Christophe

Kursk, of course, but... I thought about it , but... Ch.

Hi Belaruski, Did this happen in Belarus ? Cheers. Ch.

Congratulations Belaruski. You are the winner!!! Not easy, as there were not so many clues... The photographer is indeed Li Zhensheng. Here is how he is decribed in Wikipedia : "Li Zhensheng (born September 22, 1940) is a Chinese photojournalist who captured some of the most telling images from the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, better known as the Chinese Cultural Revolution. His employment at the Heilongjiang Daily, a turned-propaganda newspaper during the revolution, and his decision to wear a red arm band indicating an alliance with Chairman Mao Zedong, allowed him a rare access to scenes which have since been only described in written and verbal accounts. His recent publication of the book, "Red-Color News Soldier" exhibits in vivid detail both the prolific nature of revolutionary ideals in China and, more notably, many of the atrocities that occurred during the Cultural Revolution. The Heilongjiang Daily newspaper had a strict policy in accordance with a government dictate that only "positive" images could be published, which consisted mostly of smiling revolutionaries offering praise for Chairman Mao. The "negative" images, which depicted the atrocities of the time, were hidden beneath a floorboard in his house where they sat for over 40-years before he would bring them to public light at a photo exhibit in 1988." See more here : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Zhensheng Here is also his official website : http://red-colornewssoldier.com/toc.html Bravo, Belaruski, Your turn, now!!!! Cheers. Ch.

I don't know why, but looks like inspired by the German Naval wound badge... Cheers. Ch.

Ed, I'm discovering this thread today only... This is one of the reasons that make you get interest in Mongolian awards. But, I still resist the slippery slope... At least, I try... Cheers. Ch.

Question #109 Let's stay with photographers... Who am I ? I'm a Chinese photojournalist who captured some of the most telling images from the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, better known as the Chinese Cultural Revolution. I worked for a Daily where only postitive pics were allowed to be published. I have seen and photographied many of the atrocities that occurred during the Cultural Revolution. My other photos (those of atrocities) have only recently been published. Attached is a pic I have taken in Beijing (Pekin) on 18 October 1966. It shows a young Red Guard dancing the Loyalty Dance, waiting for Mao to arrive on Tienanmen Square. Who am I ? Good hunt and good luck!!!! Cheers. Ch.

I have also this book. It helped me a lot for the victory... Cheers. Ch.

Hi Christian, Many thanks. I could difficultly let this victory escape, on the birthday (18 months) of our Quiz... Thanks also for the Celan poem, that I did not know. About this famous puc of Khaldei, I have seen it in an exhibition that was displayed in Berlin in 1998-99, I believe, in the Museum Berlin-Karlshorst. It was displayed with several of the Red flag on the top of the Reichstag. It has been used several times as a cover for books. You will find attached the cover of a book called "Berlin 1945. A documentation" (in English, but exists in German), which is based on the famous permanent exhibition in Berlin : "Topographie des Terrors". Last, you will find attached a link where to buy Khaldei pics signed by the author : http://www.schicklerart.com/exh/khaldei/kh...hotographs.html Cheers. Ch.

Lazarre Ponticelli is born Italian and came in France at the age of 9. He fought on the fronts of Soissons, Argonne and Douaumont (Verdun). From 1915, he is "obliged" to fight under the Italian uniform (3rd regiment of Chasseurs Alpins) against the Austrians in the Tyrol. Ch.

Here is a document of the French Ministry of Defence (in french) with the portraits of our 2 Poilus : http://www.defense.gouv.fr/onac/content/do...mars%202007.pdf Ch.

This is the Medal for the Indochina Campaign. Instituted on 1st August 1953. Price ? Here in France, around 10-12 euros. Hope this helps. Cheers. Ch.

Bryan, paved the way , I will try to complete. 1) Who am I? I am the poet Yevgeni Dolmatovski. 2) Where (exact location!) and when (exact date!) had this photograph been shot? Taken in Berlin close to the Brandenburg Gate, at what was called at that time the Hindenburg Platz (today Platz des 18. M?rz). The Reichstag is in the background. The pic has been taken on 2 May 1945. 3) Who had been the photographer (a rather famous one )? Yevgeny Khaldei, the author of the famous pic of the red flag on the top of the Reichstag. 4) At the time, when the photograph had been shot, I had been together with a really famous Soviet General - who? General Vassili Chuikov. 5) I also met an important German General for a talk (during the war and he had not been a POW!) and what did that German General offer to us? On 1st May 1945, we met with the German Chief of Staff Hans Krebs. He offered to negotiate the conditions of a surrender between Goebbels and the Red Army. Refused. 6) With which famous Soviet composer did I work together (writing lyrics)? Dimitri Shostakovich. We can mention : Shostakovich - Quatre chants sur des paroles de Evgueni Dolmatovski, opus 86, pour voix et piano(1950-1951). Cheers. Ch.

Back to the Quiz... Question #107 : Who am I ? I'm born in 1905, in Ukraine, from an emancipated Jewish family. As a writer, I began with short stories, while being an engineer in the Donbass. One of my first short stories has been remarked by Gorky and Bulgakov. During GPW, I volunteered for the front, and became a war reporter for a newspaper bearing the name of a famous Soviet Order. I covered many battles, and I reported many horrors of the war. But, later, in conflict with the Soviet regime, I died without seeing my most famous book published in the USSR. Who am I ? This one shouldn't be too difficult... Good luck and good hunt!!!! Cheers. Ch.

That's true, but not only the Summary, but the whole Quiz!!!! Cheers. Ch.

Hi Christian, Many thanks. In fact, I have also included this new post in the post #1 of the Quiz, just after the "rules of the game", so that everyone discovering the Quiz can search a subject. I will, of course, update regularly this Summary. Long Life to the Quiz!!!! Cheers. Ch.

Very nice Order of Saint Michel. Many thanks for the pic Hendrik . When I think I did not get time enough to come back there since several months... Cheers. Ch.

Summary Tomorrow, we will celebrate the 18 months of this little Quiz. I thought it could be helpful to display in a clear manner all the topics dealt through our questions and answers. This post will help us (and all the other visitors of the Quiz) to view or read again some interesting subjects that could end lost in the "jungle" of so many pages. I also hope it will attract new "players" for the Quiz. I will try to position this post at the beginning of the Quiz, so that it can easily be seen by newcomers. Are shown below : * Subject / question dealt - Number of the post where has been asked the question. Enjoy discovering / reading again some interesting trivia!!! Cheers. Ch. 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 - #874 * USSR - Order of Lenin - #88 * USSR - Order of Stalin - #243 & #1228 * USSR - Medal for Bravery - #170 * USSR - Medals for Defense / Capture / Liberation - #25 * USSR - Krupskaya Medal of Merit in Teaching and Education - #625 Personalities (Awards) * France - Marcel Lef?vre's awards - #186 * Mongolia - S?khbaatar, Dandzan & Choibalsan - #1242 * USSR - Marshal Georgi Zhukov's awards - #2 * USSR - Recipients #1 of some of the USSR major orders - #585 Personalities (Identification) * Austria - Commander Alexander L?hr - #1131 * Egypt - Hakim Abdel Amer - #278 * Germany - Klara Zetkin - #30 * India - Subadar Birta Sing Gurung - #290 * 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 * USA - Henry Morgenthau Jr - #932 * USSR - Sultan Amet-Khan - #574 * USSR - Commander Vasili Arkhipow - #1065 * USSR - Georgiy Baidukov - #1004 * USSR - Snr-Lieutenant Vicktor Belenko - #1095 * USSR - Lavrentyi Beria - #944 * USSR - Alexander Buchin - #426 * USSR - Marshal Semyon Budyonny - #743 * USSR - General Vassily Chuikov - #20 * USSR - Lt-General Kuzma Gurov - #718 * USSR - Lt-General Ignatii Karpezo - #236 * USSR - Alexandr Kollontai - #376 * USSR - Marshal Ivan Konev - #66 * 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 - Zina Portnova - #490 * USSR - Nina Potsova - #302 * USSR - Alla Pugachova - #267 * USSR - General Aleksandr Rodimtsev - #735 * USSR - General Isaac Salzmann - #533 * USSR - Svetlana Savitskaya - #1046 * USSR - Professor Otto Schmidt - #564 * USSR - Marshal Boris Shaposhnikov - #772 * USSR - Georgi Shpagin - #249 * USSR - Maj-General Nikolai Stakhanov - #986 * USSR - Marshal Joseph Stalin - #732 & #1200 * USSR - General Matvei Vainrub - #708 * Yugoslavia - General Konstantin Popovic - #671 * Yugoslavia - Marshal Josip Tito - #364, #603 & #1226 Historical events * 1942 - Last defender of Brest Fortress - #847 * 1942 - Operation Uranus - #955 * 1969 - Czechoslovakia Hockey Riots - #515 * 1979 - Visit of French President in Berlin - #891 Architecture / sites * Baku - Monument to Kirov - #386 * Berlin - Check Point Charlie - #164 * Minsk - Monument to Victory - #618 * Moscow - Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War - #518 & #648 * Moscow - Fountain of the Friendship of Nations - #1233 * Moscow - State Kremlin Palace - #522 * 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 Aircraft, weapons, military equiment... * 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 * Dogs & Military Leaders of WW2 - #648 * Gagarin's car - #460 * Iran, Serbia, Venezuela & International Community - #915 * Operation Solo - #804 * Psychotronic weapons - #1082 * Red Army's ranks (Senior Marshal of Communications Troops &Senior Marshal of Engineering Troops) - #581 * Soviet defectors - #1165 * SOXMIS (Soviet Mission in West-Germany) - #902 * "The Watch That Went To Moscow" - #309

Ed, Many thanks . I think I will have to buy this book ... Cheers. Ch.

Hi Ed, Again, tanks for this superb challenge!!! I' have to say I'm quite proud of this "victory" . About the references you posted (awards and dates), are they published in any book (and which ones ?), or are they from your own researches ? (or both ? ). Many thanks in advance. Cheers. Ch.

It seems to be a very small one. Thanks for the pics. Cheers. Ch.

Interesting, Belaruski. Thanks for posting it. How is the back ? Cheers. Ch.

Again, a few stats : This small game has now been launched 17 months ago now (on 1 Nov. 2005), and since : * 106 questions asked, * with 1,255 answers, * This quiz has been viewed more than 12,065 times. * 32 Members of the Forum played, and 25 correctly answered at least 1 question : Nb of good answers : * 17 : Christian (Zulus) * 14 : Christophe * 9 : Bryan (Soviet) * 8 : Simon (Red Threat) * 6 : Jim (JimZ) * 5 : Belaruski, Carol I and Ed (Haynes). * 4 : Franck (Knarf) and Wild Card. * 3 : Andreas (Alfred), Auke (Ferdinand) and Kim (Kimj). * 2 : Chuck (in Oregon), Gerd (Becker), Ivan (Piramida), Jan (vatjan) and Order of Victory. * 1 : Dan (Hauptman), Darrell, Daredevil, Dave (Navy FCO), Dudeman, Rick (Stogieman) and Steen (Ammentorp). This is a great achievement. Thanks to all for your participation. Now, let's continue to have fun with the 107th question... Mine!!!

Ed, It was not easy (at least for me.... ). I just tried to guess what you could have in mind when asking this challenge !!!! Happy of this I somehow feared the ridiculous : "out of subject"... Ed, Superb challenge that allowed me to know more bout Mongolian history and the leaders of this not so well known (by me) country. Thanks again. Cheers. Ch.

I also wanted to add this fantastic thread from you, Ed : http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=10329 about the Mongolian leaders awards. Cheers. Ch.

Yes, they give a flavour of authenticity, of "I was there"!!! And the book of Le tissier, as his other ones, is FANTASTIC!!!!! Cheers. Ch.