Dying In Droves
For every plane lost in combat, how many planes were lost in accidents (malfunctions)?
a. 3
b. 4
c. 5
d. 6
What is 6?
What was Louie known for during his time at Oahu?
a. helping every man in need
b. refusing to work his fair share
c. playing pranks on everybody in his squad
d. speaking disrespectfully to his commander in chief
What is playing pranks on everybody in his squad?
In August 1942, Louie graduated from flight school with what title?
a. captain
b. lieutenant
c. second lieutenant
d. corporal
What is second lieutenant?
Name the ship that Louie and the rest of the 1936 U.S. Olympic team traveled to Germany on.
a. the New Amsterdam
b. the Brooklyn
c. the Staten Island
d. the Manhattan
What is the Manhattan?
When Japan withdrew its bid to host the 1940 Olympic Games, where were the games scheduled to be held?
a. Helsinki, Finland
b. Oslo Norway
c. Torino, Italy
d. Salt Lake City, Utah
Where is Helsinki, Finland?
Sharks were incredibly feared by the airmen. What did they do for fun to the sharks in their pastime?
What was located on the island of Wake Atoll?
a. an American base
b. a German base
c. a Swedish base
d. a Japanese base
What is a Japanese base?
Where was Louie stationed for training after flight school?
a. Ephrata, Washington
b. Albany, New York
c. Oahu, Hawaii
d. Naples, Italy
Where is Ephrata, Washington?
What were all of the athletes fighting over on the trip to Germany?
a. training space
b. food
c. sleeping space
d. space on the life rafts
What is training space?
What happened on September 29, 1941?
a. Louie's mother died.
b. Louie joined the army.
c. Louie escaped to Canada.
d. Louie's brother was killed in action.
What is Louie joined the army?
What happened in Nanking, China?
What did Louie take out with his bombs during the attack on Wake Atoll?
a. a bunker
b. the runway
c. the storage facility for bombs
d. several fighter jets
What is the runway?
Who was Louie's pilot and soon to be best friend?
a. Harvey Flammer
b. Anthony Zamperini
c. Russell Allen Phillips
d. Cece Perry
Who was Russell Allen Phillips?
What was so remarkable about Louie's final lap of the 5,000 meter race?
a. He ran it in a record-breaking 56 seconds.
b. He caught up to the leaders and won the race.
c. He accidentally ran off the course.
d. His shoe fell off, but he was still able to finish the race.
What is...He ran it in a record-breaking 56 seconds?.
What ultimately happened to the 1940 Olympics?
a. They were moved a second time to Paris, France.
b. They were boycotted by the Germans.
c. They were cancelled entirely.
d. They suffered a massive terrorist attack.
What is they were canceled entirely?
What were Phil's two good-luck charms?
a. a shark tooth and a four leaf clover
b. a bracelet and a four leaf clover
c. a shark tooth and a silver dollar
d. a bracelet and a silver dollar
What is a bracelet and a silver dollar?
What was the concern that Phil and Louie had when flying back to the Midway airstrip?
a. they feared getting lost in the fog
b. they feared running out of gas
c. they feared being followed and gunned down
d. they lost an engine and were going down
What is they feared running out of gas?
Nicknamed the "flying coffin," what made the B-24 so spectacular in comparison to other planes?
a. it could go all day without refueling
b. it was lighter
c. it was faster
d. it had the farthest shooting accuracy range
What is "it could go all day without refueling?"
What prominent figure congratulated Louie by saying, "Ah you're the boy with the fast finish"?
a. Franklin D Roosevelt
b. Winston Churchill
c. Heinrich Himmler
d. Adolf Hitler
Who is Adolf Hitler?
What was the military going to make Louie?
a. a bombardier
b. a nose gunner
c. a waist gunner
d. a pilot
What is a bombardier?
Explain the ritual that would be performed when an airman died in Oahu.
His friends would open his footlocker, take out his liquor, and have a drink in his honor.
Daily Double: make your bet!
What caused Louie and Phil to use so much more fuel than the other bombardiers during the raid?
What did Louie send to his mother prior to leaving for war?
a. a letter of apology for his earlier behavior
b. his airman's wings from his uniform
c. his certificate of completion from the training station
d. a picture of the two of them together years ago
What is... his airman's wings from his uniform?
Which university did Louie attend and run for upon his return to the United States?
a. UCLA
b. USC
c. Stanford
d. Cal Tech
What is USC?
Who was the real James Sasaki?
a. a famed Japanese ski jumper, training in California.
b. a Japanese informant, sent to raise money for the Japanese war effort in the U.S.
c. a die-hard fan of track and field, and Louie's best friend
What is a Japanese informant, sent to raise money for the Japanese war effort in the U.S.?