Trivia!

Correct. A fascinating man.
Pamnjay, over to you.

 

Wilhelm Franz Canaris.
He was the head of the German military intellegence agency from 1935 to 1944.
He was also a member of the German resistance but was under arrest during the assasination attempt on Hitler.
J

 

No extra points for answering it twice!

 

Blasted work computers!!
This is a 2 parter,
1. Who said that submarines were 'Underhanded, unfair and damned un-English'?
2. What was the ironic result of another of his quotes refering to submariners being hanged as pirates?
J

 

1. Admiral of the Fleet Sir Arthur Wilson VC, the Controller of the Royal Navy
2. In response, Lieutenant Commander (later Admiral Sir) Max Horton first flew the Jolly Roger on return to port after sinking the German cruiser SMS Hela and the destroyer SMS S-116 in 1914 while in command of the E class submarine HMS E9.

--Chase

 

Correct! In fact not only did Horton fly the Jolly Roger, but the RN submarine service and Commonwealth navies submarine services adopted the Jolly Roger and we still have it today.
You' re up.
J

 

Sorry theGeek. I did not see your edited response when I checked. It just showed your original answer.

 

Hey, no problem,I should type faster and be more accurate.

 

Good, I would hate to displease the mighty Ming!

 

What was the only capital ship not sunk at scapa flow?

 

Wasn't that SMS Baden?

 

Correct, you're up.

 

B.F. Skinner was a famous psychologist specializing in human behavioral studies. How in the world is he related to naval warfare?

 

I should think there were quite a few capital ships *not* sunk at Scapa Flow. Hood, Invincible, and Warspite, to name a few. In fact, if you think about it, most ships in the world were *not* sunk at Scapa Flow. Really, only most of the HSF and a few British ships were sunk there.

 

Sorry, poorly worded, but I think you know what I meant.
--Chase

 

Operation Pigeon

In 1944 World War II was in full swing. Airplanes and bombs were common, but there were no missile guidance systems. Anxious to help, Skinner sought funding for a top secret project to train pigeons to guide bombs. Working intently, he trained pigeons to keep pecking a target that would hold a missile onto a target. The pigeons pecked reliably, even when falling rapidly and working with warlike noise all around them. While Project Pigeon was discontinued (because of another top secret project unknown to Skinner - radar), the work was useful. Pigeons behave more rapidly than rats, allowing more rapid discoveries of the effect of new contingencies. As Skinner put it, "the research that I described in The Behavior of Organisms appeared in a new light. It was no longer merely an experimental analysis. It had given rise to a technology." Skinner never again worked with rats. Skinner described Project Pigeon in an article with the same name.

 

You pecked the bird on the beak. B.F. Skinner was a proponent of the "pigeon-guided bomb." Just imagine what PETA would do if someone tried that today.

http://www.arischindler.com/photos/1412/

http://historywired.si.edu/object.cfm?ID=353

 

In ww2 what is a "kiss"

 

"You must remember this
A kiss is just a kiss, a sigh is just a sigh.
The fundamental things apply
As time goes by."

 

No, not a Hollywood production.

"I’m shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!"