Impossible quiz

"No, it belongs to the King!"

 

i thought milligan sed 'have u seen my gun'

 

Any takers - it got the intrest of the establishment very quickly

 

Did he drop one on Harrods?

 

Not quite - he posted his proposals to IIRC 17 people - the spooks were not happy.

 

Ok, here is a question to which I do not know the answer - but you might.

Adolf Hitler had a sister, by the name of Paula. What happened to her?
What did she do during the war?

This has been bugging me since I heard that she existed...

 

I too was intrigued about the existence of a sister. There are some errors in the article ( such as dating Hitler becoming chancellor in 1955), part of which appears to be a contemporary account. In the article it states that Hitlers' parents were related by blood and other family members showed signs of in-breeding and mental retardation. Perhaps all white supremacists are in-bred? Might explain the slack jawed looks and idiotic attitudes!

http://www.ess.uwe.ac.uk/documents/osssection4pt1.htm

"Paula was Adolf Hitler's only full sibling who lived to adulthood. During much of the Third Reich period she lived incognito by her brother's desire, as Paula Wolf. After the war she lived quietly in Berchtesgaden, where she died in 1960 and was buried in the Bergfriedhof cemetery. Also to be found in the Bergfriedhof cemetery are cenotaphs to Fritz Todt, Nazi Armaments Minister, and Gen. Rudolf Schmundt, Hitler's Army Adjutant. Early Nazi publicist Dietrich Eckart is buried in the Altfriedhof cemetery in downtown Berchtesgaden....

....When we consider that Klara Poelzl [Adolphs' mother] may have lost one child before her marriage to Alois Hitler, another son born in 1885 who died in 1887, another son born in 1894 who died in 1900, and a girl who was born in 1886 and died in 1888, one has grounds to question the purity of the blood. There is even cause for greater suspicion when we learn from Dr. Bloch that he is certain that there was a daughter, slightly older than Adolph, who was an imbecile. He is absolutely certain of this because he noticed at the time that the family always tried to hide the child and keep her out of the way when he came to attend the mother. It is possible that this is Ida who was born in 1886 and who is alleged to have died in 1888, except that Dr. Bloch believes that this girl's name was Klara. He may, however, be mistaken in this particularly since both names end in "a" and he never had any close contact with her. There is no other record of a Klara anywhere in the records.
The younger sister, Paula, is also said to be a little on the stupid side, perhaps a high-grade moron. This is certainly a poor record and one is justified in suspecting some constitutional weakness. A syphilitic taint is not beyond the realm of possibility. The mother died following an operation for cancer of the breast on December 21,1907. All biographers have given the date of her death as December 21, 1906 but Dr. Bloch's records show clearly that she died in 1907 and John Gunther's record of the inscription on her tombstone corroborates this. The last six months of her life were spent in extreme pain and during the last week it was necessary to give her injections of morphine daily.
Paula Hitler, or Hiedler, is Adolph's real sister and is seven years younger. What happened to her after her mother's death is a mystery until she was discovered living very poorly in an attic in Vienna where she has a position addressing envelopes for an insurance company. She now lives under the name of Frau Wolf (Hitler's nickname is Wolf) and is alleged to be very queer and to receive no one in her home. Dr. Bloch went to visit her in the hope that she might intercede with her brother and obtain permission for him to take some money out of the country when he was exiled. He rapped on her door a number of times but received no answer. Finally, the neighbor on the same landing came to the door and asked who he was and what he wanted. The neighbor explained that Frau Wolf never received anyone and intimated that she was very queer (other writers have also reported this). She promised, however, to deliver any message he might give her. Dr. Bloch explained his predicament in detail. The next day when he returned, hoping that he would have an opportunity of speaking to Paula Hitler personally, the neighbor reported that Paula was very glad to hear from him and that she would do everything she could to help him. Nothing more.
During her childhood, according to William Patrick Hitler, she and Adolph did not get on very well together. There seems to have been considerable friction and jealousy between them, particularly since Alois Jr. was always taking her side. As far as is known, Hitler had no contact with her whatever from the time his mother died until 1955 when he became Chancellor. He has never mentioned her anywhere, as far as can be determined. It is alleged that he now sends her a small allowance each month to alleviate her poverty and keep her out of the limelight. According to William Patrick Hitler, his uncle became more interested in her as the friction with Angela increased. It is said that he has had her visit him at Berchtesgaden and William Patrick met her at the Bayreuth Festival in 1939 where she went by the name of Frau Wolf, but Hitler did not mention to anyone that it was his sister. He said she is a little on the stupid side and not very interesting to talk to since she rarely opens her mouth.
This is Adolph Hitler's family, past and present. It is possible that there is another sister, Ida, an imbecile, who is still living, but if so we have no knowledge of her whereabouts. On the whole, it is nothing to be proud of and Hitler may be wise in keeping it well under cover."

 

spike quiz

As an aside, in one of the earlier posts it said that 'goons' came from the term for German guards in POW camps. However, in on of Spike's books (?)'Hitler, my part in his downfall' he says that it referred to the tall, large ankled characters in the 'Popeye' cartoons.

Here's a Spike triv question: Which country was he born in and what was his nationality when he died? For extra brownie points, why did he adopt the latter nationality?

 

Re: spike quiz

Don't do that! :lol:

 

Born: India

Nationality at death: Irish?

Reason: Disgruntled with treatment by English authority (govrnment etc)?

 

Re: spike quiz

Ah - I didn't say it came from there, just that it was the same word...

 

David gets the ******* points (ok, we won't go down that road again!). Spike was born in India and in the 1980s due to changes in UK immigration laws, had to apply for naturalisation to obtain a Uk passport. However, he refused to take the 'Oath of Allegance' as he said he'd already done so when he was called up to fight for king and country. After a protracted legal wrangle he refused to give way and opted for an Irish passport because he had Irish relatives and Irish passports were notoriously easy to obtain at the time.


Ah - I didn't say it came from there, just that it was the same word...

 

I want some Brownie points!! :x :x

(sounds of toys being thrown out of pram )

 

Ok, heree is one.

Why did Churchill order the Blacker Bombard into production despite the weapon having been turned down several times by the Ministry of Armaments?

 

Ok, a hint - it had to do with the 'Cross of Lorraine'...

 

The only things I've been able to find is that it was cheap, simple and could be produced in quantity quickly - something Britain desperately needed in a weapon post-Dunkirk and in the lead up to the anticipated Operation Sealion - but something that was not a requirement beforehand.

 

Well, it was... but...

According to a guy who worked with Mr Blacker, they managed to get Churchill to come to a demonstration. De Gualle was also present.
During this demonstration, Churchill asked if they would test it by firing at a tree. They did so, and splinters from the trunk flew everywhere, one hitting De Gualle.
The theory goes that Churchill was so chuffed by this that he ordered the weapon into production immediately!

 

Here's a pretty hard one :

Which country did first acknowledge Norway as a sovereign nation after it regained it's independence in 1905 ?

 

Well, I know that the date of Independance was 7th June...
Do I get a (mustn't say the word or Roe gets upset) point for that?

 

Sorry, no br... *oops* points here. :smok:

I'll say as much as that I was surprised when I learned which country it was.