Interesting. I never did read the book, and only saw part of the movie. If #3 is still open, it's the end of WWII - I think the surrender, but it might be Nagasaki.

Both are very good. Most of the movie dialogue is lifted nearly verbatim from the book.

I was going to answer your speculation, but that's actually in the next category.

Bonus question: Before Lincoln went to the theater that night, he signed paperwork that created a new federal agency. Which one?

TSA? :rolleyes:

Haha. Nope.

And the answer to my KKR trivia question, BTW, is "Motel 6." Same model as food; very little variable cost, brand name, clientele, established expectations.

Third and final category of the night...

Wars and Conflicts:

Lead: Name both of the Japanese cities that atomic bombs that were dropped on, and the dates that they were dropped, along with the aircraft that dropped them and the names of the bombs. Each correct answer is one point, and you must get four of the eight possible answers.

1. What was the bloodiest single-day battle in American history?
A) Gettysburg
B) Omaha Beach landing
C) Antietam
D) The Six-Day War

2. This battle caused the division of Vietnam into North and South.
A) Dien Bien Phu
B) Chosin
C) Inchon
D) Da Nang

3. The events of October 3rd, 1993 inspired what film?

4. What event started World War I?

5. What is the literal English translation of “al-Qaeda”?
A) “Holy group” B) “Blessed ones” C) “The Base” D) “The Bedrock”

ZRH will be so great, though! We'll share our new found knowledge with you when we get back!

Didn't know that one. I do have the VJ Day edition of the Baltimore Evening Sun framed at home (also happens to be my birthday but not year) - found it while cleaning out a packrat's possessions from a tobacco barn and was allowed to keep it.

....... and the color of the knickers each pilot wore, and if it takes a week to walk a fortnight, how many apples are there in a barrel of grapes and how long will it take for a spider with clogs on to walk through a barrel of treacle :D:D:D

Hiroshima, Nagasaki
August 6 & 9 1945
Enola Gay, Bock's Car
Fat Man, Little Boy
1. A
2. ?
3. ?
4. Assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand
5. C - The Base

Very funny. :D It's not that hard, or so I at least thought. It's a smokescreen question - the dates and the cities are the two easy pairs, and that's four of the eight answers. The other stuff is there just to scare and confuse.

3. Black Hawk Down????

37. ;)

But what's treacle?

8 for 8 on the top question, 1/4/5 - no, yes, yes.