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The Great Escape
All Things Great Escape
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| During the Great Escape how many Prisoners of War successfully went through the tunnel and got away from the prison camp Stalag Luft III? | 76 |
| Which German military organisation ran the prison camp Stalag Luft III, from which the Great Escape happened? | Luftwaffe |
| What was the name of the supposedly escape proof POW camp, from which the Great Escape took place? | Stalag Luft III |
| The camp Stalag Luft III is approximately 100 miles from Berlin in what direction? | South East |
| What were buried 9 feet underground through the POW camp Stalag Luft III to detect any tunnelling work being done by prisoners? | Microphones |
| At what depth were the microphones the German placed around the Stalag Luft III POW Camp to detect tunnelling work? | 9 Feet |
| Stalag Luft III was deliberately built on what kind of substance to make it difficult to tunnel out of the camp and to conceal any material displaced through tunnelling? | Yellow Sand |
| According to the Geneva Convention, the maximum punishment for escape attempts by POW should have been how many days in solitary confinement? | 10 |
| What was the name of the convention which protected the rights of Prisoners of War, and stated that 10 days solitary confinement was the maximum punishment for escape attempts? | Geneva Convention |
| Which POW led the escape committee which organised the planning of the Great Escape? | Roger Bushell |
| The head of the Escape Committee Roger Bushell was originally captured by the Germans when he was shot down assisting with what military operation? | Dunkirk Evacuation |
| How many POWs in total helped with the Great Escape? | 600 |
| What were the names of the three tunnels built by the POWs to be used during the Great Escape? | Tom, Dick & Harry |
| Which of the three tunnels built by the POWs in Stalag Luft III as part of the Great Escape was successfully used to get 76 people out of the camp? | Harry |
| The tunnel Harry which was used successfully during the Great Escape, started from which hut in the North Compound of Stalag Luft III? | Hut 104 |
| What item was placed over the top of the trap door which give access to the Harry tunnel in Hut 104, it was always kept lit to discourage guards from getting too close to it? | Heating Stove |
| When the tunnels for the Great Escape were being built, they started with a downwards shaft of what distance to take them out of the range of tunnel detecting microphones? | 30 feet |
| Whilst some tunnel diggers would work naked to avoid getting sand on their clothes as it would give away that tunnelling work had been done, most diggers would instead strip down to wearing what item of clothing to do their digging? | Long Johns |
| How much sand had to be concealed during the building of the tunnels used in the Great Escape? | 100 tonnes |
| How many bed boards were used during the Great Escape to help shore up the tunnels used in the escape? | 4000 |
| How wide were the tunnels used in the Great Escape? | 2 Feet |
| What items were placed around the tunnels to muffle the sounds of the work being done? | Blankets |
| Stolen wire from the camp was used to tap into the camp's electricity supply to provide what in the tunnels? | Light |
| Before electric lights were set up in the Great Escape tunnels, what types of lamps were used for lighting? | Fat Lamps |
| What items were used for the wicks required for the Fat Lamps which were originally used to provide lighting down the escape tunnels? | Pyjama Cords |
| The fat lamps used to provide the initial lighting in the Great Escape tunnels were made from mutton fat skimmed from what? | Soup |
| What was the name of the first Half Way station built in Harry tunnel? | Picadilly Circus |
| What was the name of the second Half Way station built in Harry tunnel? | Leicester Square |
| Which of the three tunnels built for the Great Escape was discovered by the German just as it was near completion in 1943? | Tom |
| Which of the tunnels built for the Great Escape was converted into a storage facility for dirt from other tunnels and escape equipment? | Dick |
| The rubber needed to make travel stamps for forged escape documents was obtained from what? | Shoe Heels |
| What was used to make the ink which was used to produce forged escape documents? | Shoe Polish |
| What organisation provided POW which much needed extra food and good such as chocolate and coffee which could be used to bribe guards? | Red Cross |
| On what day at around 10.30pm did the Great Escape begin? | March 24th 1944 |
| Who was the first POW to emerge from tunnel Harry during the Great Escape, he also discovered that the tunnel fell short of the surrounding woods and set up the coast clear rope system to aid the escape? | Johnny Bull |
| At what time in the morning of the 25th of March 1944 was the tunnel discovered by a passing German solider who nearly fell down it? | 5am |
| Of the 76 POWs who got away from the camp, how many were recaptured? | 73 |
| Of the 76 POWs who got away from the camp, how many made it back home without being recaptured? | 3 |
| Of the 73 POWs who were recaptured following the Great Escape, how many were murdered by the Gestapo following their capture? | 50 |
| What was the nationality of the two POW who successfully made it to neutral Sweden during the escape, and as a result got away? | Norwegian |
| What was the nationality of the POW who successfully made it to neutral Spain during the escape, and as a result got away? | Dutch |
| Who originally ordered that all recaptured POWs from the Great Escape should be shot, he was persuaded to reduce the number to more than half, as it would be impossible to explain away all being killed and not make it look like they were executed? | Adolf Hitler |
| What the name of the top security organisation in Germany, under which the Gestapo and Kripo would work? It's Head reported directly to the head of SS Heinrich Himmler? | RHSA |
| In Mid 1943, which person the head of the SS assumed overall control of Prisoner of War security? | Heinrich Himmler |
| What was the common name of the Kiminalpolizei or Criminal Police who led the search for people who were on the run following the Great Escape? | Kripo |
| Under what name it the German Secret Police better known, who were responsible for organising the murders of 50 recaptured Great Escapers? | Gestapo |
| What was the name of the order issued in Mid 1943 by the German Supreme Command also known as the OKW which stated all Armed Forces prisoner moved in bulk should be chained? | Igel Order |
| Issued by German Supreme Command in 1943, The Igel Order stated that POWs been moved in bulk should be what? | Chained |
| What was the name of the order issued by the OKW in February 1944 which stated that escaped POWs should not automatically be returned to the camps they escaped from but instead held in special detention pending consideration of each individual case? | Stufe Romisch Order |
| What order was issued in March 1944 the same month as The Great Escape that stated all non British or American recaptured escaped POWS should be sent to Mauthausen Concentration Camp with a K next to their name to indicate their immediate execution? | Kugel or Bullet Order |
| What was the English name of the Kugel Order issued in March 1944 that stated recaptured POW escapees who weren't British or American should be sent to Mauthausen Concentration Camp for immediate execution? | Bullet Order |
| What was the German name of the Bullet Ordered issued in March 1944 that stated recaptured POW escapees who weren't British or American should be sent to Mauthausen Concentration Camp for immediate execution? | Kugel Order |
| The Bullet Order of March 1944 stated that all Non British or American recaptured POW escapees should be sent to which concentration camp for immediate execution? | Mathausen |
| The Bullet Order of March 1944 stated that all Non British or American recaptured POW escapees should have what letter put on their record before being sent to Mauthausen concentration camp for immediate execution? | K |
| The POW camp Stalag Luft III from which The Great Escape took place was located next to which German city? | Sagan |
| The city of Sagan which was home to the POW Camp Stalag Luft III from where the Great Escape took place in it what then German region? | Lower Silesia |
| The city of Sagan which was home to the POW Camp Stalag Luft III from where the Great Escape took place in was located in Germany at the time, but is now in which country? | Poland |
| In what month was the camp Stalag Luft III opened for holding Allied POWs? | April 1942 |
| What was the first prisoner holding compound constructed at Stalag Luft III? | East Compound |
| The first prisoners to arrive at Stalag Luft III came from which camp located at Barth on the Baltic Coast? | Stalag Luft I |
| The first prisoners to arrive at Stalag Luft III came from the camp Stalag Luft I located in which town on the Baltic Coast | Barth |
| The first prisoners to arrive at Stalag Luft III came from the camp Stalag Luft I located in the town of Barth on the coast of which sea? | Baltic |
| When British Airmen were first captured they were initially sent to which POW camp where the Luftwaffe's Interrogation was based? It was first camp Roger Bushell was sent to? | Dulag Luft |
| Dulag Luft the first camp Allied Airmen including Roger Bushell were sent to was located in which town near Frankfurt? | Oberursel |
| In early 1944 due to overcrowding at Stalag Luft III, what overflow camp was built 5 kilometres away? Several people who did vital work towards the escape were moved their and as a result couldn't escape through the tunnel as part of the Great Escape? | Belaria |
| How many compounds did Stalag Luft III eventually have when it was fully constructed in early 1944? | 5 |
| Who was the commandant of the Stalag Luft III camp during the Great Escape? | Colonel Friedrich von Lindeiner |
| The railway station at Sagan which was located on the other side of the woods next to the camp was a major railway junction between Berlin and which other city? | Breslau |
| The railway station at Sagan which was located on the other side of the woods next to the camp was a major railway junction between nearby Breslau and which other city? | Berlin |
| How many tunnels were discovered in total by German guards in the Stalag Luft III POW Camp? | 80 |
| What name was given to the earlier June 1943 mass escape from Stalag Luft III which saw men dress up as guards with fake passes and escort other prisoners to a hut just outside the camp? | Delousing Party Escape |
| What was the name of the successful earlier escape from Stalag Luft III that saw all three escapees use a piece of exercise equipment to hide the entrance to the tunnel and other prisoners vault over it during the day to disguise the noise of tunnelling? | Wooden Horse Escape |
| Which future Carry On actor was one of the vaulters who was one of the vaulters during the successful Wooden Horse escape from Stalag Luft III? | Peter Butterworth |
| In November 1943 which head of the Breslau Kripo inspected the camp for 3 weeks found no evidence of tunnelling and gave the go ahead for the camp to be expanded which resulted in all camp's microphones been turned off for an extended period of time? | Max Wielin |
| Max Wielin who inspected Stalag Luft III for three weeks and found no evidence of tunnelling which enabled the camp to be extended was the head of which city's Kripo departments and as a result in charge of police activities in the area around the camp? | Breslau |
| In February 1944 the camp Commandant requested a visit from which head of the RHSA's prevention of POW Escapes department? He didn't inspect anti escape measures. It is thought he was encouraging escapes so harsh methods could be used to punish escapees. | Major Erich Brunner |
| Major Erich Brunner who inspected the camp in February 1944 at the request of the camp's commandant was the RHSA Special Representative for what? | Prevention of POW Escapes |
| After a meeting of all camp commandants at Sagan in March 1944, what term did Stalag Luft III's commandant Friedreich Von Lindeiner use to warn British Officers could happen to them if they tried to escape? | Special Measures |
| In the earlier mass escape attempt from Stalag Luft III known as the delousing party escape, how many men made it out of the camp? All were later recaptured though/ | 29 (27 dressed as solider, 2 dressed as guard) |
| What was the name of the two POWs who dressed a guards during the 1943 Delousing Party Escape from Stalag Luft III? | Welch and Morrison |
| Welch and Morrison who led the 1943 Delousing Party escape were recaptured at what kind of facility? | Airfield |
| After leading the Delousing Party Escape attempt in 1943 from Stalag Luft III, Welch and Morrison were sent to which establishment instead of back to the camp? | Colditz Castle |
| How many days of tunnelling were required to complete the tunnel used in the successful Wooden Horse Escape? | 114 |
| Which three men successfully escaped and got home following the October 1943 Wooden Horse Escape from Stalag Luft III? | Eric Williams, Michael Codner & Oliver Philpott |
| On what date did the successful escape from Stalag Luft III known as the Wooden Horse take place? | October 29th 1943 |
| From which compound in Stalag Luft III did the Wooden Horse Escape take place, it was the only successful escape from that compound? | East Compound |
| What sporting term did POWs use as a nickname to indicate where a POW successfully got back to the UK after their escape? | Home Run |
| What compound was opened at Stalag Luft III in March 1943, Roger Bushell and the key members of his escape committee were moved there that month and the Great Escape took place from this compound? | North Compound |
| Work on the tunnels used in the Great Escape Tom, Dick and Harry started in what month? | April 1943 |
| Members of the American Airforce who had helped on the Great Escape up to that point were moved to what new compound in October 1943 so none so take part in the final escape? | South Compound |
| In what month were members of the American Airforce moved from the North to South Compounds in Stalag Luft III, which meant none could part in the final escape? | October 1943 |
| What was the final length of the tunnel Harry used to complete the Great Escape? | 363 Feet |
| What was the area of tunnel Harry which escapees would have to crawl down? | 2 Feet Square |
| What code name was Roger Bushell given as the head of the Escape Committee? | Big X |
| What was the real first name of Johnny Bull who was the first person out of the tunnel during the Great Escape? | Leslie |
| When Johnny Bull set up the rope pulley system to let people know they could cross from the tunnel entrance to the woods, he stayed in place until what number person came out the tunnel? | 20 |
| Who was the last controller of the rope pulley system at the exit of Harry Tunnel, he was the 62nd person out, was due to be relieved by the 80th person and was captured at the tunnel exit? | Roy Langlois |
| How many men were captured at the tunnel exit immediately as it was discovered by German guards? | 4 |
| Roy Langlois was the last person to be in control of the rope pulley system, he was what number person out of the tunnel? | 62 |
| What criteria was used to determine the people who got to escape earliest through the tunnel? | German Speakers |
| What item were POW's advised to not carry so they could pass as civilian workers, however most still did as they were worried if they didn't carry it they could be shot as spies? | POW Identity Disc |
| For the escape the uniforms of POW were usually modified to look like what to help people get away? | Civilian Clothes |
| What event took place during the Great Escape which resulted in all lights in the camp going out and slowed down the progress of escapees? | Air Raid |
| Due to the slow progress of escapees during the night, towards dawn it was decided just before the tunnel was discovered by German that what number escapee would be the last person to enter the tunnel? | 87 |
| Due to the air raid warnings which were given in the Sagan area during the escape, two escapees missed their train as they were forced to go where by a local official? | Air Raid Shelter |
| What day of the week was the 24th of March 1944 when the Great Escape attempt started? | Friday |
| After the attempt started on the 24th most of the escapees headed other to what facility, even after the discovery of the tunnel the commandant sent no guards here to look for escapees? | Sagan Train Station |
| Where was the conference held on the 26th of March where Hitler told Goering, Himmler and Keitel that he wanted all recaptured escapees to be shot? He was subsequently talked down to having 50 shot instead? | Berchtesgaden |
| Which head of the OKW was present at the conference held on the 26th of March 1944 where Hitler demanded to Himmler and Goering that all the recaptured escapees be shot? | Wilhelm Keitel |
| What name was given to the top secret order issued just after the escape that said all recaptured officers would be handed over to the Gestapo and that more than half would be shot as they were been driven back to Stalag Luft III? | Sagan Order |
| What was the department number of the German Criminal Police of Kripo? | AMT (IV) |
| As stated in the Sagan order what cause was death was to listed for the people recaptured POW who were to be shot? | Shot whilst escaping or shot whilst offering resistance |
| Who was the head of the Breslau Kripo was the first person to declare both a Kreigsfahndung or general war search and a Grossfahndung or national intensive search after the Great Escape happened? | Max Wielin |
| Head of the Breslau Kripo Max Wielen declared what type of search after hearing of the Great Escape, it was the second highest level of search in the country and was categorised as a general war search? | Kriegsfahndung |
| After Max Wielen discovered that 76 prisoners had escaped, he upped the level of search to the countries highest? What name was given to this search which involved a nationwide that tasked every uniformed German to search for the escapees? | Grossfahndung |
| What publication were the photos of all the escapees published in, so that all uniformed German would know who to look for? | German Police Gazette |
| Which man the head of the Kripo made the selection of which of the 50 recaptured escapees would be shot? | Arthur Nebe |
| When making the decision on which 50 of the recaptured Great Escapees should be shot, Nebe selected all Non British Officers apart from how many who were wanted for questioning on other matters? | 3 |
| Which person reported that Arthur Nebe made all his decision on which 50 should be shot at the same time rather than as people were recaptured? | Dr Hans Mertens |
| What criteria did Arthur Nebe use when determining which of the recaptured escapees should be shot? | Age, Married Status, Children |
| Before the end of the war Arthur Nebe the head of the Kripo who made the decision on which recaptured prisoners should be shot, was executed by the Gestapo for his involvement in which plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler? | July 20 Plot |
| Arthur Nebe who made the decisions on which of the recaptured escapees should be shot was the head of what organisation? | Kriminalpoliezi or Kripo |
| Who was the head of the Gestapo during the time of Great Escape, who received the list of people to be shot from Arthur Nebe and contacted local Kripo and Gestapo officials on who they should kill? | Heinrich Mueller |
| The first of the 50 killings of the recaptured POWs took place on what date? | 29th March 1944 |
| The last of the 50 killings of the recaptured POWs took place on what date? | 13th April 1944 |
| Over half of the 50 Recaptured Escapees who were shot, were killed by the Gestapo from which city? | Breslau |
| How many of the escaped POWs were recaptured in the vicinity of Sagan? | 19 |
| 19 escapees were captured in the vicinity of Sagan and the camp, they were originally sent to a local jail in Sagan before being moved to which larger prison? | Gorlitz |
| How many prisoners in total were imprisoned in Gorlitz Prison following their recapture? | 35 |
| 35 of the 64 escapees who were recaptured, were held in which prison? | Gorlitz |
| Head of the Breslau Kripo Max Wielen never took part in any of the killings, instead he instructed which senior Gestapo official to form an execution squad to carry them out? | Walter Lux |
| Which head of the Breslau Gestapo headed the interrogation of recaptured prisoners there and disobeying orders told POW they would die before they were taken away? | Wilhelm Scharpwinkel |
| The first group of prisoners taken from Gorlitz Prison to be killed by members of the Breslau Gestapo were Ian Cross, George Wiley, Thomas Leigh, John Pohe and Al Hake? They were taken to a spot 5 miles north of which town to be killed? | Halbau |
| After the war Wilhelm Schwarpwinkel head of the Breslau Gestapo was captured by which country who refused to allow to be taken by the British to stand trial for the murder of Recaptured Great Escapers? | Soviet Union |
| The head of the Breslau Gestapo Wilhelm Schwarpwinkel was held by the Russians after the war and was said to have died of an illness in what year? Although it was rumoured that he was secretly still alive working for the Soviet Secret Police? | 1947 |
| Who was the head of the Breslau Gestapo who was held by the Russian after the war and was said to have died of an illness in 1947? Although it was rumoured that he was either executed or was secretly still alive working for the Soviet Secret Police? | Wilhelm Scharpwinkel |
| On what dates were the urn containing the ashes of the murdered escapees returned to Stalag Luft III? | 15th May 1944 |
| The undertaker in which town was used to cremate the first group of POWS who were murdered after being taken from Gorlitz Prison? | Halbau |
| Who was the Senior British Officer in Stalag Luft III during the Great Escape? Wounds he received during World War One prevented him from being able to escape from the camp. | Group Captain Herbert Massey |
| On the 6th April 1944, the Senior British Officer at Stalag Luft III Group Captain Herbert Massey was informed for the first time of the death of recaptured escapees, what was the first number of deaths he was given on that date? | 41 |
| What was the name of the German area of the North Compound which contained the storage area, hospital and cooler? | Vorlager |
| What items of the 76 escapees were taken on the 11th of April from their barracks and placed in the German Vorlager for storage? | Clothing |
| Due to ill health the Senior British Officer Group Captain Herbert Massey was repatriated back to Britain on the 11th of April, who replaced him as the new SBO? | Group Captain Douglas Wilson |
| On the 17th of April 1944, which person a representative of the Swiss Protecting Power made a routine inspection of Stalag Luft III and was handed a last of those killed by new SBO Group Captain Douglas Wilson? | Gabriel Naville |
| People from which neutral country were responsible for making regular inspections of the camp to ensure that POWs were been treated correctly? | Switzerland |
| Which British Foreign Secretary made statements to the House of Commons informing them of the killings and that he was firmly resolved that the people who committed the crimes would be tracked down and be brought to exemplary justice? | Anthony Eden |
| When Anthony Eden made his first statement to the House of Commons about the killings, he told them how many had been killed as they full list of 50 wasn't available at that time? | 46 |
| Who was the German Foreign Minister who broke off all discussions with the UK after Anthony Eden made his announcement in the House of Commons about the killing of the Recaptured Great Escapees? | Joachim Von Ribbentrop |
| To cover up their crimes members of the Gestapo returned to the murder sites and shot at what items to make it look more convincing that POWs were killed whilst attempting to re-escape? | Trees and Telegraph Poles |
| Which organisation carried out the investigation into finding and capturing those responsible for the killing of the 50 recaptured Great Escapees? | RAF Special Investigation Branch |
| Who led the RAF Special Investigation Branch Team responsible for tracking and capturing those responsible for the killing of the 50 recaptured Great Escapees? | Wing Commander Wilfred Bowes |
| Who did Wing Commander Wilfred Bowes pick as his chief investigator for tracking and capturing those responsible for the killing of the 50 recaptured Great Escapees? | Squadrom Leader Francis McKenna |
| What was the name of the interrogation centre in Kensington Palace Gardens used to interrogate potential German War Criminals including those who murdered the 50 Great Escapers? | London District Cage |
| The London District Cage where War Criminals were interrogated including those involved in the Great Escape Murders was located in what part of London? | Kensington Palace Gardens |
| Who was chief interrogator at the London District Cage who led the interrogation of those responsible for the murder of the 50 Great Escapers? | Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Scotland |
| What was the organisation set up by British Intelligence to contact and provide help for POWS? After the Great Escape they advised POWS to stay put, await liberation and advised that escape was no longer considered a sport? | MI9 |
| Thomas Kirby-Green and Gordon Kidder were murdered by the Gestapo based in which Czech city? | Zlin |
| Which Gestapo officer was the person who shot Roger Bushell? | Emil Schulz |
| How many people were hanged by British Authorities as a result of being convicted of the murder of the 50 Great Escapers? | 13 |
| Which person carried out the hangings of the 13 people found guilty of the murder of the 50 Great Escapers? | Albert Pierrepoint |
| How many in total were indicted of the killings of the 50 Great Escapers? | 72 |
| Including the 13 executed by British authorities, how many people involved in the killing of the 50 Great Escapers were executed in total? | 21 |
| What was the name of the organisation which was formed when the Kripo and Gestapo combined on an operation? | Sicherheitspolizei or Sipo |
| When Wilhelm Scharpwinkel the Head of the Breslau Gestapo was arrested by Russian solider he was hiding under what alias? | Lieutenant Hagaman |
| Which person who led the Breslau Execution Squads of the recaptured Great Escapees, was killed in action protecting Breslau from advancing Russian forces towards the end of the war? | Walter Lux |
| What sentence was Stalag Luft III Commandant given by the German after the Great Escape occurred? | One Year Fortress Confinement |
| The theme music for the Great Escape was composed by which person? | Elmer Bernstein |
| What slang name did allied Prisoners of War use to refer to themselves? | Kriegie |
| Which former inmate of Stalag Luft III wrote two accounts of The Great Escape, 1946 book Escape to Danger and the 1951 Great Escape which the 1963 film was based on? | Paul Brickhill |
| Former Stalag Luft III inmate Paul Brickhill wrote the 1951 book The Great Escape which was the basis for the 1963 film of the same name? What was the name of his earlier 1946 account of the escape? | Escape to Danger |
| Leader of the Great Escape Roger Bushell was born in 1910 in which South African mining town which was 30 miles east of Johannesburg? | Springs |
| Leader of the Great Escape Roger Bushell was born in the town of Springs in which country in 1910? | South Africa |
| Leader of the Great Escape Roger Bushell was born in the town of Spring, South Africa in what year? | 1910 |
| What was the name of the leader of the Great Escape Roger Bushell's father? | Benjamin |
| What was the name of the leader of the Great Escape Roger Bushell's mother? | Dorothy |
| What was the name of the leader of the Great Escape Roger Bushell's sister? | Rosemary |
| 2 years before Roger Bushell's birth in 1910 what kind of mine was found near his home? His father Benjamin worked as a manager in the mine? | Gold |
| The town of Springs where Roger Bushell was born in 1910 was in which South African province? | Gauteng |
| Roger Bushell nearly died just after he was born, as a result he had what religious ceremony performed for him just after he was born? | Catholic Christening |
| What was the name of the mongrel dog which Roger Bushell found on a tip as a child and decided to keep? | Rubbish |
| What physical skill did Roger Bushell acquire when he was a young child, he took great delight in showing off the skill throughout his life? | Spit Long Distances |
| What nasty action did Roger Bushell enjoy doing to his sister Rosemary's toys when he was a child? | Setting her dolls on fire |
| What was the name of the Prep School which Roger Bushell attended on Mountain View Hillside North East of Johannesburg? | Park Town Prep School |
| Roger Bushell attended Park Town Prep School North East of Johannesburg, in what location? | Mountain View Hillside |
| When he was attending Prep School in South Africa, Roger Bushell and his friends built what structure so they could hold midnight feasts? | Tunnel |
| When he was attending Prep School in South Africa, Roger Bushell and his friends built a secret tunnel so they hold what kind of activity? | Midnight Feast |
| When he was attending Prep School in South Africa, Roger Bushell and his friends built a secret tunnel. When their teachers found out about it they didn't anything apart from secretly put what in it due to the mess the children created? | Rubbish Bin |
| Which boarding school in Berkshire did Roger Bushell start attending in 1923? | Wellington College |
| In which year did Roger Bushell first start attending Wellington College in Berkshire? | 1923 |
| When Roger Bushell attended Wellington College in Berkshire, he was a member of which school house? | The Wellesley |
| Two weeks after Roger Bushell attended his boarding School Wellington College, his mother got a letter from his Housemaster to say he had already organised all the new boys and that he would be popular, but what would happen to him often? | Receive a beating |
| What official position did Roger Bushell obtain when he attending Wellington College Boarding School? | House Prefect |
| Which sport did Roger Bushell play for his Boarding School Wellington College's first team? | Rugby Union |
| Which sport did Roger Bushell hate doing when he attending Wellington College Boarding School? | Cross Country Running |
| At Westminster College a boy 2 years younger than Roger Bushell cut in front of him to get into house. Bushell took it in good humour and said 'Good God, what ignominy, beaten by a what'? | Squealer |
| Roger Bushell passed his school certificate by getting an A in which subjects? | English, History, Physics and Chemistry |
| When Roger Bushell left Wellington College Boarding School he first joined which University, where he learned French and gained a reputation as being an amazing linguist? | Grenoble University |
| In 1926 Roger Bushell attended which Cambridge University College to study Engineering? | Pembroke College |
| In 1926 Roger Bushell attended Pembrooke College at which university to study Engineering? | Cambridge University |
| In 1926 Roger Bushell attending Pembrooke College Cambridge to study what? | Engineering |
| How tall was Roger Bushell? | 5 Feet 10 |
| In 1929 Roger Bushell decided he didn't wanted to follow in his father's footsteps into the mining profession, so started studying what instead? | Law |
| In 1929 Roger Bushell decided he didn't wanted to follow in his father's footsteps into the mining profession, so started studying so take up what profession instead? | Barrister |
| What ironic reason did Roger Bushell give for not wanting to following his father's footsteps and move into mine management, instead learning law instead | Claustophobia |
| What activity did Roget Bushell take up when he was 15 when visited Murren in Switzerland with his school friends? | Ski-ing |
| The Skier and Mountaineer Arnold Lunn described Roger Bushell as one of the great characters of which Swiss Ski-Resort? | St Moritz |
| Which Skier and Mountaineer once referred to Roger Bushell as one of the great characters of the St Moritz Ski Resort? | Arnold Lunn |
| During his days ski-ing Roger Bushell was considered the uncrowned King of which fashionable Italian Ski Centre? | Sestries |
| Who was the captain of the Swiss Ski Team who was too nervous to give a speech at a reception so Roger Bushell stepped in and gave a perfect speech in Bernese German? | Victor Strieiff |
| When Swiss Ski Captain Victor Strieiff was too nervous to give a speech at a reception, Roger Bushell stepped in and gave a perfect speech in what language? | Bernese German |
| In 1931 Roger Bushell won the British Ski Championship in what discipline? | Long Distance Race |
| At which ski resort did Roger Bushell win the 1931 British Long Distance Race Ski-ing Championship? | Wengen |
| In 1931 Roger Bushell became a British Champion in which sport? | Ski-ing |
| In 1932 Roger Bushell won which Varsity Ski-ing Competition? | Slalom |
| In what position did Roger Bushell finish in the 1935 World University Ski Championship? A position he was very disappointed with? | 15th |
| Roger Bushell came 15th in 1935 in which International Ski-ing Championship? He was very disappointed with the result? | World University Ski Championship |
| In a cross country ski race which in country did Roger Bushell suffer a bad fall which saw his ski tip opened a gash in his right cheek and permanently injure his eye? | Canada |
| In a cross country ski race in Canada Roger Bushell suffered a bad fall which saw his ski tip opened a gash in his right cheek and permanently injure what other body part? | Eye |
| When Roger Bushell injured his eye in a 1935 Ski Race, he was left with a permanently drooping eye due to his becoming infected when he refused treatment in which city, insisting on getting it in London instead? | Montreal |
| When Roger Bushell injured his eye in a 1935 Ski Race, he was left with a permanently drooping eye due to his becoming infected when he refused treatment in Montreal, insisting on getting it in what city instead? | London |
| Roger Bushell graduated from Cambridge University in 1932 with what class of degree? | 3rd Class |
| Roger Bushell missed the 1932 lent term at Cambridge University for what reason? | Ski-ing Accident |
| After leaving university Roger Bushell joined what chambers where he gained a reputation as a very able criminal barrister? | GD Roberts KC |
| In what year was Roger Bushell called to the bar, becoming a member of the King's Council? | 1934 |
| The last case Roger Bushell prosecuted before World War 2 was of an autogiro pilot doing what? | Flying Dangerously Low |
| The last case Roger Bushell prosecuted before World War 2 was of an autogiro pilot flying dangerous low over houses in what West London area? | Hanworth |
| Roger Bushell once prosecuted which person accused of refusing to stop for a police car and having a 9 mile chase across Hendon Central to South Mimms? | Marion Cunningham |
| In December 1937 which journal marked Roger Bushell as a fledgling to watch after he made an eloquent and successful plea at the Old Bailey? | Empire News |
| In a case where Roger Bushell successfully defended a gangster on a charge of murder, he refused to shake the gangster's hand for what reason? | He Didn't shake hands with murderers |
| In a case where Roger Bushell successfully defended a gangster on a charge of murder, he refused to shake the gangster's hand, saying he didn't shake hands with murderers and was only doing what? | I Only Do what I'm paid to do |
| In 1932 Roger Bushell joined which squadron of the RAF Auxiliary and Reserve Volunteers dubbed the Millionaires Squadron? | 601 Squadron |
| In 1932 Roger Bushell joined the 601 squadron of the RAF Auxiliary and Reserve Volunteers, what were they better known as due to number of wealthy young amateur aviators in the squadron? | Millionaires Squadron |
| In which year did Roger Bushell join the 601 Squadron of the RAF Auxiliary and Reserve Volunteers? | 1932 |
| In what year was the 601 Millionaire Squadron of the RAF Auxiliary founded, which Roger Bushell joined in 1932? | 1925 |
| Which ski-ing friend of Roger Bushell invited him to join the 601 Millionaire Squad of the RAF Auxiliary in 1932? | Lord Knebworth |
| Which RAF based near London was the home of the 601 Millionaires Squadron on the RAF Auxiliary of which Roger Bushell was a member? | RAF Northolt |
| What modification did the members of the 601 Millionaires squadron of the RAF Auxiliary including Roger Bushell make to their uniforms? | Red Silk Linings |
| What sport was the sport of choice for he members of the 601 Millionaires squadron of the RAF Auxiliary including Roger Bushell? | Motorcycle Polo |
| What club was the favourite haunt of the members of the 601 Millionaires Squadron of the RAF Auxiliary, although Roger Bushell was never a member? | White's Club |
| What was the main plane piloted by members of the 601 Millionaires Squadron of the RAF Auxiliary of which Roger Bushell was a member? | Hawker Hart |
| Which son of Lord Beaverbrook was a fellow member of the 601 Millionaires Squadron of the RAF Auxiliary alongside Roger Bushell? | Max Aitken |
| Which Conservative MP was a fellow member of the 601 Millionaires Squadron of the RAF Auxiliary alongside Roger Bushell? | Loel Guinness |
| Rupert Bellville was a fellow member of the 601 Millionaires Squadron of the RAF Auxiliary alongside Roger Bushell, he was the first British person to carry out what controversial occupation? | Bullfighter |
| What was the name of the first British Bullfighter who was a fellow member of the 601 Millionaires Squadron of the RAF Auxiliary alongside Roger Bushell? | Rupert Bellville |
| Brian Thynne was a fellow member of the 601 Millionaires Squadron of the RAF Auxiliary alongside Roger Bushell, he was the Great Grandson of which nobleman? | 3rd Marquis of Bath |
| What was the name of the Great Grandson of the 3rd Marquis of Bath who was a fellow member of the 601 Millionaires Squadron of the RAF Auxiliary alongside Roger Bushell? | Brian Thynne |
| Which future member of the Great Escape was like Roger Bushell a member of the 601 Millionaires Squadron of the RAF Auxiliary? | Rex Hayter |
| What was the name of Roger Bushell's flatmate who was like Bushell a member of the 601 Millionaires Squadron of the RAF Auxiliary? | Michael Peacock |
| What breed of dog did Roger Bushell own whilst he was a member of the 601 Millionaires Squadron of the RAF Auxiliary? | A Black West Highland Terrier |
| Some of the photos of the 601 Millionaires Squadron of the RAF Auxiliary feature Roger Bushell and which British playwright? | Noel Coward |
| Some of the photos of the 601 Millionaires Squadron of the RAF Auxiliary feature Roger Bushell and which British future Best Actor winner at the Oscars? | David Niven |
| Roger was known for his success with women whilst a member of the 601 Millionaires Squadron of the RAF Auxiliary, as a result what item when it was found in the cockpit of his plane caused great amusement with his colleagues? | Ladies Earring |
| What did Roger Bushell reportedly do a lot of when flying, it caused one amateur radio enthusiast to say he had to send his family out of the room when Bushell was speaking? | Swearing |
| What call sign did Roger Bushell have within the 601 Millionaires Squadron of the RAF Auxiliary? | Red Leader |
| Where did 601 Millionaire Squadron host their summer camp on the 15th of August 1936, Roger Bushell crashed his plane into a signpost on his short 2 mile journey by plane there from Botolph's Bridge Inn? | Lympne Aerodrome |
| On the 15th of August 1936 decided to fly the 2 miles from which pub to the 601 Millionaire Squadron's Summer Camp at Lympne Aerodrome at Romney Marsh? He crashed into a signpost on the way there? | Botolph's Bridge Inn |
| What plane was Roger Bushell flying when he crashed into a field on the short 2 mile journey from Botolph's Bridge Inn to the 601 Squadron's Summer Camp at Romney Marsh? | Aeronca C3 |
| Who owned the Aeronca C3 plane which Roger Bushell was flying when he crashed into a signpost on the short 2 mile journey from Botolph's Bridge Inn to the 601 Squadron's Summer Camp at Romney Marsh? | Max Aitken |
| When Roger Bushell crashed his Aeronca C3 plane on the way to the 601 Squadron's Summer Camp at Romney Marsh he missed the field he planned to land in to avoid hitting what? | A Sheep |
| When Roger Bushell crashed his Aeronca C3 plane on the way to the 601 Squadron's Summer Camp at Romney Marsh the signpost he hit was for what village? | Dymchurch |
| When Roger Bushell crashed his Aeronca C3 plane on the way to the 601 Squadron's Summer Camp at Romney Marsh, the plane was auctioned off, the main part was bought by which person who wrote the poem GADZZ based on the plane's registration? | Ann Davis |
| When Roger Bushell crashed his Aeronca C3 plane on the way to the 601 Squadron's Summer Camp at Romney Marsh, the plane was auctioned off, the main part was bought by Ann Davis who wrote which poem based on the plane's registration? | GADZZ |
| When Roger Bushell crashed his Aeronca C3 plane on the way to the 601 Squadron's Summer Camp at Romney Marsh and hit a signpost, the crash made which national newspaper? | Daily Mirror |
| In 1935 Roger Bushell became godfather to the daughter of which of his fellow member of the 601 Millionaire Square? | Peter Clive |
| In which church in Eaton Square in 1936 did Roger Bushell become the Godfather of his fellow pilot Peter Clive's daughter? | St Peter's |
| At the baptism of his god daughter in 1936 at St Peter's Church in Eaton Square, Roger Bushell met which woman who would become his lover? | Lady Georgina Curzon |
| Roger Bushell's lover from 1936 Lady Georgina Curzon was the daughter of Francis Curzon, who held what title? | 5th Earl of Howe |
| The Earl of Howe the father of Roger Bushell's lover Georgina Curzon was a former Conservative MP for which constituency before succeeding to his father's peerage? | Battersea South |
| The Earl of Howe the father of Roger Bushell's lover Georgina Curzon founded what sporting organisation? | British Racing Club |
| The Earl of Howe the father of Roger Bushell's lover Georgina Curzon won what prestigious race in 1931? | Le Mans 24 Hours |
| The Earl of Howe the father of Roger Bushell's lover Georgina Curzon was the aide de camp of which person between 1916 and 1918? | King George V |
| Roger Bushell's lover Georgina Curzon was recruited by which cosmetics firm to advertise its cold creams and tissues? | Ponds |
| Adverts for the cosmetics firm Ponds featuring Roger Bushell's lover Georgina Curzon appeared in which Asian newspaper? | Strait Times of Singapore |
| Georgina Curzon broke off her relationship with Roger Bushell due to her father finding him not suitable, he instead insisted she marry which person? | Lieutenant Home Kidston |
| Georgina Curzon broke off her relationship with Roger Bushell due to her father finding him not suitable, and instead she married Lieutenant Home Kidston, what reason did he give for Roger being unsuitable? | Mining Background |
| Roger Bushell's former lover Georgina Curzon married Lieutenant Home Kidston in which church in Penn Street near Amersham? | Holy Trinity Church |
| After Roger Bushell's former lover Georgina Curzon married Lieutenant Home Kidston their marriage fell apart quickly, but they did have one son called what? | Glen |
| Which member of the Cochran Young Ladies group of singers and dancers did Roger Bushell become engaged to? | Peggy Hamilton |
| Roger Bushell's fiancé Peggy Hamilton was a member of which singing and dancing group? | Cochran's Young Ladies |
| Who was the impresario who ran the singing and dancing group which Roger Bushell's fiancé Peggy Hamilton was a member of? | CB Cochran |
| In which building on Sloane Square did Roger Bushell's fiancé Peggy Hamilton live? | Wellesley House |
| Wellesley House the home of Roger Bushell's fiancé Peggy Hamilton was on which London square? | Sloane Square |
| Who hosted the September 1938 party labelled the party to end all parties after Neville Chamberlain returned from signing the Munich Peace Agreement? Roger Bushell attended and drunk a lot of champagne. | Janet Aitken |
| In September 1938 Roger Bushell attended the party to end all parties hosted by Janet Aitken where he drunk lots of champagne. The party was to celebrate the return of Neville Chamberlain after he had done what? | Signed Munich Agreement |
| On what date did Roger Bushell's parents received a telegram to say that he had been mobilised for World War 2? | 25th August 1939 |
| At the start of World War 2 Roger Bushell and which of his other friend in the 601 Millionaire Squadron spent more time doing legal work for free for pilots accused of airborne misdemeanours? | Michael Peacock |
| In September 1939 defended his friend Paddy Byrne and John Freeborn at a court martial when they were being tried over what kind of incident? | Friendly Fire |
| Who was the leader of the squadron who appeared for the prosecution at the court martial of Paddy Byrne and John Freeborn? Bushell was able to show him as being a liar and irresponsible and got the two men he was defending acquitted? | Adolph 'Sailor' Malan |
| Who led the defence of Paddy Byrne and John Freeborn at a court martial over a Friendly Fire incident in September 1939, with Roger Bushell as his deputy. Roger's excellent work in the trial got the two men acquitted? | Sir Patrick Hastings KC |
| The Friendly Fire incident which led to Roger Bushell successfully defending Paddy Byrne and John Freeborn at a court martial is known by what name? | Battle of Barking Creek |
| The Friendly Fire incident which led to Roger Bushell successfully defending Paddy Byrne and John Freeborn at a court martial revolved around a misinterpretation of what phrase spoken by Adolph Sailor Malan? | Tally Ho |
| At a court martial over a friendly fire incident in September 1939, Bushell successfully defended John Freeborn and which other person who was one of his best friends? | Paddy Byrne |
| Following successfully defending the defendants at a Court Martial over an friend fire incident known as The Battle of Barking Creek, Roger Bushell was promoted from Flying Officer to which rank of the RAF? | Squadron Leader |
| When Roger Bushell was promoted to Squadron Leader on the 12th of October 1939 he was ordered to reform what squadron based at RAF Tangmere? | 92 Squadron |
| When Roger Bushell was promoted to Squadron Leader on the 12th of October 1939 he was ordered to reform 92 squadron based at what RAF base? | RAF Tangmere |
| When Roger Bushell was promoted to Squadron Leader on the 12th of October 1939 he was ordered to reform 92 squadron based at RAF Tangmere which was based near which town in West Sussex? | Chichester |
| How old was Roger Bushell when he was promoted to Squadron Leader? | 29 |
| In October 1939 Roger Bushell was the first of what kind of member of the RAF to be asked to form a squadron? | Auxilary |
| Which squadron shared RAF Tangmere with Roger Bushell's 92 squadron? | 43 Squadron |
| Roger Bushell's 92 Squadron were originally equipped with what kind of aircraft? | Bristol Blenheim |
| Roger Bushell's 92 Squadron were originally equipped with Bristol Blenheim aircraft but were later switched over to what type of planes? | Spitfires |
| Due to the autocratic way which he led 92 squadron, Roger Bushell was given what nickname by his junior officers? | The Fuhrer |
| What type of plane was Roger Bushelling piloting when he was shot down over France? | Spitfire |
| On what date did Roger Bushell fly his only mission during World War 2, he was shot down during it? | 23rd May 1940 |
| How many spitfires were in Roger Bushell's squadron when he flew his only mission during World War 2 which resulted in him being shot down? | 12 |
| Roger Bushell's only mission during World War 2 was to help cover the retreat of British Forces at Dunkirk. He was patrolling the coast from Dunkirk to which other town? | Boulogne |
| At 11.45am on the 23rd of May 1940 Roger Bushell's squadron successfully saw off 8 Messerschmidt Me109s over what area? | Gap Gris Nez |
| When Roger Bushell's spitfire was shot down on the 23rd of May 1940 by a much larger party of Messerschmidt 110s he claimed to have shot down how many of them, although the claim was never verified and his official count is no kills? | 2 |
| What phrase is used for a pilot who shot down no planes during the War, as Roger Bushell's 2 kills could not be verified he was said to have this? | Clean Scorecard |
| When Roger Bushell's spitfire was shot down on the 23rd of May 1940 he tried to make it to what airstrip, he couldn't make it and had to land in a field which had only just been taken by Germans? | Saint Inglevert |
| On the 28th of May 1940 Roger Bushell's parents received their first telegram from the admiralty about Roger, as his fate was not known at that point he was shot down it said what was his fate? | Missing and believed to have lost his life |
| On what date did Roger Bushell's parent receive a telegram from the admiralty to say that Roger was alive and was been held as a POW? | 14th June 1940 |
| What was the first prisoner of war camp which Roger Bushell and most other RAF Pilots were sent to after they were captured? | Dulag Luft |
| When Roger Bushell was taken from Boulogne where he was captured to Dulag Luft his first Prisoner of War camp no transport was provided so he to walk there. How long was this walk? | 350 miles |
| What weight was Roger Bushell when he was shot down, like most POWs he would lose a lot of weight whilst imprisoned? | 14 stones |
| When he was first held at Dulag Luft POW Camp, Roger Bushell sent his head of chambers GD Roberts a request asking him to send which book by John Salmond? | Salmond on Jurisprudence |
| When he was first held at Dulag Luft POW Camp, Roger Bushell sent his head of chambers GD Roberts a request asking him to send which person's book on Jurisprudence? | John Salmond |
| When he was first held at Dulag Luft POW Camp, Roger Bushell sent his head of chambers GD Roberts a request asking him to send the book Salmond on Jurisprudence and which publications so he could stay abreast of developments in the legal world? | Quarterlies |
| Which of Roger Bushell friends and fellow barrister was killed strafing ground targets near Arras on the 20th of May the day he took command of 85 squadron? | Michael Peacock |
| Which future Great Escaper was the Senior British Officer at Dulag Luft when Roger Bushell first arrived as a prisoner there? | Wing Commander Wings Day |
| When he was the senior British Officer at Dulag Luft, Wing Commander Wings Day was known by what name as due to being born in 1898 he was older than most of the other inmates? | Uncle |
| In World War One Wings Day was awarded which medal whilst serving as a marine when he returned to the decks of the torpedoed ship Britannia to rescue two trapped seaman? | Albert Medal |
| In World War One Wings Day was awarded the Albert medal whilst serving as a marine when he returned to the decks of which torpedoed ship to rescue two trapped seaman? | Brittainia |
| When the Albert Medal was discontinued, Wings Day who had won one in World War One, had his changed to which equivalent medal? | George Cross |
| Who was the commandant of Dulag Luft when Roger Bushell and Wings Day were imprisoned there? He was respected by the British forces, and both side agreed to fully observe the Geneva Convention? | Theo Rumpel |
| What did Wings Day controversially allow British Officer to do during his time as the Senior British Officer at Dulag Luft, it breached British Military Regulations but allowed men to train outside which improved morale? | Ask for Parole |
| On his 30th birthday Theo Rumpel the Commandant of Dulag Luft Camp gave Roger Bushell what as a birthday present? | Bottle of Whiskey |
| Who was the adjutant to Wings Day as Dulag Luft Camp, he also served as the first head of the X Organisation for organising escapes? | Jimmy Buckley |
| Which 46 year old American by birth who received a DSC and DSO in World War I whilst serving for Britain was also imprisoned at Dulag Luft and became a key member of the X Organisation? | Major Johnny Dodge |
| Johnny Dodge was related by marriage to which prominent British politician? | Winston Churchill |
| Before the war Johnny Dodge has tried twice unsuccessfully to win which seat for the Conservative Party at General Elections? He lost to Labour's John Scurr on both occasions? | Mile End |
| At the 1924 and 1929 General Elections Johnny Dodge twice stood unsuccessfully for the Conservative Party to win the seat of Mile End. He was beaten in both elections by which Labour politician? | John Scurr |
| Johnny Dodge re-joined the army at the start of World War 2 as a member of which regiment? | Middlesex Regiment |
| Which member of the Great Escape was captured at Dunkirk despite his attempts to swim to freedom under an artillery barrage to try to catch a steamer? | Major Johnny Dodge |
| Which member of the Great Escape A Wellington Bomber pilot was shot down on the 5th of June 1940 over the Dutch coast and captured after he was handed over to the German by the Dutch family he sought shelter with? | Jimmy James |
| What was the real first name of the Great Escaper Jimmy James? | Bertram |
| The first head of the X Committee Jimmy Buckley after seeing Roger Bushell's talents appointed him in what position in the organisation? | Head of Intelligence |
| When he was appointed Head of Intelligence for the X Organisation at Dulag Luft, Roger Bushell was tasked with gathering as much intelligence as possible from the camp and sending it in coded messages to what newly formed organisation? | MI9 |
| Which friend of Roger Bushell was also imprisoned in Dulag Luft, where he was given a secret order by MI9 only known to him, Bushell , Wings Day and Squadron Leader Turner to pretend to be anti-British so he could get info from the Germans? | Paddy Byrne |
| When Paddy Byrne was given the secret order by MI9 to pretend to be anti-British at MI9 to get info from the Germans, only Roger Bushell, Wings Day and which other officer knew about it. As a result he was very unpopular with the other officers in camp? | Squadron Leader Turner |
| What was the name of the former member of the British Union of Fascists who was imprisoned at Dulag Luft and became an enemy of Roger Bushell, he eventually agreed to broadcast for the German and joined the Waffen SS in October 1944? | Railton Freeman |
| Railton Freeman a prisoner who became an enemy of Roger Bushell during their time in Dulag Luft was a former member of which far right wing party? | British Union of Fascists |
| Railton Freeman a prisoner who became an enemy of Roger Bushell during their time in Dulag Luft, claimed that Nazism was the one solid barrier from what he called an Asiatic doctrine? | Communism |
| Railton Freeman a prisoner who became an enemy of Roger Bushell during their time in Dulag Luft joined what organisation in 1944 after agreeing to do radio broadcasts for the Germans? | Waffen SS |
| Which person tried to befriend the Fascist prisoner Railton Freeman in Dulag Luft as he was seen as a threat to camp security and being friendly with him could neutralise his threat? | Paddy Byrne |
| The fascist prisoner Railton Freeman at Dulag Luft told Paddy Byrne that the British Empire was been run by Jews and which people? | Financial Clique |
| When he first arrived at this first POW camp Dulag Luft, Roger Bushell quickly learned there were only 4 ways to escape? Under, Over, Through and what other method? | Dying |
| When Bushell was assessing his four methods of escape from POW camps, which he deduce was the best way, as one would require an aircraft, one was too risky, and death was not very attractive? | Under |
| The first tunnel the X Organisation started at Dulag Luft was started beneath which person's bed? | Paddy Byrne |
| When the first tunnel at Dulag Luft was being constructed, Roger Bushell was concerned that which fellow POW would give it away to curry favour with the Germans? | Railton Freeman |
| The first tunnel the X Organisation started under Paddy Byrne's bed had to be abandoned when it was how far away from its target due to flooding? | 8 Feet |
| The first tunnel the X Organisation started under Paddy Byrne's bed had to be abandoned when it was 8 feet away from its target when it flooded due to them hitting what whilst they were digging? | Underground Spring |
| The second tunnel at Dulag Luft was built under which person's bed, it was quickly discovered and escape attempts were put on hold over Winter 1940? | Wings Day |
| Although Roger Bushell had doubts over his fiancé Peggy Hamilton when he was been held at Dulag Luft, he instructed which of his uncles to instruct his bank Cox and Kings to have his pay made over to her? | Harry North Lewis |
| Although Roger Bushell had doubts over his fiancé Peggy Hamilton when he was been held at Dulag Luft, he instructed his Uncle Harry North Lewis to instruct which bank to have his pay made over to her? | Cox and Kings |
| Whilst Roger Bushell was imprisoned at Dulag Luft he kept his flat on which street despite being well behind on its rent? | Tite Street |
| In Spring 1941 the X Organisation resurrected the first flooded tunnel at Dulag Luft under Paddy Byrne's bed by doing what? | Digging drainage holes |
| To overcome the issue of Railton Freeman telling the Germans about the tunnel at Dulag Luft, who came up with the idea of telling him directly about it as if it was then discovered he would be blamed? | Paddy Byrne |
| In April 1941, which unlikely person saved the tunnel at Dulag Luft being discovered as he covered up the hole with loose boards just as a German officer was entering the room whilst the trap was open and being worked on? | Railton Freeman |
| How many men were originally selected to go out of the tunnel at Dulag Luft on the first weekend in June of 1941? | 19 |
| The tunnel at Dulag Luft was built to emerge under what structure? | A Bridge |
| Which of the 19 people who were due to escape through the tunnel at Dulag Luft announced the day before that he wished to go alone the day before the rest as it would increase his chances of escape? The X Organisation agreed to this request? | Roger Bushell |
| Which two foreign languages did Roger Bushell speak fluently which he thought would greatly increase his chances of getting home from his escape at Dulag Luft if he went alone? | German and French |
| When escaping from Dulag Luft Roger Bushell wished to go alone the day before everyone else as he reasoned that his knowledge of which area 220 miles to the south around the German/Swiss border would greatly increase his chances of making it home? | Schaffhausen |
| When Roger Bushell escaped from Dulag Luft POW Camp he did so by hiding in what kind of structure near the camp during exercise and then left it during the night? | Derelict Shed |
| The derelict shed Roger Bushell hid in when he escaped from Dulag Luft POW Camp was home to what to what kind of animal? | Donkey |
| When Roger Bushell escape from Dulag Luft, who arranged a miscount at Appel to give him a 24 hour head start on his escape? | Jimmy Buckley |
| What name did both POWs and German give to the roll calls they had at camp to make the correct number of people were still in the camp? | Appell |
| On what date did Roger Bushell escape from Dulag Luft POW Camp? | 5th April 1941 |
| Who nearly blew Roger Bushell's escape attempt from Dulag Luft when he threatened to tell the Germans that Bushell as hiding in a derelict shed? He was persuaded not to by Jimmy Buckley? | Railton Freeman |
| When Roger Bushell escape from Dulag Luft POW Camp, he tried to make it to which country? He came within a hundred feet of the border before being captured? | Switzerland |
| When Roger Bushell was attempting to cross over in to Switzerland during his escape from Dulag Luft POW camp, he pretended to be a Swiss person with what occupation to help him get away? | Ski Instructor |
| What was the train station near Dulag Luft which Roger Bushell used to catch a train near to the Swiss border during his escape attempt? | Niederhausen |
| When Roger Bushell escaped from Dulag Luft POW Camp he took a train from Niederhausen to which town 15 miles North of the Swiss border? | Tuttlingen |
| When Roger Bushell escaped from Dulag Luft POW Camp he took a train from Niederhausen to Tuttlingen, and from travelled to which other station 8 miles from the frontier? | Bonndorf |
| What was the name of the village on the Swiss border which Roger Bushell reached after he escaped from Dulag Luft POW camp, where he was arrested trying to cross the Wutach river? | Stuhlingen |
| After Roger Bushell escaped from Dulag Luft POW Camp in April 1941, he was arrested in the village of Stuhlingen trying to cross which river that made up the German-Swiss border? | Wutach |
| The day after Roger Bushell escaped from Dulag Luft POW Camp in April 1941, how many other managed to escape through a tunnel under Jimmy Buckley's bed? They were all recaptured within 48 hours. | 18 |
| When Wings Day escaped from Dulag Luft POW camp he got as far as which valley on his way to France where he got lost and was apprehended by two axe wielding forestry workers? | Mosel Valley |
| When Wings Day escaped from Dulag Luft POW camp he reached the Mosel Valley way to France where he got lost and was apprehended by two forestry workers, wielding what kind of weapon? | Axe |
| Johnny Dodge was apprehended after he escaped Dulag Luft POW camp in April 1941 after he raised suspicion for walking down what? | An Autobahn |
| The 18 POWs who escaped from Dulag Luft via tunnel were all immediately sent back to the camp after they were captured. Roger Bushell however was sent to which jail for a period before being returned? | Frankfurt Jail |
| Which German brought Roger Bushell back to Dulag Luft where he was a camp security officer from Frankfurt Jail, he would later serve as Stalag Luft III and provide assistance to him there? | Lieutenant Gunther von Massow |
| Before taking Roger Bushell back to Dulag Luft POW Camp from Frankfurt Jail, Lieutenant Gunther von Massow first took where instead? | A Restaurant in Frankfurt |
| Gunther von Massow was able to help Roger Bushell due to his brother Gerd being a Major General in the Luftwaffe and the higher commander of which of its departments? | Fighter Schools |
| Gunther von Massow was able to help Roger Bushell as his brother was a Major General in the Luftwaffe and the higher commander of their Fighter Schools, what was his name? | Gerd von Massow |
| Recaptured Escapees were known by what name as they would have to spend time in the cooler after been caught, and due to sometimes the rights of other POWS been taken away due to the escapes? | Black Sheep |
| Although the mass escape from Dulag Luft cost Commandant Theo Rumpel his job he remained cordial with the inmates, told them it was their duty to try to escape and sent them a message saying what? | Better Luck Next Time |
| Within a few weeks of the escape from Dulag Luft all the escapees were transferred to which camp 500 miles away on the Baltic Coast? | Stalag Luft I at Barth |
| When the people who escaped from Dulag Luft were all transferred to Stalag Luft I in Barth, the commandant Theo Rumpel gave them what for their 500 mile journey? | Case of Champagne |
| When Roger Bushell wrote to his parents after his escape from Dulag Luft he used what cheeky euphemism to describe his escape? | Left the camp without asking |
| After a few weeks in Stalag Luft I following their first transfer from Dulag Luft, Roger Bushell and a number of other prisoner were transferred to which other camp, which Bushell would never see as he escaped on the way there? | Oflag VI B |
| The camp Oflag VI B which Roger Bushell was transferred to in October 1941 but never reached due to escaping en-route was located on a plateau 3 miles from which train station? | Warburg |
| When being transferred to Oflag VI B in October 1941 Roer Bushell teamed up with which Czech flying officer to escape whilst they were in transit? | Jaroslav 'Jack' Zafouk |
| Roger Bushell's escape partner from their escape whilst travelling to Oflag VI B Jaroslav Zafouk was originally shot down over the Netherlands flying what kind of plane? | Wellington Bomber |
| To help with their escape en-route to Oflag VI B Roger Bushell and Jaroslav Zafouk bribed a German guard with what to obtain German money and food coupons? | Cigarettes |
| Roger Bushell and Jaroslav Zafouk made the civilian clothes they used during their escape on the way to Oflag VI B from their modified uniforms and what else? | Blankets |
| When Roger Bushell and Jaroslav Zafouk escaped on their way to Oflag VI B camp they planned to get across the Czech border with the help of which of Zafouk's relatives who lived on a village on the border? | Brother |
| When Roger Bushell and Jaroslav Zafouk escaped on their way to Oflag VI B they planned to cross their Czech border, meet up with the Czech Underground who would help them get to which country? | Switzerland |
| What was the kind of transport which Roger Bushell and Jaroslav Zafouk were travelling on with 28 other POWS on their way from Stalag Luft I to Dulag Luft VI B when they escape by cutting away a section of it's floor? | Cattle Truck |
| What implement did Roger Bushell and Jaroslav Zafouk use to cut away the bottom of the cattle truck they were travelling on when their escaped on their way to the camp Oflag VI B | Table Knife |
| How long did it take Roger Bushell and Jaroslav Zafouk to cut through the floor of the cattle truck they were being transported on with a table knife when they were been transferred from Stalag Luft I to Oflag VI B? | 1 and a half hours |
| When Roger Bushell and Jaroslav Zafouk escaped on their way to the POW Camp Oflag VI B they walked to the nearest train station to first go to which large German city? | Dresden |
| Two days after they escaped on their way to Oflag VI B Roger Bushell and Jaroslav Zafouk reached which capital city where they would stay for 8 months? | Prague |
| When Roger Bushell and Jaroslav Zafouk escaped on their way to Oflag VI B they were only supposed to stay in Prague for a couple of days, but ended up being stranded for how long due to their contact in the underground being arrested by the Gestapo? | 8 Months |
| When Roger Bushell and Jaroslav Zafouk were staying in Prague following their escape on the way to Oflag VI B, they stayed 8 months at the house of which Czech Police Sergeant? | Otokar Zeithammel |
| When Roger Bushell and Jaroslav Zafouk were staying in Prague following their escape on the way to Oflag VI B, they stayed 8 months at the Czech Police Sergeant Otokar Zeithammel, and his father a 59 year old technician with what name? | Otto Zeithammel |
| When Roger Bushell and Jaroslav Zafouk were staying in Prague following their escape on the way to Oflag VI B, they stayed 8 months at the Czech Police Sergeant Otokar Zeithammel, and his sister 27 year old sculptor with what name? | Blazena Zeithammel |
| When Roger Bushell and Jaroslav Zafouk were staying in Prague following their escape from Oflag VI B, they stayed 8 months with th Police Sergeant Otokar Zeithammel and his sister, a sculptor trained at the Prague Academy of Fine Arts under which person? | Prof O Spaniel |
| What was the address in Prague of Otokar Zeithammel were Roger Bushell and Jaroslav Zafouk stayed for 8 months after they escaped on their way to Oflag VI B? | Flat 23 Block 1564 Strakonicka |
| After 8 months of living in Prague after escaping on their way to Oflag VI B, Roger Bushell and Jaroslav Zafouk remade contact with the underground who now planned to take them to what country? | Turkey |
| After being stranded in Prague for 8 months, Roger Bushell and Jaroslav Zafouk were due to be taken to Turkey by the underground. They had to turn back when they got to the Czech border with what country when the underground was broken by the Gestapo? | Slovakia |
| After spending an extended period in Prague following their escape on their way to Oflag VI B, Roger Bushell and Jaroslav Zafouk were arrested in what month when the Gestapo stormed the house they were staying in? | May 1942 |
| Although it was never resolved who told the Gestapo where Roger Bushell was hiding in Prague following his escape on the way to Dulag VI B, the widow of his colleague Jaroslav Zafouk suspected which person? | Blazena Zeithammel's Boyfriend |
| The two main suspects for who told the Gestapo where Roger Bushell was hiding in Prague were Blazena Zeithammel's boyfriend and the person who held which position in the flats they were hiding? | Porter |
| After Roger Bushell and Jaroslav Zafouk were arrested in Prague during their stay in Otokar Zeithammel's flat, Otokar, his father Otto and sister Blazena were all shot in which suburb of the city? | Kobylisy |
| Roger Bushell and Jaroslav Zafouk were arrested in Prague in May 1942 shortly after the assassination of which person. The Gestapo suspected wrongly that Bushell was involved in the act and interrogated him about it for a month? | Reinhard Heydrich |
| Roger Bushell was suspected by the Gestapo on involvement in the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich during his time in Prague. Heydrich held which position in Czechoslovakia? | Reichsprotector of Bohemia and Moravia |
| In reprisal for the Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, the German killed how many Czechs during Bushell's imprisonment in the country? | 13,000 |
| When he was imprisoned after being captured in Prague, Roger Bushell made contact with an RAF Officer with what name who he told the Germans would shoot him and could he tell the Red Cross? | Marshall |
| When he was imprisoned after being captured in Prague, Roger Bushell made contact with an RAF Officer called Marshall and told him the Germans would shoot him and asked if he could contact what organisation? | Red Cross |
| When he was imprisoned after being captured in Prague, Roger Bushell made contact with an RAF Officer called Marshall and told him the Germans would shoot him and asked if he could contact the Red Cross. Bushell hid details to pass on in what? | A Toilet |
| After they were captured in Prague, Roger Bushell was sent to a military jail in Berlin for 3 months for interrogation, his escape partner Jaroslav Zafouk was instead sent to which prison? | Colditz Castle |
| After they were captured in Prague, Roger Bushell's escape partner Jaroslav Zafouk was instead sent Colditz, Bushell was instead sent to a military jail in which city for 3 months for interrogation?? | Berlin |
| Whilst he was imprisoned in Berlin after being captured in Prague, Roger Bushell received a letter from former lover Georgina Curzon to say she had done what? | Separated from her husband |
| Whilst he was imprisoned in Berlin after being captured in Prague, Roger Bushell received a letter from former lover Georgina Curzon to say she had separated from husband as he was having a relationship with which person, who was also her stepmother? | Joyce Countess Howe |
| Whilst he was imprisoned in Berlin after being captured in Prague, Roger Bushell received a letter from former lover Georgina Curzon to say she had separated from husband as he was having a relationship Joyce Howe, who was what relation to her? | Step Mother |
| What ship was Home Kidston serving on when he admitted to having an affair with the step mother of his wife Georgina Curzon who was Roger Bushell's former lover? | Highlander |
| How much in damages did Home Kidston the husband of Roger Bushell's ex lover Georgina have to pay to his father in law when he got divorced due to having an affair with his wife's step mother? | 5000 pounds |
| Roger Bushell's friend Gunther Von Massow held what position at Stalag Luft III, he used the influence of his Major General brother to get Roger transferred from Berlin to the camp following his capture in Prague? | Censor Officer |
| What was the name of Roger Bushell's German friend who worked as a censor officer at Stalag Luft III who used the influence of his Major General brother to get Roger transferred from Berlin to the camp following his capture in Prague? | Gunther Von Massow |
| In what month was Roger Bushell transferred from a prison in Berlin to Stalag Luft III, although he initially had to spend his time in solitary? | September 1942 |
| When he was on the run after escaping on his way to the Oflag VI B camp learned to speak what language tolerably who to spending 8 months there? | Czech |
| At the end of September 1942 Roger Bushell got a letter from his fiancé Peggy Hamilton to say she had married which person? He also wasn't able to legally get the money back he had given to her. | Joseph 17th Baron Petre |
| How long had Stalag Luft 3 been open when Roger Bushell arrived? | 6 months |
| When Roger Bushell arrived at Stalag Luft III he was doing what activity? | Smoking a Cigar |
| What item did Roger Bushell smuggle into Stalag Luft III, which he would later use during the Great Escape? | Civilian Suit |
| Who in October 1941 ordered the construction of Stalag Luft III to be built using his musterlager principles? | Herman Goering |
| In October 1941 Herman Goering ordered the building of Stalag Luft III which he wanted building using the concept Musterlager which involved air force prisoners being collected gradually. What did the phrase Musterlager mean? | Warehouse |
| In October 1941 Herman Goering ordered the building of Stalag Luft III which he wanted building using which concept that meant warehouse and involved air force prisoners being collected gradually? | Musterlager |
| The camp Stalag Luft III was three quarters of a mile from how many railway lines? | 6 |
| Stalag Luft III originally only had two compounds, the East, and which other? | Central Compound |
| Two lines of barbed wire fences surrounded the compounds in Stalag Luft 3, they were both how high? | 2.5 metres |
| Two lines of barbed wire fences surrounded the compounds in Stalag Luft 3, what distance was between the two lines? | 1.5 metres |
| What name was given to the gap between the two surrounding lines of barbed wire which surrounded each compound of Stalag Luft III? The area was filled with concertinaed wire. | Lion Walk / Loewengang |
| A warning line was placed around 10 to 20 metres away from the outer barbed wire fences at Stalag Luft III and prisoned could be shot in they crossed it without permission. How high was the wire that made up this line? | 50 centimetres |
| If a prisoner crossed a warning line in Stalag Luft III without permission, what did they have to do to avoid getting shot? | Stop and raise arms |
| The watchtower at Stalag Luft III were placed along the outside fence how far apart? | 150 metres |
| As well as guard, at night the fences at Stalag Luft III were patrolled by 20 to 25 what? | Guard Dogs |
| To deter tunnelling how high were the barrack blocks at Stalag Luft III raised on pillars? The space also allowed German guard to crawl under huts to check for suspicious activity? | 3 feet |
| The blocks at Stalag Luft III were designed to hold how many POWs? | 100 |
| The room POWs used as living accommodation in the huts in Stalag Luft III were what area, they held 8 to 12 people who used bunk beds to sleep? | 15 feet square |
| Most of the cooking done by POWs was on a communal stove in their hit, the cookhouse they were provided with separate from their huts was primarily used for what instead? | Boiling Water |
| As well as a toilet, washroom, accommodation and kitchen, each block of huts in Stalag Luft III had two rooms reserved for what? | Library and Reading Room |
| What was the name given to the tea made by prisoners at Stalag Luft III, which was made from inferior substitute products and therefore not as good as ordinary tea? | Ersatz Tea |
| The staple ration at Stalag Luft III was how big a loaf of rye bread? | 5 pounds |
| 5 pounds of what kind of bread was the staple ration at Stalag Luft III? | Rye |
| POWs would always toast their standard ration of rye bread and cover it with margarine and jam to get rid of what taste? | Mould |
| The jam the POWs at Stalag Luft III would use to disguise the taste of mould in their standard ration rye bread was made from what? | Sugar Beet |
| What not usually eaten substance was rumoured to be in the rye bread ration given to POWs to bulk up its size? | Saw Dust |
| As well as the standard ration of rye bread, what kind of sausages were the POWs given at Stalag Luft III? | Blutwurst / Blood Sausage |
| What was the name of the fish cheese which POWs at Stalag Luft III were given that is said to have tasted like sawdust? | Fischkase |
| According to Spitfire pilot William Ash to make the Fischkase they were given edible it had to be soaked in water for a week, which gave it the consistency of what? | Wet Dog Hair |
| Due to lack of food which escaper took a week to recover from the exertion of running a mile at the camp's Summer Sports Day? | Jimmy James |
| At the Summer Sports, Jimmy James was competing in what event? His lack of food prior to it meant it took him a week to recover from the exertion? | 1 mile |
| Lieutenant Charles Woehrle commented that all the POWs talked about in Stalag Luft III was what? | Food |
| What was name of the powered milk supplied to POWs in Red Cross parcels. The escapees used the empties tins to make the air supply system in tunnels? | Klim |
| Initially East Compound at Stalag Luft III only had how many huts? | 6 |
| The forest surrounding Stalag Luft III was made up of what kind of trees? | Pine |
| What was the name of the poem which POW CG King, a gunner who worked as an Officer's orderly wrote about the pine tree forest which surrounded Stalag Luft III? | Surrey Sun |
| Which POW a gunner who worked as an Officer's orderly wrote about the poem Surrey Sun about the pine tree forest which surrounded Stalag Luft III? | C G King |
| Flight Sergeant Alfie 'Bill' Fripp commented that POW would lie down and look at clouds to pass the time, and work out they could reach where in two days? | Bournemouth |
| Flying Officer Leonard Hall commentated that what was the best way to survive in a POW camp? | Keep Busy |
| RAF Pilot Stephen Johnson commented that what was the worst feeling in a POW camp and prison sentences would be more effective if this happened? | Not Knowing how long you'd be in prison |
| Pathfinder Pilot Robert Lamb said that prisoners who had nothing to cling on to would just lay on their bunks waiting for the war to end and were like what vegetables? | Cabbages |
| The preoccupation with food and hunger in Stalag Luft III resulted in most POWs not thinking about what after a few months? | Sex / Pin Ups |
| Which former professor of History, Geography and Ethnology was the deputy commandant of Stalag Luft III | Major Gustav Simoleit |
| Deputy Commandant of Stalag Luft III Gustav Simoleit gave classes in what subject to POWs as he thought education would enable the men to improve themselves? | German |
| The papers in the German classes that Deputy Commandant of Stalag Luft III Gustav Simoleit were sent to England for what reason? | To be marked |
| Small off cuts of wood found around the camp and melted copper coins were used to make what item which exploded when first used on a pond much to the amusement of those in Stalag Luft III? | Minature Working Steamship |
| Canadian officers made what kind of arena at Stalag Luft III during the winter so they could play their national sport? | Ice Rink |
| Canadian officers were allowed to play Ice Hockey on an Ice Rink they built at Stalag Luft III, however the German were concerned that their skate blades could be used as what? | Wire Cutters |
| What kind of sporting facility was built in all the compounds of Stalag Luft III? | Golf Course |
| What three sports were the most popular to be played by British and Commonwealth POWs at Stalag Luft III? | Football, Cricket and Rugby |
| What two sports were the most popular to be played by American POWs at Stalag Luft III? | Softball and American Football |
| Despite the poor soil making it difficult which recreational activity was popular at Stalag Luft III and also helped with the dispersal of soil from tunnels built in the camp? | Gardening |
| What food was used by POWS to supplement the earth used for gardening at Stalag Luft III? | Potato Peelings |
| A mixture of what food stuff was mixed with horse manure at Stalag Luft III as fertilizer for the POWs gardens? | Blood Sausage |
| Whenever a horse entered Stalag Luft III, POWs would follow it around so they could collect what? | Manure |
| After a theatre was built in the camp, historical costumes used for the plays their were obtained from which two major theatres? | Berlin and Dresden |
| Which New Zealand pilot was known for playing the female roles in Stalag Luft III's theatrical performances, which gained him many admirers? | Michael Ormond |
| Which Belgian pilot was known for playing the female roles in Stalag Luft III's theatrical performances, which gained him many admirers? | Bobby Leumans |
| Which inmate at Stalag Luft III didn't realise it was fellow prisoners playing the female roles in plays at the camp and wrote back to his wife telling her how attractive the women in the plays were? | C G King |
| Roger Bushell was a keen actor during his time at Stalag Luft III, his first role was in what playlet where he played a worried old stockbroker? | Apprehensions |
| Roger Bushell was a keen actor during his time at Stalag Luft III, in which play by Gerald Savory did he play Malcolm? | George and Margaret |
| Roger Bushell was a keen actor during his time at Stalag Luft III, what role did he play in Gerald Savory's George and Margaret? | Malcolm |
| Which Shakespeare play did POWs at Stalag Luft III re-write to portray a villainous Jewish character as the hero, which caused the watching German to walk out? | Merchant of Venice |
| When performing The Merchant of Venice the POWs at Stalag Luft III portrayed which character as the hero which caused the watching Germans to walk out? | Shylock |
| Who was the commandant of Stalag Luft III during the Great Escape? | Colonel Friedrich von Lindeiner |
| What prestigious award did the Commandant of Stalag Luft III Colonel Friedrich von Lindeiner wear whilst on duty? | Blue Max / Pour le Merite Medal |
| What award did Stalag Luft III Commandant Colonel Friedreich von Lindeiner win for his role in putting down the Maji Maji Rebellion against German colonists in 1907? | Prussian Order of the Crown |
| Where was Stalag Luft III Commandant Colonel Friedreich von Lindeiner posted in 1902 as a young officer where he helped put down the Maji Maji Rebellion? | German East Africa |
| What unit did Stalag Luft III Commandant Colonel Friedrich von Lindeiner command at the start of World War 1? | 1st Foot Guards |
| At the end of the World War One, Stalag Luft III Commandant Colonel Friedrich von Lindeiner was the adjutant of what army? | German 4th Army |
| In September 1919 Stalag Luft III Commandant Colonel Friedrich von Lindeiner married a Baroness from which country? | Netherlands |
| During the rise of Nazism Stalag Luft III Commandant Colonel Friedrich von Lindeiner lived in which country where he looked on the party with disgust? | Netherlands |
| When Stalag Luft III Commandant Colonel Friedrich von Lindeiner joined the Luftwaffe he was on the personal staff of which person? | Herman Goering |
| During the early parts of World War 2 Stalag Luft III Commandant Colonel Friedrich von Lindeiner tried to retire from the army on what grounds but was refused permission? | Ill Health |
| Whilst serving as the Commandant of Stalag Luft III, Colonel Friedrich von Lindeiner and his family lived in what house, 3 miles west of Sagan? | Jeschkendorf Manor |
| What was the maximum number of prisoners Stalag Luft III could have held at its maximum size? | 12,600 |
| Stalag Luft III was split into 7 different departments or Abteilungen, what was department 1? | Commandant and his office |
| Stalag Luft III was split into 7 different departments or Abteilungen, what was department 2? | Office of the Deputy Commandant |
| Stalag Luft III was split into 7 different departments or Abteilungen, what was department 3? | Counter Intelligence |
| Stalag Luft III was split into 7 different departments or Abteilungen, what was department 4? | Financial Matters |
| Stalag Luft III was split into 7 different departments or Abteilungen, what was department 5? | Camp Organisation |
| Stalag Luft III was split into 7 different departments or Abteilungen, what was department 6? | Mail Censorship |
| Stalag Luft III was split into 7 different departments or Abteilungen, what was department 7? | Hospital |
| How many departments or Abteilungen was the administration of Stalag Luft III divided into? | 7 |
| Stalag Luft III was split into 7 different departments or Abteilungen, the Commandant and his office were which number department? | 1 |
| Stalag Luft III was split into 7 different departments or Abteilungen, the Deputy Commandant's office was which number department? | 2 |
| Stalag Luft III was split into 7 different departments or Abteilungen, counter intelligence was which number department? | 3 |
| Stalag Luft III was split into 7 different departments or Abteilungen, financial matters were which number department? | 4 |
| Stalag Luft III was split into 7 different departments or Abteilungen, camp organisation was which number department? | 5 |
| Stalag Luft III was split into 7 different departments or Abteilungen, mail censorship was which number department? | 6 |
| Stalag Luft III was split into 7 different departments or Abteilungen, the hospital was which number department? | 7 |
| Which person in the camp was the German liaison with Senior Allied Officers and usually held the Appel each day? | Major Gustav Simoleit |
| When Major Gustav Simoleit discovered that the camp had no speakers of which language to censor the mail of letters in that language, he did the job himself in his free time? | Polish |
| As well as censoring the mail of Polish prisoners in his own time as there were no other Polish speaking Germans in the camp, Deputy Commandant Gustav Simoleit also learned which other language so he could censor mail in that language as well? | Czech |
| Due to the stress of taking roll calls, the deputy commandant of Stalag Luft III Major Gustav Simoleit had to take what each night? | Sleeping Tablets |
| Which of the German officers did the British POW always depicts as looking like a school teacher, he also had the habit of calling POWs who played female roles in plays by their female character name and was known for his levity? | Captain Hans Pieber |
| When Walter Murphy and Lorne Welch were caught trying to escape in German Uniforms, Captain Hans Pieber jokingly asked them to smile when they were having their pictures taken. How did they reply? | We should look miserable, we're supposed to be German |
| When conducting searches which German officer would always joke Come to count you little chickens in your nest? | Captain Hans Pieber |
| Which of the German officer was an early member of the Nazi Party, and reputedly had the 49th membership card of the party, although his support had waned over the years? | Captain Hans Pieber |
| Stalag Luft III German Office Captain Hans Pieber was an early member of the Nazi Party and was reputed to hold what number membership card of the party? | 49 |
| Stalag Luft III German Office Captain Hans Pieber held what award due to his participation in the failed 1934 Austrian uprising? Due to his waning support of the Nazi party he never wore it? | Blood Order |
| What event of 1938 caused German Officer Captain Hans Pieber to stop his support of the Nazi party? | Anchluss |
| In Stalag Luft III there was a strong suspicion that German Officer Captain Hans Pieber was attracted to which RAF Officer? | Peter Gates |
| Which of the German officers at Stalag Luft III was rumoured to be attracted to the RAF Officer Peter Gates? | Captain Hans Pieber |
| What nickname was given to German guards who specialised to looking for evidence of escaping activities? | Ferrets |
| Which of the Non-Commissioned Officers at Stalag Luft III a veteran of World War 1 was considered the cleverest and most prominent of the ferrets whose job was to look for evidence of escaping activities? | Sergeant Major Herman Glemnitz |
| The counter intelligent or Department 3 of Stalag Luft III used for spying on prisoner's activities was staffed by members of which military intelligence organisation? | Abwehr |
| Deputy Commandant of Stalag Luft III Gustav Simoleit gave what name to the activities carried out by the ferrets to try and find POW escape activities? | War of Brains |
| What unflattering name was given to lead ferret Sergeant Major Herman Glemnitz, one he didn't live up to the high level of intelligence he showed in his role? | Dimwitz |
| Before being called up for World War One Sergeant Major Herman Glemnitz worked in what occupation? | Blacksmith |
| Sergeant Major Herman Glemnitz was born in which city in 1898? | Breslau |
| In World War One Sergeant Major Herman Glemnitz started off as a rifleman but during was volunteered to work as what, the war finished before his training was complete? | Pilot |
| After the end of World War One Sergeant Major Herman Glemnitz returned to Breslau to work in what role? | Ship's Machinist |
| Sergeant Major Herman Glemnitz worked in what role for a steam plough company between the two world wars, in that role he travelled the world and learned to speak English? | Field Technician |
| When Sergeant Major Herman Glemnitz was first called up by the Luftwaffe in 1940 he was sent to Poland and France to work as part of the crew of what? | Anti Aircraft Gun |
| How many men was Sergeant Major Herman Glemnitz in charge of when he started working as a ferret at Stalag Luft III, none were trained so he had to use common sense to keep track on POW activities? | 20 |
| Sergeant Major Herman Glemnitz was one of the few guards at Stalag Luft III who couldn’t be bribed, he did however take the occasional what as a gift, but would never take two? | Cigarette |
| One of the few guards who Commandant Friedrich von Lindeiner respected was Corporal Pilz who was said to have a good nose for sniffing out tunnels. What name did the POWs give to him? | Charlie |
| One of the few guards who Commandant Friedrich von Lindeiner respected who was said to have a good nose for sniffing out tunnels, was known as Charlie by the POWs, what was his actual name? | Corporal Pilz |
| One of the few guards who Commandant Friedrich von Lindeiner respected was Corporal Griese who was hated by the POWs who gave him what name based on a physical characteristic and his habit of always looking over his shoulder? | Rubberneck |
| One of the few guards who Commandant Friedrich von Lindeiner respected was known as Rubberneck by the POWs who hated him, what was his actual name? | Corporal Griese |
| To annoy the hated guard Corporal Griese also known as Rubberneck, POWs would always complain about his what? | BO |
| To annoy the hated guard Corporal Griese also known as Rubberneck, POW would always complain about his BO and offer him what, which he never took as it could have been as a bribe? | Soap |
| Who was the first head of the X organisation when Roger Bushell arrived at Stalag Luft III? | Jimmy Buckley |
| When Roger Bushell first arrived at Stalag Luft III who was the Senior British Officer? | Group Captain Kellett |
| What vehicles were driven around the prisoner's compounds as their heavy weight would cause tunnels to cave in? | Lorries |
| What vehicles were used to flood discovered tunnels at Stalag Luft III to make them unusable? | Fire Engines |
| In the summer of 1942, how many tunnels did the POWs held in Stalag Luft III start to build, all but one would be discovered? | 40 |
| The only successful tunnel built in the summer of 1942 was by Bill Goldfinch, Jack Best and Henry Lamond, who tricked the Germans into allowing them to build a drainage ditch where the built the tunnel after they flooding what room? | Wash Hut |
| The only successful tunnel built in the summer of 1942 saw the Germans tricked into allowing POWs to build a drainage ditch where the built the tunnel as they feared the spread of what disease after a wash hut was flooded? | Typhus |
| What name was given to the quick method of tunnelling where a person placed displaced dirt behind them as the kept tunnelling? | Mole |
| Bill Goldfinch, Jack Best and Henry Lamond got as far as which river when they escape Stalag Luft III in the summer of 1942, where they were captured after the boat they stole was reported missing? | Oder |
| Bill Goldfinch, Jack Best and Henry Lamond were caught after they escaped Stalag Luft III in the summer of 1942, when they stole what kind of vehicle and it was reported missing? | Boat |
| When Ken Toft and William Nicholls cut through the wire of Stalag Luft III to escape in broad daylight after they found a blind spot between two watch towers, other POWs help by distracted the guard's attention by holding what kind of sports match? | Boxing Match |
| When Ken Toft and William Nicholls cut through the wire of Stalag Luft III to escape in daylight, which POW correctly guessed that a guard wouldn’t shoot at them just as they were entering the woods as it would be an admission of spotting them too late? | Jimmy Buckley |
| When Ken Toft and William Nicholls were recaptured as they escaped through the barbed wire fence in the middle of the day, the commandant of Stalag Luft was so impressed with their escape that be presented them with what? | Bottle of Whiskey |
| Which two POWs escaped Stalag Luft III in the summer of 1942 in broad day light by cutting through the barbed wire fence whilst guards were distracted by a boxing match? | Ken Toft and William Nicholls |
| In September 1942, German guards found a tunnel which was how long in the hut of Wings Day and Jimmy Buckley? | 300 Feet |
| During the construction of a tunnel in Stalag Luft III in 1942, which tunneller was buried under a ton of sand and an hour was required to dig him back out? | Wally Floody |
| The spoil in the 300 feet long 1942 tunnel at Stalag Luft was removed by being placed in what container that was pulled along by a piece of string? | Metal Sink |
| Which Czech airman took a week to recover from the mental impact of been buried with dirt whilst working on a tunnel? | Ivo Tonder |
| How did Commandant Friedreich von Lindeiner referred to the 100 POWs he sent to Szubin Camp in October 1942 after a 300 foot long tunnel was found in Stalag Luft III? | Naughtiest Boys |
| After a 300 foot long tunnel was discovered in September 1942 Commandant Friedreich von Lindeiner sent 100 POWs who he described as his naughtiest boys to which other POW camp? | Szubin |
| Which of the 100 prisoners who were transferred from Stalag Luft III to Szubin tried to escape on the journey by prising open the floor boards of the truck he was on? He was however caught straight away after leaving the truck. | Major Johnny Dodge |
| When Roger Bushell was first appointed as Big X of the Stalag Luft III camp in October 1942, he ordered no escape activities over the winter as what compound at the camp was being built by Russian soldier which the British would be moved into? | North Compound |
| When Roger Bushell was appointed as Big X of the Stalag Luft III escape committee who did he appoint as his head of security or Big S? | Lieutenant Colonel Albert P Clark |
| What codename was given to the head of security in the POWs escape committee? | Big S |
| What name was given to POWs who had the role of keeping a roster of which German guards were in the compound as they entered and when they left and also assigning stooges to monitor them? | Duty Pilot |
| What name was given to POWs tasked with monitoring where German guards were going and signalling other people to alert them of any danger from the guards? | Stooges |
| Which American member of the Royal Canadian Airforce was appointed head of tunnel security by Roger Bushell? | George Harsh |
| Which member of the Stalag Luft III escape committee member had been sentenced to death for the murder of a grocery store clerk in his native Atlanta in 1929 but thanks to wealthy parents was able to have his sentence commuted? | George Harsh |
| Which member of the Stalag Luft III escape committee member spent several years on a Georgia Chain gang for murder before being pardoned for saving a man's life by giving him an emergency appendectomy? | George Harsh |
| George Harsh was pardoned from his life sentence for murder when he saved a fellow prisoner's life by performing what? | Emergency Appendectomy |
| George Harsh was captured after being shot down over Cologne piloting what kind of plane? | Halifax Bomber |
| The stooges organised by George Harsh used signals adapted from what sport to warn each other about what guards were doing? | Baseball |
| Which person recruited George Harsh to the Stalag Luft III Escape Committee? | Wally Floody |
| Prior to World War 2 Wally Floody had what job in his native Ontario which made him ideal to work in tunnelling? | Mining Engineer |
| Wally Floody was usually tall for a tunnellers, how tall was he? | 6 feet 6 |
| As well as head tunneller Wally Floody which two tunnelers were on the escape committee when the planning for the Great Escape started? | Johnny Marshall & Robert 'Crump' Ker-Ramsey |
| What title was given to Wally Floody due to his ingenious tunnelling work? | Genius of the Great Escape |
| Who was the head of the tailoring department at Stalag Luft III? | Tommy Guest |
| Tommy Guest was the head of which of the escape departments at Stalag Luft III? | Tailoring |
| George Harsh was the head of which escape department at Stalag Luft III? | Tunnel Security |
| Albert P Clark was the head of which escape department at Stalag Luft III? | Security |
| Which member of the Stalag Luft III escape committee was in charge of drawing up maps? | Desmond Plunkett |
| Desmond Plunkett was in charge of the production of what during the planning for the Great Escape? | Maps |
| Desmond Plunkett who was in charge of map making at Stalag Luft III was known for being very untidy, as a result his bed was given what name? | Lair of the Troglodyte |
| Who was the head of the forgery department at Stalag Luft III? | Tim Walenn |
| Tim Walenn was the head of which escape department at Stalag Luft III? | Forging |
| Prior to World War 2 and leading the forging department at Stalag Luft III Tim Walenn designed what at his Uncle's design studio? | Wallpaper and Fabrics |
| Who worked as Tim Walenn's main assistant in the forging department at Stalag Luft III? | Alex Cassie |
| Due to his style of dress and great bushy moustache, head of the forging department Tim Walenn was compared to which British comic actor? | Jimmy Edwards |
| Which of the Great Escapers was involved in a car crash in May 1940 which resulted in the death of his fiancée Mary Beauport? | Tim Walenn |
| What was the name of head of forging department Tim Walenn's finance who died in a car crash in May 1940? | Mary Beauport |
| For the Great Escape Roger Bushell decided to build how many tunnels so that plans could continue if one of the tunnels was discovered? | 3 |
| Roger Bushell's original plan for the Great Escape was to hide the tunnel again after a first night of escapes and reopen later on so more could get out? How many people did he want to get out over these multiple escapes? | 600 |
| Which POW lived in the room next to Roger Bushell at Stalag Luft III and considered him a very good friend? | Sydney Dowse |
| Which of the POWs at Stalag Luft III survived 11 days floating in the Mediterranean Sea after he was shot down? He was the first person to ditch a Bristol Beaufighter and live? | Denys Maw |
| What name was given by people who wished to escape to those POWs who didn't wish to escape? | Stayers |
| What name did the POWS who didn't want to escape given to POWs who wished to escape? | Tally Ho / Cloak and Dagger Boys |
| At which camp did a POW once throw a tin over the wire which contained a note saying there was a tunnel in Block 2 as he didn't like the disruption that escape activities brought? | Oflag VII B |
| A number of POWs at Stalag Luft III thought that which organisation had a convention which made trying to escape mandatory? | Red Cross |
| Some of the German guards thought that British solider could get court martialled if they didn't try to escape how many times? | 3 |
| All RAF aircrew in the European theatre were issued with what booklet that concerned how prisoners should behave when dealing with the enemy but didn't make any mention of trying to escape? | The Responsibilities of a Prisoner of War |
| Which British military set of rules made no mention of trying to escape if you were a prisoner of war? | King's Regulations |
| When North Compound was opened in April 1943, how many POWs were transferred there? | 850 |
| On April 1st 1943, 850 POWs were transferred to what compound at Stalag Luft III? | North Compound |
| When British POWs were transferred to North Compound in April 1943 prisoners were searched and a number of maps and compasses were confiscated. The Germans however didn't seize anything related to what activity? | Distilling |
| North Compound had a specially built latrine pit, what name did the POWs give to the workman charged with emptying it? | Scheisse Fuhrer |
| When the British POWs first moved into North Compound in April 1943, the huts had what smell? | Fresh Pine |
| What was considered the worst of the German POW camps? North Compound of Stalag Luft III was considered a luxury hotel compared to this camp which was likened to a gutter? | Stalag VIII B |
| What kind of facility took up most of the southern part of North Compound at Stalag Luft III? | Recreation Ground |
| Before North Compound of Stalag Luft III was completed, Commandant Friedrich von Lindeiner allowed POWs to build what structure, which they took as a chance to smuggle escape equipment and survey the new site? | Theatre |
| Whilst the theatre was getting built at Stalag Luft III prior to the completion of North Compound, which three POWs took the opportunity to survey the new compound for likely tunnel locations? | Wally Floody, Johnny Marshall, Robert 'Crump' Ker-Ramsey |
| Tunnel Tom was starting in which hut which lay close to the Western part of the compound and as far away from the German part of camp as possible? | Hut 123 |
| Which of the Great Escape tunnels was started in Hut 123 of North Compound? | Tom |
| Tunnel Dick was starting in which hut which lay to the immediate east of the start of Tom tunnel? | Hut 122 |
| Which of the Great Escape tunnels was started in Hut 122 of North Compound? | Dick |
| Tunnel Harry was located in which hut, deliberately close to the Vorlager in the belief that the Germans wouldn’t suspect it as a tunnel location? | Hut 104 |
| Which of the Great Escape tunnels was started in Hut 104 of North Compound? | Harry |
| Who was the chief engineer of Tunnel Tom? | Johnny Marshall |
| Johnny Marshall was the chief engineer of which Great Escape tunnel? | Tom |
| Who was the chief engineer of Tunnel Dick? | Robert 'Crump' Ker-Ramsey |
| Robert 'Crump' Ker-Ramsey was the chief engineer of which Great Escape tunnel? | Dick |
| Who was the chief engineer of Tunnel Harry? | Wally Floody |
| Wally Floody was the chief engineer of which Great Escape tunnel? | Harry |
| The traps made for the Great Escape tunnels were all designed by POWs of what nationality? | Polish |
| Which three Polish POWs designed the traps used for the tunnels in the Great Escape? | E Gotowski, L Kozlowshi & Dick Mickiewicz |
| What are the size of the trap used for tunnel Tom? | 2 Feet Square |
| The trap for Tunnel Tom in Hut 123 was made in a the concrete floor of a small annex to one of the rooms, which was surrounded by two walls and what structure? | Chimney |
| The trap for tunnel Dick in Hut 122 was located in which room of the hut? | Washroom |
| The trap for tunnel Dick in Hut 122 was located in its washroom underneath what? | Drain |
| What substances were used to seal tunnel traps to make them look like they were an ordinary part of the floor? | Sand and Soap |
| What was placed over the trap of Tunnel Dick in Hut 122 which made it virtually impossible to find? | Water |
| The trap for tunnel Harry in Hut 104 was located underneath what? | Stove |
| The stove on top of the trap of tunnel Harry in Hut 104, was on top of grid of how many tiles? | 100 |
| When building the tunnels for the Great Escape a vertical shaft of what depth was first built so tunnelling couldn't get detected by underground microphones? | 30 Feet |
| The ladders which were used to take workers down the vertical shafts to the tunnels for the Great Escape were how long? | 25 Feet |
| The tunnels for The Great Escape were built at depths of 30 feet to avoid cave ins caused by the surface movement of vehicles and to avoid detection by what? | Underground Microphones |
| How many chambers were built at base of each vertical tunnel shaft for storing sand, equipment and the ventilation air pump? | 3 |
| The ventilation air pumps for the Great Escape tunnels were designed and built by which two people? | Jens Mueller & Thomas 'Bob' Nelson |
| What was the size of the chambers at the base of the vertical tunnel shafts used for storing sand, equipment and the ventilation air pump? | 3 feet long, 5 and a Half Feet high and 2 and a half feet wide |
| The air pumps used for ventilation in the tunnels used for the Great Escape were made from two of what item sewn together around a series of circular wooden frames to form an accordion like tube? | Army Kitbags |
| The leather flaps used in the air pumps which provided ventilation for the Great Escape tunnels were re-enforced with what? | Pieces of tin |
| The pipe line for delivering fresh air down the Great Escape tunnels were made from tins of what powdered milk? | Klim |
| The air pump used for ventilation in the Great Escape Tunnels also had an exhaust which led to what? | Chimney |
| The 3 Vertical shafts for the Great Escape tunnels were finished in what month? | May 1943 |
| Out of caution work on the shafts for the Great Escape tunnels was only carried out at what times? | Between 12:30 to 2.30pm and 10pm to 11.50pm |
| Out of caution work on the shafts for the Great Escape tunnels was stopped when how many guards were in the POW compound? | 2 |
| What was the common way of disguising the noise created by the building of the vertical shafts of the Great Escape tunnels? | Choir Practice |
| What was the biggest issue when building tunnels at Stalag Luft III, it the most usual reason why tunnels were discovered by the Germans? | Sand Dispersal |
| What colour was the sand which had to be dug out to make tunnels at Stalag Luft, it was very difficult to disguise it when surface dirt? | Yellow |
| Which POW created the devices used by penguins to disperse sand at Stalag Luft III? | Peter 'Hornblower' Fanshawe |
| What was the nickname of Peter Fanshawe who created the devices used by Penguins for sand dispersal? | Hornblower |
| The devices which Peter Fanshawe used to create the device for penguins to disperse sand where made from what objects which would run down the trouser leg? | Towels |
| What nickname was given to POWS tasked with dispersing sand through the devices created by Peter Fanshaw? The name came from the fact that the devices made the waddle when they walked along dispersing sand. | Penguins |
| Each of the devices used by Penguins to disperse sand could contain how much sand? | 8 pounds |
| A team of South African POWs adapted the system used by Peter Fanshawe for dispersing sand by wearing two pairs of trousers, doing this meant they could carry how much sand? | 30 pounds |
| A team of POWs from which country adapted the system used by Peter Fanshawe for dispersing sand by wearing two pairs of trousers, doing this meant they could carry 30 pounds of sand? | South Africa |
| When there were no Germans in the compound, POWs would use what to disperse up to 24 pounds of sand, they would pretend to be sunbathing when doing this? | Blankets |
| When there were no Germans in the compound, POWs would use blankets to disperse how much sand, pretending they were sunbathing whilst doing so? | 24 pounds |
| When there were no Germans in the compound, POWs would use blankets to disperse up to 24 pounds of sand, they would pretend to be doing what when doing this? | Sunbathing |
| Each of the three vertical shafts for the Great Escape tunnels produced how many tonnes of sand which required 140 penguin outings to disperse? | 12 Tonnes |
| Each of the three vertical shafts for the Great Escape tunnels produced 12 tonnes of sand which required how many penguin outings to disperse? | 140 |
| The production of each chamber in the Great Escape tunnels produced how many tonnes of sand? | 2 |
| The digging of how much tunnel would produced a tonne of sand for disposal? | 3 and a half feet |
| What was the estimated number of penguin dispersals which would have been required to produce the three Great Escape tunnels? | 18000 |
| How many penguins were there in total during the production of the 3 Great Escape tunnels? | 200 |
| Because the sand from tunnels had a distinctive smell, what was kept permanently burning in the corridors near tunnel traps to hide the smell? | Tobacco |
| The wooden boards for shoring up tunnels came mainly from where? | Bunk Beds |
| Which POW who worked with Johnny Bull on tunnelling, fell out of his bed on his first night at Stalag Luft III whilst having a nightmare? | Ken Rees |
| Which of the Great Escapers was captured before the birth of his child and never got to see them? | Johnny Bull |
| There was no space for toilet facilities in tunnels, what did tunnelers have to do if they had to go to the toilet? | Dig a Hole |
| What were considered the worst smells in the Great Escape tunnels? | Urine and Faeces |
| Which German solider manned the underground microscopes which were used to detect tunnelling activity? | Corporal Bening |
| In May 1943 which two microphones detected loud noises in Hut 104 where tunnelling was going on? Nothing was found in the hut so it was attributed to a nearby coal dump? | 53 and 54 |
| In May 1943 microphones 53 & 54 detected loud noises in Hut 104 where tunnelling was going on? Nothing was found in the hut so it was attributed to what nearby location? | Coal Dump |
| In the summer of 1943 Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels labelled Allied Pilots as what, so that German civilians would be more likely to turn them over to the police or attack them themselves? | Terror Fliers |
| In August 1943 what organisation took over security measures against escape from the Luftwaffe, effectively putting Heinrich Himmler in charge of prison camps? | Kripo |
| Which of the ferrets were POWs ordered to ignore if he ever asked about how many tunnels were being built as he could even use flippant answers in helping him detect escape activities? | Sergeant Major Herman Glemnitz |
| In October 1943 POWs were told that any prisoner caught escaping in either German uniform or civilian clothes was liable to be charged with what and be potentially shot? | Espionage |
| Commandant Friedrich Von Lindeiner warned then Senior British Officer Group Captain Kellett that mass escapes would be unwise as it could end up with which organisation running the camp, so they should stick to small ones? | Gestapo |
| Who was the German translator that warned Roger Bushell that small escapes of 4 men were much more likely to succeed that larger escapes? | Corporal Eberhard Hesse |
| Sergeant Major Herman Glemnitz thought how many men was the most the allies could get away with escaping before harsh repercussions were brought in? | 5 |
| What was the name of the system run by the Gestapo and Kripo which they used for making nationwide searches and had three levels of severity, Alpha, Beta and Gross? | Sonderfahndungslan der Sipo und SD (Special Search Plan of the Security Police and Security Service) |
| Special Search Plan of the Security Police and Security Service used by the Gestapo and Kripo to conduct nationwide searches had how many levels of severity? | 3 |
| Special Search Plan of the Security Police and Security Service used by the Gestapo and Kripo to conduct nationwide searches had 3 levels of severity, known by what names? | Alpha, Beta and Gross |
| The highest level of Nationwide search in Germany The Grossfahndung was first carried out in March 1943 when 43 airmen led by Wings Day tunnelled out of which camp? | Szubin |
| The highest level of Nationwide search in Germany The Grossfahndung was first carried out in March 1943 when 43 airmen tunnelled out of Szubin camp, led by which officer? | Wings Day |
| When a Grossfahndung National search was called in Germany, how many uniformed agencies were raised in total do carry out the search? | 29 |
| When a Grossfahndung National search was called in Germany, which unformed organisation was exempt from having to carry out the searches? | Armed Forces |
| Staff in which four types of buildings were informed to be on the look out for prisoners when the highest level of search the Grossfahndung was declared? | Hotels, Garages, Railways and Hospitals |
| During the first nationwide Grossfahndung search in March 1943 how many escaped POWs were caught in total, including all those who escaped with Wings Day from Szubin? | 809 |
| Including all escaped POWs, foreign workers running away and people wanted by the police, how many people in total were arrested during the first Grossfahndung Nationwide search in March 1943? | 14000 |
| During the first nationwide Grossfahndung search in March 1943 how many foreign workers running from their place were caught in total? | 8281 |
| During the first nationwide Grossfahndung search in March 1943 how many people wanted by the police were caught in total? | 4825 |
| Sergeant Major Hermann Glemnitz referred to mass escapes as what, due to their low chance of success and possible repercussions? | A Silly Idea |
| Who took over as the Senior British Officer at Stalag Luft III in April 1943 and held the job during the Great Escape? | Group Captain Herbert Massey |
| Both Commandant Friedrich von Lindeiner and Deputy Commandant Gustav Simoleit agreed they've rather suffer what fate than obey orders for shooting prisoners at Stalag Luft III? | Execution |
| In the Summer of 1943 work on which tunnel was prioritised as it was the nearest to the wire and people wanted to get out before the American POWs moved compounds? | Tom |
| In the Summer of the 1943 which of the tunnels was converted into a store for equipment and dirt? | Dick |
| Work on which tunnel was suspended in the Summer of 1943 so work could be concentrated on the tunnel nearest the wire? | Harry |
| In August 1943, news was received by the POWs that American prisoners would be moved to which new compound of Stalag Luft III and therefore wouldn't be able to take part in the Great Escape? | South Compound |
| The construction of which new compound at Stalag Luft III resulted in part of the forest where tunnel Tom was due to emerge being cut down, meaning that the tunnel would now require more digging? | West Compound |
| The construction of the new West compound at Stalag Luft III resulted in part of the forest where which tunnel was due to emerge being cut down, meaning that the tunnel would now require more digging? | Tom |
| Within 5 days of the decision to concentrate all effort on Tunnel Tom in August 1943, how far had it been extended making it only 40 feet from completion? | 50 Feet |
| When work intensified on Tunnel Tom in the Summer of 1943, shortcuts taken in what aroused the suspicion of Sergeant Major Hermann Glemnitz? | Sand Dispersal |
| When work intensified on Tunnel Tom in the Summer of 1943, Sergeant Major Hermann Glemnitz's suspicions were raised when he noticed unusually high levels of sand where? | POW Gardens |
| When work on Tom was near completion but the German were watchful of sand dispersal around North Compound, Roger Bushell ordered that sand should be stored where? | Empty Red Cross Boxes (Under POW's Beds) |
| What did Commandant Friedreich Von Lindeiner ban in the Summer of 1943 from being brought into North Compound as they suspects of being used for escape activities as Herman Glemnitz saw multiple POWs carry them out of Hut 123? | Red Cross Boxes |
| To divert attention away from hut 123 where Tunnel Tom was hidden, Roger Bushell ordered other POWs to start taking Red Cross boxes out of which other hut? | Hut 119 |
| When Tunnel Tom was found in Hut 123, Roger Bushell and George Harsh had to watch on helplessly from which other hut? | Hut 122 |
| On which date was tunnel Tom discovered in Hut 123 by German Guards? | 10th October 1943 |
| What sound did the German hear when they probed the concrete floor in Hut 123 when they discovered tunnel Tom | Hollow Sound |
| How long was Tunnel Tom when it was discovered on the 10th of October 1943? | 285 Feet |
| Tunnel Tom was too long to be collapsed with flooding it, therefore the German detonated the concrete floor around the trap door, this resulted in what happening to hut 123? | Roof Blown off |
| When tunnel Tom was discovered in October 1943, Roger Bushell halted work on the tunnels over Winter, how long was tunnel Harry at the time, only a third of the way complete? | 110 feet |
| Wings Day suspected that the Commandant of Stalag Luft III wanted to retire as what, it the job of POWs to make sure he didn't? | A General |
| Which German guard became great friends with Sydney Dowse and Tommy Calnan and provided assistance for their escape activities? | Corporal Eberhard 'Nikki' Hesse |
| What was the nickname of the German guard Eberhard Hesse who became great friends with the POWs Sydney Dowse and Tommy Calnan and provided assistance for their escape activities? | Nikki |
| Corporal Eberhard 'Nikki' Hesse had studied law at what university before being conscripted in the German Armed Forces? | Freiburg |
| The start of the war stopped which German guard from talking up jobs in the legal profession in Switzerland, England and France? | Corporal Eberhard 'Nikki' Hesse |
| Corporal Eberhard 'Nikki' Hesse worked as an intern at what financial institution before World War 2 started? | Deutshe Bank |
| Corporal Eberhard 'Nikki' Hesse worked as an intern at what canal company before World War 2 started? | Rhein-Main Donau Canal Company |
| Corporal Eberhard 'Nikki' Hesse passed the Government Law Exam in which cities Superior Provincial Court before the start of World War 2? | Karlsruhe |
| What legal exam did Corporal Eberhard 'Nikki' Hesse pass just before the start of World War 2 in the Superior Provincial Court at Karlsruhe? | Government Law Exam |
| In February 1941 Corporal Eberhard 'Nikki' Hesse worked as a junior lawyer in the office of the chief of which city in Poland? | Krakow |
| In July 1942 Corporal Eberhard 'Nikki' Hesse was called up to the army and sent to the Russian front he was moved to work as a translator at Stalag Luft III after he suffered from what disease? | Dyssentry |
| Who was the senior British NCO at Stalag Luft III and was in charge of NCO compound? | Sergeant Deans |
| Which of the POWs was said to look very English but wanted to pass himself off as Sergei Bulanov when escaping? | Desmond Plunkett |
| Desmond Plunkett was told he looked very English but planned on using what alias when escaping? | Sergei Bulanov |
| In the Stalag Luft III production of the Merchant of Venice, which POW played Launcelot Gobbo? | Alfie 'Bill' Fripp |
| In the Stalag Luft III production of the Merchant of Venice, the POW Bill Fripp played which character? | Launcelot Gobbo |
| In which Stalag Luft III Shakespearian Production did Bill Fripp played Launcelot Gobbo? | The Merchant of Venice |
| Which two members of the Stalag Luft III Forging Department were also known for making sketches of the camp and camp life? | Alex Cassie & H R Bjelke |
| Which British POW at Stalag Luft III was suspected of being a stool pigeon and provided a contact address in Berlin to Wings Day? | Squadron Leader George Boyd Carpenter |
| Which German Guard who befriended Sydney Dowse did Dowse think was a plant due to him being a noter escaper until he heard his strong anti Nazi views? | Corporal Eberhard 'Nikki' Hesse |
| In January 1942 Lieutenant Von Massow appointed Corporal Eberhard Hesse to what building in the East Compound where he learned that the SD had discovered that Flight Lieutenant Peter Gardiner had been posted pictures of German defences back to England? | Book Depository |
| Which German guard discovered that the SD had found out about Peter Gardiner sending back pictures of German defences to England and gave him a warning to stop? | Corporal Eberhard 'Nikki' Hesse |
| When working in the book depository Corporal Eberhard 'Nikki' Hesse, discovered that the SD knew which POW was sending back photos of German Anti Aircraft defences to England and warned him to stop? | Peter Gardiner |
| Flight Lieutenant Peter Gardiner was sending back pictures of what to England? Eberhard Hesse found out that the SD knew about this and he advised Gardiner to stop? | Anti Aircraft Defences |
| Who did Eberhard Hesse get to tip off Peter Gardiner that the SD knew he was sending back pictures of Anti-Aircraft defences to England? | Flight Lieutenant Watson |
| When Eberhard Hesse tipped off Peter Gardiner that the SD knew about him sending back pictures of anti aircraft defences to England he turned down what reward as he was motivated by anti Nazi views not greed? | Coffee and Cigarettes |
| Due to his anti-Nazi views which guard readily lent his pass to POWs so it could be copied by the forging department? | Corporal Eberhard 'Nikki' Hesse |
| Which POW was the first person to borrow the pass of the guard Eberhard Hesse so it could be copied for POWs to use? | Sergeant Deans |
| What colour was the pass which guard Eberhard Hesse lent to POWs to copy? | Pink |
| Which Dutch POW borrowed Eberhard Hesse on the 12th of June 1943 so he could disguise himself as a German Sergeant and lead a group of POWs out of the camp to go to a delousing shed where they would escape on the way? | Bob Van der Stock |
| How long did Bob Van der Stok have to spend in the cooler after getting caught trying to use a fake pass in an attempt to get POWs out of the camp to escape on their way to the delousing shed? | Two Weeks |
| When Bob Van Der Stok tried to get a number of POWs out of the camp in June 1943 when he dressed up as a German Sergeant, he was pretending to take them to what building? | Delousing Shed |
| After Bob Vanderstok's attempt to get a large number of POWs out of the camp by pretending to take them to the delousing shed, he was strip-searched and had his fake pass and escape equipment taken off him but manged to hold onto what hidden in his hand? | Money |
| What was the name of the guard Eberhard Hesse's brother who worked at the Peenemunde Army Research Centre and passed on info of VI and V2 Rockets to the allies? | Dr Wolfgang Hesse |
| Guard Eberhard Hesse's brother Dr Wolfgang worked at what research centre where he passed on V1 and V2 rocket details to the allies? The facility was bombed shortly afterwards? | Peenemunde Army Research Centre |
| Guard Eberhard Hesse's brother Dr Wolfgang worked at the Peenemunde Army Research Centre and passed on details of what weapons to the allies? | V1 and V2 Rockets |
| After the delousing party escape, POWs from North Compound were banned from working in which building, getting replaced by East Compound men? | Book Depository |
| After the Delousing party escape who took over as the liaison officer for Eberhard Hesse? | Tommy Calnan |
| Who did Tommy Calnan plan to have as his escape partner if they ever got out of the camp? | Robert Kee |
| Who did Robert Kee plan to have as his escape partner if they ever got out of the camp? | Tommy Calnan |
| When Eberhard Hesse was on gate duty he suggested to Tommy Calnan and Robert Key to join a working party of what people, he would provide them with identity armbands a letter saying they were employees of a large chemical firm in Leipzig? | Russian |
| When they escaped with Russian workers in November 1943 Tommy Calnan and Robert Key were given ID passes for a person of which nationality by Eberhard Hesse who had bought them in Freiburg? | Dutch |
| When they escaped with Russian workers in November 2003 Tommy Calnan and Robert Key were given ID passes for a Dutchman which he had bought in what German city? | Freiburg |
| In which building did Tommy Calnan and Robert Key hide in the attic of when they escaped in November 1943 after pretending to be Russian workers? | Book Depository |
| Which camp guard suspected of helping the allies was searched 11 times and arrested twice but no evidence was found to confirm it? | Corporal Eberhard 'Nikki' Hesse |
| As well as providing allies with info on V1 and V2 Rockets, Dr Wolfgang the brother of guard Eberhard Hesse also provided the allies with info on what planes? | ME 262 and 263 Jet Planes |
| As well as providing allies with info on Peenemunde Army Research Centre, Dr Wolfgang the brother of guard Eberhard Hesse also provided the allies with info on which other research centre? | Rechlin |
| It was easy to pickpocket camp guards for their papers in winter as they kept their passes where rather than their pockets as they were easier to get to when it was cold? | Cuffs of Great Coats |
| In which season of the year was it easier to pickpocket guards as they kept belonging in the cuffs of their coats rather than pockets? | Winter |
| When a pass was successfully pickpocketed from a guard it was passed onto which person who quickly noted its dimensions and what was written and printed on it before it was replaced in the guards pockets so it wouldn't be missed? | Tim Walenn |
| Which person who lived at Haupstrasse 7 in Archean obtained intelligence for Stalag Luft III prisoners to pass back to England? | Karin Sauren |
| When a template of a copied pass was produced it was passed to which anti-Nazi guard who would smuggle it out of camp in his boot when he was going back home on leave to the Ruhr where his wife reproduced it on her typewriter? | Corporal Fischer |
| What was used to make the mould from which maps and passes at Stalag Luft III could be reproduced? | Decolourised Jelly |
| Based on the food it was made from what was they system used at Stalag Luft III to reproduce maps and passes? | Jelly Press |
| The letter censors Corporals Rickmers, Schmitzler and Schneider obtained what information for the POWs when they were on leave in The Netherlands, Belgium, France and Denmark? | Train Timetables |
| The letter censors Corporals Rickermans, Schmitzler and Schneider obtained what information for the POWs about the running of the camp? | Rotas of guard changes |
| Letter Censor Corporal Rickermans sent back coded letters on behalf of which POW detailing a list of POWs held by the Gestapo in Paris? | Tommy Calnan |
| Letter Censor Corporal Rickermans sent back coded letters on behalf of which Tommy Calnan detailing a list of POWs held by the Gestapo in which city? | Paris |
| Who was the Letter Censor who sent back coded letters on behalf of which Tommy Calnan detailing a list of POWs held by the Gestapo in Paris | Corporal Rickermans |
| Which person acted as the liaison officer for letter censor Corporal Rickermans? | Roger Bushell |
| Roger Bushell acting as the liaison officer of which member of the letter censor department? | Corporal Rickermans |
| In total how many Germans both inside and outside Stalag Luft III actively helped the POWs? Bushell didn't want the group to grow any bigger as it was more likely people would get caught. | 10 (5 in, 5 out) |
| Corporal Rickermans helped the POWs for money, he thought which guard was silly for doing it out of idealism? | Corporal Eberhard 'Nikki' Hesse |
| At Stalag Luft III what was the weekly cigarette ration of the guards? The low amount made the more likely to take bribes? | 20 |
| Some POWs would deliberately smoke up to how many cigarettes a day to tempt the guards into accepting bribes? | 40 |
| The daily allowance of bread for enlisted German men was what? | 180 grams |
| POWs would eat better than their German guards due to the receipt of what, which arrived about every 10 to 14 days? | Red Cross Parcels |
| How many blankets were prisoners given when they arrived at Stalag Luft III? | 2 |
| How many pieces of bed linen were prisoners given when they arrived at Stalag Luft III? | 3 |
| How did the cost of items that POWs destroyed at Stalag Luft III get paid for? | Out of POW's Pay |
| Many of the guard's guns at Stalag Luft III weren't loaded for what reason? | Lack of Ammo |
| Which person was in charge of security in all Luftwaffe POW camps? He was critical of guards and said they were a rabble whose only interest was getting cigarettes of prisoners? | Major Hans Thiede |
| Major Hans Thiede who was in charge of security in all Luftwaffe POW camps was critical of guards and said they were a rabble whose only interest was getting what from prisoners? | Cigarettes |
| Which guard was known for being very easy to bribe, and would given POWs anything they wanted in exchange for cigarettes? | Corporal Erich Oest |
| When the easily bribed guard Corporal Erich Oest was first arrested for having a large cache of English goods in his lodgings, he only received what short sentence under close arrest and he was able to resume his job straight afterwards? | 3 Days |
| Which camp guard was dismissed from Stalag Luft III in December 1943 for taking a substantial amount of bribes? It is estimate that he received between 4000 to 6000 cigarettes? | Corporal Erich Oest |
| When Corporal Erich Oest was dismissed from Stalag Luft III in December 1943 for taking bribes from POWs who took over his business of taking in luxury good as bribes to sell on? | Corporal Lowerentz |
| Which guard supplied POWs with maps of Eastern Europe, two lamps, one radio valve, photo albums and bottles of whiskey? | Corporal Gustav Wolter |
| Which camp guard in exchange for 400 cigarettes, 7 chocolate bars and 7 bars of soap provided POWs with enough equipment to build a radio transmitter and receiver? | Sergeant Rohlman |
| In exchange for 400 cigarettes, 7 chocolate bars and 7 bars of soap Sergeant Rohlman provided POWs with enough equipment to build what? | Radio Transmitter and Receiver |
| Which German guard provided POWs with dye, stamps and Nazi party badges? | Lance Corporal Kasel |
| Which German guard was the technical chief of the underground listening system, Herman Glemnitz suspected those in the Seismograph house were bribed to not hear everything? | Lance Corporal Bening |
| Lance Corporal Bening brought goods including Chessman, Wine and cocoa from which city to trade with the POWs? | Prague |
| In December 1943 what devices in the camp where switched off so they could be extended to new compounds, this made tunnelling harder to detect? | Listending Microphones |
| The listening microphones in Stalag Luft III were switched off in which month which made tunnelling harder to detect? | December 1943 |
| The listening microphones used for listening out for potential tunnelling in Stalag Luft III were switched off in December 1943 and not switched back on until what month, after the Great Escape had occurred? | April 1944 |
| German guards were sometimes tricked into signing what when took bribes, this could then be used to blackmail them to obtain further things for POWs? | Receipts |
| Which member of the bribery team at Stalag Luft III asked Germans to bring him magnetic needles for physics experiment, this would be provided for with a bribe, and he would then blackmail them to bring him radio parts? | Geoffrey Cornish |
| With this use of a bribe Geoffrey Cornish obtained what from German Guards which he claimed he was using for a physics experiment, although the guards knew he was using it to make a compass? | Magentic Needle |
| With this use of a bribe Geoffrey Cornish obtained magnetic needles from German Guards which he claimed he was using for a physics experiment, although the guards knew he was using it to make what? | Compass |
| With this use of a bribe Geoffrey Cornish obtained magnetic needles from German Guards which he claimed he needed for what, although the guards knew he was using it to make a compass? | Physics Experiment |
| When Geoffrey Cornish blackmailed guards who'd taken a bribe by showing them receipts for what they had obtained he'd them get them to provide him with what? | Radio Valve |
| When Gregorey Cornish was blackmailing guards he used which person to bring a receipt to show they had taken a bribe? | Bush Parker |
| Who did POWs borrow a Contax camera from, pretending they were using it to take photos of theatrical productions? | Captain Hans Pieber |
| What item did the forging team borrow from Captain Hans Pieber, claiming they would use it for theatrical productions? | Contax Camera |
| The forging team borrowed a Contax camera from Captain Hans Pieber under the pretext they wanted to take photos of what? | Theatrical Productions |
| Which German Officer was head of Department 3 Counter Intelligence, he also give Captain Hans Pieber permission to lend his Contex Camera to POWs? | Captain Broili |
| Captain Broili was the head of which of the admin departments at Stalag Luft III? | Department 3 - Counter Intelligence |
| After the Great Escape the German criticised Captain Hans Pieber for lending his Contex Camera to POWs, not knowing that he had also done what for them? | Developed it |
| Which German Officer developed the film which the POWS used to take photos for their fake passes? | Captain Hans Pieber |
| After the Great Escape the German criticised Captain Hans Pieber for lending his Contex Camera to POWs, not knowing that he had also given a camera to which person, who he was rumoured to be very attracted to? | Peter Gates |
| What rank did head of the Breslau Kripo Max Wielen hold in the SS? | Obersturmbannfuhrer (Equivalent of Lieutenant Colonel) |
| In November 1943 Chief of Breslau Gestapo Wilhelm Scharpwinkel visited the camp, it was only the second Gestapo visit, the first had been to determine if a POW could send letter and parcels to his wife where? | Vienna |
| In November 1943 when Chief of Breslau Gestapo Wilhelm Scharpwinkel visited the camp, he broke up a meeting with the Commandant to make a phone call to do what? | Ordered the liquidation of a prisoner |
| Head of the Breslau Gestapo Dr Wilhelm Scharpwinkel had scars of his cheeks from doing what? | Dueling |
| Head of the Breslau Gestapo Dr Wilhelm Scharpwinkel was how tall? | 5 feet 9 |
| In the winter of 1943 Roger Bushell played which character in the camp production of Pygmalion? | Professor Henry Higgins |
| In the winter of 1943 Roger Bushell played which Professor Henry Higgins in the camp production of what play? | Pygmallion |
| What drink did the POWs at Stalag Luft III get drunk on at Christmas in 1943? | Hooch |
| In total how many Christmases had Wings Davis spent as a POW before the Great Escape? | 5 |
| When British and American POWs got drunk on Hooch over Christmas 1943 how many were caught trying to scale the barbed wire fence between their compounds and had to spend New Year in the cooler? | 22 |
| The Red Cross visited the camp in February 1944 and were concerned with the growing number of cases of which mental health condition amongst those who'd been held for more that 3 years? | Psychosis |
| What organisation visited the camp in February 1944 and were concerned with the growing number of cases of psychosis amongst those who'd been held for more that 3 years? | Red Cross |
| When the Red Cross visited the camp in 1944 they asked that people suffering from Psychosis be repatriated to Switzerland, this was refused as the German thought they might be attempting what common POW escape trick? | Faking Lunacy |
| On what date did the Escape committee agree to re-open tunnel Harry? | January 4th 1944 |
| Which tunnel did the Escape committee agree to re-open on the 4th of January 1944 to attempt to blitz out of the camp for the start of spring? | Harry |
| When tunnel Harry was re-opened in January 1944, it was found to be in good condition and only required a bit of shoring work and that what part of the air pumps had rotted? | Kit Bags |
| When tunnel Harry was re-opened in January 1944, it was found to be in good condition and only required a bit of shoring work and that what was blocking part of the klim tins air line? | Sand |
| When tunnel Harry was re-opened in January 1944, 3 ten strong team of diggers began to work on it and could advance how much per day? | 4 Feet |
| What was the name of the first half way house station in tunnel Harry? | Picadilly |
| What was the name of the second half way house station in tunnel Harry? | Leicester Square |
| When work on Harry restarted in January 1944 what weather condition made sand disposal much harder due its contrast with the yellow sand from the tunnel? | Snow |
| Which person found the answer to the issue of not being able to disperse the sand from tunnel Harry in early 1944 due to snow, by hiding it in the basement of the theatre? | Peter Fanshawe |
| Peter Fanshawe found the answer to the issue of not being able to disperse the sand from tunnel Harry in early 1944 due to snow, by hiding it in the basement of what structure? | Theatre |
| The trap used to access the basement of the theatre so that sand could be hidden there in early 1944 was located where? | Under a theatre seat |
| What the distance between the trap for tunnel Harry and the theatre where the sand would be hidden in 1944, which result in a system having to set up to stop the Germans from spotting it? | 200 yards |
| That sack which were used to transport sand from tunnel Harry for hiding in the theatre in early 1944 could carry how much sand? | 17 and a Half Pounds |
| Prior to sand being taken from the tunnel to hide in the theatre at the start of 1944, it was packed up in a kit bag of what size, then transferred into a neighbouring hut to be put into smaller bags? | 100 pounds |
| When the sand was being hidden in the theatre in early 1944, on a good day how much sand could be taken there in 2 hours? | 4 tonnes |
| Roger Bushell ordered the forging department to make how many sets of documents for the escape? | 400 |
| Although they worked longer as the escape approached, initially the forging department worked between what hours due to the demanding nature of the role? | Lunchtime to 3pm |
| In the library where the forging team worked there was a map of which country? If the ferrets came close to the room Alex Cassie would pretend to be giving a talk on it? | Siam |
| In the library where the forging team worked there was a map of Siam? If the ferrets came close to the room who would pretend to be giving a talk on it? | Alex Cassie |
| When Alex Cassie was pretending to give talks on Siam when the ferrets were need the library where the forgers worked, he would start by pointing out what location? | Bangkok |
| When Alex Cassie was pretending to give talks on Siam when the ferrets were need the library where the forgers worked, he would also joke that what were the main industries of the country? | Bang and Cock |
| How many documents did the forging team create in total? | 350 |
| The first 50 of the people going out during the Great Escape were given how many escape documents? | 3 |
| The 51st to 100th of the people going out during the Great Escape were given how many escape documents? | 2 |
| How many of the escapees in the Great Escape were given three escape documents as they had the most chance of making it home? | 50 |
| Starting from which number escaper where POWs only given one escape document as it was thought they had little chance of making it home? | 101 |
| Which forged documents were considered to be the best ones to have during the Great Escape? | ID cards for Foreign Workers, Leave Passes, Police Residency Cards |
| Some of the leave passes used in the Great Escape were marked for the labour camp Wehrkreis VIII Baubteilung which was in which city? | Breslau |
| Some of the leave passes used in the Great Escape were marked for the labour camp Arbeiterlager which was in which city? | Sprottau |
| The ID cards produced by the forgery department at Stalag Luft III were made on what colour paper? | Brown |
| The ID cards produced by the forgery department at Stalag Luft III were the same size at what common items? | Post Cards |
| The stamp on the ID cards produced by the Stalag III forgery department were what shape? | Circular |
| The ID cards produced by the forgery department at Stalag Luft III stated that the bearer was on special leave what a factory which produced what? | Armaments |
| Some of the stamps on the ID cards produced by the Stalag III forgery department had stamps to say they were issued by the Police President of which City Area? | Berlin 132 |
| Some of the passes made by the Stalag Luft III forgery department incorrectly said they were from the Police President of which city, that didn't have someone of that role? This later became useful when searching for the escapees? | Sorau |
| Which POW regularly stole from the camp hospital to get alcohol, needles and tape to help the forging department? | Bob Van der Stock |
| Where did Tim Walenn get the paper from to make his forged passes? | End of Books |
| New POWs at Stalag Luft III had what taken from them by fellow prisoners, so the rubber from them could be used to make stamps for forged passes? | Shoes |
| When a stamp was being produced for a fake stamp Tim Walenn would draw the design with white ink before handing it over to which person who would carve it out whilst lying in a hollow in the playing field? | Victor Wood |
| What device did the forging department lack unless they could get a co-operative German's help, meaning that all forged documents had to be done by hand? | Typewriter |
| The forged documents produced for the escape were so complicated including the use of whorled lines, could take how long to produce is someone worked everyday for 5 hours per day? | A Month |
| Forged passes were usually discarded if an error was made, however the errors could sometime be rectified by using what? | Burning a Cigarette hole over them |
| The Brushes used to make forged passes were taken from painting sets provided by what organisation? | YMCA |
| The Brushes used to make forged passes were taken from painting sets provided by the YMCA that were trimmed down so that had just how many short hairs? | 5 |
| Due to the amount of eye strain working as a forger could cause, which person had to step down from the role to avoid going blind? | Frank Knight |
| Frank Knight had to step down from the forging team for what reason? | To avoid going blind |
| Which member of the forging team was an expert in producing German Script and forging signatures? | Alex Cassie |
| Alex Cassie was an expert in producing what kind of script for the forging team? | German |
| What technique did Alex Cassie use when producing German Script and forging signatures so his hand didn't use him normal writing technique? | Wrote Upside down |
| Roger Bushell asked which person to produce for him a forged pass with a stamp slightly smudged and not quite set straight, Bushell thought it so good that it should be put in the Imperial War Museum? | Alex Cassie |
| Who asked Alex Cassie to produce for him a forged pass with a stamp slightly smudged and not quite set straight, he thought it so good that it should be put in the Imperial War Museum? | Roger Bushell |
| Roger Bushell asked Alex Cassie to produce for him a forged pass with a stamp slightly smudged and not quite set straight, Bushell thought it so good that it should be put where? | The Imperial War Museum |
| Which person headed the tailoring department at Stalag Luft III? | Tommy Guest |
| Who was Tommy Guest's head tailor in his department? Guest called him the cleverest tailor? | Bedrich Dvorak |
| One recaptured prisoner hold Head of the tailoring department Tommy Guest that coats made from which material attraction attention as it was normally the type of material worn by women? | Camel Hair Blanket |
| What regular complaint was made about the clothes of the tailoring department? | Too Rough |
| What type of clothing did the tailoring department have most difficulty making, but they were necessary as unlike British people most continentals wore them when outside? | Hats |
| Whilst the tailoring department struggled to make hats, what kind of headwear did they find easy to produce? | Soft Cloth Caps |
| What kind of hats were usually worn on train journeys by German businessmen, Guest got not get the material to make them and bribes only brought in 3 in 18 months? | Felt Trilby |
| After they were moved to the North Compound, the tailoring department working in which hut? | Hut 121 |
| What hours did the tailoring department normally work at Stalag Luft III? | 12:30 - 3:30pm |
| Who led the team of stooges who protected the tailoring department at Stalag Luft III? | K J McMurdie |
| KJ McMurdie let the team of stooges at Stalag Luft III which protected what department? | Tailoring |
| How many German uniforms did the Stalag Luft III tailoring department make prior to the Great Escape? | 12 |
| Escape clothes were difficult to hide at Stalag Luft III, but which American was able to convert half the inner wall at the end of a hut into a panel that could swing out and expose a 7 inch deep cavity for storage? | Major Jones |
| Escape clothes were difficult to hide at Stalag Luft III, Major Jones was able to convert half the inner wall at the end of a hut into a panel that could swing out and expose a deep cavity of what size for storage? | 7 Inches |
| Escape clothes were difficult to hide at Stalag Luft III, Major Jones was able to convert half the inner wall at the end of a hut into a panel that could swing out and expose a 7 inch deep cavity for storage. Which two people assisted him? | Lieutenants Williams and Bell |
| The ink used by Desmond Plunkett to create maps was made by boiled down what? | Pencil Lead |
| The paper used by Desmond Plunkett to create maps was obtained from where? | Latrines and Hymn Books |
| Whilst MI9 could smuggle in some escape good such as clothes, maps and magnetic needles, what couldn't they provide as they would have changed by the time POWs received them? | Fake Passes |
| As well as magnetic needles to make improvised compasses, MI9 managed to smuggle in how many real working compasses into the camp? | 12 |
| How many compasses were made by the compass department at Stalag Luft III? | 500 |
| Who was in charge of the department at Stalag Luft III which made compasses? | Albert Hake |
| Albert Hake was in charge of the department at Stalag Luft III which made what? | Compasses |
| Who was in charge of the carpentry department at Stalag Luft III where the trolleys and rails for tunnel Harry were made? | John Williams |
| John Williams led which department at Stalag Luft III? | Carpentry |
| How many people worked in the metal work department at Stalag Luft III? | 2 |
| Which department at Stalag Luft III was responsible for making trolley wheels, portable heating stoves and belt buckles? | Metal Work |
| Who was the only member of the leatherwork department at Stalag Luft III? | L Hockey |
| Flight Lieutenant L Hockey was the only member of which department at Stalag Luft III who made cartridge belts and holsters for dummy pistols? | Leather Work |
| When the German started searching hut 104, a POW had left his belt in it where he'd hidden his map, when he returned he found the stitching on the belt altered and inside a note saying what and the map gone? | I Hope these will do |
| The sound of digging tunnel 104 could be heard underneath what structure that in a direct line between the hut and the fence? | Cooler |
| In February 1944 Commandant Friedrich von Lindeiner received word of mouth instruction from which person the head of Luftwaffe Inspektion 17 that escaped POW would be handed to Gestapo, the order was not written down as illegal? | Colonel Ernst Walde |
| Who was the Head of Luftwaffe Inspektion 17 the organisation which liaised between German High Command and Luftwaffe POW camps? | Colonel Ernst Walde |
| Colonel Ernst Walde was the Head of which organisation which liaised between German High Command and Luftwaffe POW camps? | Luftwaffe Inspektion 17 |
| Commandant Friedrich Von Lindeiner met people from which organisation at a meeting in Breslau in February 1944 which left him worried about what would happen to people left in camp after a mass escape? | Abwehr |
| On the 4th of March 1944 which head of the Gestapo issued the Bullet decree which stated that escaped Allied Officer except British and Americans would be taken to Mauthausen Concentration Camp and shot? | Heinrich Mueller |
| Worried that the POWs wouldn't stop attempts at a mass escape, Commandant von Lindeiner asked which policeman in Breslau to do an inspection of camp. He turned up but didn't carry out inspection? | Kriminrat Brunner |
| In Jane 1944 which camp a few miles from Stalag Luft III was opened, Commandant von Lindeiner used it as an excuse to get rid of 19 potential escapers such as Wally Flood, George Harsh and Peter Fanshawe? | Belaria |
| In 1944 Belaria camp was opened a few miles from Stalag Luft III, Commandant von Lindeiner used it as an excuse to transfer how many hardened escapers from North Compound? | 19 |
| Which head of the tunnelling team was transferred out of Stalag Luft III to Belaria a few miles away a few weeks prior to the Great Escape and thus couldn't go? | Wally Floody |
| Which head of the tunnel security was transferred out of Stalag Luft III to Belaria a few miles away a few weeks prior to the Great Escape and thus couldn't go? | George Harsh |
| Which head of the dispersal work and penguins was transferred out of Stalag Luft III to Belaria a few miles away a few weeks prior to the Great Escape and thus couldn't go? | Peter Fanshawe |
| Which person did Commandant von Lindeiner originally plan to transfer to Belaria camp a few weeks before the Great Escape but was talked out of it by his colleagues as they thought he was reformed. | Roger Bushell |
| On the 1st of March 1944, which of the camp's guards went on leave for two week, with him away they were able to dig 100 feet in 9 days and build Leicester Square Halfway station? | Rubberneck / Corporal Griese |
| When the guard Rubberneck went on leave for two weeks on the 1st of March 1944, the POWs were able to dig how many feet of tunnel in 9 days? | 100 feet |
| Robert Ker-Ramsey did the final measurement of tunnel Harry using a piece of string and found it to be how long? | 344 feet |
| Robert Ker-Ramsey did the final measurement of tunnel Harry using a piece of string and found it to be 344 feet long, which he estimated put it how many feet beyond the tree line? | 7 feet |
| As the ground beyond the fence slopped upwards is was estimated the exit shaft would only need to be how long, compared to the 30 feet of the entrance shaft? | 22 Feet |
| Support for the up tunnel at Harry was made from Bed Boards and what? | Bed Posts |
| How many days did it take to make the up tunnel for the exit to tunnel Harry? | 4 days |
| When Johnny Bull and Robert Ker-Ramsey were making the up tunnel for Harry, they knew they were near the surface when they came across what? | Tree Roots (Pine Roots) |
| When Johnny Bull and Robert Ker-Ramsey were making the up tunnel for Harry, they planned to stop how far from the surface and complete that bit during the actual escape? | 2 Feet |
| On what day was the work on Tunnel Harry finished when a ceiling to support the ground above the exit was put in place? | 14 March 1944 |
| How many tonnes of sand were displaced during the preparation of the Great Escape? | 130 tonnes |
| As the tunnel was been finished Commandant von Lindeiner was hosting a conference at the camp with heads of other camps and Kripo and Gestapo from Breslau on what subject? | POW Security Situation |
| Which member of the Breslau Gestapo attending Commandant von Lindeiner conference on POW Security just as tunnel Harry was been finished? | Lauffer |
| Which member of the Breslau Kripo attending Commandant von Lindeiner conference on POW Security just as tunnel Harry was been finished? | Brunner |
| Which person from the camp Stalag Luft VI complained that British air force personnel were immune from German indoctrination? | Major Pesch |
| Major Pesch from the camp POW complained that British air force personnel were immune from German indoctrination? | Stalag Luft VI |
| In March 1944 the month of the Great Escape how many Allied Airmen were still becoming POWs each month? | 2000 |
| Commandant von Lindeiner knew that Allied POWs would never buy propaganda against which people and wouldn't appreciate it if they said they controlled the British government? | Jewish |
| Commandant von Lindeiner new that Allied POWs would never buy propaganda against Jewish people but thought warnings about what people might win them over? | Bolsheviks |
| The Kripo in Breslau were arrested how many people a month in 1944 which overstretched their resources? | 1000 |
| Brunner of the Breslau Kripo thought that British escapees would try to steel vehicles when escaping including aircraft, but escapees from which country would always walk even if it was for weeks? | Soviet Union |
| On Rubberneck's return from leave in 1944 he ordered an immediate search of which hut for 4 hours, he found nothing but it worried Bushell into thinking Harry would be found if they waited too much longer? | Hut 104 |
| The weather was an issue during the Great Escape as the winter of 1944 was the coldest winter for how many years? | 30 Years |
| How much snow was laying on the ground during the Great Escape which made it more difficult to travel when out of the tunnel? | 1 foot |
| It was decided that the best days to carry out the Great Escape were the 23rd and 24th of March for what reason? | No Moon |
| In a lecture on Applied Mathematics and Probability led by Flight Lieutenant Flesker, Roger Bushell compared escaping to what game, as you'd always beat people who rely on luck in the end? | Poker |
| In a lecture on what subject led by Flight Lieutenant Flesker, Roger Bushell compared escaping to Poker, as you'd always beat people who rely on luck in the end? | Applied Mathematics and Probability |
| In a lecture on Applied Mathematics and Probability led by which person, Roger Bushell compared escaping to poker, as you'd always beat people who rely on luck in the end? | Flight Lieutenant Flesker |
| With 9 days before the escape what had to be added to the escape documents which required the forging department to start working at night? | A Date |
| Which member of the Escape Committee nearly blew the Great Escape when he left a book on his bed that contained the intended destinations of 200 escapers when a snap search of hut 101 was called? | Desmond Plunkett |
| The map maker Desmon Plunkett nearly blew the Great Escape when he left a book on his bed that contained the intended destinations of 200 escapers when a snap search of what hut was called? | Hut 101 |
| The map maker Desmon Plunkett nearly blew the Great Escape when he left a book on his bed that contained what information of 200 escapers when a snap search of hut 101 was called? | Intended Destinations |
| Desmond Plunkett nearly blew the escape when he left information 200 escapees intended destinations on a bed disguised as what when a surprise inspection of Hut 101 was called? | A Novel |
| Who rescued the book that contained information of the intended destination of escapees when it was left on a bed by Desmond Plunkett as a surprise inspection of Hut 101 was called? | Tim Walenn |
| When Tim Walenn rescued a key escape book that Desmond Plunkett had left on a bed during a surprise inspection of Hut 101 he was only allowed to remain in the hut as he had done what? | Feigned Illness |
| When Tim Walenn rescued a key escape book that Desmond Plunkett had left on a bed during a surprise inspection of Hut 101 he smuggled it out of the hut wrapped in what which he got a Guard to pass to Plunkett? | Towel |
| The tailor department removed shoulder markings from Airforce Great coats to pass them off as civilian clothes but on some left what two letters which gave away they were Allied Uniforms? | AM (Air Ministry) |
| When the tailoring department where altering Naval Great goats, they often left what items on them, which gave away their military nature? | Naval Buttons |
| One of the Great Coats used in the Great Escape didn't have its label removed. The label was from which prestigious Saville Row Tailor? | Grieves and Hawkes |
| What distinctive RAF Award was left of some of the RAF jackets converted to civilian clothing by the tailoring department? | RAF Wings |
| The majority of the escape outfits were simply RAF Tunics with what replacement parts? | Service Buttons |
| The first 30 numbers were given to people who could speak German and had the best chance of making it home, they're names were placed in a hat to determine their order. What number did Roger Bushell draw? | 4 |
| The first 30 spots on the Escape were given to those with the best chance of escape, the next 40 were given to what people? | Did the most work |
| Although Alex Cassie was an important member of the forgery department, he chose not to take his spot on the Great Escape for what reason? | Claustophobia |
| Which prominent member of the forgery department of Stalag Luft III didn't take their place on the Great Escape due to suffering from claustrophobia? | Alex Cassie |
| The first 30 people to leave on the Great Escape were all due to travel on what mode of transport? | Train |
| The first 30 people to leave on the Great Escape were all given what kind of carrying container to aid their escape? | Brief Case |
| The first 30 people to escape were given little what to aid their escape as they were dressed as businessmen and carrying a lot of it would have looked suspicious? | Food |
| The first 30 Great escapees were due to travel as business man on fast trains, the next 40 to escape were planned to escape on what specific type of train? | Worker's train |
| What name was given to Great Escapers who were supposed to escape entirely on foot? | Hard Arsers |
| Great Escapers described as Hard Asses were those who escaped entirely by what method? | On Foot |
| The escape rations given to those traveling on foot where made out of which two foodstuffs? | Chocolate & Oatmeal |
| Who was Ken Rees's planned escape partner on the Great Escape? | Red Noble |
| Who was Red Noble's planned escape partner on the Great Escape? | Ken Rees |
| How far was it to walk on foot to get to the Czech border from Stalag Luft III? | 60 miles |
| The border of which country was around 60 miles walk from Stalag Luft III? | Czechoslovakia |
| Which escaper thought it would be impossible for him to walk the 60 miles to Czechoslovakia, but still wanted to escape as getting home wasn't the point? | Jack Lyon |
| Which two inspected the outfits of all escapes on March the 20th 1944 and briefed them on how to go down the tunnel? | Robert Ker-Ramsey & Johnny Marshall |
| What method of carrying equipment was banned from being used in the tunnel due to the likelihood of it catching a bed board and bringing the tunnel down? Some people still did it though? | Blanket Rolls |
| Just before the escape which POW begged Roger Bushell to not go on the escape as he was sure he'd be shot if he was caught? | Sydney Dowse |
| Just before the escape Sydney Dowse begged which person to not go on the escape as he was sure he'd be shot it he was caught? | Roger Bushell |
| Who was the meteorologist at Stalag Luft III who advised that after it snowed on the 23rd of March, it wouldn't snow the next day so they Escape could go ahead on that day? | Leonard Hall |
| What was the role of Leonard Hall at Stalag Luft III, he advised that although the escape couldn't go ahead on the 23rd of March, the 24th would be okay? | Meteorologist |
| What weather event happened at Stalag Luft III on the 23rd of March 1944 which prevented the escape going ahead that day? | Fresh Snow |
| Evening Appel or roll call on the 24th of March 1944 the day of the escape was at what time? | 5pm |
| How many people did Alex Cassie share a room with, he was the only person in the room who didn't go out during the Great Escape? | 6 |
| Which Great Escaper celebrated his 29th birthday just before the escape? | Gordon Brettell |
| What birthday did Gordon Brettell celebrate just before he went out on the Great Escape? | 29 |
| Which Belgian POW shared a room with Alex Cassie and Tim Walenn? | Henri Picard |
| What did Tim Walenn give to Alex Cassie just prior to the escape to pass onto his parents if he didn't make it? | Gold Watch |
| The gold watch which Tim Walenn gave to Alex Cassie to pass to his parents if he didn't make it, had a gift from them for what birthday? | 21st |
| When his 6 room mates left Alex Cassie to go on the Great Escape following a final dinner together he thought that needed to do what job? | Washing Up |
| Just before the Great Escape 200 prisoners crammed into which hut where the escape was taking place from? For many it was the first time they had known the tunnel's location? | Hut 104 |
| What time were the escape scheduled to start? | 8:45pm |
| At what time on the night of the Great Escape did the German guards shut the windows and shutters of all the huts in the camp? | 9pm |
| Whilst most Great Escapers were dressed as civilians and a few as German soldiers, one was dressed an outfit of what military occupation? | German Sailor |
| When he was escaping from Stalag Luft III Roger Bushell was pretending to be a businessman from which country? | France |
| What was the colour of the suit Roger Bushell escaped Stalag Luft III in? | Grey |
| What was the colour of the shirt Roger Bushell escaped Stalag Luft III in? | Light Blue |
| What was the design of the tie Roger Bushell was wearing when he escaped from Stalag Luft III? | Red and Blue Striped |
| Which French pilot was the escape partner of Roger Bushell? | Bernard Scheidhauer |
| Who was the Escape partner of the French Pilot Bernard Scheidhauer? | Roger Bushell |
| Roger Bushell's escape partner Bernard Scheidhauer was formerly a member of the Free French Air Force, but joined which RAF squadron after the fall of France? | 131 Squadron |
| Robert Bushell picked Bernard Scheidhauer as his escape partner as he could speak English, French and German and had contacts within what organisation, whose help they planned to use? | French Resistance |
| What activity did Bernard 'Pop's Green do in Hut 104 whilst he was waiting his turn to escape? | Crossword |
| Which Great Escaper was doing a Crossword in Hut 104 whilst he was waiting his turn to escape? | Bernard 'Pop's Green |
| Roger Bushell only gave a short encouragement speech to the other POWs as the Great Escape was due to start, how many words long was it? | 3 |
| Roger Bushell only gave a short encouragement speech to the other POWs as the Great Escape was due to start, what three words did he use? | Good Luck Boys |
| Which of the Great Escapers was the first person down the tunnel? | Johnny Bull |
| Which of the Great Escapers was the second person down the tunnel? | John Marshall |
| When Johnny Bull got to the end of the tunnel he found the protective ceiling was damp and immovable, how long did he an John Marshall take to move the woodwork there? | 2 hours |
| Johnny Bull first emerged from Tunnel Harry at what time, already behind schedule due to the difficulty of removing the protective ceiling of the tunnel? | 10.15pm |
| When John Bull first emerged from the tunnel he was shocked to see that it was how far away from the tree line, in the middle of open ground with a tower just 15 yards away? | 15 feet |
| Which of the Great Escapers when interviewed later pretended to not know who made the incorrect tunnel measurements which caused it to fall short to protect their identity, but did think they were an idiot? | Sydney Dowse |
| Who according to John Weir did the triangulation to find out how far the trees were and as a result of his error the tunnel ended up being too short? | Jens Mueller |
| The likely cause of the tunnel ending up being to short was due to having to slope downwards to which halfway station and then upwards out of it? | Picadilly |
| Who took the final measurements of the tunnel and failed to factor in inclines which meant the tunnel was too short? | Robert Ker-Ramsey |
| Although it is usually said the escape tunnel didn’t reach the tree line, a later drawing by which person suggests with a caption the exit was 20 feet inside the trees? | Ley Kenyon |
| Which Camp Guard when he was interviewed after the war said the Germans found the tunnel exit in the woods 10 metres from a road on the outside of the camp? | Unteroffizier Petzold |
| Unteroffizier Petzold who told interrogators after the war that the tunnel exit was in the woods was captured when he was fighting where? | Schijndel |
| Two photos taken by the Germans indicate that the tunnel exit was inside the tree line, the first shows which guard emerging from the tunnel? | Rubberneck / Corporal Griese |
| Photos in which album found at the RAF Museum in Hendon are labelled Harry breaks through in the woods? | Tunnel to Freedom |
| The movie The Great Escape was based on a book of the same name by which person who was a POW at Stalag Luft III? | Paul Brickhill |
| When the rope system was set up at the tunnel exit to the woods to indicate when escapees could move safely between the two, who was the first person to take charge of it? | Johnny Bull |
| What item was used as signal during the Great Escape to indicate that it was safe to move between the exposed exit and nearby woods? | Rope |
| Johnny Marshall was the second person out of the tunnel, at what time did he emerge? | 10.30pm |
| How much money was Johnny Marshall carrying on when he escaped from Stalag Luft III? | 200 Reichsmark |
| Johnny Marshall's false papers indicated that he was a glassworker from Burgos with what name? | Peter Kovalkov |
| Johnny Marshall's false papers indicated that he was a glassworker called Peter Kovalkov from what city? | Burgos |
| Johnny Marshall's false papers indicated that he was Peter Kovalkov from Burgos and had what profession? | Glass Worker |
| Johnny Marshall's escape outfit was the unform of what military organisation made to look like civilian clothes? | Australian Air Force |
| What kind of hat did Johnny Marshall wear during his escape attempt? | Ski-ing cap |
| Which Czech the escape partner of Johnny Marshall was the third person out of the tunnel? | Ernst Valenta |
| Johnny Marshall and Ernst Valenta planned to get the train from Sagan to Breslau and from there to which town 80 miles away which was 2 and a half miles from the Czech border? | Mittelwalde |
| Johnny Marshall and Ernst Valenta's initial plan during the Great Escape was to get to which country and contact its underground? | Czechoslovakia |
| If Johnny Marshall and Ernst Valenta's initial plan during the Great Escape was to get to Czechoslovakia, if that failed their backup plan was to go where and seek help from Partisans? | Yugoslavia |
| What percentage of the Great Escapers were not from the UK? | 40 Percent |
| What was the Nationality of Roman Marcinkus who was the 10th person out of the escape tunnel? | Lithuanian |
| Out of the first ten escapees from the exit tunnel how many weren't British? | 7 |
| How many different nationalities made up the first ten people to exit the tunnel during the Great Escape? | 6 |
| Which Lithuanian POW was the 10th person out of the escape tunnel? | Roman Marcinkus |
| Roget Bushell's last order as Big X with the escape running 2 hours later and 3 trains already missed was for the initial escapers to split into groups of 2 or 3 and catch a train leaving Sagan at what time? | 11pm |
| Sagan train station was how far away from Stalag Luft III POW Camp? | Half a Mile |
| Which duo of early escapers got lost in the woods on their way to the train station, missed the 11pm train and decided it was too risky to wait for the risk one so decided to try and walk to the Czech border? | Johnny Marshall & Ernst Valenta |
| What event happened at 11pm on the night of the Great Escape which temporarily caused the entrance of the train station to be locked resulting in people missing the 11pm train? | Air Raid |
| What time did the air raid warning in Sagan start to sound on the night of the Great Escape, it caused the door of the train station to be locked resulting in Johnny Marshall and Ernst Valenta missing their train? | 11pm |
| Due to the train station being locked down at 11pm due to air raid, people who missed that train had to get the next one which was at what time? | 1am |
| Which Czech Pilot was the escape partner of Desmond Plunkett? | Bedrich Dvorak |
| Who was the escape partner of Bedrich Dvorak? | Desmond Plunkett |
| As Desmond Plunkett and Bedrich Dvorak were approaching Sagan Train Station, an official wanted them to go where, but they managed to give him the slip and caught the 11pm train? | Air Raid Shelter |
| From what platform at Sagan train station did the train from Berlin to Breslau arrive, which Roger Bushell and a number of escapees caught? | Platform 3 |
| Although they never openly acknowledged each other to avoid suspicion, when Roger Bushell caught the 11pm train at Sagan he squeezed which other escapees hand to wish him luck? | Desmond Plunkett |
| Due to having to rush to get the 11pm train Desmon Plunkett and Bedrich Dvorak weren't able to buy a ticket and were able to sneak into which part of the train? | 3rd Class |
| Which man was the 19th person down the escape tunnel, he was the first to leave the tunnel who made it home? | Bob Van der Stock |
| Bob Van der Stok was the first person to head down the escape tunnel to make it home, what number escapee was he? | 19th |
| The great coat Bob Van der Stok wore on the escape was from which countries air force? | Australia |
| When Bob Van Der Stok emerged from the tunnel he thought he saw the silhouette of a guard nearby, but was relieved to see he had his back to him and was doing what? | Urinating |
| In the woods on the way to the train station Bob Van Der Stok ran into a solider who aimed his rifle at him. When Van der Stok said he was a foreign worker, the guard di what? | Showed him how to get to the station |
| When he arrived Sagan train station Bob Van Stok saw Thomas Kirby Green speaking what language to another POW? | Spanish |
| When he arrived Sagan train station Bob Van der Stok saw which POW speaking Spanish to another prisoner? | Thomas Kirby-Green |
| A female member of Department VI at Stalag Luft III was suspicious of which POW at Sagan Train Station and asked a policeman to check him, but he said to her his pass was okay? | Thomas Kirby-Green |
| Bob Van der Stok's papers said he was a draughtsman working for what company? | Siemens Bau Union |
| Bob Van der Stok's papers said he worked for Siemens in what capacity? | Draughtsman |
| At Sagan train station Bob Van Der Stok took a seat in second class on the 3.30am train to which city? | Breslau |
| At Sagan train station Bob Van Der Stok took a seat in second class train to Breslau departing at what time? | 3.30am |
| During the night of the Great Escape what cause the power in the camp to be turned off, which made the light in the tunnel also go off turning it temporarily pitch black? | Air Raid |
| The air raid on the night of The Great Escape which cause the camp's lights to be turned off, was the last major allied air raid on what city? | Berlin |
| The air raid on the night of The Great Escape which cause the camp's lights to be turned off, was the last major allied air raid of Berlin and saw how many planes attack the city? | 811 |
| Whilst power in the camp was down due to an air raid on the night of the escape, what lights were temporarily used to provide light in tunnel Harry? | Fat Lamps |
| The job of hauling escapees through the tunnel was the job of which number people down the tunnel although a number left before being relieved? | Every 20th |
| Which member of the Great Escape did Wings Day refer to as Dynamo? | Sydney Dowse |
| Wings Day referred to fellow Great Escaper Sydney Dowse as what? | Dynamo |
| Sydney Dowse was originally supposed to be the third man down the tunnel but was demoted at what number when an unidentified POW forgotten to relieve him as a hauler at a halfway house? | 21st |
| Which POW was originally supposed to be the third man down the tunnel but ended up being demoted to 21st when the person who was supposed to relieve him of hauling duties at a halfway house forgot to do so? | Sydney Dowse |
| Sydney Dowse was demoted from 3rd to 21st in the escape queue when someone forgot to relieve him of hauling duties at a half way house. Who took his place who wasn't supposed to? | Wings Day |
| Which POW caused a tunnel collapse during the Great Escape due to his broad shoulder and wearing too many layers of clothes bringing down some of the shoring? | James 'Cookie' Long |
| What was the nickname of the POW James Long? | Cookie |
| Which person had to rescue James 'Cookie' Long after the he was trapped by a tunnel collapse during the Great Escape and then had to spend 30 minutes repairing the damage? | Thomas Nelson |
| Which two escapes had to make a tunnel repair when someone panicked due to claustrophobia and brought part of the tunnel down? | Red Noble and Robert Ker Ramsey |
| Which person who had previously escaped several times but never via a long tunnel panicked according to Ivo Tonder and nearly kicked him to death? | Johnny Dodge |
| In his autobiography George Harsh claimed that a squadron leader with which high level award panicked during the escape and had to tied up and brought back to hut 104? | DC and Bar |
| During the Great Escape George Harsh claimed an Australian who had been a champion in what sport had to knocked out with a tool handle and brought back to the surface? | Swimming |
| Who was the 47th man to escape the tunnel doing so at 1.20am? | Albert Armstrong |
| When Albert Armstrong became the 47th man to escape at 1.20am, the men were escaping at a rate of 1 every what minute when it should have been 1 every 2 or 3 minutes? | 14 |
| Who at 4.30am became the 69th person out of the tunnel? | William Cameron |
| When he left the tunnel as the 69th person out, William Cameron and which other person simply started walking through the forest and hid there until it got light? | AB Thompson |
| Which two Norwegian pilots escaped together and became the only pair of escapers to successfully make it home? | Jens Mueller and Per Bergsland |
| What was the nationality of Jens Mueller and Per Bergsland, the only people to form an escape partnership to make it home? | Norwegian |
| After leaving the tunnel during the Great Escape, Jens Mueller and Per Bergsland took a 3rd class train at 2am from Sagan to which city? | Frankfurt (Oder) |
| When Jens Mueller and Per Bergsland took their first train on their escape from Stalag Luft III from Sagan to Frankfurt the only incident was a woman pushing what telling everyone to get out of her way? | Buggy |
| At what time did Robert Ker-Ramsey make the decision that as it was nearing dawn the 87th man to go through the tunnel would be the last one? | 4.50am |
| Who made the decision that as it was nearing dawn at 4.50am that the 87th man to go through the tunnel would be the last one out? | Robert Ker-Ramsey |
| At 4.50am Ken Rees became the last person to enter the tunnel, although he had to scamper back to the entrance before he got to the end, he was what number man to enter it? | 87th |
| At 4.50am who became the 87th and last person to enter the tunnel, although he had to scamper back to the entrance before he got to the end? | Ken Rees |
| Who was the last person to be responsible for manning the rope system at the end of the tunnel during the escape, he was there for an hour before the tunnel was found by the German and captured at its exit? | Roy Langlois |
| At 4am Roy Langlois spotted a guard doing what whilst he was manning the rope security system at the tunnel exit, due to what he was doing the guard never saw him? | Defecating |
| At 5am which former British Olympian became the 76th person to leave the tunnel, he was caught at the exit after shouting don't shoot when he was spotted by a guard? | Laurence Reavell-Carter |
| The 76th person to leave the tunnel Laurence Reavall-Carter had previously competed for Great Britain at the 1936 Berlin Olympics in which sport? He would go to also compete in it at the 1948 games. | Discus |
| Which person was the 77th person to leave the tunnel during the Great Escape? | Alfred Ogilvie |
| Due to having to man the rope at the end of the tunnel for the last hour of the Great Escape, Roy Langlois was the escaper with the earliest number to be caught at the tunnel's exit. He was what number out of it? | 62 |
| When he became the 76th person to leave the Great Tunnel, Laurence Reavell-Carter was carrying what item, which he intended to use to get him across rivers? | Lilo |
| When he became the 76th person to leave the Great Escape Tunnel, Laurence Reavell-Carter was going to pretend to be a worker from what country? | Hungarian |
| Which person was the 78th person to leave the tunnel during the Great Escape and the latest numbered person to get away? | Michael Shand |
| When he became the 78th person to leave the Great Escape Tunnel, Michael Shand was going to pretend to be a worker from what country? | Romanian |
| Who was the 79th man out of the tunnel, he received a warning on the rope as he came out and lied down near the exit but was spotted and captured straight away? | Len Trent |
| The guard who discovered the tunnel exit became suspicious when he saw tracks in the snow, then spotted the tunnel when he saw what coming out of it? | Vapour |
| When the German guard found the tunnel exit he immediately pointed his gun at which person who shouted out don't shoot? | Laurence Reavell-Carter |
| When the German guard found the tunnel exit which escapee tried to say Don't shoot in German but instead ended up saying the phrase Don't Empty your bowls? | Len Trent |
| When the German guard found the tunnel exit which Len Trent to say Don't shoot or Nicht Schiessen in German but instead ended up saying what phrase instead? | Don't Empty your bowels |
| In the confusion when the tunnel was found by the Germans, two of the POWs near the exit successfully got away, who was the highest exit number person the 78th person to get away? | Michael Shand |
| Michael Shand was the person with the highest escape number to get away from the Stalag Luft III area, what number was he through the tunnel? | 78th |
| Who was the 80th and last person out of the tunnel during the Great Escape, as the exit had already been discovered he was arrested immediately after exiting? | Bob McBride |
| Bob McBride last person out of the tunnel during the Great Escape, as the exit had already been discovered, he was arrested immediately after exiting? What number escapee was he through the tunnel? | 80th |
| How many POWs were still in the tunnel when it was found by Germans, all had to scramble to get back to hut 104, which they all successfully managed to do? | 7 |
| When Ken Rees was scurrying back down the tunnel after it was discovered he compared which other POWs movements to a kangaroo hopping? | Clive Saxelby |
| When Ken Rees was scurrying back down the tunnel after it was discovered he compared Clive Saxelby's movements to what? | Kangeroo Hopping |
| Which of the men still in the tunnel when it was discovered by the Germans was the last to get back to Hut 104, he kicked the shoring out of it on his way back? | Ken Rees |
| After the tunnel was discovered by the Germans during the Great Escape 10 bonfires were lit in Hut 104 for what reason? | Destroy escape documents |
| After the Great Escape tunnel was found, which POW jumped through a window of Hut 104 and managed to get back to his own hut without being caught? | Arthur Cole |
| After the Great Escape tunnel was discovered a guard with a dog burst into hut 104, what did the POWs do to pacify the dog? | Gave it escape food |
| Which of the German officers at Stalag Luft III had to tell Commandant von Lindeiner that the Great Escape tunnel had been found? | Captain Broili |
| Which German guard was given the task of entering the exit of the Great Escape tunnel to find out where it other entrance was? | Corporal 'Charlie' Pilz |
| Four of what were placed around Hut 104 by Germans after the Great Escape was discovered as Commandant Von Lindeiner entered it? | Machine Guns |
| Which person ordered Ken Rees and Reb Noble to strip after they emerged from Hut 104 after the Great Escape was discovered, he got reprimanded by Commandant von Lindeiner for also holding a gun up to them? | Rubberneck |
| When POWs were searched after the Great Escape two people were sent to the cooler for doing what whilst the Commandant was addressing them? | Laughing |
| How many agencies did the staff at Stalag Luft III have to ring to let them know of the Great Escape? | 42 |
| After the Great Escape was discovered the British Secret Service intercepted a message where the Sipo though that all escapers were wearing what? | Uniform Overcoats |
| After the Great Escape was discovered the British Secret Service intercepted a message where the Sipo though that all escapers were pretending to be workers from what country? | France |
| Head of the Breslau Kripo Max Wielen raised the level of alert after Great Escape from Kreigsfahndung to Grossfahndung after discussion with which of his deputies? | Dr Gunther Absalon |
| Which member of the SS was the Officer in Charge of Wartime Searches, who reported directly to Head of the Kripo Arthur Nebe? | Richard Schultze |
| Which person in his role as Head of the Kripo give the final consent to raise the search for the Great Escapers to Grossfahndung, the highest level of search? | Arthur Nebe |
| Head of the Kripo Arthur Nebe claimed to have left the Nazi Party in 1934 when he was ordered to kill what man, who had been a rival of Hitler in the Nazi Party? | Gregor Strasser |
| Early in the War Head of the Kripo Arthur Nebe had led what unit who were responsible for mass murders in Smolensk and Minsk? | Enisatzgruppen B |
| Whilst he was serving as Head of the Kripo Arthur Nebe was in contact with which two members of the Anti Hitler German Resistance? | Hans Bernd Gisevius & Hans Oster |
| Due to POWs making it as difficult as possible how long did it take the Germans after the discovery of the tunnel to know exactly how many men had escaped? | 6 Hours |
| Although most escapees set off along or in pairs, when Johnny Dodge and Johnny Bull first set off they were in a group of how many people? | 12 |
| When Johnny Dodge and Johnny Bull set off with their group of 12 people they pretended to be foreign workers at what kind of business who were all going on leave? | Mill |
| When Johnny Dodge and Johnny Bull set off with their group of 12 people they headed to which train station 5 miles away rather than Sagan Station as they were less likely to have security checks there? | Tschiebsdorf |
| When Johnny Dodge and Johnny Bull set off with their group of 12 people, which person who could speak German got them all 3rd class train tickets from Tischendorf station? | Jerzy Mondschein |
| When Johnny Dodge and Johnny Bull set off with their group of 12 people, they got a train from Tschiebsdorf to what village 45 miles away where they split up? | Boberrohrdorff |
| Which Great Escaper was caught on a train going over the Reisengbirge Mountain Range into the protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia when a Hitler Youth member spotted a defect in the pass? | Douglas Poynter |
| When he was caught by a member of the Hitler Youth, Douglas Poynter was sent to the Kripo HQ at what city, where Johnny Dodge and James Wernham were already jailed? | Hirschberg |
| Johnny Dodge and James Wernham were arrested on a train going to which town on the Czech border when a plain clothes policemen didn’t believe their cover story? | Schreiberhau |
| After Johnny Dodge left the group of 12 people he initially escaped with, he paired up with which person as an escape partner? | James Wernham |
| After James Wernham left the group of 12 people he initially escaped with, he paired up with which person as an escape partner? | Johnny Dodge |
| Who was the Greek Escape partner of Jimmy James during the Great Escape? | Sotiris Skanziklas |
| Who was the escape partner of the Greek POW Sotiris Skanziklas? | Jimmy James |
| Jimmy James and Sotiris Skanziklas were arrested in what city after a policeman stopped them due to their dishevelled appearance after they'd walked to the city in waist deep snow? | Hirschberg |
| Who at 56 was the oldest of the Great Escapers? | Bernard 'Pops' Green |
| Bernard 'Pops' Green was the oldest person to go on Great Escape, how old was he at the time? | 56 |
| Bernard 'Pops' Green was arrested when a policeman didn't believe what reason he gave for leaving a train at the village of Boberrohrsdorf? | Lost all his money gambling |
| Who was the first person imprisoned at Hirschberg to be interrogated by the Kripo? He was also the only person there to be interrogated twice. | Jimmy James |
| Bernard 'Pops' Green was only interrogated at Hirschberg for what short length of time? | 20 minutes |
| The 8 Great Escapers who were imprisoned at Hirschberg only managed to stay on the run for an average of how long? | 15 hours |
| Which member of Luftwaffe Inspektion 17 arrived at Stalag Luft III on the 25th of March 1944 to produce the official report on the escape for Herman Goering? | Colonel Ernst Walde |
| Four members of the Kripo and Gestapo from which city came to Stalag Luft III after the Great Escape to investigate possible collaboration between the POWs and guards? | Breslau |
| Who was the Chief of Staff of the Inspector General of the POW Organisation who visited Stalag Luft III on the day after the Great Escape? | Colonel Mueller |
| Who was Adolf Hitler's special envoy who visited Stalag Luft III on the day after the Great Escape? | General Otto Rottig |
| Who was the Deputy Judge Advocate General who give Commandant Von Lindeiner the write relieving him of command and order him to remain in the camp until court martial proceedings has started? | Dr Garbe |
| When Commandant von Lindeiner was relieved of command of Stalag Luft III, which person the next most senior officer who had only recently arrived at the camp to gain experience replaced him? | Lieutenant Colonel Erich Cordes |
| The strain of his arrest after the Great Escape caused Commandant von Lindeiner to collapse from what? | Heart Palpitations |
| The Great Escape occurred just after which German army was in danger of being encircled by Russian forces, greatly angering Hitler? | 1st Panzer Army |
| Due to illness Adolf Hitler couldn’t give an address at what event on March 12th which put him in a terrible mood when he was deciding on the fate of Great Escape prisoners? | Hero's Memorial Day |
| Three days before the Great Escape Adolf Hitler ordered the deaths of 30 inhabitants of which city for every one of the 33 German Policemen killed by a partisan bomb? | Rome |
| When they were meeting Adolf Hitler at the Bergdorf to decide the fate of Great Escape prisoner, Herman Goering and Heinrich Himmler placed the blame for it on which person who had no POW camp responsibilities? | Wilhelm Keitel |
| Which person persuaded Hitler to not kill for the recaptured POWs from the Great Escape as it would look suspicious if none survive. As a result Hitler said more than half should be shot? | Herman Goering |
| Who was the Head of the Prisoner Inspectorate of the German Armed Forces, he planned to send back any POW captured by the army straight to Stalag Luft III rather than hand them to the Gestapo? | General von Gravenitz |
| Who was the deputy to Head of the Prisoner Inspectorate of the German Armed Forces General von Gravenitz? | Major General Adolf Westhoff |
| Who was the head of the Reich Security Officer and 2nd in Command of the SS to Heinrich Himmler? Himmler give him the order to inform station heads of the plan to kill captured escapees? | Ernst Kaltenbrunner |
| When Colonel Ernst Walde complained about the order to killed captured escapees, his complaint went up the line to which Field Marshall who in turn never raised it up to Herman Goering? | Erhard Milch |
| By Monday the 27th of March 3 days after the escape how many of the 76 POWs who got away had been recaptured? | 61 |
| What was the rather simple escape plan of Edgar Humphries and Paul Royale, when they were on the tune after the Great Escape? | Just head south |
| Due to the weather being so bad Edgar Humphries and Paul Royale ate all their escape food within how long after they'd escaped? | 2 Hours |
| What was the name of the German Home Guard who captured a large number of the Great Escape POWs? | Landwacht |
| Edgar Humphries and Paul Royale were captured by members of the Landwacht near which town 16 miles South of Sagan? | Tiefenfurt |
| With 35 held there in total, which prison held the most recaptured Great Escapers? | Gorlitz |
| Gorlitz Prison held the most recaptured Great Escapers, how many were held there in total? | 35 |
| Which member of the Breslau Gestapo refused Commandant von Lindeiner's request that all captured POWs should be sent back to Stalag Luft III as he had been suspended and didn't have to obey his orders? | Dr Gunther Absalon |
| Alfred Ogilvie one of the last escapees out of the tunnel was captured in what town just 10 miles away from the camp? | Halbau |
| The interrogation of Michael Shand, AB Thompson and Brian Evans took place in what kind of building? | Inn |
| Which Great Escaper was caught in Kohlfurt 29miles from Sagan when he was discovered by a rail worker whilst he was hiding at a rail station waiting to stow away on a goods train? | Michael Shand |
| Richard Churchill and Bob Nelson came to what they thought was a river and took a long time crossing what ended up being what? | Autobahn |
| Richard Churchill and Bob Nelson were captured in what kind of structure after they were followed there after they want to a village to go to a water pump? | Hay Loft |
| Richard Churchill and Bob Nelson were captured in a hayloft after they followed there after heading to a village to use what facility? | Water Pump |
| Which person the 65th person out of the tunnel, had the job of assembling a group of ten people who would go south avoiding Sagan train station and a guarded electrical transformer? | Anthony Bethell |
| The group of ten Anthony Bethell was leading split up shortly after the escape when they heard a shot being fired, Bethell then hid in what area near the Russian camp? | Fir Tree Plantation |
| When Anthony Bethell was escaping he had to virtually strip naked to urinate as he was wearing what under his long johns? | Underpants |
| Antony Bethell and Cookie Long were captured in what town where they trying to find a slow moving train to jump onto, as they were captured such a train went past? | Benau |
| When Anthony Bethell was captured just as the slow moving train he was waiting for went passed, he said what to his escape partner Cookie Long? | It Was not our day |
| Antony Bethell and Cookie Long originally planned to go to Czechoslovakia but due to the weather changed their plans to catch a train to go to what city where they would get a boat to Sweden? | Stettin |
| Due to which person suffering from delirium which person along with his escape partners Denys Street and Leslie Brodrick only managed to travel 3 kilometres in 2 and half days before having to give themselves up? | Henry Birkland |
| During their escape Henry Birkland, Denys Street and Leslie Brodrick could only use what source to obtain water? | Ditches |
| Ivo Tonder and John Stower were spotted by a girl in what town and chased by 3 civilians and a dog but escaped to Rothwasser? | Stolzenberg |
| After being spotted by a girl in Stolzenberg, Ivo Tonder and John Stower were chased by 3 civilian and what, but managed to get away to Rothwasser? | Dog |
| Ivo Tonder and John Stower were arrested in what city where the police were satisfied with their passes but arrested them as their clothes looked similar to other captured Great Escapers? | Zittau |
| Ivo Tonder and John Stower were arrested in Zittau where the police were satisfied with their passes but arrested them for what reason? | Clothed looked similar to other captured escapers |
| Ivo Tonder and John Stower were taken to what prison after their arrest, which already held 4 people arrested climbing over the Reisengbirge Mountains? | Reichenberg |
| In his memoirs Ivo Tonder falsely claimed that he made it to what city but was unable to get a ship to Sweden there? | Stettin |
| Johnny Bull and three other people were arrested by what kind of uniformed Germans whilst they were trying to climb over the Reisengbirge mountains to get into Czechoslovakia? | Mountain Patrol |
| Which Czech airman was the escape partner of Wings Day? | Pawel Tobolski |
| The Czech airman Pawel Tobolski was the escape partner of which person? | Wings Day |
| Wings Day and Pawel Tobolski missed the 11pm train at Sagan, and instead got the 1am on to go to which city? | Berlin |
| When Wings Day was in Berlin during the Great Escape he pretended to be a renegade Irish Colonel with what name, whilst his partner Pawel Tobolski acted as his Luftwaffe corporal escort? | Colonel Brown |
| When Wings Day and Pawel Tobolski were staying in Berlin during the Great Escape they stayed with what Jewish family? | Kunis |
| When Wings Day and Pawel Tobolski stayed at the Kunis' house in Berlin they also lived with which person, their Danish lodger who claimed to be in the Danish resistance but was of little help? | Erik Engel |
| What was the address of the Kunis family, who Wings Day and Pawel Tobolski stayed with whilst in Berlin during the Great Escape? | Winterfeldstrasse 22 |
| Which POW at Stalag Luft III provided Wings Day with the address he could stay at in Berlin, where he had carried out acts of sabotage whilst pretending to help Pro-Axis broadcasts by British Renegades? | George Boyd Carpenter |
| Stalag Luft III inmate George Boyd Carpenter used what alias when he carried out acts of sabotage whilst pretending to help British renegades to make Pro-Axis Broadcasts? | Herr Carter |
| Stalag Luft III inmate George Boyd Carpenter worked in what building in Berlin at Saldernstrasse 5-7 when he carried out acts of sabotage whilst pretending to help British renegades to make Pro-Axis Broadcasts? | Auto Hotel |
| Whilst pretending to be a renegade Briton helping with Pro-axis radio broadcasts, George Boyd-Carpenter was arrested by the Gestapo and sent to Stalag Luft III when he carried out what crime? | Shoplifting (Coat) |
| When in Berlin Wings Day and Pawel Tobolski briefly split up and agreed to meet again at what location where they'd start to head towards Stettin? | Winterfeldplatz |
| After leaving Berlin Wings Day and Pawel Tobolski headed towards which city via train where they planned to catch a ship to get to Sweden? | Stettin |
| When Wings Day and Pawel Tobolski split up in Berlin before re-joining to go to Stettin, Day slept in what buildings where he got little rest? | Air Raid Shelter |
| When Wings Day and Pawel Tobolski split up in Berlin before re-joining to go to Stettin, Tobolski slept where which enabled him to be well rested? | Transit Centre for Servicemen |
| Which of Pawel Tobloski's relatives lived in Stettin? He and Wings Day stayed in their tool-shed whilst hiding in the city? | Sister |
| When in Stettin, Pawel Tobolski and Wing's Day first hid in Tobolski's sisters husbands what? | Tool Shed |
| On the 28th of March Wings Day & Pawel Tobolski moved from Tobolski's sisters tool-shed to live with a group of workers from which country until they could find a ship to get to Sweden? One of who betrayed them to the Gestapo. | France |
| When Wings Day was being interrogated he was told that it was standard practice to do what with informers like the one who betrayed him? | Reveal identity to fellow countrymen when no longer of use |
| How far did Wings Day and Pawel Tobolski travel on their escape route? | 225 miles |
| James Catanach, Arnold Christiansen, Hallada Espelid and Nils Fugelsang were all arrested in which city on the German-Denmark border which was 400 miles away from Stalag Luft III? | Flensburg |
| The four POWs who were arrested on the German-Danish border at Flensburg were interrogated by which person? | Paul Linke |
| Which POW reached Stettin, couldn't get a ship so decided to try to get to France but was arrested in Munich? | Alexander Neeley |
| The POW Alexander Neeley reached Stettin, couldn't get a ship so decided to try to get to France but ended up being captured in what city? | Munich |
| French airman Raymond van Wymeersch meant to catch the train to Breslau so he go to Paris but accidently got a train that went where, so he had to double back? | Lissa |
| Which French airman meant to catch the train to Breslau so he go to Paris but accidently got a train that went where, so he had to double back? | Raymond van Wymeersch |
| Raymond van Wymeersch's papers claimed he was a French worker on leave from what company? | Siemens |
| Raymond van Wymeersch was arrested in which French city after a 500 mile journey from Stalag Luft III? | Metz |
| Which POW was arrested near Strasbourg whilst disguised as a Danish worker? | Anthony Hayter |
| Anthony Hayter was arrested near which French city? | Strasbourg |
| Anthony Hayter was pretending to be a worker from what country when he was arrested near Strasbourg as the Landwacht who arrested him had orders to arrest all foreigners? | Denmark |
| Anthony Hayter was arrested when a policeman called Welter saw that his pass had the name of which city spelt incorrectly? | Leipzig |
| Anthony Hayter was arrested when a policeman called Welter saw that his pass had different colour what? | Stamps |
| Anthony Hayter was held in the Police HQ in what town after he was arrested? | Zillisheim |
| Who was the Master of Gendarmerie at Zillisheim who arrested Anthony Hayter after he noticed that Leipzig was spelt wrong on his papers? | Welter |
| Which POW was captured just south of Lorrach one and a half miles from the Swiss border near Basel? | Dennis Cochran |
| Dennis Cochran was arrested one and a half miles from the Swiss border near what town? | Lorrach |
| Roger Bushell and Bernard Scheidhauer were arrested in what town near the German French border after a 500 mile journey? | Saarbrucken |
| Who was the German officer at Saarbrucken Station who arrested Roger Bushell and Bernard Scheidhauer when he found their passes unsatisfactory? | Fritz Bender |
| Fritz Bender arrested Roger Bushell and Bernard Scheidhauer at Saarbrucken Station as they had what missing from their passes? | Labour Exchange Stamp |
| Gestapo agent Gustav Pitz claimed that Roger Bushell was arrested after he said what word in English rather than its French equivalent? | Yes |
| Who was the Kripo agent who interrogated Bernard Scheidhauer and noticed that the finger prints of his pass didn't look correct? | Jakob Hartz |
| Who interrogated Roger Bushell after his arrest, Bushell told him how good his treatment had been and give him 5 cigarettes? | Ludwig Kehl |
| Ludwig Kehl interrogated Roger Bushell after his arrest, Bushell told him how good his treatment had been and give him what gift? | 5 Cigarettes |
| What was the prison in Saarbrucken where Roger Bushell and Bernard Scheidhauer were held after their arrest? | Lerchesflur Court Prison |
| Who maintained the Saarbrucken Gestapo's motor vehicles and acted as the driver for taking Roger Bushell and Bernard Scheidhauer to the spot where their were killed? | Walter Breithaupt |
| Who was the head of the Gestapo in Saarbrucken who order Emil Schulz to look for places to kill Roger Bushell and Bernard Scheidhauer? | Dr Leopold Spann |
| Who was the head of the Kripo in Saarbrucken who was reluctant to hand over Roger Bushell and Bernard Scheidhauer to the Gestapo? | Dingermann |
| Due to staff shortages which person who had been preparing notices for the German Police Gazette was summoned to Arthur Nebe's office to help him prepare the list of the 50 POWs to be killed? | Dr Hans Mertens |
| When Dr Hans Mertens was ordered to help Arthur Nebe prepare the list of the 50 POWs to be killed he even had to work through what event? | Air Raid |
| The first murder of the POW recaptured after started on what date beginning with the killings of Thomas Kirby-Green and Gordon Kidder? | Wednesday 29th March |
| The murders of recaptured escapees took place on the 29th of March, who were the first two POWs killed? | Thomas Kirby-Green and Gordon Kidder |
| Thomas Kirby-Green and Gordon Kidder were both captured in which country? | Czechoslovakia |
| Thomas Kirby-Green and Gordon Kidder were captured together in what Czech village? | Vsetin |
| When Thomas Kirby-Green and Gordon Kidder were hiding in the Czech town of Kunice they stayed at 262 Senovska Street in which person's house? Who would escort them to a nearby train station. | Anna Lisova |
| When Gordon Kidder was staying with Anna Lisova when on the run he gave his address at what city in Ontario? | St Catherine's |
| When Thomas Kirby-Green was asked for address when staying with Anna Lisova when on the run he gave the address of what? | His Bank |
| When Thomas Kirby-Green was asked for address when staying with Anna Lisova when on the run he gave what address, the address of his bank Lloyds? | 6 Pall Mall London |
| When Thomas Kirby-Green and Gordon Kidder were captured by Frontier Police they were imprisoned where? | Zlin |
| Which member of the Zlin Gestapo interrogated Thomas Kirby-Green and Gordon Kidder, after one violent interrogation he was worried a Czech woman overheard it so invited her out for lunch and on the way raped and murdered her? | Erich Zacharias |
| Who was the head of the Gestapo in Zlin, who passed on the message to Erich Zacharias ordering the killings of Thomas Kirby-Green and Gordon Kidder? | Hans Ziegler |
| Hans Ziegler who ordered the deaths of Thomas Kirby-Green and Gordon Kidder was the head of which cities Gestapo? | Zlin |
| When Head of the Zlin Gestapo Hans Ziegler was first telling his deputy Erich Zacharias about two prisoners he had to deal with he said they were people who had been in touch with what group? | The Underground |
| Which officer from Vienna did Erich Zacharias take with him when he took Thomas Kirby-Green and Gordon Kidder to be shot? He gave the signal for two to be shot when they reached the place of execution | Adolf Knippelberg |
| Who were the two drivers used to take Thomas Kirby-Green and Gordon Kidder to Moravska Ostrava where they would be first POWs to be killed? | Fritz Schwarzer & Friedrich Kiowsky |
| On the 29th of March 1944 Thomas Kirby-Green and Gordon Kidder were driven to the outskirts of what town where they became the first of the recaptured POWs to be killed? | Moravska Ostrava |
| The driver Friedrich Kiowsky claimed that he was told to take Thomas Kirby-Green and Gordon Kidder to what city and didn't know they were to be killed? | Breslau |
| When they were been driven to the site of execution Thomas Kirby-Green complained about the use of what when he was in transit which was against the Geneva Convention for an officer in the Armed Forces? | Handcuffs |
| The Gestapo decided that the protocol for the killing of prisoners was to be shooting them from one metre behind whilst POWs were doing what? | Urinating |
| Although he claimed that he thought he was taking Thomas Kirby-Green and Gordon Kidder to Breslau, the driver Friedrich Kiowsky could never have made it there as he was ordered to do what when preparing the car for travel? | Only put in minimal fuel |
| Near the site of Thomas Kirby-Green and Gordon Kidder's death the driver Friedrich Kiowsky asked Erich Zacharias what was going to happen to the prisoners what message was be given? | Thumbs down |
| After Thomas Kirby-Green and Gordon Kidder were shot, Adolf Knippelberg was told to put what as the cause of death? | Shot whilst escaping |
| When Thomas Kirby-Green and Gordon Kidder were killed, which Czech Policeman was summoned to corroborate the cause of death but noticed no wounds on the body of Kidder? | Emil Schreier |
| After they were killed Thomas Kirby-Green and Gordon Kidder's bodies were taken to the crematorium in what city? | Moravska Ostrava |
| Who was the assistant at the crematorium in Moravska Ostrava who cremated the bodies of Thomas Kirby-Green and Gordon Kidder? | Frantisek Krupa |
| The entrance for tunnel Harry in hut 104 was under the stove in which room of the hit? | Room 23 |
| Which person in the Zlin Kripo was wary of Erich Zacharias' story that POWs had been shot whilst escaping as someone as high as him wouldn't normally transport POWs and it would normally be done in the daytime? | Karl Raska |
| Karla Raska of the Zlin Kripo was suspicious of Erich Zacharias story that POWs were killed whilst escaping as which much lower grade officer would normally transport POWs? | Karel Locher |
| At Moravska Ostrava Crematorium, Frantisek Krupa was ordered to cremate the bodies of Thomas Kirby-Green and Gordon Kidder without what? | Coffins |
| The body of Thomas Kirby-Green was the first of the POWs to be cremated, what number was placed on his ashes' urn? | 6385 |
| How old was Thomas Kirby-Green when he was murdered by the Gestapo? | 26 |
| Which pro-axis Radio Propogandist gave a warning over the air after the escapes that any British pilots shot down could expect to be killed? | William Joyce |
| Just after Thomas Kirby-Green and Gordon Kidder became the first victims of the Gestapo which two people became the 2nd group to be killed on the way to Ingolstadt? | Rupert Stevens and Johannes Gouws |
| Rupert Stevens and Johannes Gouws were the second group of POWs to be killed, they shot on their way to what town? | Ingolstadt |
| Rupert Stevens and Johannes Gouws were the second group of POWs to be killed, they shot on their way to Ingolstadt, having been held in what cities' Police HQ? | Munich |
| What did Gestapo officers often do before shooting POWs as a way of promising to be silent about killings? | Clasp Hands |
| What the building in Munich, the Gestapo HQ where POWs were held before being taken to be killed? | Wittelsbach Place |
| Who acted as the driver for taking Rupert Stevens and Johannes Gouws from Munich to Ingolstadt to be killed? | Johann Scheider |
| Who was the head of the Gestapo in Munich who gave the orders for Rupert Stevens and Johannes Gouws to be shot? | Dr Oswald Schafer |
| Who member of the Munich Gestapo briefed the other in the group of the plan they would use to kill Rupert Stevens and Johannes Gouws? | Martin Schermer |
| Which member of the party that killed Rupert Stevens and Johannes Gouws was secretly a quarter Jewish, to avoid detection he was prepared to be complicate in anything? | Emil Weil |
| Johann Scheider part of the group in Munich who killed Rupert Stevens and Johannes Gouws decided what was the best weapon to use to carry out the act? | Machine Pistol |
| Which member of the group from Munich killed both Rupert Stevens and Johannes Gouws on the 29th of March with a single machine pistol? | Johann Scheider |
| What type of machine pistol was used by Johann Scheider to kill both Rupert Stevens and Johannes Gouws? | Walther PPK |
| After Rupert Stevens and Johannes Gouws had been killed Martin Schermer stole what from one of their bodies? | Watch |
| Which member of the group from Munich who killed Rupert Stevens and Johannes Gouws stole a watch from one of their bodies? | Martin Schermer |
| Who was the doctor from the town of Pfaffenhoden who confirmed the causes of death of Rupert Stevens and Johannes Gouws? | Max Reber |
| When the member of the Gestapo returned to Munich after the killings of Rupert Stevens and Johannes Gouws, Chief Oswald Schafter took the watch Martin Schermer had stolen but allowed people to keep what other items taken from them? | Cigarettes |
| The bodies of Rupert Stevens and Johannes Gouws were cremated by the State Funeral Office and cost how much, which was paid for by the money taken from their bodies? | 36 Reichsmarks and 90 Pfennigs |
| How many people in total were killed on the first night of executions the 29th of March 1944? | 18 |
| Who was the head of the Reichenberg Gestapo who ordered the death of Johnny Bull, John William, Jerzy Mondschein and Reginald Kierath? | Bernhard Baatz |
| Bernhard Baatz who ordered the deaths of Johnny Bull, John William, Jerzy Mondschein and Reginald Kierath was the chief of which cities Gestapo? | Reichenberg |
| Oswald Schafter who ordered the deaths of Rupert Stevens and Johannes Gouws was the head of which cities Gestapo? | Munich |
| The night before 4 prisoners were due to be shot head of the Gestapo in Reichenberg Bernhard Baatz called a crematorium in what town to expect the bodies of four people who would be shot whilst escaping? | Brux |
| Which people were ordered by Head of Gestapo of Reichenberg Bernhard Baatz to carry out the killings of POWs held there? | Robert Weyland & Robert Weissman |
| Head of the forging department Tim Walenn along with three other POWs were captured near what large city? | Danzig |
| Head of the forging department Tim Walenn along with three other POWs were held in Danzig and then taken to what village to be shot? | Gross Trampken |
| Who was the head of the Gestapo in Danzig who ordered the death of the head of forging department Tim Walenn and three other prisoners? | Dr Gunther Venediger |
| Dr Gunther Venediger was the head of the Gestapo in which city where he ordered the deaths of Tim Walenn, Gordon Rettell, Romas Marcinkus and Henri Picard? | Danzig |
| Who was the driver who took people from Danzig to Gross Trampken to be shot using a 2 and a half tonne truck to take them? | Willi Reimer |
| What was always removed from the bodies of all killed POWs as they were not supposed to have them on according to the Geneva convention? | Handcuffs |
| Who was the lead members of the Gestapo in Danzig who carried out the shooting of Tim Walenn and three other prisoners held there? | Reinhold Bruchardt & Julius Hug |
| Known for his brutality who led the Gestapo group in Kiel who were responsible for killing the four prisoners caught at the German-Danish border at Flensburg? | Johannes Post |
| Who was the Head of the Gestapo in Kiel who ordered Johannes Post to arranged the death of the four POWs caught on the German-Danish border at Flensburg? | Fritz Schmidt |
| Fritz Schmidt was the Head of the Gestapo and Johannes Post his leading deputy in what city? | Kiel |
| What was village 70 miles south of Kiel where Johannes Post and his group killed the 4 POWs caught on the German-Danish border at Flensburg? | Voorde |
| Which person found the place between Kiel and Neumunster to carry out the killings of the four POWs caught on the German-Danish border at Flensburg? | Oskar Schmidt |
| The Gestapo members at Kiel were all told before they carried out 4 shootings that anyone who didn't carry out the order was liable for execution, the message came in a telegram from which head of the RHSA? | Ernst Kaltenbrunner |
| As Kiel and Flensburg were 50 miles apart Johannes Post was worried that he would miss a date at the theatre with which person when he carrying out the killing of 4 POWs held there? | Marianne Heidt |
| As Kiel and Flensburg were 50 miles apart Johannes Post was worried that he would miss a date where with Marianne Heidt when he carrying out the killing of 4 POWs held there? | Theatre |
| As Kiel and Flensburg were 50 miles apart Johannes Post was worried that he would miss what event when he carrying out the killing of 4 POWs held there? | A Date at the Theatre |
| What kind of car did Johannes Post drive in when he was taking prisoners from Flensburg to be shot, it was much faster than the accompanying vehicle and he arrived at the destination some time before it? | Mercedes 231 |
| Whilst Johannes Post drove in a Mercedes 231 to take prisoners from Flensburg to be shot, it was accompanied by which much slow vehicle that had engine trouble and took much longer to get to the final destination? | Adler |
| Because the Adler carrying other POWs from Flensburg was so slow, Johannes Post was able to order his driver Denkmann to do a 20 mile detour to Kiel to do what and still make it to the killing spot first? | Drop theatre tickets off for this date |
| When Johannes Post arrived in Flensburg to pick up 4 POWs to be shot, he was annoyed that the local Gestapo where still having dinner in what restaurant which might have made him late for his date with Marianne Heidt later that night? | Harmonie Restaurant |
| Which POW was the only one in the same car as Johannes Post when they drove from Flensburg? An impatient Post shot him before the other car arrived so they three other POWs so his body and tried to run? | James Catanach |
| After seeing the body of James Catanach, the 3 other POWs who were also due to be killed tried to run, which one was not killed outright and had to be dispatched by Johannes Post as Hans Kahler couldn’t do it? | Hallada Espelid |
| After seeing the body of James Catanach, the 3 other POWs who were also due to be killed tried to run, Hallada Espelid was not killed outright and had to be dispatched by Johannes Post as which Gestapo officer couldn’t do it? | Hans Kahler |
| Roger Bushell and Bernard Scheidhauer were killed on their between Kaiserslautern and which city? | Mannheim |
| Which Gestapo agent killed Roger Bushell's escape partner Bernard Scheidhauer? | Dr Leopold Spann |
| Who acted as the driver for taking Roger Bushell and Bernard Scheidhauer to take them from Saarbrucken to where they would be killed? | Walter Breithaupt |
| Dr Leopold Spann was the city of which cities Gestapo were he ordered the killings of Roger Bushell and Bernard Scheidhauer? | Saarbrucken |
| After Roger Bushell and Bernard Scheidhauer had been killed, Gestapo Head Leopold Spann ordered which person to collect their bodies and put them in a coffin like box filled with sawdust? | Peter Schmidt |
| After Roger Bushell and Bernard Scheidhauer had been killed, Gestapo Head Leopold Spann ordered Peter Schmidt to collect their bodies and put them in a coffin like box filled with what? | Sawdust |
| After being killed the bodies of Roger Bushell and Bernard Scheidhauer were taken to which small Gestapo run concentration Camp near Saarbrucken? | Neue Bremm |
| Who was the Commandant of the Gestapo run Concentration Camp Neue Bremm where the bodies of Roger Bushell and Bernard Scheidhauer were taken? | Fritz Schmoll |
| When their bodies were taken to the Neue Bremm concentration camp, which typist produced the death certificates for Roger Bushell and Bernard Scheidhauer which said they were shot whilst escaping? | Olga Braun |
| Which member of the Saarbrucken Health Department signed the death certificates for Roger Bushell and Bernard Scheidhauer to confirm they had been shot whilst escaping? | Dr Zeitzler |
| The bodies of Roger Bushell and Bernard Scheidhauer were cremated at which Undertakers by Rudolf Schriever? | Hubert Laubach |
| The bodies of Roger Bushell and Bernard Scheidhauer were cremated at the Hubert Laubach Undertakers by which person? | Rudolf Schriever |
| Which driver took the bodies of Roger Bushell and Bernard Scheidhauer to the Hubert Laubach Undertakers for cremation? | Josef Allgeier |
| What was the number on the urn for the ashes of Roger Bushell? | 127/1872 |
| The urns containing the ashes of Roger Bushell and Bernard Scheidhauer were given to which member of the Kripo in Saarbrucken who had previously given Bushell cigarettes, he told his colleague Wilma Klee that he greatly regretted their deaths? | Ludwig Kehl |
| In June 1943 65 Allied POWs escaped from which POW camp at Eichstatt also down tunnels called Tom, Dick and Harry? | Oflag VII B |
| Dennis Cochran was only what age when he was shot by Otto Preiss on the road to the Natzweiler Concentration Camp? | 22 |
| Which Great Escaper was only 22 when he was shot by Otto Preiss on the road to the Natzweiler Concentration Camp? | Dennis Cochran |
| Which Gestapo agent shot the 22 year old Dennis Cochran on the way on the road to the Natzweiler Concentration Camp? | Otto Preiss |
| Gestapo agent Otto Preiss shot the 22 year old Dennis Cochran on the way on the road to the what Concentration Camp? | Natzweiler |
| Which former cell mate of Ivo Tonder was shot near Reichenberg, although Tonder survived the war? | John Stower |
| Almost half of the POWs recaptured after the Great Escape were held at what prison? | Gorlitz |
| The cells at Gorlitz were 8 feet by 5 feet and designed to hold one person, how many POWs were put in each one? | 4 |
| Prisoners held at Gorlitz were taken to the Gestapo HQ at Augustastrasse 31 to be questioned by which person? | Wilhelm Scharpwinkel |
| When interrogating POWs at Gorlitz Wilhelm Scharpwinkel wanted to make it look like POWs were planning to start an uprising in what country and weren't just normal escapers? | Czechoslovakia |
| When interrogating POWs at Gorlitz, Wilhelm Scharpwinkel would laugh if POWs mentioned what to him? | Geneva Convention |
| Prisoners were forbidden to look out of their cells at Gorlitz, which POW stood on a colleagues shoulders to look out of a high window where he saw 6 POWs being led away to a lorry in chains? | Richard Churchill |
| Gorlitz Prison held the most POWs following the Great Escape the vast majority on inmates where shot, how many survived the killings? | 8 |
| Which member of the Great Escape was left on his own at Gorlitz Prison when everyone else was either shot or taken back to Stalag Luft III, he would eventually be killed on the 12th of April? | James 'Cookie' Long |
| Who was Wilhelm Scharpwinkel's assistant as interrogator of the POWs held at Gorlitz prison, he witnessed the murders of the 6 prisoners including Albert Hake and Ian Cross? | Richard Hansel |
| The murders of those held at Gorlitz prison were near which town near Stalag Luft III? | Halbau |
| After killing 6 prisoners from Gorlitz prison on the 30th March, the head of the execution squad Walter Lux announced they were going to what other prison the next day to kill 4 more? | Hirschberg |
| The Greek Prisoner Sotiris Skanziklas was held in what prison before being taken by Walter Lux's death squad to be killed along with 3 others including James Wernham? | Hirschberg |
| Which person arranged for the deaths of the most of the recaptured POWS with nearly 30 in total? | Wilhelm Scharpwinkel |
| The car taking the prisoners from Hirschberg on the 31st of March stopped when it was broken down, the POWs were shot at this time, with several of the Gestapo members trying to do what so they didn't have to do the shootings? | Help Fix the Car |
| Whilst most prisoners were shot with pistols those taken from Hirschberg on the 31st of March where shot en-mass with what weapon? | Tommy Gun |
| Which Gestapo driver provided testimony for 10 POWs including Ernst Valenta being shot down with a Tommy Gun at the same time? | Robert Schroder |
| Which senior Gestapo Officer in Alsace was greatly troubled by the order to kill Anthony Hayter that he thought about asking for a transfer and helping Hayter escape, but ultimately carried out the order and was hanged for it after the war? | Alfred Schimmel |
| Alfred Schimmel a senior Gestapo Officer in Alsace was greatly troubled by the order to kill which POW caught in Strasbourg that he thought about asking for a transfer and helping him escape, but ultimately carried out the order? | Anthony Hayter |
| Which senior Gestapo Officer in Alsace did the Head of the Gestapo Heinrich Mueller regard as soft and would always block his promotions? | Alfred Schimmel |
| Before the war Alfred Schimmel of the Alsace Gestapo had what occupation? | Solicitor |
| Before becoming a senior member of the Alsace Gestapo, Alfred Schimmel headed up what Gestapo department? | Internal Political Department |
| At the time of the Great Escape Alfred Schimmel had been temporarily attached to department III of the RHSA in what city? He tried to use this to get out of the order to kill Anthony Hayter? | Berlin |
| At the time of the Great Escape Alfred Schimmel had been temporarily attached to department III of the RHSA to do what role? He tried to use this to get out of the order to kill Anthony Hayter? | Admin and Legal Procedures |
| Who was the head of the SD in Alsace who told Alfred Schimmel to get on with the task of killing POW Anthony Hayter? | Dr Erich Isselhorst |
| Dr Erich Isselhorst of the SD in Alsace told Alfred Schimmel to kill Anthony Hayter on the road to what concentration camp so his body could be easily disposed of? | Natzweiler |
| What was the name given to the Kin Detention in Germany where the family of someone convicted of a crime could also ben imprisoned, Alfred Schimmel was terrified of this when given the order to kill Anthony Hayter? | Sippenhaft |
| As he didn't want to kill Anthony Hayter, Alfred Schimmel considered escaping with him to which country, but the border was closed to traffic and it could led to his family being arrested? | Switzerland |
| When on trial for the murder of Anthony Hayter, Alfred Schimmel claimed to be in which foreign capital city at the time? | Oslo |
| Alfred Schimmel couldn't physically carry out the shooting of Anthony Hayter so passed the duty onto which person? | Heinrich Hilker |
| Alfred Schimmel ordered that the killing of Anthony Hayter should be done on Thursday the 6th of April as he didn't want to do it the next day as it was the same day as what religious festival? | Good Friday |
| Who was the driver Alfred Schimmel used to take Anthony Hayter to his place of execution? | Hassle |
| Which Kapo at Natzweiler Concentration Camp cremated the body of Anthony Hayter, he normally did 5 to 7 an hour and 500 per month so an extra one didn't raise suspicion? | Franz Berg |
| When new Commandant of Stalag Luft III Erich Cordes was first told about the deaths of recaptured POWs he was told how many had died? | 41 |
| Who was the interpreter for Senior British Officer at Stalag Luft III Group Captain Herbert Massey, who went with him to see Commandant Erich Cordes when he was first told of the deaths of recaptured POWs? | Phillip Murray |
| At 11am on what date was Group Captain Massey given the news that 41 POWs had been shot whilst trying to escape? | 6th April 1944 |
| When Commandant Erich Cordes gave SBO Herbert Massey the news about 41 POWs been shot, he was reluctant to give more info until Massey asked him how many had been what, to which he replied zero? | Wounded |
| In which structure did Group Captain Massey give the news to the most senior men in each hut at Stalag Luft III that 41 POWs had been shot whilst trying to escape? | Theatre |
| After being told by Commandant Erich Cordes about the deaths of POWs who had been shot whilst escaping. Group Captain Herbert Massey wanted a meeting arranging with which person, although this never happened? | Herman Goering |
| A commemorative service for those POWs killed was held on which date at Stalag Luft III? | April 7th 1944 / Good Friday |
| After hearing of the deaths of the POWs shot whilst escaping SBO of Stalag Luft III Herbert Massey declared a period of mourning where there would be no games or entertainment that would last until after what? | Easter |
| When holding a commerative ceremony for the dead of Good Friday, as a mark of respect soldiers at Stalag Luft III cut off the bottom of what clothing to sew onto their sleeve as a black diamond? | Uniform Tie |
| What song did the allied solider sing at the Good Friday Commemorative Ceremony for those killed after the Great Escape? | O Valiant Hearts |
| What did the Germans do at the end of Good Friday Commemorative Ceremony for those killed after the Great Escape? | Fired Warning Shots |
| What items of all escapees was taken from their huts on the 11th of April and stored in the Vorlager, leading to speculation that they were alive? | Clothing |
| On the 12th of April 1944 an American POW getting treatment at a hospital in Bunzlau said he's met a Belgian POW on a train who said he saw 24 British men being taken to which POW camp? | Stalag Luft VIII A |
| Corporal Rickermans passed on a coded message to Tommy Calnan that Roger Bushell had been caught at Flensburg disguised as what and shot? | Nun |
| The full Memorial service for all those who died was held on what date at Stalag Luft III? During the service the Germans were filming a propaganda piece showing alleged British Atrocities? | 13th April 1944 |
| When a memorial service was been held at Stalag Luft III on the 13th of April 1944, Allied Solider saw what looked like British soldiers beating up Germans. When they saw film cameras there they learned it was a propaganda piece attempting to show what? | British Atrocities |
| On the 15th of April the number of known deaths had gone up to what number? | 47 |
| What date did the prisoners still at Stalag Luft III learn about all 50 of those who had been shot? | 18th April 1944 |
| Who is likely the last of the POWs to be shot? He was killed on the 12th of April on the orders of Wilhelm Scharpwinkel? | James 'Cookie' Long |
| What was the Kripo newsletter that gave special updates on the POW hunt, detailing escape clothes, passes and what special search methods had been ordered? | Kriminalpolizeiblatt |
| On what date was the Grossfahndung search reduced back down to a Kreigsfahndung as only 7 men were still on the run? | 29th of March 1944 |
| Who was the escape partner of Sydney Dowse they were the 21st and 22nd people out and were on the run for a week and a half? | Stanislaw 'Danny' Krol |
| Who was the escape partner of Stanislaw 'Danny' Krol they were the 21st and 22nd people out and were on the run for a week and a half? | Sydney Dowse |
| When escaping Sydney Dowse pretended to be a Danish worker and wore a great coat that was dyed what colour? | Plum Red |
| Due to having Blonde hair, Sydney Dowse tried to pass himself off as a worker from what country whilst he was on the run? | Danish |
| When he was escaping Sydney Dowse had how many food coupons on him so he didn't have to reply on escaper rations? | 3 Weeks |
| Sydney Dowse had originally planned to get a train alone where, but after seeing so many POWs in Sagan Station, he teamed up with Danny Krol who had contacts in the Polish Underground? | Berlin |
| What town did Sydney Dowse and Danny Krol first walk to from Stalag Luft III which was 44 miles to the South East of the Camp? | Liegnitz |
| To avoid getting dirty and looking like tramps Sydney Dowse and Danny Krol walked during the day, used normal pavements rather than fields and used what item which Dowse had brought with him to stay looking tidy? | Electric Razor |
| During their escape Sydney Dowse and Danny Krol had to run away from some of the home guard, who stopped following them when they ran onto what? | A Field |
| Sydney Dowse and Danny Krol hid in a hayloft near Kempen which a farmer let them stay in when they said they were escaping Polish workers, however they were spotted by a member of what organisation and arrested? | Hitler Youth |
| Sydney Dowse and Danny Krol were arrested in a hayloft near what town? | Kempen |
| After their arrest Sydney Dowse and Danny Krol where taken to the Kripo headquarters in which city, when they were split up there Krol knew his days were numbered? | Oels |
| What colour passes did members of the Gestapo have? | Green |
| Following his arrest Sydney Dowse was first taken to Berlin, then to what concentration camp where Jimmy James, Johnny Dodge and Wings Day were already held, and from where they would also escape? | Sachsenhausen |
| After their capture Sydney Dowse, Johnny Dodge, Jimmy James and Wings Day were all taken to Sachsenhausen concentration camp, where they all escape from alongside which famously eccentric soldier? | 'Mad' Jack Churchill |
| Who was the last British person still on the run following the Great Escape, he and his escape partner Bedrich 'Freddie' Dvorak were the last people to be captured? | Desmond Plunkett |
| Who was the escape partner of Desmond Plunkett, they were the last two of the escapers to be captured? | Bedrich 'Freddie' Dvorak |
| On their escape Bedrich 'Freddie' Dvorak had papers to say he was a worker at the Siemens factory in Breslau called what? | Bohumil Dostal |
| On their escape Desmond Plunkett had papers to say he was a worker at the Siemens factory in Breslau called what? | Sergei Bulanov |
| On their first train to Breslau following their escape Bedrich Dvorak and Desmond Plunkett overheard a woman saying what she would do to any British airmen she caught due to the bombing of where? | Berlin |
| Bedrich Dvorak and Desmond Plunkett didn't have tickets to get to Breslau on the train but where able to sneak past the ticket collector as he was doing what? | Arguing with another passenger |
| The escape plan for Bedrich Dvorak and Desmond Plunkett was to get to what country and take it from there? | Czechoslovakia |
| When they got to Breslau Bedrich Dvorak and Desmond Plunkett found their 1am train to where had been cancelled so had to wait another 5 hours for the next one? | Glatz |
| How long did Bedrich Dvorak and Desmond Plunkett have to wait in Breslau train station due to their 1am train to Glatz been cancelled? | 5 hours |
| Whilst waiting for 5 hours for the next train at Breslau train station Bedrich Dvorak and Desmond Plunkett spoke to which other Great Escaper who was looking to go back to Sagan and then on to France? | Roger Bushell |
| Whilst waiting for 5 hours for the next train at Breslau train station Bedrich Dvorak and Desmond Plunkett spoke to Roger Bushell but missed his escape partner Bernard Scheidhauer as he was apparently doing what? | Havin Sex (Probably with a prostitute) |
| Whilst waiting for the 6am train in Breslau Bedrich Dvorak and Desmond Plunkett were scared when they heard what announcement at 5.30 on the PA system? | Gestapo Officers to report to station officer |
| On their train to Glatz, Desmond Plunkett sat next to two talkative Germans, as his German was limited he could only say what to them? | Its Particularly cold |
| After getting to Glatz, Bedrich Dvorak and Desmond Plunkett took a train to which town 3 miles from the Czech border? | Bad Reinerz |
| When at Bad Reinerz train station, Desmond Plunkett really needed to urinate when he did so he said what in English whilst standing next to a German which resulted in him and Bedrich Dvorak having to run towards snow covered slopes? | That's Better |
| When crossing the mountains to Czechoslovakia Bedrich Dvorak and Desmond Plunkett were regularly asked why they weren't equipped with what? All they could say was that they hadn't expected such bad weather? | Skis |
| What village on the German-Czech border did Bedrich Dvorak and Desmond Plunkett get to, their Dvorak told a barber they were escaped POWs and he showed them a path which would bypass the customs house? | Gusshubel |
| When Bedrich Dvorak and Desmond Plunkett arrived at the village of Gusshubel on the German-Czech border, Dvorak told a person of what profession that they were escaped POWs and he showed them a path which would bypass the customs house? | Barber |
| When Bedrich Dvorak and Desmond Plunkett crossed the Czech border via a secret path that bypassed the customs house they had to jump over a small stream that took them to which Czech town? | Novi Hradek |
| When Bedrich Dvorak and Desmond Plunkett first arrived in Czechoslovakia they stayed in which person's hotel in the border town of Novi Hradek for three nights? | Kozovsky |
| After leaving the hotel at Novi Hradek Bedrich Dvorak and Desmond Plunkett stayed in a barn near what village where they had to threaten the farmer that they would kill him if he reported them? | Neustadt |
| The farmer of the barn which Bedrich Dvorak and Desmond Plunkett were staying in Neustadt took them to what hamlet before abandoning them there. They had to knock on random doors to get further accommodation? | Spy |
| On the 2nd of April Bedrich Dvorak and Desmond Plunkett walked to Opocno to try and catch a train, a Czech Policeman stopped them after hearing of the mass breakout and wasn't happy that they as workmen didn't have what items, but he let them go? | Tools |
| On the 2nd of April Bedrich Dvorak and Desmond Plunkett walked to Opocno to try and catch a train, a Czech Policeman stopped them after hearing of the mass breakout and wasn't happy Plunkett was lacking what feature he had on his pass photo? | Moustache |
| When travelling via train from Prague to Kolin, Bedrich Dvorak told Desmond Plunkett off for his scruffiness and made him go where? | Barbers |
| When in Kolin, Dvorak and Plunkett stayed in what hotel, where the manager told them about 9 Czech civilians who had been shot for helping escaped POWs at Jungbunzlav. As they didn't want to put anyone at risk they left and tried to get the Switzerland? | Jellinek Hotel |
| After a few days moving between Czech towns Bedrich Dvorak and Desmond Plunkett decided to help for which town on the border with Switzerland? | Bregenz |
| Whilst staying in the hotel in the city of Taus, Desmond Plunkett did what when he was going to the toilet, which resulted in he and Bedrich Dvorak having to leave in the middle of the night? | Tripped over a German Man |
| What aspect of Desmond Plunkett constantly annoyed his escape partner Bedrich Dvorak during their escape and nearly got them caught several times? | Clumsiness |
| At what train station were Bedrich Dvorak and Desmond Plunkett caught on the 8th of April when Plunkett didn't have any leave papers? | Klattau |
| Bedrich Dvorak and Desmond Plunkett were arrested at Klattau train station on the 8th of April, Dvorak got through the check point but went back to help Plunkett who was stopped because he didn't have what document? | Leave Papers |
| Bedrich Dvorak and Desmond Plunkett were the last two people to get arrested after the Great Escape, what date were they captured? | 8th April 1944 |
| Bedrich Dvorak and Desmond Plunkett were the last two people to get arrested after the Great Escape, how many days were they on the run for before they were captured? | 14 |
| Bedrich Dvorak and Desmond Plunkett were the last two people to get arrested after the Great Escape, how many hours were they on the run for before they were captured? | 345 |
| Bedrich Dvorak and Desmond Plunkett travelled the most out of all the captured POWs, how far did they travel in total? | 803 miles |
| After their capture Bedrich Dvorak and Desmond Plunkett were held in which prison in Prague for 7 months? | Pankratz Prison |
| When Bedrich Dvorak and Desmond Plunkett were held for 7 months in Pankratz Prison in Prague, which other Great Escaper was also held there? | Ivo Tonder |
| When they were held in Pankratz Prison in Prague, Ivo Tonder, Bedrich Dvorak and Desmond Plunkett could only get drinking water from what source? | Toliet |
| On November 30th 1944 Ivo Tonder and Bedrich Dvorak were transferred from Pankratz Prison in Prague to which POW camp? | Stalag Luft I at Barth |
| After leaving Pankratz Prison in Prague, Desmond Plunkett was sent to which Wehrmacht prison for 2 months of solitary before being moved to Stalag Luft I at Barth? | Hradin Prison |
| When he was sent to Stalag Luft I prison after the escape other prisoners thought that Desmond Plunkett might he a stool pigeon, this and blaming himself for the deaths of the POWs caused him to have what, which took him months to recover from? | Mental Breakdown |
| What were the nationalities of the three POWs who managed to successfully get back home? | 2 Norwegian, 1 Dutch |
| Which POW with Red hair and a ruddy complexion tried to pass off as Slavic whilst escape but was described by people as looking very British? | Desmond Plunkett |
| What advantage did escaping POWs from occupied countries have over British ones? | Didn't have to pretend their nationality |
| What city did Jens Mueller and Per Bergsland first go to on a train from Sagan on their successful escape from Stalag Luft III? | Frankfurt (Oder) |
| Whilst Per Bergsland was escaping from Stalag Luft he used what alias, who was a Norwegian worker for Siemens in Frankfurt who had been working on an electrical transformer in Sagan? | Olaf Anderson |
| The papers of Jens Mueller and Per Bergsland stated they were Norwegian workers employed by which company? | Siemens |
| The papers of Jens Mueller and Per Bergsland stated they were Norwegian workers employed by Siemens in what city? | Frankfurt (Oder) |
| The cover story Jens Mueller and Per Bergsland used for why they were in Sagan is that they were Siemens employees repairing what? | Electrical Transformer |
| The forged letters from Siemens which Jens Mueller and Per Bergsland held where addressed to whom and stated they had permission to go to Stettin? | To Whom it May Concern |
| The forged documents held by Jens Mueller and Per Bergsland stated they had permission to go from Frankfurt to which city, where they planned to catch a boat to Sweden? | Stettin |
| How much money did Jens Mueller and Per Bergsland each carry with them on their escape? | 160 Reichsmarks |
| When Jens Mueller and Per Bergsland were escaping they made sure they had change of what type of clothing so they wouldn't look scruffy? | Underwear and Socks |
| When on the train from Frankfurt to Stettin Jens Mueller and Per Bergsland risked going on the faster train which changed at what station, they were more likely to be checked this way but could get further away from the camp before discovery? | Kustrin |
| At which train station did two fellow escapers sit next to Jens Mueller and Per Bergsland at a café but didn't acknowledge them? | Kustrin |
| The papers which Jens Mueller and Per Bergsland had on them said they were trusted foreign workers and were issued by what organisation. A corporal checked them at Kustrin and let them passed? | Wehrmacht |
| When Jens Mueller and Per Bergsland got to Stettin they had to kill how many hours before they were due to meet a contact at a brothel? | 4 Hours |
| The X Organisation had given Jens Mueller and Per Bergsland an address in Stettin where there was a contact who would help them with an escape. The building they were due to meet them was home to what kind of business? | Brothel |
| What was the name of the street which was the home of the brothel in Stettin where Jens Mueller and Per Bergsland were due to meet their escape contact? | Klein Oder Strasse |
| When killing time in Stettin Jens Mueller and Per Bergsland went to a café on what street where they couldn’t order food and only get beer, what street was it on? | Grune Schanze |
| When killing in time Jens Mueller and Per Bergsland in Stettin went to a café on what Grunze Schanze, they couldn’t get food as they had no food coupons so could only order what? | Beer |
| When killing in time Jens Mueller and Per Bergsland in Stettin first went to a café then went in what building which they knew would be dark and no-one could see them? | Cinema |
| What number Klein Oder Strasse had been provided by X committee from the brothel where Jens Mueller and Per Bergsland to meet their contact? The actual number was next door. | 16 |
| In which part of Stettin was the brothel were Jens Mueller and Per Bergsland had to go to meet their escape contact? | Old Town |
| When standing outside the brothel in Stettin where their contact was Jens Mueller and Per Bergsland had to engage in a black-market exchange with a Pole, they traded tobacco and a pullover in return for what? | 2 kilos of bread coupons |
| When standing outside the brothel in Stettin where their contact was Jens Mueller and Per Bergsland had to engage in a black-market exchange with a Pole, they received bread coupons for tobacco by Bergsland also had to give him what item of clothing? | Pullover |
| When Jens Mueller and Per Bergsland first arrived at the brothel where their contact was in Stettin, they were introduced to a Swedish sailor was who a crew member of a ship going where? | Gothenberg |
| When waiting in a wine bar in Stettin which had no wine and only beer, Jens Mueller accidently said something in English to the German landlord, who didn't notice as he was too busy kicking what? | A Map of Britain |
| What sign did Jens Mueller and Per Bergsland see over the entrance of the brothel in Stettin they went to in order to meet an escape contact? | Only for foreigners, Germans Forbidden |
| All the prostitutes working in the brothel where Jens Mueller and Per Bergsland went in Stettin to meet a contact were all of which two nationalities? | Czech and French |
| When they met the Swedish sailor in the brothel in Stettin who could help them get to Sweden he took them to another bar over which river? | River Oder |
| The first time Jens Mueller and Per Bergsland tried to stowaway in Stettin they hid under what awaiting a signal from a Swedish sailor, which never came and they had to hide back in the city until they could try again the next day? | Goods Wagon |
| The first time Jens Mueller and Per Bergsland tried to stowaway in Stettin they hid under a goods wagon awaiting what signal from a Swedish sailor, which never came and they had to hide back in the city until they could try again the next day? | Whistle |
| The second time Jens Mueller and Per Bergsland found Swedish sailors in Stettin who could help them stow away, they took them on a tram to which docks, although they went one stop too far and had to cross back over a guarded bridge? | Parnitz |
| When Jens Mueller and Per Bergsland got on to the Swedish ship they were given what drink which they described as indescribably good compared to the German Light beers they had to have previously? | Swedish Export Beer |
| When Jens Mueller and Per Bergsland got on to the Swedish ship how did they describe the Swedish Export beer they were given compared to the German Light Beer they previously had to have? | Indescribably good |
| Which member of the crew didn't the Swedish sailors who had helped Jens Mueller and Per Bergsland trust, and so they hid the POWs out of their cabin for the 36 hours before the ship sailed? | Captain |
| The Swedish sailors who had helped Jens Mueller and Per Bergsland stow away, and hid the out of their cabin for how long before the ship sailed as they didn't trust the captain? | 36 hours |
| For the 36 hours Jens Mueller and Per Bergsland had to hide on the Swedish ship before it sailed, they had to hide behind what? | Water Tank |
| For the 36 hours Jens Mueller and Per Bergsland had to hide on the Swedish ship before it sailed, they had to hide behind a water tank in what compartment? | Anchor Chain Compartment |
| For the 36 hours Jens Mueller and Per Bergsland had to hide on the Swedish ship before it sailed, they had to hide behind a water tank in the anchor chain compartment. Mueller's legs were so long they had to use what to hide them? | Taupaulin, Chicken Wire and wooden beams |
| For the 36 hours Jens Mueller and Per Bergsland had to hide on the Swedish ship before it sailed, How many time would the sailors knock to let them know a German inspection was happening? | 5 |
| When the Swedish ship they were sailing on left Stettin Jens Mueller and Per Bergsland stayed hidden for 6 hours in case of a surprise inspection where? | Harbour Mouth |
| The Swedish sailors who had helped Jens Mueller and Per Bergsland stow away, said that if the Germans had spotted them, they would have taken them out with what? | Wrench |
| Which port in Sweden did the ship Jens Mueller and Per Bergsland had stowed away on land? | Gothenberg |
| What mode of transport did Jens Mueller and Per Bergsland use to take them from Gothenberg Docks to the British Consulate? | Taxi |
| On what date did Jens Mueller and Per Bergsland arrive safely in Sweden? | 29th March 1944 |
| After leaving Gothenburg Jens Mueller and Per Bergsland were sent where in Sweden on the final leg of their journey before heading back to the UK? | Stockholm |
| On what date did Jens Mueller and Per Bergsland land back in the UK at RAF Leuchars Airport in Scotland? | 7th April 1944 |
| Jens Mueller and Per Bergsland set off from Sweden at what airport, to fly to RAF Leuchars in Scotland? | Bromma Airport |
| Jens Mueller and Per Bergsland set off from Bromma Airport in Sweden, to fly to which airport in Scotland to complete their home run? | RAF Leuchars |
| What planes were used to fly Jens Mueller and Per Bergsland from Sweden back to RAF Leuchars in Scotland? | Mosquitos |
| How far was the journey from Sagan to Stettin which formed the most important part of Jens Mueller and Per Bergsland successful escape? | 150 miles |
| Which three POWs made it to Stettin but couldn't find the Brothel were they could meet an escape contact as they were given house number 16 instead of 17? | Wings Day, Pawel Tobolski, Alexander Neely |
| Bob Vanderstok was a Dutch pilot of what kind of aircraft? | Spitfire |
| On his successful escape Bob Vanderstok caught which train from Sagan to take him to Breslau? | 3.30am |
| When at Breslau station Bob Vanderstok bought a 3rd class ticket for 43 Reichsmarks to take him to which Dutch city? | Alkmaar |
| How much did Bob Vanderstok pay at Breslau train station for the 3rd class ticket to take him to the Dutch city of Alkmaar? | 43 Reichsmarks |
| When Bob Vanderstok was at Breslau station he saw how many other escapers but ignored them all? | 5 |
| To get to Alkmaar from Breslau station Bob Vanderstok first had to stop at what major German Train Station? | Dresden |
| When he was traveling on trains Bob Vanderstok thought they smelled like what? | Garlic and Dirty Bodies |
| Due to the smell of garlic on the trains he was travelling on Bob Vanderstok assumed people were eating what food? | Salami |
| After leaving Dresden to go to Alkmaar via train Bob Vanderstok stopped at which town on the Dutch border after a 13 hour journey? | Benthiem |
| On the train from Dresden to Benthiem Bob Vanderstok had his papers checked how many times by Gestapo agents? | 4 |
| On his 13 hour train journey from Dresden to Benthiem Bob Vanderstok had to share a compartment with how many people including 2 soldiers? | 8 |
| What name did Bob Vanderstok have on his forged papers? | Hendrik Beeldman |
| When Bob Vanderstok was crossing the Dutch border at Benthiem, the guard just did what with his pass? | Marked down his initials |
| Bob Vanderstok's papers had him listed as a Dutch employee of what company? | Siemens |
| When Bob Vanderstok crossed the border into The Netherlands, what was the first city his train stopped at? | Oldenzaal |
| When Bob Vanderstok stopped at Oldenzaal train station, he decided to change his plans of going to Alkmaar as he thought it would be too dangerous there and instead bought a ticket to what city? | Utrecht |
| Which University did Bob Vanderstok go to? He used his contacts in the city to help him hide? | Utrecht |
| When he travelled to Utrecht, Bob Vanderstok first called on which of his old professors a biologist who lived near the University's botanical gardens? | Professor Konigsberg |
| When he visited Professor Konigsberg's house in Utrecht, Bob Vanderstok was served what type of food that featured fried bananas? | Indonesian |
| When he stayed Professor Konigsberg's house in Utrecht, Bob Vanderstok was able to treat himself to what for this first time since he has imprisoned? | Warm Bath |
| After leaving Professor Konigsberg's house in Utrecht, Bob Vanderstok went to which his other professor's of Psychology house who had to guide him onwards as he suspected his house was being watched? | Jacob Jongbloed |
| Which contact of Bob Vanderstok was scared he was been watched for anti German activities so sent Vanderstok through his back garden, over a fence through a neighbours garden then onto a tramway? | Jacob Jongbloed |
| His former Psychology professor in Utrecht gave Bob Vanderstok instruction to take the tram to where and meet a contact in the Police called Officer Ottens who could put him in touch with the Underground? | Amersfoort |
| His former Psychology professor in Utrecht gave Bob Vanderstok instruction to take the tram to Amersfoort and meet a contact in the Police called with what name who could put him in touch with the Underground? | Officer Ottens |
| Bob Vanderstok stayed at Officer Ottens house for how many days? | 16 |
| The escape line which Officer Ottens was supposed to put Bob Vanderstok on would take him through France, over the Pyrenees, through Spain to where? | Gibraltar |
| When Bob Vanderstok was staying with Officer Ottens in Amersfoort for 16 days he was given what name by his wife and 7 children? | Uncle Bob |
| When Bob Vanderstok was staying with Officer Ottens in Amersfoort for 16 days, one night he had to rebuff the advances of what kind of person, who he had to share a bed with? | French Male Spy |
| Bob Vanderstok was worried that the Dutch Resistance might think he was a stool pigeon, as give him ID that was incorrect for what reason? | Out of Date |
| Bob Vanderstok was worried that the Dutch Resistance might think he was a stool pigeon, as give him an address in what city as a contact that he knew was a Gestapo trap? | Brussels |
| Frustrated with the Dutch resistance, Bob Vanderstok decided to go it alone from Officer Ottens house, and travelled 120 miles to which city on the Belgian border? | Maastrict |
| The security on trains was lighter in Netherlands than Germany, the only they checked was what? | Train Tickets |
| On the 16th of April, Bob Vanderstok arrived on the banks of which river where he stayed on a farm for two days? | River Maas |
| After spending two days on a farm on the banks of the river Maas, Bob Vanderstok travelled 20 miles to Echt using what type of transport? | Bicycle |
| After spending two days on a farm on the banks of the river Maas, Bob Vanderstok travelled 20 miles on a bicycle to what town? | Echt |
| When he was staying in the Dutch town of Echt, Bob Vanderstok stayed in a large white house with a couple who gave themselves which noble title? | Count and Countess of Harreveldt |
| Who was the Belgian man who led Bob Vanderstok to a rowing boat on the River Maas which he used to travel from the Netherlands to Belgium? | Arnold Bollen |
| After leaving the house of the Count of Harreveldt, Bob Vanderstok cycled to which village where he met two men with German Sheppard dogs who helped him get into Belgium? | Geule aan de Maas |
| The two Belgian men who helped Bob Vanderstok travel from the Netherlands to Belgium both had what kind of dogs? | German Sheppard |
| What method of transport did Bob Vanderstok use to cross the Dutch-Belgian border on the 19th of April 1944? | Rowing Boat |
| What river did Bob Vanderstok cross in a rowing boat to cross the Dutch-Belgian border? | River Maas |
| How far did Bob Vanderstok have to row to cross the Dutch-Belgian border at the river Maas? It took him 30 minutes to cross. | 300 feet |
| After crossing the Dutch-Belgian border in a rowing boat, Bob Vanderstok arrived first at which Belgian village? | Uikhoven |
| After leaving the Belgian border village of Uikhova Bob Vanderstok was giving a new bicycle to travel to where? | Hasselt |
| On the 21st of April 1944, Bob Vanderstok arrived in Brussels at which train station? He arrived at a station of the same name in Paris on the 25th of May. | Gare Du Nord |
| When in Brussels, Bob Vanderstok stayed in a villa owned by which wealthy family? | Haenecour |
| What was the address of the villa in Brussels where Bob Vanderstok stayed for over a month? | 14 Avenue Kamerdelle |
| When staying in the Brussels villa of the Haenecour family, Bob Vanderstok would play what sport with them? | Tennis |
| On the 24th of May Bob Vanderstok travelled from Brussels to which city in France? | Paris |
| When Bob Vanderstok left Brussels he was given an address in which city in the South of France where he could stay until he was ready for the final stage of his escape across the Pyrenees? | Toulouse |
| From which train station did Bob Vanderstok leave Paris to travel to Toulouse? | Gare Saint Lazare |
| Whilst on his train from Paris to Toulouse Bob Vanderstok had enough money on him to enjoy extravagant meals in Lyon and Rodez where he could even order what drink? | Wine |
| After staying in Toulouse until June 9th, Bob Vanderstok along with 2 Dutch spies took a 50 mile train ride to which village near the Spanish border? | Boulgne-Sur-Greese |
| When Bob Vanderstok stayed in Toulouse he was joined by a Dutch spy with what name who worked for Phillips in Eindhoven? | Rudy |
| When Bob Vanderstok stayed in Toulouse he was joined by a Dutch Priest who claimed to be in the resistance of which town? | Limburg |
| When Bob Vanderstok stayed in Toulouse he was joined by a Dutch spy called Rudy who worked for which company in Eindhoven? | Phillips |
| By the 11th of June Bob Vanderstok joined a large group of people looking to cross into Spain at a farmhouse near what village 10 and a half miles from the Spanish border? | Vignaut |
| When Bob Vanderstok was in Vignaut near the Spanish border he was joined by two American Army Air Corps Lieutenants with what names? | McPherson & Stonebarger |
| When Bob Vanderstok was in Vignaut near the Spanish border he was joined by two members of the RAF with what names? | Thomas & Shaughnessy |
| Who was originally going to the guide who took Bob Vanderstok over the Pyrenees to Spain, he was shot dead by Germans whilst collecting food? | Pierre |
| Who was the second guide assigned to take Bob Vanderstok over the Pyrenees into Spain, they arrived there on the 18th of June? | Felix |
| On what date did Bob Vanderstok successfully cross the Pyrenees to arrive safely in Spain? | 18th June 1944 |
| Who was the American Officer who travelled with Bob Vanderstok across the Pyrenees suffering from fever. He wanted to be left behind not to slow people but Vanderstok and his fellow American McPherson helped him to safety? | Stonebarger |
| Which forest did Bob Vanderstok and his companions have to travel through to go from Vignaut to the bases of the Pyrenees before crossing into Spain? | Foret de Cagire |
| Which mountain range did Bob Vanderstok have to climb to complete his escape into Spain? | Pyranees |
| How many weeks had Bob Vanderstok journey been to take him from Stalag Luft III to safety in Spain? | 12 Weeks |
| The guide Felix parted from Bob Vanderstok and his travelling companions with a few short words pointing off the final grassy mountain pass, telling them the other side was Spain and given them what words of encouragement? | So Good Luck and Bonjour |
| After crossing the Spanish border Bob Vanderstok insisted on walking how much further just in case German guards decided to take pot shots at his group from the French border? | Half a Mile |
| Half a mile on from crossing the Spanish border Bob Vanderstok and his companions were stopped by a Spanish policeman in what village? | Canejan |
| After crossing the border into Spain Bob Vanderstok and his travelling companions were interviewed by Spanish policeman to make sure they weren't what? | Communist Spies |
| In which city in Spain did Bob Vanderstok meet the British consul on the 23rd of June 1944? | Lleida |
| After meeting the British Consul in Lleida Bob Vanderstok was taken to which city for final instructions to get home, there were no celebration as word had just reached them of the murders? | Madrid |
| On what date did Bob Vanderstok reach Gibraltar finally making it back to British territory? | 8th July 1944 |
| When he arrived in Gibraltar Bob Vanderstok bought two postcards, one to send to his family and the other address to which person at Stalag Luft III? | Heye Schaper |
| The postcard Bob Vanderstok sent from Gibraltar to Stalag Luft III had what message to say he'd made it? | Ice Cream Cones were Terrific |
| The postcard Bob Vanderstok sent from Gibraltar to Stalag Luft was signed by what name, a direct translation of his own name? | Roberto del Baston |
| What did Bob Vanderstok buy in Gibraltar which he could use to tell those in Stalag Luft III that he'd made it? | Post Card |
| On the 8th of July 1944 Bob Vanderstok reached which territory where he would fly back to the UK from? | Gibraltar |
| On what date did Bob Vanderstok arrive back in the UK at Whitchurch Airport near Bristol? | 10th July 1944 |
| On the 10th of July 1944 Bob Vanderstok flew from Gibraltar to which airport near Bristol? | Whitchurch Airport |
| On the 10th of July 1944 Bob Vanderstok flew from Gibraltar to Whitchurch airport near which city in England? | Bristol |
| Bob Vanderstok was greeted by a Wing Commander when he flew back to England, he told him to report to RAF London to see what department? | Directorate of Netherlands Airpower |
| The Directorate of Netherlands Airpower which Bob Vanderstok had to report to when he made it back to England was on which street in London? | Fleet Street |
| Bob Vanderstok was greeted by a Wing Commander when he arrived back to England, who congratulated him with what words? | And Again Well Done Old Chap |
| On May 27th, 29 urns containing the ashes of murdered prisoners arrived. Each bore the person's name, rank and what other fact that in the first batch was usually Breslau or Gorlitz? | Place of Cremation |
| On June 14th the clothes of dead POWs was returned to the camp, what did the POWs do with it to raise money for the dead POW's families? | Auction it off |
| When the POWs auctioned off the clothes of their murdered comrades to raise money for their families there was no money in the camp, so they had to pay with what? | Cheques |
| When the POWs auctioned off the clothes of their murdered comrades to raise money for their families, how much was a silk scarf bought for? | 25 Pounds |
| Which Swiss Camp Inspector visited Stalag Luft III on April the 17th 1944 where he was told of the deaths of what was then 47 escapers? As none had been wounded he could only conclude they were executed? | Gabriel Naville |
| Which two people still in the cooler told Swiss Camp Inspector Gabriel Naville on the 12th of April about POWs been led away in groups? | Richard Churchill & Thomas Nelson |
| After visited the camp Swiss Inspector Gabriel Naville sent a report on the deaths to the head of the Swiss legation in Berlin, who demanded a meeting with the legal division of which German Ministry? The meeting was never held? | Foreign Ministry |
| On the 12th of May, Gabriel Naville's report on the killings reached the British Embassy in which city that passed its findings onto the British Foreign Office? | Berne |
| On May 19th 1944, which British Foreign minister announced in the House of Commons about the murders of what was then 47 Allied Airmen? | Anthony Eden |
| On May 19th 1944, British Foreign minister Anthony Eden announced the murders of what was then 47 Allied Airmen in what location? | House of Commons |
| When Anthony Eden was announcing the murders of 47 airman in the House of Commons on the 19th of May 1944, which MP asked him if he would publish the names of the dead? | Edgar Granville |
| On the 23rd of May which newspaper published an incorrect story which said the deaths had been due to mass murder in the camps by guards who'd lost their heads? | Daily Express |
| The incorrect story The Daily Express published about the killing of POWs was taken from a by-line from a writer who wrote under what pseudonym who was known for fabricating stories? | E D Masterman |
| The false story which E D Masterman wrote about the killing of prisoners could easily be disproved because he said the prisoners were killed on what date, which was before the Great Escape? | 22nd of March 1944 |
| Which military attaché in the Swedish Embassy was tasked with finding out the origins of the incorrect Daily Express story about killing of prisoners written by E D Masterman? | Colonel R Sutton Pratt |
| The Military Attaché at the Swedish Embassy R Sutton Pratt found that E D Masterman who wrote the incorrect story on the murder of POWs, was really which unscrupulous Hungarian who travelled on a French passport? | Demaitre |
| Which person the Head of MI9 wrote that the damage the untrue Daily Express article about the murder of Allied POWs would do incalcuble damage to POW moral? | Norman Crockett |
| CI Chillie of MI9 thought that the false article in The Daily Express about the deaths of POWs was a planted story to shift the blame about the deaths from the Gestapo to which other organisation? | German Army |
| Which member of the German Foreign Office compared the diplomatic effects of Himmler's Sagan Order as like losing a major battle and set back diplomacy for years? | Dr Erich Albrecht |
| The German Foreign Office worked which section of the Kripo Office in Berlin to produce more palatable version of the deaths? | Section C Search Section |
| Head of the Ausland SD overheard a conversation between Ernst Kaltenbrunner and Heinrich Mueller when they said what events should be added to the reason why POWs died to stop protests from the Red Cross? | Air Raids |
| At a conference held by Head of the Gestapo Heinrich Mueller in June 1944, he was openly critical of how which person handled the killings and said he had made a mess of it? | Dr Wilhelm Scharpwinkel |
| At a conference held by Head of the Gestapo Heinrich Mueller in June 1944, he was openly critical of how Wilhelm Scharpwinkel person handled the killings and gave what name to the mess he'd made of it? | Breslau Affair |
| When Heinrich Mueller ordered his Gestapo to write new reports for the POW deaths so they differed from each other, he told them not to write what at the top so it would like there was nothing to hide? | Top State Secret |
| The Gestapo in which city were responsible for the murder of Dennis Cochran? | Karlsruhe |
| Who was the head of the Gestapo in Karlsruhe who ordered the death of Dennis Cochran? | Josef Gmeniner |
| Josef Gmeniner was the head of the Gestapo in which city, where he ordered the death of Dennis Cochran? | Karlsruhe |
| Who is Karlsruhe was charged with rewriting the report of Dennis Cochran's death to include that the car had a puncture and Cochrane tried to make a run for it? | Walter Herberg |
| Walter Herberg of the Karlsruhe Gestapo was called away from what to report to Berlin to receive instruction from Heinrich Mueller on how to rewrite the report on the death of Dennis Cochran? | Cinema |
| After his report on deaths of POW held at Flensburg was rejected Johannes Post wanted to change it to state that the POWs had ran towards Denkmann and Struve who had to shoot them. What was their occupation? | Drivers |
| Which driver of the van which took the POWs from Flensburg to be killed refused to take the blame for killing POWs which his superior Johannes Post wanted him to? | Denkman |
| Which member of the Keil Gestapo wanted the drivers Denkmann and Struve to take the blame for the shooting of the prisoners held in Flensburg in his new report, but they refused? | Johannes Post |
| Denkmann stated that he wouldn't take the blame for killing prisoners, and couldn't anyway as he had lost his gun in an air raid on which city in June 1943? | Hamburg |
| Driver Denkman's Step Father had previously been sent to which concentration camp where he died of illness in 1942, Denkmann still wouldn't take the blame for the deaths of the prisoners held at Flensburg? | Matthausen |
| On the 12th June with German Ministry issued a diplomatic note which claimed that there had been several mass escapes over Germany in March involving many thousands of prisoners and therefore the number of deaths was low? | Foreign Ministry |
| On the 12th of June 1944 the German Foreign Ministry issued a note to say that mass escapes had happened around the country which had what objectives and deaths at Stalag Luft III were part of this? | Political and Military Objectives |
| In June 1944 the German officer holding which position in Geneva, issued a statement that the deaths were all due to the SS, and the Luftwaffe and Army were entirely blameless? | Air Attaché |
| On the 11th of April 1944, which Senior British Officer at Stalag Luft III was repatriated back to the UK due to ill health? | Group Captain Herbert Massey |
| When Group Captain Massey and 11 other officers who had been repatriated to the UK returned home, a Court of Inquiry was held at what base in Lancashire where they could give first hand evidence about the killings? | RAF Weeton |
| At the Court of Inquiry held at RAF Weeton, Group Captain Massey reported that no POWs held where had been returned to Stalag Luft III? | Gorlitz |
| At the Court of Inquiry held at RAF Weeton, Group Captain Massey reported that he specifically knew that which two people had been killed? | Ernst Valenta & Denys Street |
| On June the 20th 1944 a Memorial service for the murdered POWs was held at which church in London with over 1000 people attending? | St Martins in the Field |
| On June the 20th 1944 a Memorial service for the murdered POWs was held at St Martins in the Field in London. At the ceremony the names of the 50 were read, whose name was read out first? | Roger Bushell |
| On June the 20th 1944 a Memorial service for the murdered POWs was held at St Martins in the Field in London. Which passage of the bible was used as the lesson? | Wisdom of Solomon |
| On June the 20th 1944 a Memorial service for the murdered POWs was held at St Martins in the Field in London. Which was the first of the three hymns sung? | For All the Saints who from their labours rest |
| On June the 20th 1944 a Memorial service for the murdered POWs was held at St Martins in the Field in London. Which was the second of the three hymns sung? | Let Saints on Earth in Concert Sing |
| On June the 20th 1944 a Memorial service for the murdered POWs was held at St Martins in the Field in London. Which was the third of the three hymns sung? | I Vow to Thee My Country |
| On June the 20th 1944 a Memorial service for the murdered POWs was held at St Martins in the Field in London. What tune was played at the end of the ceremony? | The Last Post |
| On his statement to the House of the 23rd of June, Anthony Eden stated that the foul criminals who had carried out the killings would be tracked down to the last man and face what? | Exemplary Justice |
| On the 3rd of July 1944, Foreign Minister Anthony Eden received a telegram from Melbourne from the father of which of the murdered POWs thanking him for his actions? | James Catanach |
| After Anthony Eden gave statements on the killings in the House of Commons, Germans said he had no right to comment on them due the British doing what? | Bombings |
| Sending them through Arthur Nebe, who did Head of the Gestapo Heinrich Mueller's files on the killings get sent to, with the recommendation to just burn them? | Peter Mohr |
| The only official German enquiry into the Stalag Luft III escape was carried out by which person, although it focused on corruption and assistance given to the POWs and not the murders? | Dr Gunther Absalon |
| When Dr Gunther Absalon was carrying out his investigation into corruption at Stalag Luft III, he carried around a voluminous notebook of what colour? | Blue |
| When Dr Gunther Absalon was carrying out his investigation into corruption at Stalag Luft III, he liked to show by driving to the camp in what kind of car? | Grey Mercedes |
| What nickname referencing his Old Testament sounding name was given to Dr Gunter Absalon who carried out German investigation into corruption at Stalag Luft III? | My Son My Son |
| Who was the mail censor at Stalag Luft III who Dr Gunter Absalon interrogated a number of times and imprison for a couple of days but couldn't find any evidence that he had helped the British? | Joachim Ziegenhorn |
| Who was the mail censor at Stalag Luft III who Dr Gunter Absalon interrogated Joachim Ziegenhorn a number of times and imprisoned for a couple of days but couldn't find any evidence that he had helped the British. He did though take away his what? | Passport |
| When deputy Commandant Gustav Simoleit tried to defend Commandant Von Lindeiner he was told to save his own head and was threatened with being sent to a frontline fighting role in a unit known as what in English? | Heaven Bound Squad |
| Following the temporary appointment of Erich Cordes as a replacement to Von Lindeiner, who became the next permanent commandant of Stalag Lift III? | Colonel Werner Braune |
| Lieutenant Gunther von Massow praised the behaviour of Gunther Absalon when he was carrying out his investigation after he did what for his wife when she was arrested? | Brought home in a car |
| A spy placed on Lieutenant Gunther von Massow's staff during the investigation into corruption at Stalag Luft III, found what which led to his arrest? | Cheese and Butter |
| During the investigation into corruption at Stalag Luft III, when cheese and butter was found in Gunther von Massow's flat he was charged with what? | Contravining Ration Regulations |
| At his Court Martial Commandant von Lindeiner was taken aback by the punishment to prosecution wanted, what did they ask for? | 18 months in jail and demotion |
| At his Court Martial Commandant von Lindeiner was found guilty of neglect of duty for doing what? | Not Keeping Underground Microphones in Operation |
| For not keeping the underground microphones in operation at Stalag Luft III at his Court Martial Commandant von Lindeiner was found guilty of what? | Neglect of Duty |
| At his Court Martial Commandant von Lindeiner was found guilty of continual disobedience for allowing POWs to keep what? | Tin Cans |
| For allowing POWs to keep Tin Cans at his Court Martial Commandant von Lindeiner was found guilty of what? | Continual Disobedience |
| At his Court Martial Commandant von Lindeiner was found guilty of neglect of supervisory duties for continuing to employ which person known for being corrupt? | Erich Oest |
| For accepting cups of tea and shaking hands with POWs, at his Court Martial Commandant von Lindeiner was found guilty of what offence? | Forbidden Intercourse |
| Although Commandant von Lindeiner was found guilty of four offences at his court martial, it was declared there was no guilt attached to him for what? | The Great Escape |
| At his Court Martial Commandant von Lindeiner received what sentence? | 1 Year's Fortress Imprisonment |
| Which 3 Officers were court martialled after Gunther Absalon's investigation into corruption at Stalag Luft III? | Von Lindeiner, Captain Broili, Captain Pieber |
| At his court martial Captain Hans Pieber was accused of careless actions that had furthered the enterprise of the enemy due to him lending what item to the POWs? | Contax Camera |
| To avoid spending time in Jail, Commandant Von Lindeiner faked metal illness was diagnosed with suffering from an advanced stag of mental disturbance and got to serve his 1 year sentence where? | Gorlitz Army Hospital |
| What was the largest sentence one of the Germans court martial at Stalag Luft III after the Great Escape received? | 2 Years |
| Following the Great Escape, X Committee at Stalag Luft III built one more tunnel, what was it called? | George |
| Following the Great Escape, X Committee at Stalag Luft III built one more tunnel called George, where did the tunnel start from? | Theatre |
| Although X Committee built tunnel George after the Great Escape they only intended to use it for what purpose? | Contingency if Nazi ordered the massacre of POWs |
| To prepare the any potential massacres of POWs by the Nazis, the people still in Stalag Luft III were trained in what after the Great Escape so they could defend themselves? | Unwarmed Warfare & Self Defence |
| After the Great Escape, what organisation managed to smuggle in two civilian suits, a camera with film and a typewriter into Stalag Luft III? | MI9 |
| After Group Captain Herbert Massey was repatriated back to the UK, who took over from him as the Senior British Officer at Stalag Luft III, he followed MI9's new order of not attempting any escapes? | Group Captain Douglas Wilson |
| Following the Great Escape, the Germans at Stalag Luft III put up signs saying escaping was no longer considered what? | A Sport |
| After the Great Escape, the Germans at Stalag Luft III introduced what feature to the camp where anyone who trespassed in could be shot on sight? They were not marked so it meant that any POW could be shot at any time. | Danger Zones |
| In April 1944 , the British officers Major Wadeson and Captain McKenzie escaped from which POW camp, they were captured and killed their death certificates stating shot whilst escaping? | Oflag 8F |
| In April 1944 , which two British officers escaped from Oflag 8F camp, they were captured and killed their death certificates stating shot whilst escaping? | Major Wadeson and Captain McKenzie |
| In the summer of 1944, the commandant of Stalag Luft III allowed the POWs to build what to store the urns containing the ashes of the murdered POWs? | Maausoleum |
| The inscription on brass plate of the mausoleum to the murder POWs at Stalag Luft III stated it had been paid for by the War Prisoner's Aid Section of the what organisation? | World's Alliance of Young Men's Christian Association |
| The Mausoleum at Stalag Luft III for the murdered POWs was built in the shape of what? | Altar |
| At a funeral service at Stalag Luft III for the fallen 50 attended by 23 British Officers, Gabriel Naville and Commandant Werner Braune's adjutant who laid a wreath, the German guards did what to honour the victims? | Fired Salute of Honour |
| Just before the Americans entered Munich in April 1945, Dr Oswald Schafer ordered which person who had carried out their murders to erase the names of Johannes Gouws and Rupert Stevens from the records of funeral offices? | Emil Weil |
| Just before the Americans entered Munich in April 1945, Emil Weil was ordered by which to erase the names of Johannes Gouws and Rupert Stevens from the records of funeral offices? | Dr Oswald Schafer |
| Which person at the Munich Police HQ helped Emil Weil erase the death records of Johannes Gouws and Rupert Stevens with a typewriter, rubber and pen knife? | Inspector Worlein |
| At the Kripo HQ in Munich Emil Weil got which person to erase the death records of escaped prisoners with Indian Ink? | Haselberger |
| At the Kripo HQ in Munich Emil Weil got Haselberger to erase the death records of escaped prisoners with what? | Indian Ink |
| Wilfred Bowes who led the RAF Special Investigation Branch into finding the killers of the 50 killed POWs appointed which former Blackpool Detective Police Sergeant as his lead investigator? | Frank McKenna |
| Frank McKenna who was appointed as the lead investigator for finding the killers of the 50 murdered POWs was formerly a Detective Sergeant in which town's police? | Blackpool |
| On the 3rd of September Frank McKenna and which other person a former member of the Portsmouth Police flew out to Germany to start the investigation in the murders of the 50 Great Escapers? | HJ Williams |
| The only lead Frank McKenna and HJ Williams had at the start of their investigation into finding those who killed the 50 POWs was a list of names provided by what? | Court of Inquiry |
| At the start of Frank McKenna and HJ Williams' investigation into the murders of the 50 Great Escapers knew where people were killed due to those locations appearing where? | Urn there ashes were stored in |
| Frank McKenna who was a Flight Lieutenant in the RAF requested that he had help from a higher ranking officer on his investigation as there extra influence would help. Who was first sent over who ended up not benefitting the search? | William Thomas |
| Prior to his appointment helping Frank McKenna on his investigation in finding the killers of the 50 Great Escapers, William Thomas had served for 28 years where and as the senior instructor of the CID? | Scotland Yard |
| In which German town was the Headquarters of the RAF Special Investigation Branch for finding the killers of the 50 murdered POWs? | Rinteln |
| The main British War Crimes Investigation team was based in which town near where Frank McKenna's team for finding the murderers of the Stalag Luft III Escapers? | Bad Oeynhausen |
| William Thomas was not happy that the investigation team for findings the murderers of the Great Escapers couldn’t get cars for travelling in, and instead were only giving what vehicles unsuitable for long distance travel? | Jeeps |
| Which former member of the Metropolitan Police was the original highest ranking officer based in Germany investigating the death of the 50 murdered POWs, he was not liked by the rest of the team and only hindered the investigation? | William Thomas |
| When on the investigation to find the murderers of the 50 POWs, William Thomas thought the rest of the team had a party spirit and ate too much what local acquired produce? | Poultry |
| When William Thomas's term of military service ended in December 1945 he was not kept on as an investigator due to not getting on with the team and insisted on a promotion to what rank? | Wing Commander |
| When William Thomas was removed as Higher Ranking Officer in Germany on the investigation into the 50 murdered POWs he was replaced by which person who was in overall charge on the investigation? | Wilfred Bowes |
| Who was the Officer in Charge of the Luftwaffes POW section? He was one of the earliest people to be questioned about the POW murders at the London District Cage, although he had no direct involvement in them. | General Richard Hoffman |
| Who was the Head of the SD in Warsaw? He was one of the earliest people to be questioned about the POW murders at the London District Cage, although he had no direct involvement in them. | Dr Ernst Kah |
| The name of which member of the Gestapo did Frank McKenna see frequently at the start of his investigation? As a result he was able to track his family down to Dusseldorf? | Gunther Absalon |
| At the start of Frank McKenna's investigation he kept seeing the name of Gunther Absalon and as a result tracked his family down to which city were he visited him wife and parents? | Dusseldorf |
| When visited the wife of Gunther Absalon in Dusseldorf, Frank McKenna was able to get the address of his mistress Hildegarde Deutz in what town? | Neckargemund |
| When visited the wife of Gunther Absalon in Dusseldorf, Frank McKenna was able to get the address of his mistress in Neckargemund, what was her name? | Hildegarde Deutz |
| After the Russians had captured Breslau, many of its inhabitants fled to Rinteln, including the person who held which position in Breslau who provided Frank Mckenna a list of former inhabitants who had details on Wilhelm Scharpwinkel? | Burgermeister |
| Who was the German Officer who told Frank McKenna at Rinteln that Wilhelm Scharpwinkel had formed a unit of Gestapo men to try and defend Breslau, most of who died defending it? | Klaus Lonsky |
| Which person told Frank McKenna that Wilhelm Scharpwinkel had admitted himself into hospital under the false name of Lieutenant Hagaman where he was discovered by the Russians and taken away? | Hubertus Zembrodt |
| After the fall of Breslau to the Russians, Wilhelm Scharpwinkel hid in what type of building under the alias Lieutenant Hagaman, he was found by the Russian and taken away? | Hospital |
| In February 1946 which British Ambassador in Moscow presented to the Russian a list of those the British wished to speak to about the murders. Wilhelm Scharpwinkel and Gunther Absalon were both on the list? | Sir Frank Roberts |
| In which city did the interrogations of Wilhelm Scharpwinkel take place? His captors refused to allow the British to take him to put on trial? | Moscow |
| Which of the people wanted for the deaths of the 50 POWs was held by the Russians, and only allowed to be questioned in Moscow and never stood trial as the Russians wouldn’t release him? | Wilhelm Scharpwinkel |
| Who was the Officer from the London District Cage who interviewed Wilhelm Scharpwinkel in Moscow? | Maurice Cornish |
| Gunther Absalon was alleged to have died in a POW camp in what Russian city, although like Wilhelm Scharpwinkel it is possible his death was faked and he served the Russian after the war? | Kursk |
| Which person wanted in connection with the murders of the 50 POWs was said to have died in a Russian POW camp in Kursk in 1947, but it possible his death was faked and he served the Russian after the war? | Gunther Absalon |
| Which member of the Munich Gestapo killed himself before he was due to stand trial for his part in the killing of Gouws and Stephens? | Martin Schermer |
| Many members of the Gestapo from which city involved in the killings including Walter Lux were killed in action defending it from the Soviets? | Breslau |
| Head of the Saarbrucken Gestapo Dr Leopold Spann died before the end of the war so never received justice for his part in the murders, how did he die? | Air Raid |
| Which Head of the Saarbrucken Gestapo died in an air raid before the end of the war and so never received justice for his part in the murders? | Dr Leopold Spann |
| Although questioned during the investigation, which driver involved in the murders in Zlin wasn't tried for them, as Czech authorities executed him for other crimes? | Fredrich Kiowsky |
| Wilhelm Keitel and Ernst Kaltenbrunner never stood trial for the 50 murders as both were hanged following which other trial? | Nuremberg Trial |
| The fate of which Head of the Gestapo has never been determined as he has not been seen since he tried to flee Berlin in 1945, although it is probably he committed suicide? | Heinrich Mueller |
| Which member of the Danzig Gestapo vanished after the war and thus has never stood trial for his role in the 50 murders? | Julius Hug |
| Which member of the Brno Gestapo vanished after the war and thus has never stood trial for his role in the 50 murders? | Adolf Knippelberg |
| Julius Hug vanished after the war and was thus never tried for his role in the 50 murders, he was a member of which cities' Gestapo? | Danzig |
| Adolf Knippelberg vanished after the war and was thus never tried for his role in the 50 murders, he was a member of which cities' Gestapo? | Brno |
| Which chief of the Kiel Gestapo hanged himself in jail on the 27th of October 1946 just before he could sign a confession about the killings? | Franz Schmidt |
| Which member of Strasbourg's Gestapo hanged himself in jail on the 11th of May 1948, just before his trial for the murders was due to start? | Max Diessner |
| Which person wrote to the British Embassy in Prague recounting his interrogation of Friedrich Kiowsky who told him he was the driver to took 2 airmen to their death spot? | Dr FV van der Bijl |
| Which interpreter flew to Czechoslovakia with Wilfred Bowes to interview Germans including Friedrich Kiowsky who were held there? | Arthur Lyon |
| Which person did Wilfred Bowes interview in Brno who was involved in the cover up for the killings and confirmed Adolf Knippenberg's involvement in them? | Franz Schauschultz |
| Which driver held in Czechoslovakia provided the vital breakthrough for finding out the fate of Gordon Kidder and Thomas Kirby-Green? | Fredrich Kiowsky |
| As at restaurant in which city did Wilfred Bowes notice a risqué painting of Satyrs carrying off a group of naked women, the faces of the satyrs ended up being the faces of Gestapo members involved in the POW murders? | Brno |
| When in a restaurant in Brno Wilfred Bowes noticed a painting of which creatures carrying off naked women with the faces of the creatures made to look like some of the Gestapo members who carried out the POW murders? | Satyrs |
| When Wilfred Bowes spotted a risqué painting in a restaurant in Brno where satyrs carrying off naked women had the faces of Gestapo Officers, the faces of the women were which people? | Gestapo Secretaries |
| As at restaurant in Brno Wilfred Bowes notice a risqué painting of Satyrs carrying off a group of naked women, the faces of the satyrs ended up being the faces of Gestapo members involved in the POW murders. Who was the first Gestapo member he recognised? | Franz Schauschultz |
| In which Czech prison did Wilfred Bowes and Arthur Lyon interrogate Fredrich Kiowsky, who identified Erich Zacharias and Hans Ziegler in a risqué painting of satyrs made to look like Gestapo members? | Uherske Hradiste |
| Which German Driver did Wilfred Bowes interrogate in Uherske Hradiste who identified the Gestapo members in the risqué painting on satyrs and helped recreate the scene of the murders which took place in Czechoslovakia? | Fredrich Kiowsky |
| Which member of the Gestapo provided crucial information on the whereabouts of Erich Zacharias as the two laid low after the war working on a far in Mittenwald in South Bavaria? | Urbanek |
| After the war which of the Gestapo murderers laid low on a farm in Mittenwald in South Bavaria with his friend Urbanek? | Erich Zacharias |
| In which town in South Bavaria did the murderer Erich Zacharias lay low with his friend Urbanek after the war? | Mittenwald |
| At the end of the war Erich Zacharias and his Gestapo friend Urbanek were able to escape as they obtained papers from American authorities which stated they were what? | Harmless Persons |
| Who ran the farm where Erich Zacharias worked just after the war, she told the allies he had moved to Wessermunde in Bremerhaven and gave them the addresses of his parents and brother? | Frau Holshauer |
| Where did Erich Zacharias wife live? She told the allies she had little affection for him and wanted him caught, but was arrested in case she decided to warn him the allies were on his trail? | Zlin |
| In which town did Frank McKenna first capture Erich Zacharias, he would later escape during a period when American authorities delayed his exit to British held territories? | Wessermunde |
| Which member of the Netherlands mission travelled with Frank McKenna to Wessermunde to make the first arrest of Erich Zacharias? | Lieutenant Vreugdenhil |
| Who was the US Army's Public Safety Officer who had all the paperwork on the movements of German nationals in Wessermunde but didn’t have any information on Erich Zacharias? | Lieutenant Freshour |
| What position did Lieutenant Freshour hold he had all the paperwork on the movements of German nationals in Wessermunde but didn’t have any information on Erich Zacharias | US Army Public Safety Officer |
| What position was held by Captain Leather in Wessermunde he held the details for the location of Erich Zacharias? | Civil Administration Officer |
| Who was the Civil Administration Officer in Wessermunde he held the details for the location of Erich Zacharias? | Captain Leather |
| Erich Zacharias was arrested in the town of Wessermunde where he was working as a clerk in in what kind on American Army facility on its docks | Number 256 US Army Refrigeration Plant |
| Which of the murderers of the recaptured POWs was first captured by the British when he was working at Number 256 US Army Refrigeration Plant in Wessermunde? | Erich Zacharias |
| In which German city was the British War Criminal Holding Centre where Frank McKenna wanted to take Erich Zacharias after his first arrest? Thanks to the Americans delaying he managed to escape. | Minden |
| What nickname was given the prison in Minden which was the British War Criminal Holding Centre where Frank McKenna wanted to take Erich Zacharias after his first arrest? Thanks to the Americans delaying he managed to escape. | Tomato |
| After his capture in Wessermunde the Americans wanted clearance by what body based in Frankfurt to allow Erich Zacharias to be transferred into British hands, the delay allowed Zacharias to escape? | Counterintelligence Corp (CIC) |
| Erich Zacharias escaped after his first arrest when he did what? | Jumped from a van |
| When Erich Zacharias escaped for the first time an American soldier was not able to shoot him as what happened? | A women walked into his view |
| Frank McKenna was alerted to where Erich Zacharias was after his escape after he was first captured, when a friend of Zacharias received a letter from which town in the Soviet Occupation Zone? | Fallersleben |
| What line in a letter he sent to a friend alerted Frank McKenna that Erich Zacharias was hiding in Fallersleben after his earlier escape and planned to flee to Russia? | Erich has been ill, but is improving and will soon be on his way. |
| After Erich Zacharias was captured for the second time and interrogated at the London Cage, he was sent to a POW camp where, which he again escaped from but was captured again shortly afterwards? | Kempton Park Racecourse |
| Which of the Gestapo murderers was able to escape from custody twice, first from Wessermunde and then Kempton Park? | Erich Zacharias |
| Erich Zacharias escaped from Kempton Park Racecourse POW camp by dropping over a feet 10 fence from a tree which overhung it onto which road? | Staines Road |
| When Erich Zacharias escaped from Kempton Park Racecourse POW Camp he was expected to be captured quickly due to wearing what? | Prison Blue Jump Suit and only one shoe |
| When Erich Zacharias escaped for the second time from Kempton Park Racecourse POW Camp he was recaptured less than a mile from the camp near what hotel at Sudbury Lock? | Weir Hotel |
| When Erich Zacharias escaped for the second time from Kempton Park Racecourse POW Camp he was recaptured less than a mile from the camp hiding in shrubs by a group of how many soldiers from the camp? | 300 |
| What tactic often used in the investigation to find the murderers of the 50 POWs involved keeping an eye on their wives or mistresses to check for any contact or if they let any information slip? | Chercher La Femme |
| When Frank McKenna searched the house of Johannes Post's mistress Marianne Heidt he found no evidence of where he was other than a photo of them together on a ski trip to what location? | Harz Mountains |
| In late May 1947, Frank McKenna visited a holding centre in Minden where he found someone called what name, who looked just like the picture of Johannes Post he'd seen. The person claimed to be a haulage contactor but ended up being Post? | Johannes Pohlman |
| Frank McKenna found Johannes Post when he spotted someone who looked like him claiming to be a haulage contractor called Johannes Pohlman who was held in what holding centre? | Minden |
| Before he was captured Johannes Post pretended to be haulage contractor Johannes Pohlman who was wanted in connection for 300 deaths at what Worker's Education Camp in Hassee, Southern Kiel? | Nordmark |
| On the 1st of July 1947 at 10am the trial of 18 people accused of murdering the recaptured POWs became in Courtroom Number 1 of the Curiohaus in which city? | Hamburg |
| On the 1st of July 1947 at 10am the trial of 18 people accused of murdering the recaptured POWs became in Courtroom Number 1 of which building in Hamburg? | Curiohaus |
| On the 1st of July 1947 at 10am the trial of how many people accused of murdering the recaptured POWs became in Courtroom Number 1 of the Curiohaus in Hamburg? | 18 |
| Who presided over the court when the first 18 people accused of the murder of the 50 recaptured POWs where tried in Hamburg in 1947? | Colonel RC Halse |
| 17 of the 18 people on trial in Hamburg in July 1947 accused of the murders of the 50 POWs were been tried for direct involvement in the murders, who was the only person being tried for conspiracy to murder instead? | Max Wielen |
| 17 of the 18 people on trial in Hamburg in July 1947 accused of the murders of the 50 POWs were been tried for direct involvement in the murders, Max Wielen was being tried for what other crime instead? | Conspiracy to Murder |
| All the 18 people accused on the murders of the 50 POWs at the first trial in Hamburg in July 1947, all plead not guilty on what grounds, that was easily shot down by the prosecution? | Just Following Orders |
| Which defendant at the first trial of those accused of the POWs trial wrote to his father saying 'if I had not obeyed I would have been shot, today they want to punish me for having obeyed? | Oskar Schmidt |
| At the first trial of Gestapo of the murdered POWs, the defence tried to argue for not guilty under what paragraph of the German Military Penal Code, which they could only disobey an order if they knew it was illegal? | Paragragh 47 |
| In order to prove that defendants were not guilty due to following orders, defending lawyers had to prove that the orders weren't illegal by showing the POWS were what rather than just trying to escape? | Saboteurs or Spies |
| Who was the lawyer of Emil Schulz at his trial for the murder of the 50 POWs, who claimed that Schulz had not heard about the mass breakout and believed that Roger Bushell was an enemy agent? | Dr Adolf Meyer Labastille |
| Emil Schulz lawyer Adolf Meyer Labastille tried to argue that Schulz thought the orders to kill the POWs was legal because it had come from which person? | Adolf Hitler |
| Emil Schulz's lawyer Adolf Meyer Labastille tried to argue that Schulz was innocent as he didn't kill anyone and which person had mortally wounded both Roger Bushell and Bernard Scheidhauer? | Dr Leopold Spann |
| Who was the lawyer of Alfred Schimmel who also argued that the order to kill POWs was legal as it had come from Adolf Hitler? | Dr Motz |
| Which officer at Stalag Luft III was called as a defence witness at the trial of the murderers of the 50 POWs so he could state that people disobeying order meant you could be shot? | Colonel Friedrich von Lindeiner |
| Where were the archives of the Central Officer for the investigation of National Socialist Crimes held? | Ludwigsburg |
| In the archives of the Central Officer for the investigation of National Socialist Crimes there were how many instances listed of German soldiers refusing to carry out order without any harm to them, with 40 of those receiving no punishment at all? | 85 |
| To show that following orders was no excuse in International Law, prosecutors at war crimes trials used a precedent set in what 1921 German trial over the sinking of a British hospital ship by a German submarine? | Llandovery Castle Case |
| The Llandovery Castle Case which the prosecution used to show that following orders was not a valid defence was based on the case of a German court trying German officers of a submarine for attacking what? | British Hospital Ship |
| The Llandovery Castle Case which the prosecution used to show that following orders was not a valid defence saw a German court sentence two German officers to what for following an order to destroy a British hospital ship? | 4 Years |
| On what date were the verdicts of the 1st trial of the murderers of the 50 POWs given out which saw 14 death penalties, 2 Life Imprisonments and two ten year jail sentences? | 3rd September 1947 |
| How many of the 18 people at the first trial of Gestapo Officers who murdered the 50 POWs were sentenced to death? | 14 |
| At the first trial of the Gestapo men who murdered the 50 POWs, Artur Denmann and Wilhelm Struve both received how long a jail sentences for acting as accessories to murder for their work as drivers for the murderers? | 10 Years |
| Max Wielen the only person at the first of the murder trials, to be tried for conspiracy to murder rather than murder received what sentence? | Life Imprisonment |
| Whilst 2 of the 3 drivers sentenced at the first murder trial got 10 years imprisonment, which other driver based in Saarbrucken was sentenced to life in prison for being an accessory to murder | Walter Breithaupt |
| Which Vice Provost of Worcester College Oxford wrote to the Time expressing surprise that there were no protests made about the sentences of those found guilty of the murder of the 50 POWs? | P E Roberts |
| P E Roberts the Vice Provost of which Oxford college wrote to the Times expressing surprise that there were no protests made about the sentences of those found guilty of the murder of the 50 POWs? | Worcester College |
| After the sentences were given the Gestapo who murdered the 50 POWs DR Stokes wrote to which person at the Foreign Officer comparing those ordered to do the hangings as being similar to those ordered to carry out the shootings? | Lord Pakenham |
| The wife and daughter of which person sentenced to death for the killing of the 50 POWs wrote to Queen Mary begging for clemency? | Emil Schulz |
| The wife and daughter of Emil Schulz wrote to which person begging for clemency after he was sentenced to death for his part in the murder of the 50 POWs? | Queen Mary |
| Which gestapo member sentenced to death for his role in the killing of the 50 POWs wrote to the Bishop of Osnabruck asking for his support? | Josef Gmeniner |
| Josef Gmeniner sentenced to death for his role in the killing of the 50 POWs wrote to the religious official asking for his support? | Bishop of Osnabruck |
| Bernard Griffin the Archbishop of what location wrote to the Judge Advocate General asking for clemency for the people responsible for killing the 50 POWs, his petition was rejected? | Westminster |
| What was the name of the Archbishop of Westminster who wrote to the Judge Advocate General asking for clemency for the people responsible for killing the 50 POWs, his petition was rejected? | Cardinal Bernard Griffin |
| Cardinal Bernard Griffin, the Archbishop of Westminster wrote to which official asking for clemency for the people responsible for killing the 50 POWs, his petition was rejected? | Judge Advocate General |
| Which of those sentenced to death at the first murder trial for the 50 POWs wrote to Lieutenant Colonel Scotland of the London District Cage, asking him to put a word in for him with the Judge Advocate General? | Johann Scheider |
| Of those sentenced to death at the first trial of the murderers of the 50 POWs which person had his death sentence commuted to life imprisonment? | Heinrich Boschert |
| Which person sentenced to death at the first trial of the murderers of the 50 POWs cut his own throat before his execution, just after writing a letter to his mother? | Hans Ziegler |
| At what prison in February 1948 did the executions of those found guilty of the murders of the 50 POWs take place? | Hamelin |
| The second Sagan Trial for the murders of the 50 POWs started in Hamburg on the 11th of October 1948, how many people were on trial? | 3 |
| The second Sagan Trial for the murders of the 50 POWs started in Hamburg on the 11th of October 1948, which of three defendants was acquitted? | Richard Hansel |
| The second Sagan Trial for the murders of the 50 POWs started in Hamburg on the 11th of October 1948, which two of three defendants were sentenced to death but had their sentences reduced to life? | Erwin Wieczorek & Reinhold Burckhardt |
| In Oct 1950 which person wanted in connection with the killings was found in the British Occupation Zone, the RAF urged prosecution but the case was eventually thrown out 18 years later? | Oswald Schafer |
| In 1952, which person wanted in connection with the killings entered West Germany from the Russian Zone, but was acquitted at trial by a German court? But after the prosecution appealed he got two years. | Dr Gunther Venediger |
| In January 1967 which head of the Kiel Gestapo used the following orders excuse at this trial for the killings, and received a sentence of 2 years? | Fritz Schmidt |
| Fritz Schmidt was the last person to be tried for the murders of the 50 POWs where he received 2 years imprisonment, in what year did he receive this sentence? | 1968 |
| On the 23rd of August 1945, Sydney Dowse wrote to which Stalag Luft guard to thank him for the help he gave to POWs at the camp? | Eberhard Hesse |
| On the 23rd of August 1945, which POW wrote to Stalag Luft guard Eberhard Hesse to thank him for the help he gave to POWs at the camp? | Sydney Dowse |
| The father of which escaped POW was arrested after the Great Escape where he had bright lights shined in his eyes that left him blind for several months? | Bob Van der Stock |
| Felix and Hans the brothers of which the Great Escapers were killed whilst working with the Dutch resistance after the escape? | Bob Van der Stock |
| What was the name of Thomas Kirby-Green's son, his wife Maria took his son out for lunch from his prep school but couldn't tell him what happened, so his headmaster had to instead? | Colin |
| What was the name of Thomas Kirby-Green's wife, who couldn't tell his son Colin about his death so his headmaster had to instead? | Maria |
| As his wife Maria couldn't tell her and Thomas Kirby-Green's son Colin about his death who had to tell him instead? | His Headmaster |
| In September 1944 either Jens Mueller or Per Bergsland wrote an ill judged article for the Collier's magazine under what pseudonym which stated they thought the 50 POWs had been moved to another camp? | Per Fjell |
| In September 1944 either Jens Mueller or Per Bergsland wrote an ill judged article under the pen name Per Fjell for what magazine which stated they thought the 50 POWs had been moved to another camp? | Collier's Magazine |
| After the war which enemy of Roger Bushell tried to ruin his reputation at his own trial for serving with the enemy, by saying he collaborated with Germans, this was proven to be untrue in court? | Railton Freeman |
| After the war Railton Freeman tried to ruin Roger Bushell's reputation by falsely claiming he collabarated wit the Germans, at this own trial for what crime, for which he received 10 years in prison? | Voluntarily Serving with the Enemy |
| For voluntarily serving with the enemy, by joining the Waffen SS and making propaganda broadcasts, Roger Bushell's old enemy Railton Freeman received what sentence? | 10 Years |
| Which former lover of Roger Bushell placed an In Memorial Notice for him in the Times each year until she remarried in 1957? | Lady Georgina Curzon |
| Until she remarried in 1957 Lady Georgina Curzon placed an In Memorial notice in which newspaper each year for Roger Bushell? | The Times |
| The In Memorial Notice which Lady Georgina Curzon placed in the Times each year for Roger Bushell contained a quote from which Poet's work Epilogue? | Robert Browning |
| The In Memorial Notice which Lady Georgina Curzon placed in the Times each year for Roger Bushell contained a quote from which work by Robert Browning? | Epilogue |
| Lady Georgina Curzon committed suicide in 1976 and was buried at which church in Penn Street Village in Buckinghamshire, 750 miles away from Roger Bushell's grave? | Holy Trinity Church |
| The 50 POWs murdered after the Great Escape are buried in which cemetery in Poznan? | Old Garrison Cemetery |
| The 50 POWs murdered after the Great Escape are buried at the Old Garrison Cemetery in which city? | Poznan |
| The ashes of Roger Bushell can be found at the Old Garrison Cemetery in Poznan, between which two other Great Escapers? | Gordon Brettell & James Catanach |
| Instead of using Sagan train station, some of the Great Escapers walked to which smaller station a few miles down the line? | Boberrohrdorff |
| During the Great Escape, POWs in Stalag Luft III were told they would be court martialled if they said what word? | Tunnel |
| Tunnel Dick was abandoned as an escape tunnel as what happened to the area where it was due to come out? | Cleared for Camp Expansion |
| What part of the Washroom of Hut 122 was the entrance of tunnel Dick contained? | Drain Sump |
| After it was discovered following the Great Escape, Tunnel Harry was sealed with concrete after being filled with what? | Sewage and Sand |
| Who was the only American to exit Stalag Luft III during the Great Escape? | Johnny Dodge |
| After the Great Escape bunk beds were only provided with how many bed boards, which were counted regularly? | 9 |
| Following the Great Escape the workers who didn't report the loss of what vital for the lighting needed for the escape were executed? | Electrical Wire |
| Bob Nelson was spared from being killed after the Great Escape as the Germans believed he might be related to which person? | Lord Horatio Nelson |
| When Wings Day was sent to Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp after the escape, he was told the only out was through what? | The Chimney |
| What was the job of Paul Brickhill during the Great Escape, he would go on to write the book the film The Great Escape was based on? | Stooge |
| What name did Paul Brickhill give to the warning method he set up for stooges to alert people of guards? | Cloak and Dagger |
| What was the nickname of Major Johnny Dodge within Stalag Luft III? | The Artful Dodger |
| Johnny Dodge was the Grandson of which former US Minister to France under Abraham Lincoln? | John Bigelow |
| What was the nickname of the tunneller Robert Ker-Ramsey? | Crump |
| Which of the prosecutors at the main Nuremberg Trial question Herman Goering about the deaths of the 50 POWs at Stalag Luft III? | Telford Taylor |
| Who aged 21 was the youngest man to escape during the Great Escape? | Tony Bethell |
| What age was Tony Bethell during the Great Escape, he was the youngest to escape the camp that night? | 21 |
| Which person who died at the age of 99 in February 2019 was the last of the Great Escapers to die? | Dick Churchill |
| Which of the Great Escapers was not killed as the Germans thought he was related to the British Prime Minister? | Dick Churchill |
| Jack Lyon and Paul Royale were the two Great Escapers to live the longest, how old were they when they died? | 101 |
| Although he didn't go out on the escape which person who worked as a watcher during the building of the tunnels was the last person involved in the preparation of the escape attempt to die? | Charles Clarke |
| Which was of the murdered POWs was born in Argentina? | John Gifford Stower |
| Which was of the murdered POWs was born in Belgium? | Henri Picard |
| Which is the only country where 100 percent of their from that country managed to successfully get home during the Great Escape? | Netherlands |
| Which person wanted in connection with the murders of the 50 POWs was sentenced to death by the British for other crimes, before being handed over to the French who carried out his execution due to his crimes against French people? | Erich Isselhorst |
| Which member of Herman Goering's staff was interrogated by Captain Horace Hahn about Goering involvement in the murders? | Bernd Von Brauitsch |
| Who was the British Foreign Secretary who announced in August 1948 that the British intended to prosecute no many people in connection with the killings of the 50 POWs? | Ernest Bevin |
| Which airman who was a pilot in the RAF despite having no legs made an escape attempt from Stalag Luft I Barth at the whilst Roger Bushell was there? | Douglas Bader |
| The inmates at Stalag Luft III knew it as the luxury camp of which person? | Herman Goering |
| Whilst ferret was the name given to the guards tasked with finding tunnels, what collective name was given to all German guards at Stalag Luft III | Goons |
| Which of the future Great Escapers tried to escape on his first day at Stalag Luft III by trying to make his uniform look like a Luftwaffe one? | Wings Day |
| What kind of dogs were used as guard dogs at Stalag Luft III? | German Sheppard |
| Which Stalag Luft III inmate from New Zealand invented the mole method of tunnelling? | Henry 'Piglet' Lamond |
| What was the nickname of tunnelling expert Robert Ker-Ramsey? | Crump |
| Which of the tunnellers at Stalag Luft III had once whilst working as a mining engineer in Rhodesia spent 3 days trapped 4000 feet down a gold mine? | Johnny Travis |
| Which original Big X at Stalag Luft died when escaping from Schubin camp when a boat he'd stolen in Denmark sank when he was trying to sail to Denmark? His body was never found and Bushell took his place as Big X? | Jimmy Buckley |
| Which officer at Stalag Luft III greeted Roger Bushell when he arrived at the camp as he had known him from his time at Stalag Luft I Barth? | Hans Pieber |
| What name was given to the lap around the camp which POWs could take for exercise and which they used to talk to each other in private about the escape outside earshot of the guards? | The Circuit |
| When North Compound was under construction one POW stole a copy of the map showing what underground network there? | Sewage System |
| Who was responsible at Stalag Luft III for training men who spoke German into the intelligence branch of the Escape committee? | Ernst Valenta |
| During his time at the camp Thomas Kirby-Green was said to resemble a person of what nationality? | Spanish |
| The mincemeat occasionally given to prisoners at Stalag Luft III was from the meat of which animals? | Horses |
| What was the nickname of the tunneller Ken Rees? | Shag |
| Which tunneller had the nickname Shag? | Ken Rees |
| German guards checked every truck leaving the camp with what, so that people wouldn't try to escape by hiding in them whilst they left the camp? | Pitchforks |
| What name was given to the leader of the escape committee in each hut of the North Compound at Stalag Luft III? | Little X |
| What name was given to the head of security in each hut of the North Compound at Stalag Luft III? | Little S |
| Who was the adjutant to Roger Bushell at Stalag Luft III? | Conk Canton |
| The pick used to make the entrances to the tunnels, was an old pick head acquired from the Russian prisoners fitted onto what piece of sporting equipment? | Baseball Bat |
| What nickname was given to the ferret was was considered to the dimmest of them? | Dopey |
| The first six inches of soil at Stalag Luft III were what colour, after which it became yellow sand? | Grey |
| What German sounding name was given to the people responsible for starting the construction of the traps for each tunnel;? | Trapfuehrer |
| Which American Airman set up the first system for diverting guards attention whilst sand dispersals were being made? | Jerry Sage |
| Which Australian was in charge of obtaining bed boards to use in shoring up tunnels? | Willy Williams |
| A camp of young Nazis called an Arbeitskorps camp was located near Stalag Luft III, when they would go past the camp carrying shovels, the POWs would sing what song, which caused them to change their route away from the camp> | Heigh Ho (It's Off to work we go) |
| Which POW at Stalag Luft III was shot in the Sahara Desert 100 miles behind the lines, he managed to make it to 300 yards from British line before being caught? | Bob Nelson |
| What nickname was given the German guard who when he first became a ferret enthusiastically searched under huts thoroughly each day, although he was eventually bribed to become less fervent? | Keen Type |
| Which POW who adopted a Swedish name so he could pretend to be Swedish if he escaped, deliberately befriended the guard Keen Type so he wouldn't be so enthusiastic with his searches? | Axel Zillessan |
| What term was used by POWs to described it when a person got too used to being incarcarated? | Wire Happy |
| One in every 300 bed boards at Stalag Luft III were made out of what wood instead of pine, these were especially useful for making imitation rifles? | Beech |
| During the Delousing Party escape at Stalag Luft III, the first party managed to get away, the second led by which person were stopped at the gate as their passed didn't have a second stamp on the reverse? | Bob Van der Stock |
| All British and American prisoners plus every other prisoner of what rank or above were classed as Important Prisoners? | Colonel |
| Which POW Stalag Luft III was known as Tokyo as he was a member od the Doolittle Raid? | Davy Jones |
| Davy Jones was known by what name as he had been on the Doolittle Raid? | Tokyo |
| Davy Jones was known as Tokyo as he had been involved on what raid on Japan? | Doolittle Raid |
| The Polish tunneller Danny Krol was what height? | 5 Feet |
| Which Polish tunneller despite only being 5 feet tall was considered to have the best physique of all the POWs? | Danny Krol |
| Before his capture the Polish POW Danny Krol had been a champion in what sport? | Fencing (Sabre) |
| Which POW at Stalag Luft III had once played in the Davis Cup for Norway? | Johnny Straub |
| Johnny Straub had once competed in what prestigious international tennis competition for Norway? | Davis Cup |
| How did Johnny Marshall want to build the exit of tunnels instead of an up shaft as it would save time? Roger Bushell disagreed saying it was too risky? | Up Ramp |
| Johnny Marshall's only recreation in the camp outside of digging tunnels was playing what musical instrument? | Oboe |
| Which two American POWs made hooch for the whole camp to celebrate the 4th of July? | Jerry Sage & Davy Jones |
| Jerry Sage and Davy Jones stayed up for several nights to make hooch for the whole camp to celebrate what event? | US Independence Day / 4th of July |
| Who did Jerry Sage dress as to celebrate the 4th of July whilst at Stalag Luft III? | Paul Revere |
| Tom was what number tunnel found by German guards at Stalag Luft III? | 98th |
| What name did Tim Walenn use for his forging factory, he named it after a British travel agency? | Dean & Dawson |
| Which part of the camps were never searched by bulky clothing items were often stored there? | Latrines |
| Rubberneck thought a guard with what nickname was supplying contraband to the British so had him sent to the Russian Front? | Young Un |
| In the Winter of the 1943, one POW became so wire happy that he thought he was which South African Statesman? | Jan Smuts |
| The POWs manged to steel a code book from the car of a visiting General, Commandant von Lindeiner made them give it back, not before they did Wings Day had it stamped with what wording? | Passed by the British Board of Censors |
| What was the nickname of the guard known as The Friendless as no POWs could make contact with him. He got his name from his resemblance to a prominent German? | Adolf |
| Rubberneck was sure Roger Bushell had hidden a list of escapees in hut 110, when he searched it he found a piece of paper saying what? | Sorry Too Late |
| Rubberneck once tried to use a paranormal tunnel diviner to find tunnelling activities, the POWs put him off by doing what? | Cat Calls |
| The Escape food was made by David Lubbock and was made out of what type of confectionary? | Fudge |
| Which leading tunneller was not allowed on the escape, as they needed an experienced tunneller left behind in case another one was needed? | Robert Ker-Ramsey (Also Conk Canton) |
| Tim Walenn took item through the tunnel instead of a suitcase, it was so big it had to sent through separately? | Trunk |
| How many of the POWs made the first train leaving Sagan Station after the start of the Great Escape? | 5 |
| Who was the 81st man down the tunnel, he was due to be the next to exit, but after a shot was head he turned around and headed back to Hut 104? | Denys Maw |
| Which POW took pity on German Guard Charlie Plitz and let him out of the tunnel so he wouldn't suffocate? | Red Noble |
| Which POW born in Kenya was sent to the Cooler after the escape for making mocking noise during the inspection of prisoners outside hut 104? | Johnny Hutson |
| When Arthur Nebe was deciding which of the POWs should be killed he marked their picture with what? | Red X |
| What was marked on the cell doors of Prisoners who were due to be shot? | S |
| What name did POWs give to bullet holes in hut walls which had been the result of a guard firing their gun at it? | Easter Eggs |
| Which Great Escape was shot despite being the son of the British Permanent Under Secretary for Air? | Denys Street |
| Denys Street was shot after the Great Escape despite being the son of the holder of which post? | British Permanent Under Secretary for Air |
| All but two of the Great Escapers who weren't shot afterwards were British, what the nationality of these other two POWs? | Czech |
| The POWs at Stalag Luft III found out from the guards that how many people in German had spent time helping in the search for the escaped POWs? | 5 Million |
| What was the name which Per Bergslund used when he wrote a post card to Stalag Luft III to say that he had made it back home? | Rocky Rockhold |
| What item did Bob Vanderstok have to sell for 10,000 Francs to be able to pay for his guide to take him across the Pyrenees to safety? | Watch |
| Wings Day and Pawel Tobolski were betrayed by a French worker when they arrived at Stettin who received what amount of money for his betrayal? | 1000 Marks |
| When Wings Day and Sydney Dowse escaped from Sachsenhausen Concentration camp they were recaptured in which city? | Berlin |
| What name was given to the practice of jumping on the back of a coal truck and hiding in the coal to escape? | Jumping the Rattler |
| After Johnny Dodge escaped from Sachsenhausen concentration camp he was captured by a farmer of what nationality? | Luxembourger |
| After Johnny Dodge escaped from Sachsenhausen concentration camp he was captured in what city? | Luebeck |
| Which of the Great Escapers, was imprisoned in Sachsenhausen concentration camp after his capture, but then taken to Switzerland so he could fly back to England to speak to Winston Churchill about not insisting on unconditional surrender? | Johnny Dodge |
| Which high level official at the German Foreign office took Johnny Dodge out of Sachsenhausen Concentration camp so he could return to England to talk to his cousin Winston Churchill about surrender terms? | Dr Thorst |
| At which hotel did Johnny Dodge meet Hitler's interpreter Dr Schmidt who had messages for him to pass onto Winston Churchill from Hitler? | Adlon Hotel |
| At the Adlon Hotel in Berlin Johnny Dodge was introduced to which person who worked as Adolf Hitler's interpreter? | Dr Schmidt |
| Johnny Dodge was taken out of Sachsenhausen Concentration camp so he could be sent back to England to meet his cousin Winston Churchill to tell home three things, which of these was the most important? | No Unconditional Surrender |
| Which German Field Marshall told Johnny Dodge that he wanted to surrender but was told that he couldn't by higher authority? | Von Kleist |
| When he was been taken to Switzerland so he could fly back to England to talk to Winston Churchill, Johnny Dodge was in the city of Dresden during what event? | Fire Bombing of Dresden |
| When Johnny Dodge met Winston Churchill to tell him of the German request for no unconditional surrender, which American Ambassador was also present? | John Winant |
| Johnny Dodge crossed over into Switzerland at what location? | Lake Constance |
| Following their removal from Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp, Wings Day was first taken to which other concentration camp in the Harz Mountains, where he could hear firing squads from his cell? | Flossenburg |
| The final prison which Wings Day was put in was a VIP jail in which country? He escaped again and made it safely across the allied lines one day before the surrender of German forces? | Italy |
| Wings Day finally successfully made it back to Allied lines one day before the surrender of German forces in Italy, it was what number escape attempt he'd made? | 9th |
| What nickname did British SBO Group Captain Wilson give to the Self Defence unit set up in Stalag Luft III after the Great Escape, it was named after the milk tins used during the escape? | The Klim Klub |
| Who was the only person who attempted to escape Stalag Luft III after the Great Escape, he was caught by camp guards before he exited the camp in a garbage wagon? The attempt wasn't reported so he was just sent to the cooler? | McCulloch |
| Which countries soldiers over ran Stalag Luft III in January 1945, although the camp's prisoners had all been moved by that point? | Soviet Union |
| In which city were the people who stayed in Stalag Luft III following the escape finally liberated by American troops on the 2nd of May 1945? | Lubeck |
| Just before Head of Kiel Gestapo Fritz Schmidt killed himself in jail, he pretended he was going to write a confession, but instead wrote what to his daughter? | Hiter was right, don't forget your Nazi teachings |
| Reinhold Burckhardt who killed POWs caught in the Danzig area and was so large that ordinary handcuffs wouldn't fit him was said the prefer to kill his normal victims with what item? | Rhino Hide Whip |
| Who was the third person and first non British person to exit the tunnel during the Great Escape? | Ernst Valenta |
| Who was the only person in the first 10 escapers to not be shot after being recaptured? | Johnny Marshall |
| Which of the Great Escapers had the longest journey, travelling for 1800 miles during his escape? | Bob Van der Stock |
| When Bob Vanderstok crossed the border into Spain, he had travelled how many miles to get there? | 1800 |
| How far was the Spanish border which Bob Vanderstok crossed to successfully complete his escape from the prison camp Stalag Luft III | 912 |
| Holding the rank of Sergeant, who was the only person who wasn't an officer to take part in the Great Escape? | Per Bergsland |
| Who was the 50th person to leave the tunnel during the Great Escape? | Paul Royale |
| Which person the 75th person to leave the tunnel, was the latest escape who was killed when he was recaptured? | Ian Cross |
| In April 1968, which person who shot Anthony Hayter was charged with his murder but had the case dismissed? | Heinrich Hilker |
| Which member of the Breslau Gestapo became a material witness during the Sagan trials and was granted immunity from prosecution? | Robert Schroder |
| The Chief of Gestapo in Karlsruhe, who was the only Chief of a Gestapo station who was executed for the murders of the 50 POWs? | Josef Gmeniner |
| Jens Muller was the person with the second lowest escape number to successfully make it home, what number did he leave the tunnel? | 43 |
| Per Bergsland was the person with the highest escape number to successfully make it home, what number did he leave the tunnel? | 44 |
| Jens Muller and Per Bergsland, escapes together and what consecutive escape numbers down the tunnel? | 43 & 44 |
| Which South African was the 6th person to leave the tunnel during the Great Escape? | Johannes Gouws |
| Which British Airman was the 7th person to leave the tunnel during the Great Escape? | Rupert Stevens |
| Which Danish Airman was the 8th person to leave the tunnel during the Great Escape? | Nils Fugelsang |
| Which Danish Airman was the 9th person to leave the tunnel during the Great Escape? | Hallada Espelid |
| Which person was the 18th person out of the tunnel during the Great Escape, the next escapee Bob Van Der Stok was the first person to make it home? | Gordon Kidder |
| Squadron Leader Bob Nelson was a member of which numbered squadron? | 37 Squadron |
| Just before the Great Escape, 19 prisoners were transferred to nearby Belaria camp, how many of those 19 had been involved in the Great Escape? | 6 |
| When the sand from tunnel Harry started to be hidden under the theatre, the entrance to the hiding spot was covered by a trap door which was hidden under a theatre seat with what number? | 13 |
| The first 100 POWS who were guaranteed a place on the Great Escape were called what? | Serial Offenders |
| Which pilot from New Zealand who was captured straight away at the exit of tunnel Harry during the Great Escape, had previously been awarded the Victoria Cross and Distinguished Flying Cross? | Len Trent |
| Of the 23 recaptured POWS during the Great Escape who weren't murdered by the Gestapo, how many were returned to Stalag Luft III? | 17 |
| Which of the Great Escapers wrote the 1983 book Moonless Night about his experiences during the escape? | Jimmy James |
| What was the name of the 1983 book which Jimmy James wrote about his experiences on the Great Escape? | Moonless Night |
| Of the 50 murdered POWs from the Great Escape, how many were British? | 20 |
| What part of the train station did a number of escapees have difficulty finding, making them late for trains or forced to abandon using them altogether? | Entrance |
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