[Answer] 7. On 15 December 1944, I boarded a single-engine Norseman aircraft at a military airstrip north of London. The plane took off for Paris, and I disappeared forever. Which famous bandleader am I?

Step 1 : Introduction to the question "7. On 15 December 1944, I boarded a single-engine Norseman aircraft at a military airstrip north of London. The plane took off for Paris, and I disappeared forever. Which famous bandleader am I?"

...1. Count Basie 2. Joe Loss 3. Ted Heath 4. Glenn Miller Probably the most popular musician and bandleader of his time, Glenn Miller was to have led his United States Army Air Forces Band in a Christmas concert for Allied troops in liberated Paris. He decided to travel ahead of his band, despite heavy rain and fog. There was no search or enquiry into the disappearance and it was assumed that, because of poor weather conditions, the plane had gone down in the English Channel. No wreckage was ever discovered. Possibly because of the lack of an enquiry, various rumours circulated after Glenn Miller's disappearance. It was rumoured that he had died of a heart attack in a Paris brothel; or was hidden, disfigured after being shot down by the Germans; or had been terminated as a German spy.

[Answer] 8. Julia McWilliams' World War II assignments took her to several places overseas. In 1944 she was posted to China where an event took place that would change the course of her life. What happened?

Step 1 : Introduction to the question "8. Julia McWilliams' World War II assignments took her to several places overseas. In 1944 she was posted to China where an event took place that would change the course of her life. What happened?"

...1. She met her future husband 2. She became very ill 3. She was taken prisoner 4. She was sent home Julia met Paul Cushing Child while both working for the US spy agency. He was a high-ranking OSS official, and she worked cataloging highly classified documents. Paul Child was a sophisticated gourmand, artist and poet who had spent time living in France. They married in 1946. He introduced Julia to French food, and she often told the story of the meal they shared that first awakened her desire to learn the art of French cooking, a meal that included oysters, Sole Meuni�re and some fine wine.

[Answer] 3. Now, our machine takes us right back to 1944 and we see Walter covering D-Day. D-Day was an event that occurred on June 6th, 1944. In which region of France did the Allies land?

Step 1 : Introduction to the question "3. Now, our machine takes us right back to 1944 and we see Walter covering D-Day. D-Day was an event that occurred on June 6th, 1944. In which region of France did the Allies land?"

...1. The Pas de Calais 2. Brittany 3. Provence 4. Normandy The D-Day mission was codenamed Operation Overlord. It was an Allied victory and a turning point in the war.

[Answer] 4. You'll never play trivia in Oradour-sur-Glane again. This village in France was abandoned in June 1944. For what reason?

Step 1 : Introduction to the question "4. You'll never play trivia in Oradour-sur-Glane again. This village in France was abandoned in June 1944. For what reason?"

...1. There was an outbreak of plague. 2. The inhabitants were abducted by aliens. 3. It was bought by a Texan millionaire and transported to America. 4. It was the site of a Nazi atrocity. On June 10th 1944, 642 men, women and children were rounded up and shot or burned to death by the Nazis. This was virtually the entire local population and is believed to have happened because the SS confused the village with the nearby Oradour-sur-Vayres, in which they believed that a German officer was being held. The village has remained empty as a memorial.

[Ans] What iconic event occurred on June 6, 1944?

Step 1 : Introduction to the question "What iconic event occurred on June 6, 1944?"

...Although the term D-Day is used routinely as military lingo for the day an operation or event will take place, for many it is also ... Missing: iconic Allies invade France - Jun 06, 1944 - ...


 At 6:30 a.m., American troops came ashore at Utah and Omaha beaches. ... the day an operation or event will take place, for many it is also synonymous with June 6, 1944, the ...

[Ans] Who created the ballpoint pen in 1944?

Step 1 : Introduction to the question "Who created the ballpoint pen in 1944?"

...A ball point pen is a pen that uses a small rotating ball made of brass, steel, or tungsten carbide to disperse ink as you write. All of the pens that preceded the ballpoint -- whether quill, metal or fountain -- used a watery, dark india ink that fed through the pen using capillary action. How does a ball point pen work?

 Why was the ballpoint pen invented? The first patent for a ballpoint pen was issued on 30 October 1888, to John J. Loud, who was attempting to make a writing instrument that would be able to write "on rough surfaces-such as wood, coarse wrapping-paper, and other articles" which then-common fountain pens could not.