Thread: Words of War

A tank, which was used by the British for the first time at the Battle of Flers-Courcelette on September 15, 1916, got its name:


A.From the name of its inventor, Sir Thomas Tank

B.Because workers who assembled the first one in secret were told they were working on a new kind of portable water tank

C.Because no one could pronounce the name of the Polish-born industrialist who promoted the idea, Thaddeus Tankowicz

D.The British design team was fond of downing tankards of ale

KP, the term for doing kitchen chores and cleanup, originated:


A.As an abbreviation for the army’s "kitchen police"

B.As an abbreviation for the admonition to "keep peeling"

C.As an abbreviation for "kraut prisoners" - German POWs who were often assigned such work

D.From the initials of Karl Parsons, the American army colonel who supervised all cooking operations for the military

A dog tag, a metal identification badge worn around the neck to distinguish someone in case of injury or death, was called this because:


A.It was first used in the Civil War on army dogs


B.It resembled the license tag on a dog’s collar


C.Balto, the husky who carried a diphtheria antitoxin to Nome in a blizzard, wore a similar tag


D.None of the above.

Doughboy, as a term for American soldiers, was first used during the Civil War, but it came into wide use during World War I. It came from:


A.A small, globular, fried biscuit served to sailors that was similar to the buttons on Civil War uniforms


B.The practice of U.S. infantrymen of cleaning their white belts with pipe clay, or "dough"
C.The word adobe, which was used in the Southwest to refer to soldiers who were quartered in adobe buildings


D.All of the above

The first one is something to do with a water tank.

Originally Posted by min0 lee

A dog tag, a metal identification badge worn around the neck to distinguish someone in case of injury or death, was called this because:


A.It was first used in the Civil War on army dogs


B.It resembled the license tag on a dog’s collar


C.Balto, the husky who carried a diphtheria antitoxin to Nome in a blizzard, wore a similar tag


D.None of the above.

It is called that because I give one to each girl I sleep with.

OK folks, I know I have everyone at the edge of their seats waiting for the answers but you'll have to wait till we get more participants.

Ok, so fill us in...Not for reals, though.

Patience, patience....no need to get in a tizzy, we are all desperate to get these answers.

You'll just have to wait your turn.

answers
1.) B
2.) A
3.) D
4.) A

Originally Posted by bio-chem

answers
1.) B
2.) A
3.) D
4.) A

Agree.

Originally Posted by bio-chem

answers
1.) B
2.) A
3.) D
4.) A

you get a 50.

Although I agreed with you on one of them.

Originally Posted by IainDaniel

Agree.

You also get a 50.

I had to fail Dale, he thinks you can't go wrong with his favorite group.....ABBA

which ones did I get wrong?

3 and 4.

Originally Posted by min0 lee

you get a 50.

Although I agreed with you on one of them.

i must admit, ive heard different accounts on many of those questions. i feel some of those answers were a little ambiguous, but hey. i still think im right. and thats all that matters

And now the answers you have all been waiting for........drumroll please.

Damn, I lost the webpage. Hold on.

are you really argueing that the answer to number 4 is D??? i disagree, but see how that could be the case

Originally Posted by bio-chem

are you really argueing that the answer to number 4 is D??? i disagree, but see how that could be the case

I agree

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Words of War — Solution

A tank, which was used by the British for the first time at the Battle of Flers-Courcelette on September 15, 1916, got its name:


B.Because workers who assembled the first one in secret were told they were working on a new kind of portable water tank



KP, the term for doing kitchen chores and cleanup, originated:
A.As an abbreviation for the army's "kitchen police"



A dog tag, a metal identification badge worn around the neck to distinguish someone in case of injury or death, was called this because:

B.It resembled the license tag on a dog's collar



Doughboy, as a term for American soldiers, was first used during the Civil War, but it came into wide use during World War I. It came from:A.A small, globular, fried biscuit served to sailors that was similar to the buttons on Civil War uniformsB.The practice of U.S. infantrymen of cleaning their white belts with pipe clay, or "dough"
C.The word adobe, which was used in the Southwest to refer to soldiers who were quartered in adobe buildingsD.All of the above

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