1945
The beginning of peace! (For a little while, anyways...)
Quiz created by: Bill Graves
1. Who was inaugurated as President of the US in January?
(#) Harry Truman
(#) Franklin Roosevelt
(#) Herbert Hoover
(#) Theodore Roosevelt
2. Where was the flag being raised?
(#) Bataan
(#) Iwo Jima
(#) Tokyo
(#) Kyoto
3. Finland declared war against whom?
(#) Greenland
(#) Axis powers
(#) Allied powers
(#) Canada
4. Who was inaugurated President of the US in April?
(#) Franklin Roosevelt
(#) Harry Truman
(#) Theodore Roosevelt
(#) Douglas MacArthur
5. On what date was V-E day?
(#) May 1st
(#) May 5th
(#) May 8th
(#) May 9th
6. Which nation ceded Ruthenia to the Soviet Union?
(#) France
(#) Czechoslovakia
(#) Germany
(#) Japan
7. Who resigned as British prime minister?
(#) Clement Attlee
(#) Margaret Thatcher
(#) Winston Churchill
(#) Anthony Eden
8. What was the name of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima?
(#) The Whopper
(#) Enola Gay
(#) Fat Man
(#) Little Boy
9. What was the first computer 'bug'?
(#) A nested loop
(#) A divide-by-zero error
(#) A shutdown sequence
(#) A moth
10. Which team won the World Series?
(#) Chicago Cubs
(#) Detroit Tigers
(#) Chicago White Sox
(#) New York Yankees
11. Where did trials against Nazi war criminals take place?
(#) Berlin
(#) London
(#) Hamburg
(#) Nuremburg
12. How did George Patton die?
(#) Assassination
(#) Natural Causes
(#) Car crash
(#) War wound
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