Transcript Air Force Heritage “Knowledge Bowl”

Air Force Heritage
“Knowledge Bowl”
Overview
 Video
 Rules of Engagement
(ROE)
 10 Round Heritage Bowl
Rules of Engagement
 Preparation:
• Clear desks of all books, notes, etc.
• Knowledge Bowl will consist of ten rounds of
seven questions
 Rules:
• 4 Players per team – No one can play more
than two rounds in a row
• 1 Scorekeeper per team; position will rotate
every round
• Remaining team members used as spotters
• Rotate team after each round
Rules of Engagement
• Players may not discuss the questions before
or after the question is read
• Anyone talking besides the person answering
the question will cost their team 5 points
• Correct answers worth 10 points; Incorrect
answers lose 5 points
• Instructor will read each question until one of
the students raises his/her hand
• If a student interrupts the instructor during the
reading of a question, that side forfeits their
opportunity to answer the question
Rules of Engagement
• Once the instructor has finished reading the
question they will recognize the student who will
then have ten seconds to give the correct response
• If time expires or the answer is incorrect, the
opposing side will have a chance to answer. If a
member of the opposing team is to answer, he/she
must stick out his/her hand and be recognized by
the instructor. He/she will then have ten seconds
to give a correct response
• Players have ten seconds to extend their hand
once question is read. Once hand is out, ten
seconds to answer question. If no one attempts to
answer the question it will be thrown out to
everyone for knowledge with no points awarded
Rules of Engagement
 Scorekeepers responsibilities:
• Each scorekeeper will keep track of both
teams scores
• Scores must match at all times. If scores do
not match, instructor will stop the Knowledge
Bowl until scorekeepers resolve the difference
 Spotter’s Responsibilities:
• Spotters should be aware at all times to watch
for contestants raising their hands
• Instructor has final say on who extended their
hand but will remain impartial and fair
throughout
Rules of Engagement
 General:
• Failure to answer a question with either a
sir/ma’am first, before the answer to a
question, also results in a forfeiture of that
sides ability to answer the question
ROUND 1
1. Assistant Secretary of War Henry S.
Breckenridge testified before the House
Military Affairs Committee that military
aviation was simply an additional form of
what three things?
Answer:
Communication, observation
& reconnaissance
2. Who’s concepts did
Brigadier General William
“Billy” Mitchell study to
formulate his ideas of air
power?
Answer:
General Hugh Trenchard
(Commander of the Royal Flying
Corps’ unit in France)
3. How many
confirmed kills did
Eddie Rickenbacker
amass to earn the
title “Ace of Aces?”
Answer:
26
4. Which piece of legislation
made the Air Service a
combatant arm of the U.S.
Army?
Answer:
Army Reorganization Act
5. What was the name of the
book Brig Gen Billy Mitchell
published in 1930
describing his theory of
strategic bombing?
Answer:
“Skyways”
6. What was the name of the
German tactics used against
Poland and other European
countries during the early
years of World War II?
Answer:
Blitzkrieg (Lightening War)
7. What two plans were
developed by the Air War
Plans Division and were
used to fight World War II?
Answer:
AWPD-1 and AWPD-42
ROUND 2
1. In what year did the Army officially
accept the Wright Brother’s plane, test
piloted by Orville Wright and Lt Frank
P. Lahm?
Answer:
1909
2. How many combat
capable aircraft did the
Army Aviation Section have
when the United States
entered World War I?
Answer:
None (0)
3. When did the Armistice of
World War I take effect
(day/month/year)?
Answer:
11 November 1918
4. What ship did “Billy”
Mitchell sink with his
MB-2 bombers proving
air power could be used
for the coastal defense
of the United States?
Answer:
Ostfriesland
5. What school was
responsible for
contemplating, developing,
and teaching air power
doctrine?
Answer:
Air Corps Tactical
School (ACTS)
6. Who was the first person
to fly solo, non-stop across
the Atlantic Ocean?
Answer:
Charles A. Lindbergh
7. When did Germany and
Italy declare war on the
United States during WWII
(day/month/year)?
Answer:
11 December 1941
ROUND 3
1. Which U.S. Army chief
signal officer questioned the
merit of the airplane?
Answer:
Brig Gen James Allen
2. How did the United States
rank among air powers at
the beginning of the Great
War?
Answer:
14th
3. Who was the first flyer to
earn the Medal of Honor?
Answer:
Captain Eddie Rickenbacker
4. How many enemy aircraft
did the Air Service destroy
during WWI?
Answer:
781
5. What act replaced the Air
Service with the more
independent Army Air
Corps?
Answer:
Army Air Corps Act
6. What was the main result of
Brig Gen Billy Mitchell’s
writings on strategic bombing?
Answer:
They had a profound impact on the
development of air doctrine, especially
among the instructors and students at the Air
Corps Tactical School (ACTS)
7. How many B-17s
did the Air Corps
have upon
entering World
War II?
Answer:
14
ROUND 4
1. What was the name of the
joint (American/British)
strategic bombardment
operation conducted against
Germany in 1943?
Answer:
Combined Bomber Offensive
2. On 14 October 1943, what city did
the AAF attack with two groups of B17 bombers attempting to destroy
Germany’s ball bearing production
capability?
Answer:
Schweinfurt
3. Who was the Chief of the
Army Air Forces during
World War II?
Answer:
General Henry H. (“Hap”) Arnold
4. What fighter, fitted with drop
tanks, provided support to the B-17
Flying Fortress and the
Consolidated B-24 Liberator
enabling the Eighth Air Force to
take control of the air?
Answer:
P-51 Mustang
5. What battle is considered
the turning point of the war
in the Pacific?
Answer:
Battle of Midway
6. What was the name of the
B-29 that dropped the first
atomic bomb on
“Hiroshima”?
Answer:
“Enola Gay”
7. What acronym is used when
referring to the group of women
fliers who ferried aircraft such as
the B-17, B-26, P-51, P-47, and C-54
to Europe?
Answer:
W.A.S.P. (Women’s
Air Force Service
Pilots)
ROUND 5
1. Who led the 18 April 1942
attack from the USS Hornet
against the Japanese
mainland?
Answer:
Lieutenant Colonel James H. Doolittle
2. What legislation did
President Truman sign on 26
July 1947 establishing the
Department of Defense and
creating the United States Air
Force?
Answer:
National Security Act
3. In what year did the Berlin
Airlift take place?
Answer:
1948
4. What was the kill-to-kill
ratio during the Korean
War?
Answer:
10:1 (792:78)
5. What campaign during the
Vietnam War, utilizing the B-52, was
designed to destroy the North’s will
to resist and force Hanoi to
negotiate in good faith?
Answer: Linebacker II
6. What does the acronym
ICBM stand for?
Answer:
Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
7. What are the
three components
of the nuclear
triad?
Answer:
Bombers, Submarines & Missiles
ROUND 6
1. What was a key
technological advancement
of the Korean War?
Answer: The Korean
War saw the first full
introduction of the jet
fighter by both
participants
2. How many aircraft were
either damaged or
destroyed during the
Combined Bomber
Offensive?
Answer:
198
3. What advantage did the
F-86 Sabrejet have over the
enemy during the Korean War?
Answer:
Superior training and the
aggressiveness of its pilots
4. US leaders threatened the
use of what weapon at the
end of the Korean War?
Answer:
Tactical Nuclear Weapons
5. What was the name of the
operation that airlifted over 200
million tons of supplies into
Germany after World War II?
Answer:
“Operation Vittles”
6. What was the name of the
atomic bomb dropped on
Nagasaki?
Answer:
“Fat Man”
7. Who was the
first commander
of the Strategic
Air Command?
Answer:
General Curtis LeMay
ROUND 7
1. Who was responsible for
developing the first liquid
fueled rocket in the 1920s?
Answer:
Dr. Robert Goddard
2. What was the name of the
first orbiting satellite launched
by the Soviet Union on 4
October, 1957?
Answer: Sputnik
3. Who was the first man in
space?
Answer:
Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin
4. What was the name of the
United States’ first
intercontinental ballistic missile?
Answer:
Atlas
5. Who was the first
American to orbit the earth?
Answer:
John Glenn
6. Which space program
tested man’s ability to
survive in space?
Answer:
Mercury Program
7. Who said, “I believe that this Nation
should commit itself to achieving this goal,
before the decade is out, of landing a man
on the moon and safely returning him to
earth?”
Answer:
John F. Kennedy
ROUND 8
1. Who was the first
American to walk in space?
Answer:
Maj Edward H. White II
2. Which space program
tested our ability to work in
space?
Answer: Project Gemini
3. Who were the first three
men to reach the moon?
Answer:
Lt Col Michael Collins
Neil Armstrong
Col Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin
4. Which space program
represented manned space
flight to the moon?
Answer:
Project Apollo
5. In what year did man land
on the moon?
Answer:
1969
6. What was the name and
year of the last Apollo
mission?
Answer: Apollo 17/1972
7. Who piloted the first
space shuttle?
Answer:
John Young & Capt Robert
Crippen
ROUND 9
1. The Iraqi invasion of
Kuwait occurred in what
year?
Answer:
1990
2. The USAF transport fleet was
complemented for the first time by
the extensive activation of which
organization during Desert
Shield/Desert Storm?
Answer:
Civil Reserve Air Fleet
(C.R.A.F.)
3. What was the name of
General Schwarzkoph’s
original offensive
campaign plan?
Answer:
“Instant Thunder”
4. What was the second
planned phase of the
four-phased air
campaign plan in Iraq
designed to do?
Answer: Suppress the Iraqi air
defenses in the Kuwait Theater of
Operations
5. What was the third
planned phase of the
four-phased air
campaign plan in Iraq
designed to do?
Answer: Isolation and destruction of
Iraqi forces in the Kuwait Theater of
Operations
6. How many NATO
countries participated in
Operation ALLIED FORCE?
Answer:
14
7. What was the name of the
military operation launched
against Taliban and AlQaeda forces on 7 October
2001?
Answer:
Operation ENDURING
FREEDOM
ROUND 10
1. On what date the United
States drop the first nuclear
weapon on Japan?
Answer:
6 August 1945
2. How long did OPERATION
LINEBACKER II last during the
Vietnam War?
Answer:
11 days
3. What was the name of the
defensive perimeter established by
U.S. and South Korean forces in a
small corner of the Korean
Peninsula during the early days of
the Korean War?
Answer:
“Pusan Perimeter”
4. On what date did
the Soviet Union lift
the blockade of West
Berlin?
Answer: 12 May 1949
5. What was the name of
the World War I battle
that saw General Billy
Mitchell field 1,500
planes?
Answer: Battle of St Mahil
6. In what year did the B-17
fly for the first time?
Answer:
1935
7. How long did it take U.S.
and UN Forces to establish
air dominance in Korea?
Answer:
They never established
air dominance.
ROUND 11
1. True or False. Perhaps the most
important lesson learned during
Kosovo war operations was that
common effort can overcome widely
different objectives?
Answer:
True
2. True or False. The unconditional and
safe return of all refugees and displaced
persons and unhindered access to them by
humanitarian aid organizations was a key
objective established by NATO in April
1999?
Answer:
True
3. Which of the following was not a key
strategic objective of Operation ALLIED
FORCE?
Answer:
Continuously engage in humanitarian missions
to ensure the well-being of refugees
4. True or False. One of the key lessons
learned from Operation ALLIED FORCE
was that smart platforms were superior to
older platforms with smart weapons?
Answer:
False
5. Which of the following was a major
event leading to the war on terrorism?
Answer:
The attacks by Al Quaeda on the U.S. homeland
on September 11, 2001
6. During Operation ENDURING
FREEDOM US forces used Strategic
Attack to…
Answer:
Bomb Taliban headquarters and leadership
7. How was Counterair used in
Operation ENDURING FREEDOM?
Answer:
To destroy airfields and air defense nodes
8. How were Information Operations
used in Operation ENDURING
FREEDOM?
Answer:
C-130 “Commando Solo” aircraft transmitted
radio broadcasts
9. How was Airlift used in Operation
ENDURING FREEDOM?
Answer:
C-130s delivered Special Operations Forces to
remote areas in Afghanistan
ROUND 12
1. How was Airlift used in Operation
ENDURING FREEDOM?
Answer:
Special Operations troops were re-supplied
by C-17 and C-130 airdrops.
2. How was Special Operations
Employment used in Operation
ENDURING FREEDOM?
Answer:
Special Operations forces rode on horses while
utilizing new technology including
GPS and laser range finders.
3. How was Counterland used in Operation
ENDURING FREEDOM?
Answer:
B-52 and B-1 aircraft loitered while waiting for
targets to engage.
4. How were Intelligence, Surveillance, and
Reconnaissance resources used in
Operation ENDURING FREEDOM?
Answer:
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles demonstrated new
technology
5. Which of the following is a lesson
learned from Operation ENDURING
FREEDOM?
Answer:
Airlift and Air Refueling were stretched too thin.
6. Which of the following was an objective
of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM?
Answer:
To disarm Saddam Hussein’s regime and
prevent future terrorist attacks
7. How was Strategic Attack used in
Operation IRAQI FREEDOM?
Answer:
Strategic Attack was used to bomb homes of key
military leaders.
8. List the current USAF Concept of
Operations
Answer:
Homeland Security CONOPS
Space and Command, Control,
Communications, Computers, Intelligence,
Surveillance, and Reconnaissance CONOPS
Global Mobility CONOPS
Global Strike CONOPS
Global Persistent Attack CONOPS
Nuclear Response CONOPS
The Agile Combat Support CONOPS
9. True or False. One of the key lessons
learned from the GWOT is that new
tactics and high-tech munitions have
replaced older, conventional tactics
and munitions.
Answer:
False
TIEBREAKER
8. How much cargo did Allied
Forces deliver to Berlin on Easter
Sunday, 1949?
Answer:
13,000 tons
Summary
Video
 Rules of Engagement
(ROE)
 10 Round Heritage Bowl
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