Monday, April 13, 2009

Trivia-5

This week's trivia is all about flags. Very simple. Just identify the country to which these flags belong to.


















Answers for last week Trivia

1.
Japan and China were already engaged in a war before the outbreak of World War II. China was also involved in a civil war and spent most of World War II dealing with internal conflicts and repelling the advances of the Japanese.

2.The Battle of Okinawa, which lasted from April 1, 1945 through June 21, 1945, was the last major battle of World War II. Fought on the island of Okinawa, it was part of an offensive leading up to the invasion of the main islands of Japan which was aborted when the Japanese surrendered in August, 1945. Counting civilians, more than 200,000 Japanese died during the Battle of Okinawa. About 15,900 U.S. soldiers were killed.

3. The Yalta Conference, a wartime meeting between Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin from February 4 to 11, 1945, is considered by many experts to mark the beginning of the Cold War. Among the issues discussed at the Yalta Conference were German war reparations, the division of Germany into zones of occupation, and the repatriation of all Soviet soldiers who had joined American and
British troops whether they were willing to return or not. It is believed that many of these soldiers were put to death upon their return to Soviet control.

4. Hitler was a vegetarian, teetotaler and non-smoker.

5. There were two Siegfried lines, both situated on border between France and Germany.They were lines of defensive forts and tank defences built by the Germans.
The first was built in 1916-1917, during the First World War. The second was built during the 1930s, opposite the French Maginot Line, which served the same purpose.

MADMAX GOT ALL OF THEM RIGHT 5/5 ...PRETTY GOOD !! You must be a real history buff...

4 comments:

Mad Max said...

@ Survivor: thanksss...yes...was my favorite subject till 10th class...wanted to study history and political science for UG but then you know how the indian system works....

Answers to Flags

a)Switzerland

b)Pass

c)Jamaica

d)Pass

e)Brazil

BrainWaves said...

1) Switzerland (or Sweden?)

2 & 4) Malysia, Indonesia?

3)Football playing European nation?

5) Brazil

Suresh Sankaralingam said...

1) Switzerland
2) Mexico
3) ...
4) Iran
5) ...

Unknown said...

1) Switzerland
2) Mexico
3)Jamaica
4) Iran
5) Brazil