Diplomatic_Means's trivia

[diplomatic_means]

The correct answer was $6,000.

Why did US secret agents abandon plans - approved by President Franklin D Roosevelt - to drop live bats from airplanes to frighten the Japanese during WW2?

 

[SHERMAN]

Fire

Well, If i remember correctly, and i might be confusing another project with this, the bats were ment to carry fire-bombs...in one of the experiment, the bets were launched and exidently bruned down a military fascilety..?

 

[diplomatic_means]

nope, think high altitudes

 

[Darkmb101]

think high altitudes

umm... was it because it was too cold, the air was to thin and they couldn't use their echolocation properly?.

 

[diplomatic_means]

no and yall have a week to answer this one. I'm on Spring break and forgot to bring my book home with me. :roll:

 

[Animal Mother]

The jetstreams would blow them out over the ocean?

 

[diplomatic_means]

nope

 

[FutureRANGER]

They would die on the way down from a multitude of things including 1) lack of oxygen 2) tempature 3) falling 30,000 feet 4) God knows what else.

But I dunno it would still be scary to have millions of dead bats raining in your country.


I got it! Maybe SOMEONE realized the idea was STUPID :stupid:

 

[diplomatic_means]

Due to the high altitude they would freeze before they were even thrown out of the plane.

 

[FutureRANGER]

Is it just me, or would you be totally terrified if it started raining FROZEN DEAD BATS??

 

[Darkmb101]

Hmm... I'd say, "What the !@#$?