How Many Men Does It Take? Trivia Quiz

Answer: From two to seven companies

A squad generally consists of 8-16 soldiers. A platoon is at least 2 squads. A company is 2-8 platoons. A battalion is 2-6 companies, or around 1,000 soldiers. A regiment contains at least 2 battalions and a brigade contains at least 2 regiments. Next come divisions, corps and armies.
How many men does it take to screw in a light bulb? None. He can't find the bulbs and is too stubborn to ask for help.

Answer: Twelve

The six volleyball players line up in two rows of three on either side of the net. Once the ball is served they can switch around because some people are better at spiking the ball over the net and some are better at setting the ball for the person to spike. When the serve switches sides, the team rotates clockwise so each person potentially has a turn to serve and each person potentially sets up in the front row and in the back row at some point during the game.
Beach volleyball, as played professionally and in the Olympics, consists of two-person teams.
How many real men does it take to change a light bulb? None. Real men aren't afraid of the dark.

Answer: Four

Goodyear has three blimps which they use for advertising. In addition to the four pilots, a ground crew of up to sixteen mechanics, riggers, handlers and a public relations person also travel along in buses or vans. The blimp is self-sustaining in the field. They even bring along a mooring mast.
Back in the 1970's the Goodrich Tire Company ran ads in which someone would point to the sky and say "Look! It's the Goodrich blimp." Of course Goodrich did not have a blimp. The commercial was meant to point out that Goodrich focused their efforts on making good tires and not in operating blimps.
How many men does it take to fill a blimp with air? Just one, if that man is a politician.

Answer: Four hundred thirty

Crew on the Starship Enterprise wore different colored shirts to signify the section they worked in. Bridge officers wore lime green; medical and science personnel wore blue; and operations, engineering and security wore red.
A website marketer named Matt Bailey did an analysis of crew deaths in the 80 episodes of the original "Star Trek." Red shirts accounted for a staggering 73%. If you were a newly hired actor hired to be on "Star Trek" who was given a red shirt by wardrobe you knew you would soon be out of a job.
How many men does it take to defeat the Klingon Empire? Only one, as long as that man is Chuck Norris.

Answer: Seven

Lynyrd Skynyrd formed in Jacksonville Florida in 1964 with five members. Lead vocalist Ronnie Van Zant along with two other band members and a member of the road crew were killed in an airplane crash in 1977. Ronnie's little brother Johnny resurrected the band in 1987 with seven members. Lynyrd Skynyrd had hits with "Free Bird," "Gimme Three Steps," "Saturday Night Special" and "Sweet Home Alabama."
How many John Tesh fans fit inside a Volkswagen Beetle? About five more than you will find at a NASCAR race.

Answer: Five

The USAF used the Boeing B-52 extensively in Viet Nam. The B-52 could drop 108 500-pound bombs from a height that put them outside the range of small arms fire. The crew consisted of a pilot, copilot, bombardier, navigator and electronic warfare officer. B-52s also saw action in Operation Desert Storm.

When it first came out the B-52 also had a tail gunner. The tail gun was later changed to remote control. Still later the tail gun was removed completely as they found B-52s in actual use did not come under fighter attack. How many Air Force pilots does it take to change a light bulb? Only one, but first he has to requisition one from the quartermaster, in triplicate, using form IC-9B specifying the type of bulb needed, the location it is needed, how long it will be needed, and where the $2,407.10 to pay for the government contract-supplied bulb will come from.

Answer: One hundred forty

The US Navy has attack submarines and ballistic missile submarines. Attack submarines are built to attack enemy ships and submarines, conduct reconnaissance, and perform mine warfare. There are three classes of attack submarines ranging from 360' to 453' long and displacing 6,900 to 9,100 tons. Ballistic missile submarines are built to fire intercontinental ballistic missiles.

The US Navy ballistic missile submarines are 560' long and displace 16,700 tons. How many US Navy sailors does it take to screw in a light bulb? Five. One to screw in the bulb and four to midnight requisition one from the Air Force unit across the field.

Answer: Ten

The National Collegiate Athletic Association sets the weight classes for college wrestling in the US. The classes are:
125 pounds
133 pounds
141 pounds
149 pounds
157 pounds
165 pounds
174 pounds
184 pounds
197 pounds
Heavyweight
There is also a National College Wrestling Association for schools that are not part of the NCAA. They add one more weight class for men and have eight weight classes in their women's division.
How many men does it take to understand women? Let's see. There are currently about 3,353,500,000 men in the world. That number has been growing at 1.5% per year. Assuming that growth rate continues...aw, who am I kidding? There will never be enough men in the world to understand women.

Answer: The entire population of Bermuda (67,000)

"Around the World in 80 Days", which was based on the Jules Verne book, won the Best Picture Oscar. It featured guest appearances by Noel Coward, John Gielgud, Trevor Howard, Charles Boyer, Jose Greco, Cesar Romero, Shirley MacLaine, Charles Coburn, Peter Lorre, Red Skelton, George Raft, Marlene Dietrich, John Carradine, Joe E. Brown, Frank Sinatra, Buster Keaton, with David Niven as Phileas Fogg. There were 140 sets used in the film, 69,000 extras and thousands of animals of all different types.
One.
How many psychics does it take to change a light bulb?

Answer: One

Haruo Nakajima was the monster suit actor who wore the Godzilla suit. The suit itself weighed 200 pounds and was very cumbersome. Throughout the filming of the movie Nakajima suffered dehydration and near suffocation. In addition to Godzilla, Nakajima at various times played Gezora the giant squid/octopus/cuttlefish (in "Yog: Monster From Space"), King Kong (in "King Kong Escapes"), Baragon the dinosaur ("Frankenstein Conquers the World"), and a giant rat (in "Latitude Zero"). How many men does it take to defeat Godzilla? Thousands, because Chuck Norris is busy defeating the Klingon Empire.