1944
Was there anything to talk about besides the war?
Quiz created by: Bill Graves
1. What became the first transoceanic newspaper?
(#) New York Times
(#) Daily Mail
(#) San Francisco Chronicle
(#) Washington Post
2. How long, after landing, did it take US troops to capture the Marshall Islands?
(#) 2 days
(#) 1 week
(#) 1 year
(#) 3 months
3. Who was the leader of Murder, Inc.?
(#) Al Capone
(#) Emanuel Weiss
(#) Louis Buchalter
(#) Louis Capone
4. Where was Exercise Tiger held?
(#) England
(#) Soviet Union
(#) Germany
(#) America
5. Prince Rainier ruled which sovereign state?
(#) Crimea
(#) Monaco
(#) Luxembourg
(#) Falkland Islands
6. Name the encryption machine used by the Nazis.
(#) Spaetzle
(#) Windtalker
(#) Puzzle
(#) Enigma
7. Whom did Claus Philipp Maria Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg try to kill?
(#) Goebbels
(#) Hitler
(#) Eva Braun
(#) Göring
8. Who debuted Smokey the Bear with the Wartime Advertising Council?
(#) Department of the Interior
(#) Department of Energy
(#) US Forest Service
(#) Bureau of Alchohol & Tobacco
9. Who declared war on Bulgaria September 5th?
(#) Germany
(#) America
(#) Japan
(#) Soviet Union
10. What was the first German city to fall?
(#) Nuremburg
(#) Aachen
(#) Berlin
(#) Hamburg
11. Who won the US Presidential Elections?
(#) Franklin Roosevelt
(#) Thomas Dewey
(#) Harry Truman
(#) Theodore Roosevelt
12. Who became the first 5-star General?
(#) George Patton
(#) Douglas MacArthur
(#) George Marshall
(#) Dwight Eisenhower
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