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The Ultimate Year Quiz - 1946

See what you know about the year 1946

Quiz created by: Mr. Badger Hawkeye

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1. What was the top grossing film of 1946?

The Bells of St. Mary's
Leave Her To Heaven
Road to Utopia
Blue Skies

2. What team won the 1946 World Series?

New York Yankees
Cleveland Indians
Boston Red Sox
St. Louis Cardinals

3. What team won the 1946 NFL Championship?

New York Giants
Green Bay Packers
Chicago Bears
Washington Redskins

4. Who was selected as the first Secretary-General of the United Nations on February 1, 1946?

Ralph Bunche
Trygve Lie
Dag Hammarskjold
Gladwyn Jebb

5. What Asian country achieved its independence on July 4, 1946?

Indonesia
Philippines
Vietnam
Thailand

6. Who did Richard M. Nixon defeat in his first Congressional race in 1946?

Alger Hiss
Jerry Voorhis
Helen Gahagan Douglas
Whittaker Chambers

7. Which Nazi war criminal poisoned himself hours before he was to be hanged on October 15, 1946?

Hermann Goring
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Wilhelm Keitel
Rudolf Hess

8. What European nation voted on June 2, 1946 to abolish its monarchy and become a republic?

Belgium
Italy
Greece
France

9. What famous term was coined by Winston Churchill in a speech on March 5, 1946?

Domino Theory
Cold War
Iron Curtain
Detente

10. What comedy team staged their first show together at Club 500 in Atlantic City, New Jersey on July 25, 1946?

Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
Bing Crosby and Bob Hope
George Burns and Gracie Allen
Dan Rowan and Dick Martin

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<h1>The Ultimate Year Quiz - 1946</h1><p>See what you know about the year 1946</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 1946?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) The Bells of St. Mary's</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Leave Her To Heaven</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Road to Utopia</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Blue Skies</div>
<br>2. What team won the 1946 World Series?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) New York Yankees</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Cleveland Indians</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Boston Red Sox</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) St. Louis Cardinals</div>
<br>3. What team won the 1946 NFL Championship?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) New York Giants</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Green Bay Packers</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Chicago Bears</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Washington Redskins</div>
<br>4. Who was selected as the first Secretary-General of the United Nations on February 1, 1946?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Ralph Bunche</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Trygve Lie</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Dag Hammarskjold</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Gladwyn Jebb</div>
<br>5. What Asian country achieved its independence on July 4, 1946?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Indonesia</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Philippines</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Vietnam</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Thailand</div>
<br>6. Who did Richard M. Nixon defeat in his first Congressional race in 1946?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Alger Hiss</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Jerry Voorhis</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Helen Gahagan Douglas</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Whittaker Chambers</div>
<br>7. Which Nazi war criminal poisoned himself hours before he was to be hanged on October 15, 1946?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Hermann Goring</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Joachim von Ribbentrop</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Wilhelm Keitel</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Rudolf Hess</div>
<br>8. What European nation voted on June 2, 1946 to abolish its monarchy and become a republic?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Belgium</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Italy</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Greece</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) France</div>
<br>9. What famous term was coined by Winston Churchill in a speech on March 5, 1946?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Domino Theory</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Cold War</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Iron Curtain</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Detente</div>
<br>10. What comedy team staged their first show together at Club 500 in Atlantic City, New Jersey on July 25, 1946?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Bing Crosby and Bob Hope</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) George Burns and Gracie Allen</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Dan Rowan and Dick Martin</div>
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