Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Wednesday Trivia

The answer to yesterday's question is:
Cape Girardeau, Missouri; and Sacramento, California.

Today's question is:
What was the name of the aircraft from which was dropped the first atomic bomb, on Hiroshima? (bonus point if you can identify the pilot)

12 comments:

  1. PeggyU5:55 PM

    Enola Gay, wasn't it?

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  2. pseudotsuga11:28 PM

    That's the "Enola Gay." Can't remember the pilot's name.
    But the 2nd atomic bomb was dropped by the B-29 "Bock's Car" onto Nagasaki--do I get bonus points for knowing that?!

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  3. Plane: Enola Gay
    Pilot: COL Paul Tibbets. He just died within the last year or two.

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  4. Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark3:56 AM

    Enola Gay
    Paul Tibbets

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  5. Steve, USMA '854:45 AM

    Enola Gay.

    I'm going to kick myself when you post the name of the pilot because I know it. I hate brain cramps.

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  6. Steve, USMA '854:46 AM

    Just came to me, Paul Tibbets.

    I knew I knew it. Just needed to think about something else for a minute. I read his biography in high school.

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  7. MAJ K7:31 AM

    COL Paul Tibbets, Pilot-in-Command of the Enola Gay, named after his mother.

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  8. allen (in Michigan)7:59 AM

    The aircraft was named the "Enola Gay" and the pilot was named, I believe, Tippet?

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  9. Enola Gay's husband!

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