Show:
World War II
Vietnam
Fleet Week
Space Race
Mixed Bag
100
This big event forced America into declaring war on Japan and Germany. Coincidentally, the Intrepid's keel was laid 6 days prior.
What is the bombing of Pearl Harbor?
100
This former Intrepid crew member and Arizona senator flew off the Intrepid:
Who is John McCain?
100
This is the year that Fleet Week was first celebrated in New York City:
What is 1982?
100
This is what NASA stands for:
What is National Aeronautics and Space Administration?
100
The Intrepid is this type of ship:
What is an Aircraft Carrier?
200
The Intrepid was hit five times by this Japanese "special attack" where a plane would crash into ships:
What are Kamikazes?
200
This was the number of tours of combat the Intrepid did during Vietnam:
What is three?
200
This is the city that hosted the first Fleet Week:
What is San Diego?
200
The Intrepid participated in the NASA recovery program in this decade:
What is the 1960s?
200
These giant armored ships were loaded with huge guns and designed for ship to ship combat.
What is a battleship?
300
This was the largest naval battle of WWII that Intrepid participated in:
What is the Battle of Leyte Gulf?
300
This was the main aircraft used by Intrepid squadrons during the Vietnam war:
What is the Skyhawk.
300
After the first fleet week was held in a different coastal city, this city held the next 24 consecutive Fleet Weeks on the Western Coast:
What is San Fransisco?
300
This was the first astronuat that Intrepid rescued as a primary recovery vessel for NASA:
Who is Scott Carpenter?
300
This is where Intrepid's keel was laid in 1941:
What is Newsport News Virginia?
400
This was the name of United State's president, who was also an Avenger flying ace in the Second World War:
Who is Who is George H.W. Bush?
400
The Intrepid spent its time in Vietnam in this body of water:
What is the Gulf of Tonkin?
400
This is the year the first Fleet Week was held:
What is 1935?
400
The Soviet Union launched two of these animals into space, and they successfully orbited the Earth and returned in 1960:
What is a dog? The Soviet Union launched Belka and Strelka into Space.
400
Traditionally, this is what attack submarines are named after:
What is fish?
500
During World War II, this was Intrepid's ship designation:
What is CV-11
500
This pilot shot down a North Vietnamese MiG-21 in 1968 flying a supersonic Crusader: (Hint his name is on the Crusader upstairs on the flight deck).
Who is Lt. Anthony Nargi?
500
This United States President was also a former Secretary of the Navy and was responsible for the creation of the first Fleet Week.
Who is President Franklin D. Roosevelt?
500
These were the first organisims launched into space in 1946:
What are fruit flies?
500
This is the class of aircraft carrier that Intrepid belongs too:
What is the "Essex Class"?