World War II Quiz (The answers are at the bottom of the
page.)
1. Japan had been at war for
four years prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor with which country?
a. China
b. Indonesia
c. French Indochina
2. After the Japanese air attack
on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt declared
that Dec. 7, 1941, was "a date which will live in":
a. dishonor
b. infamy
c. history
d. iniquity
3. The Pearl Harbor attack
took place on what day?
a. Monday
b. Wednesday
c. Sunday
d. Friday
4. About how long did the attack
take?
a. two hours
b. 45 minutes
c. 15 minutes
5. Pearl Harbor is on which
Hawaiian island?
a. Maui
b. Hawaii
c. Oahu
d. Kauai
6. The Japanese emperor during
World War II was
a. Hirohito
b. Hiroshima
c. Hiromatsu
d. Tojo
7. This word was repeated three
times by attacking Japanese pilots at 7:53 a.m. to announce that
they had succeeded in the surprise attack:
a. Bonzai!
b. Samurai!
c. Tora!
8. The number of Americans
who died in the attack on Pearl Harbor:
a. 53
b. 273
c. 703
d. 2,403
9. The number of Japanese fighters
and bombers involved in the attack:
a. 38
b. 88
c. 181
d. 908
10. Which one of the following
countries was a member of the Axis Powers?
a. Italy
b. Soviet Union
c. China
11. Which of these cities was
NOT destroyed by bombing during World War II?
a. Dresden
b. Athens
c. Nagasaki.
12. France fell to the Nazis
in
a. six weeks
b. six months
c. never
13. Which of the following
was a Nazi extermination camp?
a. St. Helena
b. Andersonville
c. Auschwitz
14. The Abraham Lincoln Brigade
fought in the
a. Spanish Civil War
b. The Battle of the Bulge
c. The Battle of the Marne
15. This key Pacific battle
which gave the United States naval supremacy against Japan:
a. Coral Sea
b. Midway
c. Leyte Gulf.
16. Which of these Allies suffered
the most military dead in World War II:
a. Britain
b. The Soviet Union
c. The United States
17. Which of these three Nazi
leaders was not born in Germany?
a. Goebbels
b. Himmler
c. Hitler
18. Which of these Chinese
cities suffered the rape and murder of hundreds of thousands
of its residents by invading Japanese troops?
a. Nanking
b. Peking
c. Shanghai
19. Toward the end of the war,
Italian dictator Benito Mussolini was
a. captured by U.S. troops
and tried as a war criminal
b. captured and shot by Italian partisans
c. fled to Peru where he drowned years later while swimming.
Answers
1. Japan had been at war for
four years prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor with which country?
a. China
2. After the Japanese air attack
on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt declared
that Dec. 7, 1941, was "a date which will live in":
b. infamy
3. The Pearl Harbor attack
took place on what day?
c. Sunday
4. About how long did the attack
take?
a. two hours
5. Pearl Harbor is on which
Hawaiian island?
c. Oahu
6. The Japanese emperor during
World War II was
a. Hirohito
7. This word was repeated three
times by attacking Japanese pilots at 7:53 a.m. to announce that
they had succeeded in the surprise attack:
c. Tora!
8. The number of Americans
who died in the attack on Pearl Harbor:
d. 2,403
9. The number of Japanese fighters
and bombers involved in the attack
c. 181
10. Which one of the following
countries was a member of the Axis Powers?
a. Italy
11. Which of these cities was
NOT destroyed by bombing during World War II?
b. Athens
12. France fell to the Nazis
in
a. six weeks
13. Which of the following
was a Nazi extermination camp?
c. Auschwitz
14. The Abraham Lincoln Brigade
fought in the
a. Spanish Civil War
15. This key Pacific battle
which gave the United States naval supremacy against Japan:
b. Midway
16. Which of these Allies suffered
the most military dead in World War II:
b. The Soviet Union
17. Which of these three Nazi
leaders was not born in Germany?
c. Hitler
18. Which of these Chinese
cities suffered the rape and murder of hundreds of thousands
of its residents by invading Japanese troops?
a. Nanking
19. Toward the end of the war,
Italian dictator Benito Mussolini was
b. captured and shot by Italian
partisans
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