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Todays post will take us on a short time-travel trip to the 1940’s. This will be the first of five trivia posts from past decades from the 1940’s through the 1980’s. These first few questions may be difficult since most readers weren’t alive in the 40’s but if your a fan of history you may learn a few mostly forgotten facts. Let’s get started. As always the answers will be listed below.
- What important journal was found in Amsterdam following World War II?
- In what year was Korea split in two?
- On what day of the week was Pearl Harbor bombed?
- Who coined the phrase “Iron Curtin”?
- What newspaper ran the infamous headline “Dewey Defeats Truman”?
- In what island group is Corregidor, which fell to the Japanese in 1942.
- From what nation did Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) gain it’s independence in 1948?
- The body of what World War II leader was hung upside down in public?
- What world leader in 1943 survived a bomb set by his generals to assassinate him?
- What was the nickname given the the Nazi general Erwin Rommel?
BONUS Question
What two world leaders met in Casablanca in 1943?
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Answers
The Diary of Ann Frank, 1948, Sunday, Winston Churchill, The Chicago Daily Tribune, The Philippines, Great Britain, Benito Mussolini, Adolph Hitler, The Desert Fox, BONUS-Churchill and Roosevelt
THE 1950’s IS NEXT
Today marks the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. This is certainly not a celebration but a memorial for the lives lost then and those that followed. Today’s trivia quiz is related to the military and war.
- What was the only US battleship to be present at both the attack on Pearl Harbor, and at the D-Day invasion, on June 6, 1944? The U.S.S. Nevada.
- What was the name of the Japanese destroyer that sank PT-109, commanded by Lt. John F. Kennedy on August 2, 1943? The Amigiri.
- Who was issued ID number when the US military started issuing dog tags in 1918? General John J. Pershing.
- What is a military contractor referring to when talking about a “manually powered fastener-driving impact device? A hammer.
- Who was the first American congressman tpo don a uniform following the attack on Pearl Harbor? Lyndon B. Johnson in the Navy.
- What president ordered the integration of the armed forces? Harry S. Truman in 1948.
- What actress obtained a patent as a co-inventor of a radar-controlled system to direct torpedoes at moving ships? Hedy Lamarr.
- Why was actor Paul Newman disqualified from service in the Navy’s pilot-training program in WW II? His blue eyes were colorblind.
- What was the name of Japanese propagandist Tokyo Rose’s WW II radio show for US servicemen in the Pacific? It was Zero Hour.
- What entertainer sold more War Bonds than anyone else during WW II? Kate “God Bless America” Smith sold $600,000,000 worth.
LEST WE FORGET
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