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The Ultimate Year Quiz - 1945

See what you know about the year 1945

Quiz created by: Mr. Badger Hawkeye

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1. In what present day country was the Yalta Conference held from February 4 to February 11, 1945?

Ukraine
Russia
Iran
Egypt

2. What Nazi concentration camp was liberated on January 27, 1945 by the Soviet Union?

Bergen-Belsen
Auschwitz
Buchenwald
Dachau

3. In what state did President Franklin Delano Roosevelt pass away on April 12, 1945?

Georgia
Maine
New York
Maryland

4. Who took over as the leader of Germany after Adolf Hitler committed suicide on April 30, 1945?

Hermann Goering
Joseph Goebbels
Heinrich Himmler
Karl Donitz

5. What team won the 1945 World Series?

New York Yankees
Chicago Cubs
St. Louis Cardinals
Detroit Tigers

6. For how much did the first ballpoint pens go on sale for at Gimbels in New York City on October 29, 1945?

$2.50
$12.50
$7.50
$5.00

7. In what German city did the Nazi war crimes trial start on November 20, 1945?

Berlin
Nuremberg
Munich
Bonn

8. On what battleship was the Japanese Instrument of Surrender signed on September 2, 1945?

USS Nevada
USS Missouri
USS California
USS Iowa

9. What capital city was liberated on February 23, 1945?

Paris
Rome
Berlin
Manila

10. In what Italian city was the bodies of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci hanged by its heels in a public square?

Rome
Milan
Naples
Florence

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<h1>The Ultimate Year Quiz - 1945</h1><p>See what you know about the year 1945</p>
<p>Quiz created by: <a href="http://www.amiwrong.com/authors/mrbadgerhawkeye.shtml">Mr. Badger Hawkeye</a></p><br>1. In what present day country was the Yalta Conference held from February 4 to February 11, 1945?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Ukraine</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Russia</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Iran</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Egypt</div>
<br>2. What Nazi concentration camp was liberated on January 27, 1945 by the Soviet Union?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Bergen-Belsen</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Auschwitz</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Buchenwald</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Dachau</div>
<br>3. In what state did President Franklin Delano Roosevelt pass away on April 12, 1945?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Georgia</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Maine</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) New York</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Maryland</div>
<br>4. Who took over as the leader of Germany after Adolf Hitler committed suicide on April 30, 1945?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Hermann Goering</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Joseph Goebbels</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Heinrich Himmler</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Karl Donitz</div>
<br>5. What team won the 1945 World Series?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) New York Yankees</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Chicago Cubs</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) St. Louis Cardinals</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Detroit Tigers</div>
<br>6. For how much did the first ballpoint pens go on sale for at Gimbels in New York City on October 29, 1945?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) $2.50</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) $12.50</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) $7.50</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) $5.00</div>
<br>7. In what German city did the Nazi war crimes trial start on November 20, 1945?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Berlin</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Nuremberg</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Munich</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Bonn</div>
<br>8. On what battleship was the Japanese Instrument of Surrender signed on September 2, 1945?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) USS Nevada</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) USS Missouri</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) USS California</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) USS Iowa</div>
<br>9. What capital city was liberated on February 23, 1945?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Paris</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Rome </div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Berlin</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Manila</div>
<br>10. In what Italian city was the bodies of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci hanged by its heels in a public square?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Rome</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Milan</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Naples</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Florence</div>
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