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The Corps: Call to Arms Trivia Quiz

A quiz on the second book in W.E.B. Griffin's series "The Corps", "Call to Arms". This is my favorite of the Griffin series.

A multiple-choice quiz by bear67. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
bear67

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
239,475

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

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Avg Score
11 / 15

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632

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Top 35% Quiz

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 15

1. "If they are asked, aviators will tell you there is no such thing as______"...what? Hint

A nice flight surgeon

God

The ozone layer

A natural born pilot

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Question 2 of 15

2. What is wrong with Cpt. Banning when he is loaded aboard a submarine to come home from the Philippines? Hint

He is dead

He is deaf

He is blind

He is crazy

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Question 3 of 15

3. What was the name of the submarine Cpt. Banning leaves in? Hint

USS Bowfin

USS Mackeral

USS Sunfish

USS Pickerel

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Question 4 of 15

4. Who is being investigated for suspicions of insanity and communist sympathies? Hint

Cpt. Ed Banning

MagGen. Thomas Holcomb

Lt. John Macklin

LtCol. Evans Carlson

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Question 5 of 15

5. What is Col. "Wild Bill" Donovan's job title? Hint

Chairman of the Board

Magor General Commandant of the Marine Corps

Field Marshal

Coordinator of Information

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Question 6 of 15

6. Where did LtCol. Carlson meet and interview Lt. McCoy for the Raiders? Hint

Machine Gun Range #2

The class six store

The Battalion Mess Hall

At sick call

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Question 7 of 15

7. Who is Aunt Ramona? Hint

Pick's aunt

A madame in Atlanta

Dick Stecker's aunt

A madame in Miami

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Question 8 of 15

8. Who is the "sainted widow"? Hint

Mellody Dutton

Natalie Wood

Veronica Lake

Martha Sayre Culhane

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Question 9 of 15

9. Where does Carolyn Spencer Howell work? Hint

The 21 club

The Office of Management Annalyisis

The New York public library

Special Detachment 14

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Question 10 of 15

10. Where did the Marine Raiders make their first assult? Hint

Makin Island

Bougainville

Gavutu

Guadalcanal

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Question 11 of 15

11. Where did Ken McCoy and Ernie Sage "shack up" in San Diego? Hint

Aboard the yatch "Martha III"

Aboard the yacht "Last Time"

In the Foster Coranado

In a cottage on the beach

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Question 12 of 15

12. With what type of weapon was Cpl. McCoy armed on the Makin raid? Hint

Boys Anti-tank Rifle

Thompson submachine gun

Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR)

Riesing rifle

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Question 13 of 15

13. Where did Pick and Stecker go for their flight training? Hint

Memphis Naval Air Station

Pensacola Naval Air Station

Kaneohe Bay Marine Corps Air Station

Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station

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Question 14 of 15

14. What was the rank of the USS Pickerel's Skipper, "Red" MacGregor? Hint

Lieutenant Commander

Captain

Commander

Ensign

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Question 15 of 15

15. What is referred to as "The Mother In Law Of Naval Aviation"? Hint

The San Carlos Hotel

Pensacola's white sand beaches

The Red Light Inn

Grumman Aircraft

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. "If they are asked, aviators will tell you there is no such thing as______"...what?

Answer: A natural born pilot

They just don't believe that people are born with an instinctual knack for flying an airplane. It has to be drilled into a person.

2. What is wrong with Cpt. Banning when he is loaded aboard a submarine to come home from the Philippines?

Answer: He is blind

He was blinded (temporarily) by the concusion of incoming artillery rounds, fired by the Japanese. He was preparing to commit suicide when he realized that his vision was returning.

3. What was the name of the submarine Cpt. Banning leaves in?

Answer: USS Pickerel

The USS Bowfin is on permanent display as a tourist attraction at Pearl Harbor, next to the Battleship Missouri, and the USS Arizona Memorial. All three make for a fascinating day of history, that I highly recomend.

4. Who is being investigated for suspicions of insanity and communist sympathies?

Answer: LtCol. Evans Carlson

Banning was understandably upset by his blindness. Macklin might have been nuts, but not communist. Holcomb was the Comandant of the Corps at the time and beyond reproach. Carlson, as it turns out, was neither crazy or a Red.

5. What is Col. "Wild Bill" Donovan's job title?

Answer: Coordinator of Information

This was the very beginning of the Central Intelligence Agency, and is based on facts.

6. Where did LtCol. Carlson meet and interview Lt. McCoy for the Raiders?

Answer: Machine Gun Range #2

He talked to McCoy in front of some young Marines, in Chinese. This surprised the men, as nobody knew McCoy spoke a foreign language.

7. Who is Aunt Ramona?

Answer: A madame in Atlanta

They took a 72 hour pass to Atlanta, where Pick introduced Stecker to the madame and some of her "nieces".

8. Who is the "sainted widow"?

Answer: Martha Sayre Culhane

Her husband was a Mairne fighter pilot who was killed at the battle of Wake Island. Pick has fallen hopelessly in love with her.

9. Where does Carolyn Spencer Howell work?

Answer: The New York public library

That is where she met Maj. Banning.

10. Where did the Marine Raiders make their first assult?

Answer: Makin Island

Actually an atoll, it is always refered to as an island.

11. Where did Ken McCoy and Ernie Sage "shack up" in San Diego?

Answer: Aboard the yacht "Last Time"

This was arranged for by Flemming Pickering through a business associate.

12. With what type of weapon was Cpl. McCoy armed on the Makin raid?

Answer: Boys Anti-tank Rifle

It is a .55 caliber rifle initially meant to take out the engine blocks of tanks. McCoy used his to shoot down a Japanese Sea Plane just as it was taking off.

13. Where did Pick and Stecker go for their flight training?

Answer: Pensacola Naval Air Station

While Pensacola is a beautiful place to be stationed, it has absolutly nothing on Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. Which, by the way, was bombed five minutes BEFORE Pearl Harbor. They had to take out those Marine fighter squadrons before they could go after Battleship Row.

14. What was the rank of the USS Pickerel's Skipper, "Red" MacGregor?

Answer: Lieutenant Commander

He offered his cabin to Cpt. Banning when Banning was blind.

15. What is referred to as "The Mother In Law Of Naval Aviation"?

Answer: The San Carlos Hotel

Many young pilots meet Southern Belles there and fall in love.

Source: Author bear67

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