What were the other plane crashes locations significant for? I recognize Clear Lake, Iowa as the site of where the plane crashed for the "day the music died" but I don't recognize the significance of the other cities (besides the answer, Lockerbie)
27 March 1977, two Boeing 747 passenger jets collided on the runway at Los Rodeos Airport on the Spanish island of Tenerife. The Incident occurred in dense fog, when KLM Flight 4805 initiated its takeoff run, colliding with the right side of Pan Am Flight 1736 still on the runway. The impact and the resulting fire killed all 248 people on board the KLM plane and 335 of the 396 people on board the Pan Am plane, with only 61 survivors in the front section of the latter aircraft. A total of 583 fatalities
Lockerbie - deadliest UK terrorist attack. Blamed on Libya; theorized CIA/Israeli involvement
Pan Am Flight 103 Frankfurt to Detroit via a stopover in London and another in New York City. Shortly after 19:00 on 21 December 1988, the Boeing 747 was destroyed by a bomb while flying over the Scottish town of Lockerbie, killing all 243 passengers and 16 crew aboard, and 11 residents on the ground. A total of 270 fatalities
Just 5/10. Apart from the Bill Gates question, all the other ones I got wrong were known by less than half the quiz takers. So I suppose that makes me feel better.
I dont see how people fell on question 2. How can a car brand that started in 1930's that's literally known for being common in 1930's Germany trace its origin to WW2?
Well, World War 2 also started in the 1930s (OK, very late, but still). but, not everybody (including me) knows car date histories, but do know that Hitler and Volkswagen are linked together.
"What brand of car traces its origins to vehicles used in WWII?"
I'm sure Volkswagen vehicles were used in WWII. Then all you have to do is bicker over the definition of "origin*s*", and find conflicts or actions that could be considered related to WWII.
Or just argue that the founding of Volkswagen was a deliberate action with the intention of supporting a planned war effort.
I just remembered VW traces its origins to Hitler. I figured that since it was the car brand of the Nazis and was involved in preparing for the war, it counted as being related to WW2
"That's literally known for being common in 1930s"
Where are you getting this from? The first Volkswagen wasn't commercially available until 1938 and whilst there were plans to mass produce them by the time WWII had started the factories built to do it had failed to produce a single Volkswagen.
1. No, it's not particularly known for "being common in 1930's Germany" since, as @duckwantbread says, it wasn't even available until the very tail end of the 30s, after WWII had already started. And:
2. Speaking for myself at least, I'm aiming for time on these daily quizzes more than # correct (I can often get 10/10 correct so if I want to improve my score I have to do it as quickly as possible). So as I was speed-running the quiz I quickly scanned the question, saw "car" and "WWII" in the question, followed by "Volkswagen" in the answers and instantly clicked it, only realizing, a split second too late, that I'd misread the question and had fallen for a red herring.
8/10. I should have gotten Alexa, but I thought that was too easy to be right. And I thought it was Volkswagen. But, judging by the numbers I was not alone in that.
5/10 not a good day. Sad to say I got the question with Gene Hackman in it right, only because I’d just read reports of his death that included his hits from his acting career.
This was probably assembled before news of Hackman's death came out, but what a sad day it is, for his whole family. Not only the best Luthor ever, but he was brilliant in everything he did--The Conversation, The French Connection, Unforgiven, etc. etc.
9/10, got the rotary phone one wrong after narrowing it down to 9 or 0. Looks like a lot of people struggled today though, only one 10/10 on my friends list so far
The jeep/volkswagon question is incorrect. Volkswagon introduced the Kubelwagon in 1938. It was used to transport officers, and other military personnel during the second world war.This vehicle was essentially the same as the vehicle called the "Thing" which was manufactured again in the 70's for a few years.
27 March 1977, two Boeing 747 passenger jets collided on the runway at Los Rodeos Airport on the Spanish island of Tenerife. The Incident occurred in dense fog, when KLM Flight 4805 initiated its takeoff run, colliding with the right side of Pan Am Flight 1736 still on the runway. The impact and the resulting fire killed all 248 people on board the KLM plane and 335 of the 396 people on board the Pan Am plane, with only 61 survivors in the front section of the latter aircraft. A total of 583 fatalities
Lockerbie - deadliest UK terrorist attack. Blamed on Libya; theorized CIA/Israeli involvement
Pan Am Flight 103 Frankfurt to Detroit via a stopover in London and another in New York City. Shortly after 19:00 on 21 December 1988, the Boeing 747 was destroyed by a bomb while flying over the Scottish town of Lockerbie, killing all 243 passengers and 16 crew aboard, and 11 residents on the ground. A total of 270 fatalities
I'm sure Volkswagen vehicles were used in WWII. Then all you have to do is bicker over the definition of "origin*s*", and find conflicts or actions that could be considered related to WWII.
Or just argue that the founding of Volkswagen was a deliberate action with the intention of supporting a planned war effort.
Where are you getting this from? The first Volkswagen wasn't commercially available until 1938 and whilst there were plans to mass produce them by the time WWII had started the factories built to do it had failed to produce a single Volkswagen.
2. Speaking for myself at least, I'm aiming for time on these daily quizzes more than # correct (I can often get 10/10 correct so if I want to improve my score I have to do it as quickly as possible). So as I was speed-running the quiz I quickly scanned the question, saw "car" and "WWII" in the question, followed by "Volkswagen" in the answers and instantly clicked it, only realizing, a split second too late, that I'd misread the question and had fallen for a red herring.
Missed the last one.
Still managed 10/10, 9,918, 3rd best score :)
much worse than yesterday's 10/10
Third best score!
7.87
Good to be consistent I suppose!
The jeep was first introduced in 1940.