first correct reply!

But very good. Your answer is indeed correct. The subordiante was Vladimir Putin whom he calls a "war criminal" as a result of actions in the Chechniya conflict. I am considering this as part of the answer as you posted the wiki link where it says this.

The point is yours, as is the next question. Well done.

Jim :cheers:

Question 75:

Born to an NKVD officer, I lived much of my life overseas.

I reached the higher ranks of my outfit, making history with my rank as I did so.

I fell out of favour and lost my postion, only to have it returned to me within a year. I even made it to the Supreme Soviet.

I was tried, on demand of my subordinate, and was sentenced to imprisonment. I however remain free in the West.

Who am I?

What was my unit?

What about my rank made history?

Why did I fall out of favour and who removed and re-instated me?

Why was I sentenced to imprisonment?

Where do I live?

What terms did I use to describe my subordinate?

Tell us the story of our person....And enjoy the hunt.....

Jim :cheers:

Scoreboard update!

20 points - JimZ

15 points - Harvey

10 points - Hauptmann

8 points - Christophe

8 points - UB6365

8 points - Gunner 1

3 points - Valter

2 points - kapten_windu

1 point - Tachel

Question 75 will come up tomorrow as its night time here and I am knackered.

Veru glad to have managed to answer this myself....The next big numbers that we should look out for are question #100 and post #1000 on the 2011 Soviet Quiz.

Jim

Monument to Chkalov in Nizhny Novogorod. His birth village in this region was renamed from Vasilyevo to Chkalov in his honour.

Thanks!

More info on: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valery_Chkalov

His picture from the site:

I am Valery Pavlovich Chkalov

I was an Aviator who flew from Moscow to Vancouver, Washington in a non stop 63 hour flight

I Died flying a prototype Polikarpov I-180 fighter which crashed suring its test flight.

Scoreboard update!

19 points - JimZ

15 points - Harvey

10 points - Hauptmann

8 points - Christophe

8 points - UB6365

8 points - Gunner 1

3 points - Valter

2 points - kapten_windu

1 point - Tachel

Gunner and UB are neck to neck after the last two questions where they each earned a point. They've also caught up with Christophe.

Question 74 now belongs to Gunner 1 !!!

Jim

Enjoy California!!! No stress.... rest assured we'll be waiting!!!

Jim :cheers:

As a further note - I am really OK with sitting out on questions to help the person asking the question set the hints.

Should anyone ever needs help - just send me a PM and I'll help.

That should iron out any language problems.

Best of luck to all, and awaiting the next question eagerly.

Scoreboard update!

19 points - JimZ

15 points - Harvey

10 points - Hauptmann

8 points - Christophe

7 points - UB6365

7 points - Gunner 1

3 points - Valter

2 points - kapten_windu

1 point - Tachel

Question 72 belongs to Gunner 1 !!!

Ok Christophe.....I actually agree with your original post.

Gunner did guess the "Group" in question so he does deserve the point.....

Awarded!!

I will wait for Christophe's feed back.....

....since the last question went unanswered, I will set things in motion again with a new question myself - Points will remain unchanged as per the last update.....

Jim :cheers:

Guys,

I have had a word with UB and have explained to him that the quesions and hints are way to cryptic, and we are risking having players losing interest in the quiz.

The idea of the quiz is to keep things moving, having ideally a new question or even two per day. This keeps us coming back for more.

I have also explained that tough questions kill the quiz as members simply lose interest and drop out.

The game is all about answering as many questions rather than asking tough questions, and in a way, each one of us should be trying to get out of asking the question so that we can answer the next one.

Agreed, the last few questions have been tough. I have asked UB6365 to look at some of the earlier questions to get a feel of the style and I am sure, his next challenges will be less complicated.

So lets press the reset button and try to get things onto the right track.

May I thank you all for playing so far....the quiz is dead without your feedback so every player is greatly appreciated as it keeps things alive!!!

Christophe - as you are the daddy of the quiz is there anything else that you might like to add?

Jim

No Christophe,

Speedytop was following up on the previous question.

Looks like we've tripped up again.

Lets wait for UB6365 to come back to us with some hints and hopefully, things will get back to their regular flow.

Jim :cheers: