Recht Oder Falsch Trivia Quiz

Answer: True

True, James Arness served in World War Two and was wounded in the leg at Anzio, Italy.

Answer: False

False, they only made five together: 'To Have and Have Not', 'Two Guys from Milwaukee', 'The Big Sleep', 'Dark Passage' and 'Key Largo'. They were scheduled to make 'Melville Goodwin U.S.A.' prior to Bogart's death, subsequently the movie's title was changed to 'Top Secret Affair' and starred Kirk Douglas and Susan Hayward.

Answer: True

True, the USS Arizona BB-39, is the only Commissioned Battleship in the U.S. Navy, sunk at Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, now a memorial.

Answer: False

False, Big Ben is the name of the 13.5 ton Bell in the Clock Tower of the Houses of Parliament in London, the name is often incorrectly applied to the clock itself. The Bell was named for Benjamin Hall, who was Chief Commissioner of Works in 1856 when the bell was cast.

Answer: True

True, Frank 'Windy' Cahill was the first man Billy the kid shot and killed, in the Adkin Saloon, Camp Grant, Arizona, August 17, 1877. Billy was 17 years old.

Answer: False

False, General Simon Bolivar Buckner, a Civil War General who fought for both the Union and the Confederacy, was only a pallbearer for President Ulysses S. Grant and General Robert E. Lee.

Answer: False

False, although the Cape of Good Hope is often thought to be the tip of South Africa, it is actually Cape Agulhas, which is 100 miles east and south of the Cape of Good Hope, 29 minutes of longitude further south. The Cape of Good Hope was originally named the Cape of Storms by Bartholomew Diaz in 1488.

Answer: False

False, 'I Want You' was a World War One recruiting poster showing Uncle Sam pointing his finger at the viewer, designed by James Montgomery Flagg who drew himself as Uncle Sam. It was the most popular U.S. poster ever made with over five million copies printed.

Answer: True

True, the USS Memphis CL-13, a navy cruiser, brought Charles Lindbergh and his plane home from France after his famous flight in May 1927, arriving in the U.S. June 11, 1927.

Answer: True

True, John Paul Jones, America's Revolutionary War hero famous for stating 'I have not yet begun to fight', became a Russian Rear Admiral in 1788, after the war, Kontradmiral Pavel Ivanovich Jones.