{"id":3262,"date":"2021-01-24T10:00:41","date_gmt":"2021-01-24T10:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/?p=3262"},"modified":"2021-04-20T13:03:14","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T12:03:14","slug":"mws-quiz-retrospective-5th-august-2020-answers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/2021\/01\/24\/mws-quiz-retrospective-5th-august-2020-answers\/","title":{"rendered":"MWS Quiz Retrospective – 5th August 2020 Answers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Here’s the answers to the latest of Peter’s quizzes from last year.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

01a\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Which unit took the main part of the fight against the Persians at Thermopylae?<\/p>\n

Answer: Spartans (plus 1200-odd Thebans)<\/span><\/p>\n

01b\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 What is the common name for the Persian Guard troops who eventually broke through?<\/p>\n

Answer: The Immortals<\/span><\/p>\n

02a\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Which order of Crusader knights were also part-time doctors?<\/p>\n

Answer: Knights (Hospitalers) of St John<\/span><\/p>\n

02b\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 When their last HQ in Europe was taken by the Turks, what were the elite Turkish forces called?<\/p>\n

Answer: Janissaries<\/span><\/p>\n

03a\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Which units of mainly German mercenaries were raised in the Renaissance era to combat the Swiss?<\/p>\n

Answer: Landsknechts<\/span><\/p>\n

03b\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Which renaissance-era unit is still serving in Europe today? Not \u2018Beefeaters\u2019 (Yeoman of the Guard?<\/p>\n

Answer: The Swiss Guard (1st set-up by Julius 2nd in 1506)<\/span><\/p>\n

04a\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 18thC: The American militia units were commonly known as what?<\/p>\n

Answer: Minutemen<\/span><\/p>\n

04b\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Which hero of the irregular SYW against the French & Indians on the US\/Canadian border fought against the US?<\/p>\n

Answer: Colonel Robert Rogers<\/span><\/p>\n

05a\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The 95th Rifles was one of two rifle-armed units of the British Army in the Peninsular. What was the other one?<\/p>\n

Answer:\u00a0 60th (Royal American) Regiment<\/span><\/p>\n

05b\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 What was the French Guard equivalent unit commonly called, to distinguish them from general Voltigeur\/light infantry?<\/p>\n

Answer: Tirailleurs<\/span><\/p>\n

06a\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 What is the name of the \u2018super-orc\u2019 units created by Saruman (Christopher Lee)<\/p>\n

Answer:\u00a0 Uruk-Hai<\/span><\/p>\n

06b\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 What is the common name of the shadowy group of super-humans from the north to which Aragorn initially belongs?<\/p>\n

Answer: Dunedain or Rangers of the North<\/span><\/p>\n

07a\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 What was unusual about the Union 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regt in the early years of the war?<\/p>\n

Answer: They were armed as lancers<\/span><\/p>\n

07b\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 What was unusual about the CSA Marine Corps<\/p>\n

Answer: They never went to sea; only fought one naval action, as gunners on CSS Virginia.<\/span><\/p>\n

08a\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Which British Army unit only lasted from 1912 to 1918?<\/p>\n

Answer: Royal Flying Corps<\/span><\/p>\n

08b\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Which other specialised unit only lasted from 1915 until 1922?<\/p>\n

Answer: Machine Gun Corps<\/span><\/p>\n

09a\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 What knick-name did the Germans give to WW2 British Parachute forces?<\/p>\n

Answer: The Red Devils<\/span><\/p>\n

09b\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 What did they call their own parachutists?<\/p>\n

Answer: Green Devils (the Fallschirmjager, \u2018Hunters From The Sky\u2019)<\/span><\/p>\n

10a\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To which human organisation does the hero belong:\u00a0 Steve Zodiac (Fireball XL5)<\/p>\n

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Answer: WSP – World Space Patrol<\/span><\/p>\n

10b\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To which human organisation does the hero belong:\u00a0 Troy Tempest (Stingray)<\/p>\n

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Answer: WASP – World Aquanaut Security Patrol<\/span><\/p>\n

10c\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To which human organisation do the heroes belong:\u00a0 Tracey family (Thunderbirds)<\/p>\n

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Answer: IR \u2013 International Rescue<\/span><\/p>\n

10d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To which human organisation does the hero belong:\u00a0 Colonel Straker (UFO)<\/p>\n

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Answer: SHADO – Supreme HQ Alien Defence Organisation<\/span><\/p>\n

10e\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Name any two of the Angels in Captain Scarlet<\/p>\n

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Answer: Destiny, Melody, Rhapsody, Symphony, Harmony<\/span><\/p>\n

11a\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 What is the US equivalent unit to our SAS<\/p>\n

Answer: 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta (1st SFOD-D) more commonly known as Delta Force<\/span><\/p>\n

11b\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 And their not-Soviet-really counterparts<\/p>\n

Answer: SPETZNAZ<\/span><\/p>\n

12a\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MWS Game of a famous siege lasting almost 2yrs<\/p>\n

Answer: Beds of Jonquils (Masada) AD73<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s the answers to the latest of Peter’s quizzes from last year.\u00a0 01a\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Which unit took the main part of the fight against the Persians at Thermopylae? Answer: Spartans (plus 1200-odd Thebans) 01b\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 What is the common name for the Persian Guard troops who eventually broke through? Answer: The Immortals 02a\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Which order of Crusader … Continue reading “MWS Quiz Retrospective – 5th August 2020 Answers”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quiz-answers"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9A5LG-QC","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3262"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3727,"href":"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3262\/revisions\/3727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}