Question of the Hour

[vonGarvin]

Crisis in Zefra?

 

[AmmoTech90]

Yep, thats it.

 

[211RadOp]

Crisis in Zefra?

Good read. I recommend it to all.

 

[RiflemanPhil]

What famous war correspondent (of sorts), during a major conflict, wore a Burberry coat?

 

[redleafjumper]

Winston Churchill.

 

[Deleted member 9665]

What famous war correspondent became afterward a famous Prime minister of Quebec province???

 

[Yrys]

Oh my god, I can't answer that, it's too easy!

(for once : )

 

[RiflemanPhil]

Redleaf, you are incorrect as to the person I was thinking. Hint 2: this person wore it on D-day...

 

[geo]

MM.... René!

 

[Deleted member 9665]

Good job Geo

René lévesque was the good answer.


Next question, for those who listen to the news,


38th US president died at age 93 took over after Nixon had to quit.

who is he?

 

[kratz]

I'd have to say Gerald Ford.

 

[Deleted member 9665]

It was an easy one.


note to myself...get out the military history book...and start testing people

 

[geo]

38th president of USA was Jimmy Carter 77-81. He's still living
37th president of USA was Gerald Ford 74-77
36th was Richard NIxon 69-74

 

[Nfld Sapper]

38th president of USA was Jimmy Carter 77-81. He's still living
37th president of USA was Gerald Ford 74-77
36th was Richard NIxon 69-74

Well according to www.whitehouse.gov Ford is the Thirty-Eighth President 1974-1977.

Think you might have missed one GEO.

 

[geo]

Hmmm.... nope, got them

http://www.presidentsusa.net/nixon.html

http://www.presidentsusa.net/ford.html

http://www.presidentsusa.net/carter.html

However, consider that Ford was never elected to the presidency.
Agnew had been bumped the previous year and then Nixon does Watergate... Ford was selected from Congress to take the office of President.  Thus, though Ford is/was the 38th president, Carter is the 38th president ELECT

 

[Nfld Sapper]

Understood,  :cheers:

 

[redleafjumper]

Hmm.  If not Churchill in his early years, and the reporter is limited to WW2 and D-Day, then it must be the famous photographer Robert Capa.  He's the fellow who took the moment of death picture in Spain.

I believe he is known to have bought a burberry coat and a hip flask for D-Day.

 

[3rd Herd]

What was Hitler's V-3 ? Where was it located and what was it's target.

Bonus question

What Canadian later developed this into a functional weapon?

 

[cplcaldwell]

Ha!

Good question.

But I'll only answer part ... just for fun ... Gerald Bull.

 

[Nfld Sapper]

What was Hitler's V-3 ? Where was it located and what was it's target.

Bonus question

What Canadian later developed this into a functional weapon?

The V-3 Hochdruckpumpe (aka HDP, 'Fleissiges Lieschen'; 'Tausend Fussler') was a supergun designed by Saar Roechling during World War II. The 140 m long cannon was capable of delivering a 140 kg shell over a 165 km range. Construction began of a bunker for the cannons in September 1943 at Mimoyecques, France. The site was damaged by Allied bombing before it could be put into operation and was finally occupied by the British at the end of August 1944. Two short-length (45 m long) V-3's were built at Antwerp and Luxembourg in support of the Ardennes offensive in December 1944. These were found to be unreliable and only a few shots were fired without known effect

REF: http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/v3.htm

The first installation of five guns was to be built 165 km from London at Mimoyecques, near Calais, under Operation Wiese. The superguns were built at a fixed angle into a 30 m chalk hill, covered by a 5.2 m thick protective concrete dome. Each 140 m long cannon was capable of delivering a 150 mm / 140 kg shell on London

REF: http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/v3.htm

And for the bonus, Gerald Bull and the HARP (High Altitude Research Program) Project or better known as the super gun.

REF: http://world.std.com/~jlr/doom/bull.htm



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