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Sporcle is a trivia and pub quiz website created by trivia enthusiast Matt Ramme. [1] First launched on April 23, 2007, the website allows users to play and make quizzes on a wide range of subjects, with the option to earn badges by completing challenges. The name Sporcle is a portmanteau of sports and oracle.
The 1st, 2nd and 3rd editions of Angriff!. Angriff! (German: "Attack!"), subtitled "A practical set of World War II Wargaming rules for use with the HO and MICRO scale enthusiast", is a set of rules for miniature wargaming set in World War II designed especially for use with HO scale and 1:285 scale micro armor.
The 1:12 scale is a traditional scale (ratio) for models and miniatures. In this scale (ratio), one inch on the scale model or miniature is equal to twelve inches on the original object being copied. Depending on the application, this particular scale (ratio) is also called one-scale (since 1 inch equals 1 foot). [1]
A pub quiz team in England. A pub quiz is a quiz held in a pub or bar. These events are also called quiz nights, [1] trivia nights, [2] or bar trivia [3] and may be held in other settings. The pub quiz is a modern example of a pub game, and often attempts to lure customers to the establishment on quieter days.
General Quarters (World War Two Naval Warfare, 1/2400 scale) (L.L. Gill, CinC Soft Metal Castings, 1975) General Quarters 2 (20th Century Naval Warfare, 1/2400) (L.L. Gill, CinC Soft Metal Castings, 1977) General Quarters (Old Dominion GameWorks, unknown) Great Battles of World War II (Bruce McFarlane, The Canadian Wargames Group, 1995)
College Bowl, which was created by Don Reid as a USO activity for U.S. service men during World War II, was an influential early quiz bowl program. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Also known as "The College Quiz Bowl," it started on radio in 1953 and then aired on national television in the U.S. from 1959 to 1970.
World War II [b] or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all the world's countries—including all the great powers—participated, with many investing all available economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities in pursuit of total war, blurring the distinction between military and ...
This is a list of World War II battles encompassing land, naval, and air engagements as well as campaigns, operations, defensive lines and sieges. Campaigns generally refer to broader strategic operations conducted over a large bit of territory and over a long period.