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QUIZZES |
| GENERAL QUIZ: 1. Name the Bismarck’s sister ship. 2. What type of aircraft recently transported David Hicks to South Australia? 3. When and how did Irish rebel leader GEN Michael Collins die? 4. What novel was the basis for the film Apocalypse Now? 5. In which battle did the German Luftwaffe suffer its first great defeat? 6. What’s the meaning of Carpe Noctem? 7. Name the current king of Thailand. 8. Which is the most popular sport played at nudist colonies? 9. What culinary dish recently exploded in a microwave aboard a British Airways flight causing around $40,000 damage? 10. At their closest point, how close are Russian and US borders? AIR FORCE QUIZ: 1. Which base is home to the official mess of the RAAF? 2. Which year was the RAAF Base Amberley Air Show cancelled due to rain? 3. What leading Air Force World War II fighter ace was buried recently? 4. Which disbanded squadron operated the Boomerang fighter? 5. When did the C-130A first come into service and when was it retired? 6. What was an SP-2H? 7. What does the Air Force motto mean? 8. Name the previous official RAAF stocking colour. 9. Where is the “Home of the RAAF”? 10. What is the FPDA? ANSWERS GENERAL QUIZ: 1. Tirpitz 2. A Gulfstream V jet 3. Shot by sniper August 22, 1922, aged 32 4. Heart of Darkness 5. Battle of Britain 6. Seize the night 7. Bhumibol Adulyadej 8. volleyball 9. Curry 10. Less than two miles AIR FORCE QUIZ: 1. RAAF Base Glenbrook 2. 1996 3. SQNLDR Bobby Gibbes (ret’d) 4. 84SQN (1943-46) 5. 1958 and 1978 6. Neptune long-range maritime patrol aircraft 7. Through struggle to the stars 8. Grey Mist 9. RAAF Point Cook 10. Five Power Defence Arrangement |