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Quiz about Tom Clancys Red Storm Rising Part 1

Tom Clancy's "Red Storm Rising", Part 1 Quiz

The best of the non-Jack Ryan books. An account of WW III in Western Europe and the Atlantic in the 1980s.

A multiple-choice quiz by pointluck. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
pointluck

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
374,005

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
20

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Average

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14 / 20

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Question 1 of 20

1. What triggers the Soviet oil shortage central to the plot of the book? Hint

Sabotage by Muslim fanatics at a massive oilfield.

Extreme cold damages production facilities.

An OPEC embargo.

An 8.8 earthquake at a huge refinary destroys it.

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Question 2 of 20

2. The Politburo decides to engage and eliminate NATO as a fighting force before what other endeavor? Hint

Using Viet Nam as a base to invade oil producing islands

Invading the Middle East

Exploiting Antarctican resources

Eliminating the United Nations

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Question 3 of 20

3. U.S. Navy Commander Danny McCafferty is the first skipper of a new 688 class attack sub, the USS _______? Hint

Chicago

Boston

Dallas

Pittsburgh

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Question 4 of 20

4. What Maskirovka (deception) do the Soviets decide to use for political gain? Hint

Stage an attack in East Berlin.

Stage a commando raid in Gdansk.

Allow a Red Navy sub to collide with a West German patrol boat.

Stage a bombing of the Kremlin.

5. US Navy Reservist Bob Toland gets the idea the Soviets are headed for a war footing. One of the indicators is the sudden scarcity of auto and truck batteries in the USSR. He believes this is due to what? Hint

Red Navy diesel-electric subs upgrading their batteries.

High ranking party members are hoarding them.

A strike at the Polish battery factory.

Snowmobiles and 4-wheelers are responsible.

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Question 6 of 20

6. Mikhail Sergetov is a candidate member of the Politburo. What is his area of expertise? Hint

Agriculture

Energy

Diplomacy

Labor

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Question 7 of 20

7. U.S. Navy Commander Ed Morris is the skipper of a Knox class frigate. What is his ship's name? Hint

USS Pharris

USS Stark

USS Kidd

USS Cole

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Question 8 of 20

8. At the outbreak of hostilities, what mission are the debuting USAF stealth fighters given? Hint

Target Soviet armored divisional HQs

Attack Soviet forward fighter bases.

Take out Soviet AWACS aircraft.

Attack key river bridges.

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Question 9 of 20

9. What strategically brilliant target is captured by a Soviet airborne battalion hidden in a freighter disguised as an American vessel? Hint

Copenhagen, Denmark

Bodo, Norway

Keflavik, Iceland

Kulusuk, Greenland

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Question 10 of 20

10. Lieutenant Mike Edwards escapes the attack by the Soviet airborne forces. He is a meteorologist in which branch of the US military? Hint

Army

Air Force

Navy

Marines

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Question 11 of 20

11. US Navy reservist Bob Toland is put on active duty as an intelligence officer and is aboard the USS Nimitz. She is badly damaged by a Soviet naval air assault. Due to heavy casualties, what does Bob Toland end up doing? Hint

Fighting fire near the aviation fuel tanks

Conning the ship

Abandoning ship

Helping push live munitions overboard

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Question 12 of 20

12. Lt Edwards and his band intervene when they see several Russian troops raid a civilian farmhouse. What motivates Edwards to take action? Hint

A woman was being raped.

He saw the oppurtunity to capture supplies.

They were seting up an AA missle site.

He was ordered to capture and interogate a Russian officer.

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Question 13 of 20

13. USS Chicago is ordered to engage a Soviet invasion fleet, specifically, the heavy warships escorting it. After hours of approach and evading detection, Chicago is ready to launch its attack against the battle cruiser "Kirov". Another sub gets in an attack first. Who was it? Hint

HMCS Victoria (Canada)

USS Pogy

HNoMS Kobben (Norway)

HMS Trenchant

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Question 14 of 20

14. USS Pharris escorts a convoy to the UK. Just before returning to the US for another convoy escort, a Red Navy "Victor" class sub scores a torpedo hit against Pharris. What is the damage? Hint

She capsizes, but remains afloat long enough for most to survive.

Her bow is nearly severed, it folds back upon the hull.

The warhead malfunctioned, causing superficial damage.

The ship's hull is broken in half, she sinks quickly.

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Question 15 of 20

15. NATO utilized VCRs to determine Soviet supply dump locations near the battlefront.

True

False

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Question 16 of 20

16. USAF Major Amelia Nakamura shoots down Three TU16 "Badger" bombers from the Nimitz raid. What other two kills does she get on separate flights to make ace? Hint

MI24 "Hind" attack choppers

TU22/TU26 "Backfire" bombers

Recon satelittes

TU-95/142 "Bear" recon planes

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Question 17 of 20

17. General Pavel Alekseyev, deputy CINC-West for Soviet forces, does what to help get a breakthrough of NATO lines? Hint

Takes personal command of a tank division after its commander dies.

Has a motorized infantry division's commander executed and replaced.

Uses tactical nukes in a key area.

Personally organizes scattered artillary units into an effective force.

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Question 18 of 20

18. How does NATO intend to neutralize the Russian Naval Air Bases on the Kola Peninsula? Hint

Combined strike by NATO air forces with tanker support.

Sub launched cruise missiles timed to arrive just after a returning strike lands.

Electro-magnetic pulse emitted while a Russian strike is forming up.

Four nuclear tipped cruise missiles.

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Question 19 of 20

19. Another frigate needs a skipper due to illness. After losing the USS Pharris, Morris takes command of what ship? Hint

USS McClusky

USS Reuben James

USS Truett

USS Joseph Hewes

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Question 20 of 20

20. Shortly after taking his new command, Morris and company prosecute a Red Navy sub hiding among the wreckage of what ship? Hint

RMS Titanic

SS Louise Lykes

SS Edmund Fitzgerald

SS Andrea Doria

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What triggers the Soviet oil shortage central to the plot of the book?

Answer: Sabotage by Muslim fanatics at a massive oilfield.

Three employees, after much planning, raid the control center and open and close the correct valves to induce a fire which consumes everything at the production facility. They murder all the technicians and die in a battle with security, taking most of them with them.

2. The Politburo decides to engage and eliminate NATO as a fighting force before what other endeavor?

Answer: Invading the Middle East

NATO forces would make an invasion of Mid-East oil producing nations costly and endanger the very resource the USSR is after...oil.

3. U.S. Navy Commander Danny McCafferty is the first skipper of a new 688 class attack sub, the USS _______?

Answer: Chicago

Dallas was in "Red October". Boston and Pittsburgh are other boats in this novel, Boston having close encounters with Chicago.

4. What Maskirovka (deception) do the Soviets decide to use for political gain?

Answer: Stage a bombing of the Kremlin.

Several civilians were killed, some of them children. It was blamed on a West German citizen.

Answer: Red Navy diesel-electric subs upgrading their batteries.

Fresh batteries can dramatically increase a diesel-electric sub's performance.

6. Mikhail Sergetov is a candidate member of the Politburo. What is his area of expertise?

Answer: Energy

Sergetov had to try to resolve the aforementioned oil shortage.

7. U.S. Navy Commander Ed Morris is the skipper of a Knox class frigate. What is his ship's name?

Answer: USS Pharris

Kidd is a destroyer later seen in dry dock undergoing repair. Stark and Cole were US warships which really were damaged by hostile or accidental action. Stark (Perry class frigate) by the Iraqi military while escorting Kuwaiti tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, May 1987, Cole (Burke class destroyer) by suicide bombers damaging her with a small boat packed with explosives.

This occurred in the Yemeni port of Aden, October 2000.

8. At the outbreak of hostilities, what mission are the debuting USAF stealth fighters given?

Answer: Take out Soviet AWACS aircraft.

If successful, Soviet command and control of the air battle will be severely impacted.

9. What strategically brilliant target is captured by a Soviet airborne battalion hidden in a freighter disguised as an American vessel?

Answer: Keflavik, Iceland

With the remainder of the airborne division flown into Iceland, the Soviets have severed the Greenland, Iceland, UK line of defense. Intact, this line would have been able to detect and prosecute Soviet submarines and long range naval aircraft attempting to attack Atlantic convoys, critical to the introduction and resupply of NATO forces in Europe. Now the Soviets can use Iceland as a forward defense base against NATO air attacks.

10. Lieutenant Mike Edwards escapes the attack by the Soviet airborne forces. He is a meteorologist in which branch of the US military?

Answer: Air Force

Edwards avoids capture and has with him a Marine sergeant and two privates. The Marines are not very keen at following the orders of a "wing wiper". He intends to report the collapse of Iceland's defense as soon as he can, via satellite phone.

Answer: Conning the ship

Toland had put a destroyer on a sandbar early in his career, now he is steering a damaged super carrier after a heavy attack.

12. Lt Edwards and his band intervene when they see several Russian troops raid a civilian farmhouse. What motivates Edwards to take action?

Answer: A woman was being raped.

A young woman named Vigdis was being raped, and Edwards took action. He was dating a girl in college who was raped and murdered. He felt powerless then, but this time the attackers would pay. He and the marines kill or capture all five Russians involved. Behind enemy lines and with no way to deal with prisoners who were committing crimes, the captured Russians are executed.

Answer: HNoMS Kobben (Norway)

Captain Bjorn Johannsen attacked with his small, coastal sub and put four mark 37 torpedoes into Kirov, sinking her quickly. Under heavy attack by Kirov's escorts, Kobben was damaged and almost out of battery power when Chicago loosed three harpoon missiles before being forced into evasive action.

These missiles scored hits against the escorts hunting Kobben, taking the heat off her. Kobben was able to escape. This event was recounted days later in a bar in Faslane, Scotland. Johannsen, drinking heavily in celebration, tells his story over and over. McCafferty is angry that Johannsen hits "his" target.

When Johannsen figures out who McCafferty is, he hugs McCafferty. "Hero!...You save my men!...You save my ship!"

14. USS Pharris escorts a convoy to the UK. Just before returning to the US for another convoy escort, a Red Navy "Victor" class sub scores a torpedo hit against Pharris. What is the damage?

Answer: Her bow is nearly severed, it folds back upon the hull.

Pharris remains afloat and is towed to harbor aft first by a fleet tug. She is done for the war.

15. NATO utilized VCRs to determine Soviet supply dump locations near the battlefront.

Answer: True

They ran the tapes of satellite footage backward to see where supply trucks were coming FROM. These made important targets for air strikes.

16. USAF Major Amelia Nakamura shoots down Three TU16 "Badger" bombers from the Nimitz raid. What other two kills does she get on separate flights to make ace?

Answer: Recon satelittes

In the '80s, women in combat roles were very restricted. Her first three kills occurred while ferrying an F-15 to Europe. She was detailed for ASAT missions because it was not considered combat.

17. General Pavel Alekseyev, deputy CINC-West for Soviet forces, does what to help get a breakthrough of NATO lines?

Answer: Takes personal command of a tank division after its commander dies.

The 20th Guards Tank division's commanding general is KIA. The division's deputy commander is a new colonel. Alekseyev takes command and effectively leads them until a replacement is found.

18. How does NATO intend to neutralize the Russian Naval Air Bases on the Kola Peninsula?

Answer: Sub launched cruise missiles timed to arrive just after a returning strike lands.

The timing for this is critical. The intention is to catch bombers still in the runway, not in shelters. Cluster munitions would make short work of exposed jets, especially being refueled and/or re-armed.

19. Another frigate needs a skipper due to illness. After losing the USS Pharris, Morris takes command of what ship?

Answer: USS Reuben James

The Reuben James is a Perry class frigate. She also made an appearance in the movie "The Hunt for Red October". She did not appear in that book.

20. Shortly after taking his new command, Morris and company prosecute a Red Navy sub hiding among the wreckage of what ship?

Answer: SS Andrea Doria

The Andria Doria sank off the northeast coast of America after colliding with the SS Stockholm. The Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior. The Titanic and Louise Lykes sank in the Atlantic. Note the Lykes name, which was used by the fictional Julius Fucik MV in the landing on Iceland. She changed her rigging and used the name SS Doctor Lykes.

Source: Author pointluck

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