Statistics for 1940s Decade Quiz

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  • This quiz has been taken 37,332 times
  • The average score is 13 of 20

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QuestionAnswer% Correct
What name was given to Japanese suicide pilots?Kamikaze
91%
Who was assassinated in New Delhi in 1948?Mahatma Gandhi
91%
In what city did Anne Frank hide?Amsterdam
86%
What was the name of the American and British effort to develop an atomic bomb?{Manhattan} Project
81%
In what French region would you find Omaha, Juno, and Gold beaches?Normandy
80%
At what university did J.R.R. Tolkien teach?Oxford
77%
What brutal leader was called "Uncle Joe" in an attempt to soften his image?Joseph Stalin
76%
Who said "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat"?Winston Churchill
74%
What film genre was exemplified by "Double Indemnity" and "The Maltese Falcon"?Film {Noir}
70%
What does the E stand for in V-E day?Europe
69%
What French fashion designer and perfumer was suspected of being a Nazi spy?Coco Chanel
68%
What new country was led by David Ben-Gurion?Israel
67%
To what island did Chiang Kai-shek flee?Taiwan
63%
In what movie did Sam play the song "As Time Goes By"?Casablanca
60%
What American program gave massive amounts of aid to help rebuild Europe?{Marshall} Plan
56%
Who directed "Citizen Kane"?Orson Welles
49%
What would you find on Carmen Miranda's hat?Fruit
42%
Who wrote the play "Death of a Salesman"?Arthur Miller
39%
What musical featured the songs "Some Enchanted Evening" and "Bali Ha'i"?South Pacific
34%
What bebopping saxophonist was known as "Bird"?Charlie Parker
24%

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