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The Ultimate Year Quiz - 1942

See what you know about the year 1942

Quiz created by: Mr. Badger Hawkeye

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1. What was the top grossing film of 1942?

Mrs. Miniver
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Reap the Wild Wind
Random Harvest

2. Where was the 1942 Rose Bowl played?

Pasadena, California
Durham, North Carolina
New York, New York
Dallas, Texas

3. What actress was killed in a plane crash near Las Vegas while returning from a tour to promote the sale of war bonds on January 16, 1942?

Carole Lombard
Betty Grable
Jean Harlow
Rita Hayworth

4. In what U.S. city did the Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire take place on November 28, 1942?

Boston, Massachusetts
Los Angeles, California
New York, New York
Seattle, Washington

5. What Axis capital was bombed by B-25 Mitchells led by Lt. Col. James Doolittle on April 18, 1942?

Budapest, Hungary
Rome, Italy
Tokyo, Japan
Berlin, Germany

6. What South American country declared war on Germany and Italy on August 22, 1942?

Argentina
Venezuela
Brazil
Chile

7. What did President Franklin D. Roosevelt do on February 2, 1942?

Signed an executive order allowing the United States military to define areas as exclusionary zones
Orders General Douglas MacArthur out of the Philippines as American defense of the nation collapses
Gives baseball the go-ahead to play despite World War II
Signed an executive order directing the internment of Japanese Americans and the seizure of their property

8. Rationing of what product began in the United States on December 1, 1942?

sugar
rubber tires
gasoline
coffee

9. What former Vichy France official was assassinated in Algiers on December 24, 1942?

Gabriel Auphan
Marshal Henri Philippe Petain
Pierre Laval
Admiral Francois Darlan

10. Where did the Japanese invade on June 7, 1942, marking the first invasion of American soil in 128 years?

Washington
Hawaii
Aleutian Islands
California

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<h1>The Ultimate Year Quiz - 1942</h1><p>See what you know about the year 1942</p>
<p>Quiz created by: <a href="http://www.amiwrong.com/authors/mrbadgerhawkeye.shtml">Mr. Badger Hawkeye</a></p><br>1. What was the top grossing film of 1942?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Mrs. Miniver</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Yankee Doodle Dandy</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Reap the Wild Wind</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Random Harvest</div>
<br>2. Where was the 1942 Rose Bowl played?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Pasadena, California</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Durham, North Carolina</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) New York, New York</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Dallas, Texas</div>
<br>3. What actress was killed in a plane crash near Las Vegas while returning from a tour to promote the sale of war bonds on January 16, 1942?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Carole Lombard</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Betty Grable</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Jean Harlow</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Rita Hayworth</div>
<br>4. In what U.S. city did the Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire take place on November 28, 1942?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Boston, Massachusetts</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Los Angeles, California</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) New York, New York</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Seattle, Washington</div>
<br>5. What Axis capital was bombed by B-25 Mitchells led by Lt. Col. James Doolittle on April 18, 1942?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Budapest, Hungary</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Rome, Italy</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Tokyo, Japan</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Berlin, Germany</div>
<br>6. What South American country declared war on Germany and Italy on August 22, 1942?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Argentina</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Venezuela</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Brazil</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Chile</div>
<br>7. What did President Franklin D. Roosevelt do on February 2, 1942?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Signed an executive order allowing the United States military to define areas as exclusionary zones</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Orders General Douglas MacArthur out of the Philippines as American defense of the nation collapses</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Gives baseball the go-ahead to play despite World War II</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Signed an executive order directing the internment of Japanese Americans and the seizure of their property</div>
<br>8. Rationing of what product began in the United States on December 1, 1942?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) sugar</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) rubber tires</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) gasoline</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) coffee</div>
<br>9. What former Vichy France official was assassinated in Algiers on December 24, 1942?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Gabriel Auphan</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Marshal Henri Philippe Petain</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Pierre Laval</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Admiral Francois Darlan</div>
<br>10. Where did the Japanese invade on June 7, 1942, marking the first invasion of American soil in 128 years?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Washington</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Hawaii</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Aleutian Islands</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) California</div>
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