Cannon: A Telefilm Quiz Quiz - Test Your Knowledge

the Leather cannon was an early 17th century attempt of making a mobile cannon that would bridge the gap between muskets and heavy stationary artillery.

the Carron, a river in the Scottish Highlands only about 23 km long, has given its name to a type of naval cannon, a line of bathtubs, two warships and an island in the Southern Hemisphere.

the artillery of the Nguyen Lords was so strong that cannons were placed at 4 m intervals along a 12 km defensive wall to repel the rival Trinh Lords of Vietnam.

the Mechanical Galleon (pictured) was not only a model nef and a clock, but also had smoking cannons, bells, trumpets, a drum, and a Holy Roman Emperor.

the pot-de-fer (pictured) was the first metal cannon.

two cannons brought as gifts to Louis XIV of France by the Siamese embassy of 1686 (pictured) ended up being seized and used by revolutionaries in the Storming of the Bastille in 1789.

the ten cannons of Fort Guijarros, built in 1797 as the first defensive fortifications for San Diego Bay, California, have been fired in action only twice since.

the remains of a cannon ball can still be seen in the wall of Moni Gonia Monastery from an Ottoman attack during the Cretan Revolt of 1866–1869.

the 14th century Chinese military treatise of the Huo Long Jing edited by Jiao Yu described the use of cast iron grenades, firearms, fire lance flamethrowers, cannons, land mines, naval mines, rocket launchers, and winged rockets.

in the eight months after the Battle of Narva in 1700, Andrew Vinius melted one quarter of Russia's church bells to make cannon.

Vermilion Lighthouse is a replica of the 1877 iron lighthouse that was forged from recycled smooth-bored cannons that had been obsoleted after the American Civil War.

English cannon batteries (pictured) required artillery crews of twelve per gun.

Charles Gascoigne developed the carronade while manager of the Carron Company in Scotland, but emigrated to avoid his creditors and spent the last 20 years of his life organising the production of iron and cannon for the Russian Empire.

Wojciech Bartosz Głowacki, a peasant, became a Polish national hero after he captured a Russian cannon during the Battle of Racławice.

Captain William Hoste captured the French-held fortifications of Kotor (pictured) in 1814 by hoisting cannons from the HMS Bacchante onto the higher ground of the surrounding mountains.

a simple kite defeated cannons, steamers, and rockets in the bid to lay a line for the Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge (ad pictured).

a carcass was a kind of artillery shell fired from a mortar or cannon to burn down enemy defences.

18th century French artilleries were the most efficient at cannon operation (pictured), capable of firing 150 shots per cannon daily during siege.

Cannon: A Telefilm Quiz

1 What role did Robert Pine play in the telemovie Cannon?

2 What role did David Macklin play in the telemovie Cannon?

3 What role did John Perak play in the telemovie Cannon?

4 Who played Art Miller in the telemovie Cannon?

5 Who played Nurse Laura Hedding in the telemovie Cannon?

6 What role did Robert Goulet play in the telemovie Cannon?

7 Who played Daphne Simmons/Gail Dexter in the telemovie Cannon?

8 Who played Eddie Main in the telemovie Cannon?

9 Who played Jennifer Shaw in the telemovie Cannon?

10 Who played Warden in the telemovie Cannon?

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