Soviet Soviet & Eastern Block Quiz - 2008

[Christophe]

Now, a very easy one :

Question #217

We are several sisters :

* Филёвская

* Сокольническая

* Люблинская

* Калининская

Who are we ?

Who is the older amongst us ?

It is really easy. If no one finds before tomorrow evening, I will post the names in roman alphabet.

Good hunt and good luck...

Cheers.

Ch.

[Taz]

Now, a very easy one :

Question #217

We are several sisters :

* Филёвская

* Сокольническая

* Люблинская

* Калининская

Who are we ?

Who is the older amongst us ?

It is really easy. If no one finds before tomorrow evening, I will post the names in roman alphabet.

Good hunt and good luck...

Cheers.

Ch.

Hi Christophe

Lines of the Moscow Metro?

The Sokolnicheskaya Line dates back to 1935, and would be is the first line of the Moscow Metro.

Or am I on the wrong track?

Regards Eddie

[Christophe]

Hi Eddie,

Welcome to the Quiz!!!!!

This is a nice quick first victory !!

You are right, these "sisters" are the Moscow Metro lines.

And the oldest one, the Sokolnicheskaya Line, dates back to 1935, and is the first line of the Moscow Metro.

Congratulations !!!

Your turn, now.

Cheers.

Ch.

[Christian Zulus]

In adding all these results, this gives as a grand total :

* Christian (Zulus) - 641+ days.

* Bryan (Soviet) - 309 days.

* Christophe - 164 days.

* Dave (Navy FCO) - 34 days.

So, you are by far the N?1 of the Quiz!!!!!

But, keep in mind that Marc (Lapa) is the N?1 for good answers in the Quiz 2008.

Oooups .... almost 2 years

Marc (Lapa) has far more knowledge about Soviet awards, than me .

Best regards

Christian

[Christian Zulus]

Hi Eddie,

Welcome to the Quiz!!!!!

This is a nice quick first victory !!

Dear Eddie,

congratulations to your victory

Best regards

Christian

[Wild Card]

That was a good one!

Congratulations Taz :cheers:

[Christophe]

Hi Eddie,

Congratulations again !!

Your turn, now....

Cheers.

Ch.

[Taz]

Thank you Christophe and Christian,

I hope you don't mind if I defer on asking the next question?

Please go ahead if you have one prepared.

TIA Eddie

[Christophe]

No ready question from me....

If any member has one, please, feel free to post.

Cheers.

Ch.

[Wild Card]

I have an easy one that will buy us a little time. May I?

[Christophe]

Yes!!!!!!!

Ch.

[Wild Card]

Thank you Christophe. When, by chance, I came across this I could not believe it; but it is true. As I said, an easy one...

I was killed in action in January 1942. I was a pilot with the rank of Lieutenant. Although my combat record was only nine

successful combat missions during which I brought down three (I think) enemy aircraft, I was awarded a Gold Star of Hero

of the Soviet Union. Only nine missions? There must be something else. Three planes? Surely there is something else.

Who am I?

[Christian Zulus]

I was killed in action in January 1942. I was a pilot with the rank of Lieutenant. Although my combat record was only nine

successful combat missions during which I brought down three (I think) enemy aircraft, I was awarded a Gold Star of Hero

of the Soviet Union. Only nine missions? There must be something else. Three planes? Surely there is something else.

Who am I?

Dear Wild Card,

did our hero receive his Gold Star BEFORE January 1942 or posthum ?

Must had been very special combat missions ...

Maybe our hero belonged to the crews, which bombed Berlin ?

Best regards

Christian

BTW: Great question - difficult & tricky

[Wild Card]

Hello Christian Zulus.

Our subject?s Gold Star award was posthumous; but, and this should help searches, the award was made less than three months after his death.

I must say that when I posted this question, I was certain that it would be solved within an hour. As I said, ?Only nine missions? There must be something else. Three planes? Surely there is something else.?

Okay. I will make it real easy. In a society where all are equal, what?s in a name?

[Christophe]

Hi to all,

Here is an updated version of the Summary.

Summary #2

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

* Imperial Russia - St George Cross - #290

* USSR - Hero of the Socialist Labour - #267

* USSR - The two latest Soviet awards instituted by the USSR - #149

Personalities (Awards)

* USSR - Oleg Antonov - #382

Personalities (Identification)

* Hungary - Kun Bela - #462

* Italy - Palmiro Togliatti - #546

* USSR - Rostislav Alexeev - #373

* USSR - Mykola Bazhan - #361

* USSR - Marshal Sergey Khudyakov - #492

* USSR - Ursula Kuczynski aka Ursula Beurton - #260

* USSR - Marshal Alexander Golovanov - #199

* USSR - Yuri Levitan - #462

* USSR - Sergey Vladimirovich Mikhalkov - #573

* USSR - Marshal Aleksandr Pokryshkin - #326

* USSR - Rozalia Zemlyachka - #52

Historical events

* 1907 - Raid against Bank of Tiflis, ordered by Lenin - #278

* 1940 - Attack against Leon Trotsky in Mexico - #274

* 1942-43 - Battle of Nevsky Pyatachok - #100

* 1943 - German defensive Blue Line - #450

* 1960 - Gary power's U2 - #12

* 1961 - Big Ivan / Tsar Bomba nuclear weapon - #399

* 1970 - Soviet return Apollo capsule to the USA - #368

* 1981 - Plane crash of Admiral Psotnikov and entire commanding staff of the Pacific Fleet - #30

Architecture / sites

* Kirkenes (Norway) - Victory monument - #422

* Moscow - Metro - #601

* Moscow - Moskva Hotel - #516

Aircraft, weapons, military equipment...

* Rostislav Alexeev and Ekranoplans - #373

* HMS L55 / Bezbozhnik submarine - #338

* Lavochkin La-7 fighter - #247

* Sukhoi-34 fighter - #447

* 1947 Soviet Aviation Day - #298

Other topics

* Chief Marshal Amazasp Babadzhanyan and Vasily Grossman - #184

* The Berliner train in DDR - #79

* Choibalsan's boots offered to Zhujov - #225

* Soviet Cosmonauts - #538

* Lenin chessboard offered to France - #549

* Soviet Lunar exploration - #407

* 1980 Olympic Games mascot - #502

* Soviet People's Commissariats during GPW - #71

* 1965 "Plan of the 'Easterners' First Massive Nuclear Strike" Wargame - #329

* Poland Battlefield Chaplains - #589

* Vladimir Posner and Peter Jennings "Space Bridges" - #432

* First and last Presidents of the USSR - #203

* Propiska - USSR Internal Passport system - #165

* Traktor / Traktir - #506

* Carl Zeiss Jena's multispectral camera for space-missions MKF 6 - #281

Ch.

[Wild Card]

Gentlemen,

I guess that I owe you an apology. When I posted this question, I thought that some of our members would have the answer. I admit that it would be hard to find through standard searches.

So, unless anyone objects, I will give you the answer.

Regards,

Wild Card

P.S. A famous academy bears our subject's family name.

Edited December 20, 2008 by Wild Card

[Christophe]

Hey, Wild Card!!!!! Just wait a little bit... Not time enough until now to look at it.... Just wait until tomorrow night... OK ?

Cheers.

Ch.

[Ferdinand]

Timur Mikhailovich Frunze! He was the son of the famous Mikhail Vasilyevich Frunze and after his death in 1925 raised by Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov. Other than that, nothing special about him...

[Ferdinand]

In ten days he completed nine missions, participated in three air battles and shot down two aircraft. He perished during an air battle on 19 January 1942 and was awarded the HSU title on 16 March 1942.

[Christophe]

Hey Auke, seems well done. Let's see what Wild Card will tell...

Cheers.

Ch.

[Wild Card]

Ladies and Gentlemen!

Fellow Forum Members!!

We have a winner!!! :jumping:

Congratulations to Ferdinand.

The subject, answer to our question, is indeed Lieutenant Timur Mikkhailovich Frunze. As pointed out by Ferdinand, young Frunze was raised by Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov and family after his father died under questionable circumstances during an operation in 1925.

Certainly young Frunze had a promising career ahead of him. What he might have accomplished we will never know. To speculate, while fun is pointless, especially when one considers that in those times, accomplishment and a promising career often led to an early demise. As it is, in this case, nine missions and two enemy aircraft downed produced the Gold Star that surely would have appeared later under more deserving circumstances.

Congratulations Ferdinand and thank you all for your patience; and if I may -

Best wishes to all for a Happy Holiday Season,

Wild Card

[Christophe]

Hi Auke, Congratulations!!!!

Your turn, now !! Or Eddie (Taz)'s one as he won the previous one. Up to you!!!

Meanwhile, here are a few stats :

Quiz 2008 :

* 47 questions asked,

* with 620 answers,

* and viewed more than 5,840 times.

Nb of good answers for the Quiz 2008 :

* 11 : Marc (Lapa)

* 7 : Christophe

* 6 : Christian (Zulus)

* 5 : Dan (Hauptman) & Frank (Knarf)

* 3 : Marco (marcotk) & Auke (Ferdinand)

* 2 : Alex (RedMaestro)

* 1 : Brendan (ANZAC), Eddie (Taz), Jim (JimZ) & Wild Card

Complete statistics since this Quiz has been launched (on 1 Nov. 2005) :

* 218 questions asked,

* with 2,765 answers,

* This quiz has been viewed more than 30,500 times.

* 43 Members of the Forum played, and 32 correctly answered at least 1 question :

Nb of good answers :

* 41 : Christian (Zulus)

* 39 : Christophe

* 17 : Frank (Knarf)

* 13 : Jim (JimZ)

* 11 : Bryan (Soviet) & Marc (Lapa)

* 10 : Dan (Hauptman)

* 9 : Auke (Ferdinand)

* 8 : Simon (Red Threat)

* 6 : Belaruski, Carol I & Ed (Haynes)

* 5 : Wild Card.

* 3 : Andreas (Alfred), Ivan (Piramida), Kim (Kimj) & Marco (marcotk).

* 2 : Alex (RedMaestro), Chuck (in Oregon), Gerd (Becker), Jan (vatjan) & Order of Victory.

* 1 : Brendan (ANZAC), Charles (Hunyadi), Darrell, Daredevil, Dave (Navy FCO), Dudeman, Eddie (Taz), Filip (Drugo), Rick (Stogieman) & Steen (Ammentorp).

This is a great achievement. Thanks to all for your participation in this Quiz.

Now, let's play for the 219th question, Auke's or Eddie's !!

Cheers.

Ch.

[Taz]

Ok guys I'll have a go

Bit cryptic

Three officers on board dancing Foxtrot? Two were for, one against WW III.

Regards Eddie

Edited December 21, 2008 by Taz

[Christophe]

Woooww !!! That's a cryptic one!! Let's work on it...

Ch.

[Christophe]

Ok guys I'll have a go

Bit cryptic

Three officers on board dancing Foxtrot? Two were for, one against WW III.

Regards Eddie

Would it be linked to the Foxtrot class submarine (Project 641). Foxtrot was the NATO reporting name of a class of diesel-electric patrol submarines that were built in the Soviet Union.

Foxtrots played a central role in some of the most dramatic incidents of the Cuban Missile Crisis. US Navy destroyers dropped Practice Depth Charges near Foxtrot subs near Cuba in efforts to force them to surface and be identified. The US Navy was not aware that these submarines were carrying torpedoes equipped with nuclear warheads. On submarine B-59, the Captain, believing that a war might already be in progress, ordered a nuclear torpedo armed for use; apparently two other high-ranking officers on board, notably Vasiliy Arkhipov, calmed him down.

Is it this ?

Ch.