Taz Posted December 21, 2008 Posted December 21, 2008 He he, way too easy well done Christophe!!!One of the most dangerous moments in the Cuban Missile Crisis was unrecognized until the Cuban Missile Crisis Havana conference in October 2002, attended by many of the veterans, at which it was learned that on October 26th, 1962 the USS Beale had depth-charged an unidentified submarine which was in fact Soviet and armed with nuclear weapons. An argument broke out among the three commanders with Vasiliy Arkhipov being against their use. He is thus credited with averting the breakout of nuclear war at that moment.Captain Savitsky, Political Officer Ivan Semonovich Maslennikov, and Second Captain Arkhipov were entitled to launch the torpedos if they agreed unanimously in favour of doing so. An argument broke out among the three, in which only Arkhipov was against making the attack, eventually persuading Savitsky to surface the submarine and await orders from Moscow. The nuclear warfare which presumably would have ensued was thus averted.At the conference commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis held in Havana on 13th October 2002, Robert McNamara admitted that nuclear war had come much closer than people had thought. Thomas Blanton, director of the National Security Archive, said that "a guy called Vasili Arkhipov saved the world."Regards Eddie
Christophe Posted December 22, 2008 Author Posted December 22, 2008 Thanks Eddie,I will be away from internet from tomorrow night for at least one week. So if anyone wants to take the new challenge... Auke, maybe ?Cheers.Ch.
Ferdinand Posted December 23, 2008 Posted December 23, 2008 Here's a new one that isn't too difficult.Approximately 431.000 women were awarded the title "Mother-Heroine", and one man. What was his name and why was he awarded the title?
RedMaestro Posted December 23, 2008 Posted December 23, 2008 Here's a new one that isn't too difficult.Approximately 431.000 women were awarded the title "Mother-Heroine", and one man. What was his name and why was he awarded the title?From wikipedia:"The only man to be awarded the title was Veniamin Makarov (Макаров, Вениамин Петрович) from Orenburg, who raised 12 adopted boys.[1]"-Alex
RedMaestro Posted December 23, 2008 Posted December 23, 2008 Hmm, too easy I guess.Your turn!Thanks! No good questions are coming to mind, so I'm passing my turn to first person who takes it.
Christian Zulus Posted December 30, 2008 Posted December 30, 2008 He he, way too easy well done Christophe!!!Dear Christophe,congratulations to your 40th victory and your 2nd HSA .Best regards ChristianBTW: HSA = "Hero of Socialistic Answering" (20 correct answers = 1 HSA). The (virtual) medal is ident to the HSL :rolleyes:
Christophe Posted January 1, 2009 Author Posted January 1, 2009 Hi Christian,Many thanks for your congratulations. Hi to all,I believe it is now time to close our Quiz 2008 and open a new one, the Quiz 2009 !!! Here are the final 2008 stats :Quiz 2008 :* 49 questions asked,* with 632 answers,* and viewed more than 5,950 times.Nb of good answers for the Quiz 2008 :* 11 : Marc (Lapa)* 8 : Christophe* 6 : Christian (Zulus)* 5 : Dan (Hauptman) & Frank (Knarf)* 3 : Alex (RedMaestro), Auke (Ferdinand) & Marco (marcotk)* 1 : Brendan (ANZAC), Eddie (Taz), Jim (JimZ) & Wild CardThe 2008 winner is without any doubt : Marc (Lapa), with 11 victories !!!! Congratulations, Marc. I hope you will be as successful as this year in 2009!!!! Complete statistics since this Quiz has been launched (on 1 Nov. 2005) :* 220 questions asked,* with 2,776 answers,* This quiz has been viewed more than 31,000 times.* 43 Members of the Forum played, and 32 correctly answered at least 1 question :Nb of good answers :* 41 : Christian (Zulus) * 40 : 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 : Alex (RedMaestro), Andreas (Alfred), Ivan (Piramida), Kim (Kimj) & Marco (marcotk).* 2 : 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 221st question, that will be the first oen of the Quiz 2009!! Cheers.Ch.
Christophe Posted January 1, 2009 Author Posted January 1, 2009 Hi to all,Here is the final updated version of the Summary for the Quiz 2008.Summary #3Here 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* USSR - Only man awarded the Title "Mother Heroine" - #628Personalities (Awards)* USSR - Oleg Antonov - #382Personalities (Identification)* Hungary - Kun Bela - #462* Italy - Palmiro Togliatti - #546* USSR - Rostislav Alexeev - #373* USSR - Mykola Bazhan - #361* USSR - Timur Frunze - #612* 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 - #52Historical 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 - #30Architecture / sites* Kirkenes (Norway) - Victory monument - #422* Moscow - Metro - #601* Moscow - Moskva Hotel - #516Aircraft, weapons, military equipment...* Rostislav Alexeev and Ekranoplans - #373* Foxtrot class submarine - #623* HMS L55 / Bezbozhnik submarine - #338* Lavochkin La-7 fighter - #247* Sukhoi-34 fighter - #447* 1947 Soviet Aviation Day - #298Other 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 - #281Ch.
Christophe Posted January 1, 2009 Author Posted January 1, 2009 Dear Members,It is now time to "close" this 2008 Edition of the Quiz, and to open a new one for 2009, the Soviet & Eastern Block Quiz - 2009 !!!! You can find it here :http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=33082&hl=Have fun !!!! Cheers.Ch.PS : Rick, please, could you "lock" this Quiz 2008 ? Many thanks in advance.
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