Which Honolulu military base, company, organization, place or people fit these clues?

1. Benjamin Franklin Dillingham built Hawaii’s first planned community here in 1890 as a stop for his train.  Unitl World War II, it was a weekend and summer retreat for Oahu’s wealthy.  Name it.
2. What did Hawaiians call Pearl Harbor?  What did Hawaii get from the U.S. in exchange for Pearl Harbor?  Who cam to Hawaii to see if Pearl Harbor would make a good naval base?
3. Who was the first man to predict the Japanese would attack Pearl Harbor in 1923?  How would they do it without aircraft carriers?
4. Which Italian naval battle was the model for the attack on Pearl Harbor?
5. Experts say Japan made a fatal miscalculation in its attach on Pearl Harbor.  What was it?
6. The effort to raise money to build the Arizona Memorial was floundering in 1961.  A singer offered to perform a benefit concert, and it raised th $64,000 needed to complete the project.  Who was he?
7. In 1880, King Kalakaua traveled to Japan and offered his neice’s hand in marriage to Crown Prince Taiso.  What was her name?
8. Which Asian war made the United States realize Hawaii’s strategically important location, and led to our annexation?
9. This high school’s mascot honors the B-26 airplanes and the military personnel that once flew over the campus during WWII.
10. A major landmark was once named for a Navy man who flew a seaplane 2,200 miles to Hawaii, but ran out of fuel 300 miles away in 1925.  His crew made sails from the seaplane’s fabric-covered wings and sailed it the rest of the way here.
11. During World War II, tourism to Hawaii stopped, and the Navy took over the Royal Hawaiian Hotel for R&R.  Before they arrived, the staff sealed up an important part of the hotel.  After the war, they returned to learn that the Navy personnel had never discovered it.  What were they so interested in hiding?
12. Was Tripler painted pink on purpose?  Who was Tripler named for?  What was its original name and location?
13. Which Army base was built to protect Pearl Harbor from an overland attack?
14. This Army Division was the first ever be given permission to use a nickname, in addition to its regular numerical designation.  The nickname symbolizes the speed and aggressive spirit of the Division and that they fought fought on Guadalcanal and the Soloman Islands.  Name it.
15. The first fort in Hawaii was built on the Honolulu waterfront in 1815 by sailors from this nation.  Fort Street took its name from the fort.  Which nation built it?
16. Fort Shafter has been home to the senior Army headquarters in Hawaii for over a century.  Who was Shafter and what did he do?  What is Fort Shafter’s nickname?
17. Which famous officers club was once on the slopes of Diamond Head?
18. In 1958, the Department of Defense tested anti-ballistic nuclear weapons at Johnston Island.  What was unusual about those tests?

These are the questions that were asked at our recent Navy League event.  If you would like to participate in our Navy League events, please contact us for more information. 

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