1940s Decade Quiz
Do you have what it takes to answer these questions about the 1940s?
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| First submitted | February 17, 2015 |
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divantilya
+1
Level 38
Jan 20, 2017
I am so nostalgic for that time, even though I hadn't been born as yet, my parents made it seem so REAL and EXCITING! - So much
more so than the dull history books depicting the era.
jmellor13
+4
Level 64
Nov 28, 2017
I don't know that I'd characterize the period dominated by the bloodiest conflict in recent history as "exciting."
Letthewrongonein
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Level 67
Nov 29, 2017
Well it certainly wouldn't have been boring
divantilya
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Level 38
Dec 18, 2017
My parents did! - Given the mundane existence of the '30s, the '40s came alive! Yes, there was, sadly, danger and death but living on the edge is a particular high for some.
ander217
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Level 78
Nov 30, 2017
My brothers were born during the war, and my parents made it seem real, too, talking about sugar and gasoline rationing, working in a torpedo factory, friends missing in action - but I don't think they ever felt nostalgia or excitement for those years. Their tone was more one of weariness when they remembered those times. But I think I understand what you're saying - it was a very unique time in our history and the men and women who lived through it had amazing stories to tell.
ander217
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Level 78
Jun 9, 2020
Wow, reading that comment now makes me wonder why I was so negative when I wrote it. Yes, my parents did talk about the hard times during the war, but they also had good memories of the decade when they married and started their family.
Quizmaster
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Level ∞
Jan 3, 2020
No doubt for many, especially in the United States or Great Britain that didn't see the worst of the fighting, the 1940s were the most exciting and purpose filled decade of their lives.
MiracleMax
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Level 69
Jun 15, 2018
Unsurprisingly, I got every history-related question and not a single pop-culture one.
QuizNinja
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Level 22
Feb 10, 2020
I might just be a little too critical, but I feel like accepting "Bird" as an answer to the question, "What bebopping saxophonist was known as 'Bird'?" may just be a bit too easy...
Quizmaster
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Level ∞
Feb 10, 2020
Auto type-ins are to blame. This has been fixed, thank you.
BlackToadKillerGames
+1
Level 59
Jun 4, 2020
Dang, that sucks many don't know the talented Charlie Parker. This man is a legend!
canadry
+4
Level 55
Jun 4, 2020
Nice job on describing Stalin as a "brutal dictator" while ignoring Churchill's genocidal atrocities. :P
FizzBomb
+2
Level 33
Jun 4, 2020
Churchill was defending, mine and your freedom, my friend.
WanHuangdi
+2
Level 70
Jun 4, 2020
He didn’t have to unnecessarily kill 3 million Indians via famine while doing it though...
Damangio
+1
Level 47
Jun 4, 2020
I could only remember Arthur Miller's first name :-(
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