Christophe

Soviet & Eastern Block Quiz - 2008 - Season 3 Soviet & Eastern Block Trivia After the success of the Soviet & Eastern Block Quiz "2006-2007" (Seasons 1 & 2), I am relaunching here a new edition for 2008 (Season 3). This new Quiz is the successor of the first Quiz you can find here : http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=3144 This Quiz having become too long (more than 100 pages); we decided to split it in the future, with each year (or Season ) a new Quiz. The rules remain the same. This sort of quiz or trivia game has been very successful on other forums, and here also it has been very educative (and fun!)... The topic is wide enough (Soviet Union & former Eastern Block Countries' history, people, awards...), to allow each of us to find answers and ask for new challenges... All Forum members are eligible to participate, but there needs to be a few ground (and "classical") rules so there is no confusion among Forum members. 1. Discuss only one trivia item at a time so as not to confuse what is being discussed with other Forum members. 2. Once a Forum member guesses the correct trivia question, that member can then post their trivia question. Or if they wish can pass it on to another Forum member. 3. To ensure we keep this thread friendly, there should be no heckling, bantering, quarrelling or arguing with another person when he or she does not correctly answer the trivia question. Never forget we are amongst Gentlemen (or -women). 4. The trivia question must have a connection to the Soviet Union & former Eastern Block Countries, as it is the purpose of this Forum. The trivia could involve history, people, awards, badges or items. The trivia question needs to relate to a timeframe. For example, when was this award first established? Or When did East Germany come into existence? 5. When the question is answered, the original poster should give background about the fact, the person, the item in question. 6. No posting items to just show you have one unless its adds to the post that is being discussed or shown. This thread is for all of us to have some fun and at the same time educate ourselves and learn differently about Soviet Union & Eastern Block Countries. Have fun and enjoy this thread along with making new Forum friends!!! So, now, let's play ! Ch.

Hi Marc, It was displayed in a "private" exhibition of the Russian Navy, that was held in St Petersburg, two year ago, on the occasion of a Naval Show. I could only guess it is from the Central Naval Museum, but real chances are it is from the collection of one of those hundreds of "private" museums that each industry, military administration... owns. As already said, nice to se you here, BTW. Cheers. Ch.

Here is a pic of one, taken in St Petersburg. Ch.

Hi to all, Before I definitely close this first edition of the Quiz (Seasons 1 & 2 ), here is an updated version of the Summary. Summary #4 Here are all the topics dealt through our questions and answers of this little Quiz. Are shown below : * Subject / question dealt - Number of the post where has been asked the question. Awards / Orders & Medals * GDR - Title Hero fo the GDR - #153 * GDR - Order of Karl Marx - #359 * India - Ashoka Chakra awarded to Soviet citizens - #131 * Mongolia - Medal Cosmonaut of the MPR - #110 & #601 * Russia - Order of Merit for the Country - #441 * SSR Georgia - Order of Red Banner of Labour - #222 * USSR - Honorary Revolutionary Weapons and early awards of the RSFSR - #874 & #1693 * USSR - Order of the Red Banner of Labour of the RSFSR - #1618 * USSR - Order of Glory - #1582 * USSR - Order of Lenin - #88 * USSR - Order of Stalin - #243 & #1228 * USSR - Order of Suvorov - #1341 * USSR - Orders with Serial Number 001 - #585 & #1366 * USSR - Medal for Bravery - #170 * USSR - Medals for Defense / Capture / Liberation - #25 * USSR - Medal 800 Years of Moscow - #1697 * USSR - Krupskaya Medal of Merit in Teaching and Education - #625 * Varia - Medals with guns - #1764 * Varia - Medals with tractors - #1934 Personalities (Awards) * France - Marcel Lef?vre's awards - #186 * Mongolia - S?khbaatar, Dandzan & Choibalsan - #1242 * USSR - Vasily Blyukhner - #1366 * USSR - Vice-Admiral Georgi Kholostyakov - #1341, #1345 & #1744 * USSR - Marshal of Aviation Vladimir Sudets - #1464 * USSR - Marshal Dmitri Yazov - #1804 * USSR - Marshal Georgi Zhukov's awards - #2, #1366, #1836 & #1965 * USSR - Highest ranking Soviet officer to receive a Partisan medal - #1522 * USSR - Recipients #1 of some of the USSR major orders - #585 & #1366 * USSR - Recipients of several classes of major awards of GPW - #1388 Personalities (Identification) * Austria - Commander Alexander L?hr - #1131 * China - Li Zensheng - #1279 * Egypt - Hakim Abdel Amer - #278 * Germany - Margot Honecker - #1957 * Germany - Ernst Reuter - #1460 * Germany - Ruth Werner - #1954 * Germany - Konrad Wolf - #1926 * Germany - Klara Zetkin - #30 * Hungary - Cserny J?zsef & the Lenin Boys - #2016 * Hungary - Bela Kun - #1910 * India - Subadar Birta Sing Gurung - #290 * Poland - Michał Rola-Żymierski - #1435 * Romania - Henri Coanda - #1119 * Romania - Maj-General Mihail Lascar - #928 * Romania - Hermann Oberth - #1059 * Russia - Valery Gergiev - #352 * Russia - Pyotr Nesterov - #854 * Russia - Admiral Fedor Ushakov - #81 * UK - Winston Churchill - #780 * UK - Baroness Clementine Spencer-Churchill - #329 * Ukraine - Lt General Mykola Sabilyi - #1846 * USA - Henry Morgenthau Jr - #932 * USSR - Sultan Amet-Khan - #574 * USSR - General Aleksei Antonov - #1477 * USSR - Commander Vasili Arkhipow - #1065 * USSR - Marshal Hovhannes Bagramyan - #2096 * USSR - Georgiy Baidukov - #1004 * USSR - Snr-Lieutenant Vicktor Belenko - #1095 * USSR - Lavrentyi Beria - #944 & #2067 * USSR - Alexander Buchin - #426 * USSR - Marshal Semyon Budyonny - #743 * USSR - General Vassily Chuikov - #20 * USSR - Yevgeni Dolmatovski - #1271 * USSR - Vasily Grosman - #1266 * USSR - Lt-General Kuzma Gurov - #718 * USSR - Lt-General Ignatii Karpezo - #236 * USSR - Mikhail Katukov - #1396 * USSR - Alexandra Kollontai - #376 & #2005 * USSR - Marshal Ivan Konev - #66 * USSR - Maria Konnenkova - #1753 * USSR - Nikita Khrushchev & friends - #623 * USSR - General Yakov Kreiser - #695 * USSR - Nadezhda Krupskaya - #1128 * USSR - Igor Kurchatov - #979 * USSR - Lenin, Trosky and Stalin - #920 * USSR - Nikolay Masalov - #504 * USSR - Pyotr Masherov - #752 * USSR - Vsevolod Merkulov - #252 * USSR - Sergey Mikhalkov & family - #878 * USSR - Maria Oktiabrskaia - #1141 * USSR - Lieutenant Os'kin - #1196 * USSR - Lyudmila Pavlichenko - #1050 * USSR - Colonel Alexander Pokryshkin - #2132 * USSR - Zina Portnova - #490 * USSR - Nina Potsova - #302 * USSR - Alla Pugachova - #267 * USSR - Mammad Amin Rasulzade - #2051 * USSR - General Aleksandr Rodimtsev - #735 * USSR - Dmitry Rogachev - #1467 * USSR - General Isaac Salzmann - #533 * USSR - Svetlana Savitskaya - #1046 * USSR - Professor Otto Schmidt - #564 * USSR - Ivan Serov - #1441 * USSR - Marshal Boris Shaposhnikov - #772 * USSR - Georgi Shpagin - #249 * USSR - Konstantin Simonov - #1307 * USSR - Igor Spassky - #1734 * USSR - Maj-General Nikolai Stakhanov - #986 * USSR - Marshal Joseph Stalin - #732 & #1200 * USSR - Fedor Tokarev - #1303 * USSR - General Matvei Vainrub - #708 * USSR - Andrei Zhdanov - #1455 * Yugoslavia - General Milan Nedic - #1418 * Yugoslavia - General Konstantin Popovic - #671 * Yugoslavia - Marshal Josip Tito - #364, #603 & #1226 Historical events * 1917 - October Revolution - #2009 * 1942 - Last defender of Brest Fortress - #847 * 1942 - Operation Uranus - #955 * 1943 - Battle of Neretva - #1411 * 1945 - Capture of Vienna - #1345 * 1961 - Berlin Wall - #1825 * 1967 - Incident submarine K-3 Leninsky Komsomol - #1703 * 1969 - Czechoslovakia Hockey Riots - #515 * 1977 - Soviet rockets explosion in DDR * 1979 - Visit of French President in Berlin - #891 * 1986 - Chernobyl helicopter pilots - #1979 * 1989 - The last ... of the Berlin Wall - #2122 Architecture / sites * Baku - Monument to Kirov - #386 * Berlin - Check Point Charlie - #164 * Berlin - First Soviet Parade Tribune - #1327 * Berlin - Palast der Republik, Honecker's office - #1313 * Minsk - Monument to Victory - #618 * Moscow - Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War - #518 & #648 * Moscow - Fountain of the Friendship of Nations - #1233 * Moscow - Lenin's Mausoleum - #1948 * Moscow - State Kremlin Palace - #522 * Moscow - VDNKh Exhibition Center - #1536 * New York - USSR Pavilion at the 1939 International Exhibition - #205 * Prag - Monument to Stalin - #537 * St Petersburg - Statue of Lenin - #46 * Stalingrad - Fountain "Playing Kids" - #230 * Stalingrad - Great Patriotic War Memorial - #60 & #995 * Sutjeska - Tjeniste Monument to Battle of Sutjeska - #665 * Vienna - Monument to the Red Army - #553 * Zhukovski - Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute (TsAGI) - #1636 Aircraft, weapons, military equiment... * Cruiser Lazar Kaganovich - #1502 * IAR-95 "Spey" fighter - #955 * KV-1 tank - #826 * Mig 15 - #896 * Obyekt 279 tank - #940 * Sergei Mironovich Kirov tank - #1105 * TB-3 & I-16 aircraft - #1035 * Tupolev 144 - #1204 Other topics * BARTCC (Berlin Air Route Traffic Control Center) - #1498 * Dogs & Military Leaders of WW2 - #648 * Dogs in Space - #1879 * Gagarin's car - #460 * GAZ - Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod - #1568 * Iran, Serbia, Venezuela & International Community - #915 * Ministers of War of the USSR - #1585 * Operation Solo - #804 * Protocols of Zion - #1817 * Psychotronic weapons - #1082 * Red Army's ranks (Senior Marshal of Communications Troops &Senior Marshal of Engineering Troops) - #581 * Soviet Forces in East Germany - #1489 & #1592 * Soviet defectors - #1165 & #1614 * SOXMIS (Soviet Mission in West-Germany) - #902 * Stalin's Hammer & Sickle telephone - #2090 * Fyodor Vidayev + Kursk submarines - #1285 * "The Watch That Went To Moscow" - #309 Ch.

I just think the screwnut is not original to the badge... Cheers. Ch.

Thanks Ed, I have to say I am still impressed by the quality of these "copies". And, now they cover nearly every medal... Cheers. Ch.

BTW, It seems that Capral has disappeared since a while... Their website is no more reachable... Does anyone know where they are ? Cheers. Ch.

Hi, Nothing to add, here, as many things have already been said... And probably more to come in this Forum or the other one... Ed, thi is a sad story, but IMHO, not sad enough to lead us of the collecting domain. We have to be vigilant even more, and what happened here is reaching high level of "creativity"... BTW, Dave, congrats!! You are better than Sherlock Holmes!!! ...and 15.000 JPGs... Pfouuuu!! Cheers. Ch.

Thanks guys !!! I agree that I did not expect such a successful thread when I launched it. But, again, its success is THANKS TO ALL OF YOU !!!! Cheers. Ch.

Hi Jim and all, I'm OK with the A option. This will give us a break!!! It will give me the opportunity to "close" the present Quiz, and open the new 2008 one, where Jim will be the first one to post a question. Great!!! Cheers. Ch.

Yes, Dan, let's go for the easy one !!! Cheers. Ch.

Hi Dan, No pb. We can wait for your question. The Quiz has not been so busy these last weeks that we can't wait a little and take some rest... Take the time you need. Cheers. Ch.

Dan, Congrats, well done !!! You made the link and answered quite correctly to nearly all the questions. Here are the answers : Question : These names, dates, facts have all something in common, and are all specific : * Christian Gaudian * Chris Gueffroy * 8 April 1989 * 16 April 1989 What is their common point ? Their common factor is obviously the Berlin Wall. And they are all the last ... (something) of the Berlin Wall. Each of them represents something similar linked to this common factor. For each of them, what is it ? Here are the answers : * Christian Gaudian was the last man wounded by fire shots. * Chris Gueffroy was the last man dead, victim of bullets at the Wall. * 8 April 1989 was the date of the last shots fired at the wall, when two youths tried to escape through the Chausseestrasse checkpoint. * 16 April 1989 was the date when an unknown man (about 18) drowned, trying to escape. He is the last dead of the Wall. This information I have found only in one book : Christopher Hilton - The Wall, the people's story. I frankly did not have time to check in the 40 something books I have on the Berlin Wall if it was mantioned in others. Cross checking sources... So, we can consider that Dan has perfectly well answered this question. Dan, congrats !!!! Your turn, now... Cheers. Ch.

Hi, Here is Question #170 : Should be an easy one... Time to relax... , after Frank super challenge . Question : These names, dates, facts have all something in common, and are all specific : * Christian Gaudian * Chris Gueffroy * 8 April 1989 * 16 April 1989 What is their common point ? Each of them represents something similar linked to this common factor. For each of them, what is it ? The winner is the first one able to answer these two questions, with the detailed specificity of each 4 points. Good hunt and good luck !! Cheers. Ch.

Time for a few stats... This small game has now been launched more than 2 years ago (on 1 Nov. 2005), and since : * 169 questions asked, * with 2,120 answers, * This quiz has been viewed more than 21,870 times. * 36 Members of the Forum played, and 27 correctly answered at least 1 question : Nb of good answers : * 35 : Christian (Zulus) * 31 : Christophe * 12 : Frank (Knarf) * 11 : Bryan (Soviet) & Jim (JimZ) * 8 : Simon (Red Threat) * 6 : Auke (Ferdinand), Belaruski, Carol I & Ed (Haynes) * 4 : Dan (Hauptman) & Wild Card. * 3 : Andreas (Alfred), Ivan (Piramida) & Kim (Kimj). * 2 : Chuck (in Oregon), Gerd (Becker), Jan (vatjan) & Order of Victory. * 1 : Charles (Hunyadi), Darrell, Daredevil, Dave (Navy FCO), Dudeman, Filip (Drugo), Rick (Stogieman) & Steen (Ammentorp). This is a great achievement. Thanks to all for your participation. Now, let's continue to have fun with the 170th question... Mine!!! Cheers. Ch.

Thanks Frank for your congratulations !!! It was clearly not an easy one !!! And, please, don't stop asking more questions!!! It will be my turn now... Time to think about the next challenge... Cheers. Ch.

Hi Frank, The last hints helped a lot... And, please, DON'T STOP ASKING QUESTIONS !!!!! What happened on 14th August 1977 ? On 14th August 1977 in this woods of Dannenwalde, happened a catastrophic disaster. The Soviet Army stocked 'Katjusha' - rockets around here. In a thunderstorm these rockets became ignited and a huge explosion led to fatal destructions in the environment. Official reportings talked about one injured soldier but unofficial informations talk about up to 100 fatalities. Also Nukes should be stored here. This day, the Soviet army has buried the "Katjuscha" rockets apparently n the earth to remove traces. Here is an article of the Berliner Zeitung about this story : http://www.berlinonline.de/berliner-zeitun...0062/index.html "The inhabitants of the surrounding places still remember well 14th August, 1977. At that time at noon a thunderstorm had gathered about 1 o'clock, shortly after a flash went in the "Katjuscha" rockets stacked on the ground and let several rockets explode. R?diger Ungewiss, the mayor of Dannenwalde, still knows that " suddenly these rockets about us flew about that ". In the neighbouring place Gransee a rocket set on fire a house roof, in prince's mountain / Havel a "Katjuscha" got stuck in immediate nearness of the railway station in the earth. Nevertheless, there were neither dead people nor injured persons in the local population. The number of the killed Soviet soldiers is not determined till this day(so far). To remove the tracks(traces) of the misfortune(accident), the Sowiet Army buried all rockets - whether they were damaged or not - in the earth. The authorities informed the population on site, merely one material store has flown in the air." Here why the zinc coffins were used... Cheers. Ch.

I would just add : any nuclear aspect, here ? Ch.

Hi, Not an easy one... I could guess that zinc coffins are used for damaged corpses remains? So, if this is correct, several options : they found corpses of German soldiers or civilians killed by the Soviets during WW2, or Nazi high rank dignitaries corpses... Or a inhabited flying soccer ? Cheers. Ch.

Ed, I can only agree!!! And I will have a shot of vodka there (again) as soon as next Thursday!!! Cheers. Ch.

You are absolutely right Jim. BTW, not an easy one... Cheers. Ch.

Excellent, did not know that. I will try to know more about it... Thanks a lot. Cheers. Ch.

Excellent, did not know that. I will try to know more about it... Thanks a lot . Cheers. Ch.

I would say maybe the eye of Felix ? But this won't help for questions 3 and 4... Cheers. Ch.

I have the same question that in the thread about the Yugo passport... Why the bilingual language in french for the older passport ? Cheers. Ch.