*DAMN R6 Forum

Okay folks.....here it is......GhostSniper's newest quiz!  In the past I have given away cash, iTunes Gift Certificates, and Premium Memberships on GameRanger.  But for this new quiz I have something even BETTER!  Here are the details:

This can be a combined effort of the entire forum.  If the members of the forum can answer every question on this quiz correctly by Friday Night (May 28) at Midnight (CST), I will not make a single post on this forum for ONE WEEK.  So answer all the questions and you get one full week "GhostSniper Free."  This week will run from Midnight (CST) Friday (May 28) until Midnight (CST) Friday (June 4).

Here are the questions:

1.  Under my new avatar is a Phrase.  What does it mean?

2.  You may also have seen my new avatar.  What does it represent?

3.  When was the U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer used in combat for the first time (I want the date and place)?

4.  Where did I serve in combat while in the Army (at least 3 people on GameRanger know this)?

5.  What aircraft replaced the General Dynamics/Grumman EF-111 Raven as the U.S. Air Force's primary airborne electronic jamming platform?

6.  What was the last Macintosh that came with a SCSI Internal Hard Drive?

7.  What is the current Bayonet used by the U.S. Military?

8.  What is the most powerful round the Heckler & Koch MP5 can be chambered with?

9.  When is the 4th Season of the T.V. Show "Alias" set to air?

10.  Who was the last American to go into space alone (hint--the X-15 rocket flights don't count)?

Well, there you have it.  If you know one answer, just post it, and once all of the questions have been answered by someone, the forum gets its prize!  One whole week without ME!

1) latin for "of one's own accord; voluntarily."

Correct!  This is the motto of the U.S. Army Rangers.

i know what is it 7.? What is the current Bayonet used by the U.S. Military?

Sorry, that is not correct.

i know what it This is the motto of the U.S. Army Rangers.                                                                                  really?

9. January 2005

I'd rather just buy Mauti a maxed out G5 to ban you from the forums for a week than answer this quiz.

 :)

Correct!  Everyone has to wait til mid-Season to see the 4th Season of Alias.  I can't wait that long!

bah!  I hate ABC!

3.  Its first combat missions were in 1998 as part of Operation Desert Fox

7) M7

What day?

Nope, the M7 was replaced several years ago by a new bayonet.

the M9 then... bah.

December 17

Correct!  The new M9 is much better than the old M7.  I found it to be much more lethal, also.   ;)

8. 10 mm

Correct, the B-1B was used in combat for the first time on December 17, 1998, in Operation Desert Fox.

Correct!  The most powerful round the MP5 can be chambered with is the 10mm, which has about the same power as a .44 Magnum.

6) Blue & White G3 (I got one at work)

5. The high speed anti-radiation missile (HARM) targeting system on the F-16C, and the existing Navy electronic warfare aircraft, the EA-6B

2: 75th Rangers

10.   Gordo Cooper

Okay, so far here are the questions you have right:


1.  Under my new avatar is a Phrase.  What does it mean?

of one's own accord; voluntarily

2.  You may also have seen my new avatar.  What does it represent?

75th Ranger Regiment

3.  When was the U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer used in combat for the first time (I want the date and place)?

December 17, 1998, during Operation Desert Fox

4.  Where did I serve in combat while in the Army (at least 3 people on GameRanger know this)?

--Nobody has gotten this one yet--

5.  What aircraft replaced the General Dynamics/Grumman EF-111 Raven as the U.S. Air Force's primary airborne electronic jamming platform?

Navy EA-6B Prowler using mixed Navy/Air Force Crews

6.  What was the last Macintosh that came with a SCSI Internal Hard Drive?

Blue & White

7.  What is the current Bayonet used by the U.S. Military?

M9

8.  What is the most powerful round the Heckler & Koch MP5 can be chambered with?

10mm

9.  When is the 4th Season of the T.V. Show "Alias" set to air?

January, 2005

10.  Who was the last American to go into space alone (hint--the X-15 rocket flights don't count)?

L. Gordon Cooper

not sure if this is right,
4. Langly Virginia

lol....no, not correct.  And it's spelled LANGLEY.

my bad

Have I ever known that GS? I remember you telling me something, but I completely forgot.

Just a guess:

4. Herbie

To be more exact: Air Force Special Operations Command at Herbie

Nope....but I was stationed at Hurlburt Field, FL (Herbie) while I was in the Air Force.

Guys, another hint.....I served in COMBAT.....now unless I'm mistaken, we haven't had too many instances within the United States for me to be in combat.  This place is NOT INSIDE THE UNITED STATES.

Bosnia (spelling?)

Well, considering GS was only in the army between 1990 and 1994; there are only two "official" conflicts the US was involved in during that time he could have fought in: Iraq and/or Somalia.

Now, it's entirely possible he fought in a lesser known conflict the general public doesn't know about, but I doubt he'd tell us about it here, so those are my guesses: Iraq and/or Somalia.

How many people actually knew the crap they were writing on the board without using a search engine to find it? Personally, I knew of 1,3,5,7,8, and 9.

As for number 4, it all depends on your definition of "combat" if the answer is indeed Somalia.

4) GhostSniper served on Earth.


Now remain silent for a week!

No, but you are close.   ;)

Actually, it wasn't Iraq or Somalia.  And although we were there later "officially", at the time we were not officially there.  The only reason I can say I was there now is that it has recently become declassified.

Um, I knew the answer to ALL OF THEM without looking them up.   ;)


It was combat.  Horrible combat.  House-to-house fighting in a war-torn land.  We were there much later in an "official" capacity, but at the time it was very much a classified operation.  It became declassified just this year (took 10 years, but now I can talk about it!).  So that means this was in 1994.

Well, if it was classified then it can't be Haiti. My next guess is Serbia.

Beyond that I have no idea, I'd have to do some research.

I'm taking 2 crazy guesses!


Germany or Herzonogevia(spelling)

Well, one of you guessed Bosnia, and I said that was close.  Now you are guessing Serbia.....and again you are very close.  It was in fact a former part of Yugoslavia.  2 ex-Yugoslavia states down.....

And we were there later in a much larger capacity.

Ok, maybe...

Macedonia, Montenegro,  or mb even Vojvodina

but I doubt it is Kosovo.

My guess would be Eastern Slavonia, Croatia. As part of UNTAES maybe?

lol....don't doubt anything.

kosovo. ;D

Correct.

Hard as it is to believe, Clinton sent a small group of Rangers into Kosovo with CIA Operatives several years before the war started there.  We actually got into a few firefights in the short time we were there.  That is about all I am allowed to say about it at this time.  I'm sure someone will write a book about it in the comming years, as the U.S. Government has not chosen to make it public in the normal sense.  The people involved are now allowed to say that they were there, but that is about all.  No details as to the actual missions at this time (that comes after 2008).

Okay, the forum WINS!

From Midnight Friday (May 28) until Midnight Friday (June 4) you will not see GhostSniper on this forum.

If I had a laptop, I would never have made this the prize.  But since I will be in North Carolina all that week, without a Macintosh, I really don't have any way to get online to post.   ;)

I fucking knew it...

Yeah, but if I HADN'T made this the Prize, I would have found a good library somewhere in North Carolina to post on just so you guys wouldn't miss me too much.   ;)

I shall shed a single tear...

Wait...no...i lied.

Wait... you mean a whole complete uninterupted week? a full seven days? not one post?

Correct.   :)

Sweet.