Hauptmann Posted August 6, 2011 Share Posted August 6, 2011 1. WHAT IS IN THE CENTER OF THIS STRUCTURE? A small wooden hut. 2. WHO LIVED HERE? Stalin's parents... it's where he was born. 3. WHERE IS IT LOCATED? Gori, Georgia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Stalin_Museum,_Gori Dan :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Posted August 6, 2011 Share Posted August 6, 2011 *sigh* I give up... You are of course correct, Dan... Did posting the larger picture give it away too much? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hauptmann Posted August 6, 2011 Share Posted August 6, 2011 No worries there... it just happens to be something I've seen quite a number of times before so it "clicked" in my otherwise befuddled brain. I'll come up with the next question in just a few... Dan :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hauptmann Posted August 6, 2011 Share Posted August 6, 2011 Two buildings... facing each other... something is missing... http://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_08_2011/post-873-0-83380400-1312672363.jpghttp://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_08_2011/post-873-0-89572900-1312672374.jpg What are the two buildings? What is missing? What year was this? Where was this? Dan :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimZ Posted August 7, 2011 Author Share Posted August 7, 2011 The score is presently as follows with Dan having scored the last point: 10 points - JimZ 8 points - Harvey 6 points - Hauptmann 3 points - Valter 2 point - kapten_windu 1 point - Gunner 1 Question 31 is currently open...see post 329 Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 Well, it's been more than 24 hours - I'm guessing we need a bit more info, Dan. :whistle: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hauptmann Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 The two buildings represented their nations... who although not at war at the time were definitely rivals. Because of their placement at this event the rivalry was definitely very pronounced. This was a major event at the time. Look carefully at the pictures... look for details which are clues to the nationality represented by each structure. Also note their surroundings... this location is very well known the world over. Dan :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimZ Posted August 8, 2011 Author Share Posted August 8, 2011 (edited) Ok - I sat on this one long enough and with no takers I'll give you the reply. What are the two buildings? German and Soviet Pavillion at the 1937 Paris World Exposition "Monuments to dictatorship - the German and Soviet Pavilions From today's as well as the contemporary point of view, the architectural form of the German contribution, in the immediate vicinity of the Soviet Pavilion, completely contradicted the objectives of the World Exposition organisers for the EXPO to symbolise peaceful cooperation between nations. The architect of the German Pavilion, Albert Speer, who gained early intelligence of the Soviet design, interpreted the monumental sculpture which crowned the Russian Pavilion - in the form of a striding group of figures - as symbolising a Soviet "invasion" of Germany. The architect of the enormous demonstration of power embodied by the "German House" - "as a cubic mass shaped by massive pillars" (Albert Speer) - thus justified it as a vital gesture of defence against its Soviet counterpart. Both buildings, with their natural stone claddings, were pure monumental conceptions to lend the represented ideologies the appearance of power and permanence - as emphasised by the bronze over-dimensional political symbols of the imperial eagle with swastika on the one side and the hammer and sickle on the other. Erected on raised plinths with a similar layout, the pavilions with their mighty windowless walls brooded over their surroundings. In the oblong German building, which at the front narrow end was embellished by an oblong tower, Speer served up an eclectic mixture of formal details from various cultures and epochs including ancient temple design, mausoleum art, and fortification engineering. The mixture of tyrannical ecclesiastical and secular iconography formed the stage for German imperial propaganda. The ground plan, with a long aisle and tower, were reminiscent of ecclesiastical buildings, whereas the modified proportions and windowless walls created the impression of a fortification. The tower with its cannelated pilasters of massive-looking stone blocks and stepped pediment were derived from ancient temple halls - with the notable departure here from the principle of reflecting human proportions in the design, to create a bombastic plinth at the top of the elongated pillars for the imperial eagle with swastika. The Soviet Pavilion directly opposite designed by Boris Iofan also acts as an over-sized plinth for an enormous group of figures - "Cooperative farm maids and workers" which press forward bearing hammer and sickle in outstretched arms. On the wedge-shaped floor plan, the wall slabs ascend stepwise to the front so that the movement of the figures with their wafting clothes seems to originate from the structure itself. On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the October Revolution, this political milestone was reflected in the interior decoration of the pavilion in huge scenes of advancing socialism. In contrast, the German Pavilion interior decoration designed by Waldemar Brinkman was dominated by aura-enhancing lighting effects, triumphal phrases, and solemn ecclesiastical mannerist hallmarks. Visitors reached the portal with its 5 metre high and 2 metre wide heavy bronze doors via an open staircase past symmetrically arranged pyrrhic bowls and groups of figures by Josef Thorak. They then entered a lavishly decorated foyer in front of an exhibition hall illuminated by over-decorated chandeliers. The head of the room was embellished with a wall-hanging featuring the imperial eagle and swastika behind an altar-like plinth exhibiting models of the major national socialist construction projects. It is certainly more than a coincidence that in a deeper-lying room underneath the plinth the tools of fascist propaganda - a cinema and a television and radio room of the German imperial post - were displayed as additional German technological innovations. With hindsight, the German contribution to the World Exposition confronted its visitors with the whole gamut of instruments available to the national socialist propaganda machine and made a large impression on many visitors - if one is to believe the contemporary press. SOURCE: http://www.expo2000....lang=1&s_typ=28 What is missing? The EIffel Tower What year was this? 1937 Where was this? Paris, France Edited August 8, 2011 by JimZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hauptmann Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 Congratulations Jim... you nailed it! Actually feels pretty good to have come up with something that lasted more than ten minutes before being answered. It's in your court again. Dan :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimZ Posted August 8, 2011 Author Share Posted August 8, 2011 The score is presently as follows with JimZ having scored the last point: 11 points - JimZ 8 points - Harvey 6 points - Hauptmann 3 points - Valter 2 point - kapten_windu 1 point - Gunner 1 Question 32 will be up next... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimZ Posted August 8, 2011 Author Share Posted August 8, 2011 Question 32 Where others got awards for taking lives, my most important one was for saving them instead. Though my deed is known, I am perhaps known more in collector's circles for the specifics of the award that I received. 1 - Who am I? 2 - What was my military rank and what branch did I serve in? 3 - Whose lives (and how many) did I save and in what year? 4 - Give some background about the circumstances that led to my award. Jim :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimZ Posted August 9, 2011 Author Share Posted August 9, 2011 OK...next hint.... I was an aviator Jim :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimZ Posted August 9, 2011 Author Share Posted August 9, 2011 Another hint.... My exploit concerns a ship in distress Jim :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hauptmann Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 Okay, I'm probably wrong but I'll give it a try: 1 - Who am I? Anatoly Vasilyevich Liapidevsky (1908–1983) 2 - What was my military rank and what branch did I serve in? Ended as Aviation Major General, Air Force but had served in the Baltic Fleet and Army. 3 - Whose lives (and how many) did I save and in what year? Twelve people... ten women and two children in 1934. 4 - Give some background about the circumstances that led to my award. He took part in rescuing the Steamship Chelyuskin. Carried out 29 search operations in a blizzard and in bad weather before March 5, 1934, having found their camp, landed on an ice floe and brought out 12 people - 10 women and 2 children. Was awarded HSU #1 (ie: he was the "first" Hero of the Soviet Union.). There were others who participated in this rescue: Sigizmund Levanevsky, Vasily Molokov, Mavriky Slepnyov, Nikolai Kamanin, Ivan Doronin and Mikhail Vodopianov, so "if" I'm correct it's because Liapidevsky was HSU #1. Dan :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimZ Posted August 10, 2011 Author Share Posted August 10, 2011 Well done indeed Dan. Anatoly Vasilyevich Liapidevsky was Hero of the Soviet union recipient #1 !!! Regards, Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimZ Posted August 10, 2011 Author Share Posted August 10, 2011 The score is now as follows: 11 points - JimZ 8 points - Harvey 7 points - Hauptmann 3 points - Valter 2 point - kapten_windu 1 point - Gunner 1 Question 33 belongs to Hauptmann ... Jim :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hauptmann Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 I studied metallurgy. I was awarded the Order of Lenin in 1935. In the Great Patriotic War I was a Lt. General. Along with two others, I initiated a Soviet award. Who am I? What was the award and who were the others who helped to initiate it's creation? What became of me after the GPW? Dan :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimZ Posted August 11, 2011 Author Share Posted August 11, 2011 1) I am Nikita Khruschev 2) Order of Bogdan khmelnitsky (see my avatar) - Alexander Dovzhenko and Mykola Bazhan helped create this order. 3) A lot - but basically he became soviet Premier after Stalin!!!! A link to wiki for full detail: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikita_Khrushchev#War_against_Germany Jim :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hauptmann Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 Right on Jim! Over to you now. Dan :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimZ Posted August 11, 2011 Author Share Posted August 11, 2011 Hi Dan, Would have answered sooner BUT... I could not log on last night and today I also thought he was Brezhnev initially as he was also a metallurgist!! That really threw me off. And I had the answer in my Avatar all along!!! Jim :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimZ Posted August 11, 2011 Author Share Posted August 11, 2011 The score is now as follows: 12 points - JimZ 8 points - Harvey 7 points - Hauptmann 3 points - Valter 2 point - kapten_windu 1 point - Gunner 1 I would like to offer Question 34 to any member who has not yet participated in this Quiz....I am allowing a 48 hour period for the question to be set. If nobody takes up this honour, I will set the question myself. In view of this I will not participate in providing a reply to the next question. Regards, Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimZ Posted August 12, 2011 Author Share Posted August 12, 2011 (edited) Any volonteers to ask the next question on the Soviet Quiz??? Edited August 12, 2011 by JimZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 (edited) Hi to all, I'am very happy to see that - thanks to Jim - the Quiz is back !!! :jumping: And successful !! This is great !! So, UI think it is my turn to ask for the next question : Question : I am the Order of Victory. But, where am I located ? Name of the monument, and city... Good hunt and good luck !! Cheers. Ch. Edited August 12, 2011 by Christophe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimZ Posted August 12, 2011 Author Share Posted August 12, 2011 Welcome back Christophe!!! Yes we got things moving and its so good to have you around again!!! I passed on the question so I cannot answer this one. But I am looking forward to your future challenges. Gents, the Quiz's "daddy" is back!!! Jim :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Thanks, Jim, for your kind words !!! Now, back to my question... A clue : I'm located in the former Soviet Union... Ch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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