Statistics for World War II Multiple Choice

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Question	Answer	% Correct
How did Hitler die?	Suicide	89%
Did the Germans ever capture Moscow?	No	87%
What was the name of the American effort to build an atomic bomb?	The Manhattan Project	86%
What was the role of Joseph Goebbels in the Nazi government?	Minister of Propaganda	78%
What machine did the Germans use to (unsuccessfully) encrypt their messages?	Enigma machine	73%
What was the code name of the German invasion of the Soviet Union?	Operation Barbarossa	71%
Which of these countries did NOT fight in WWII?	Ireland	69%
What country signed a non-aggression pact with Germany in August, 1939?	Soviet Union	68%
When Japan surrendered in 1945, which of these cities were still under its control?	All of the above	65%
Who was the commander of Germany's Afrika Korps?	Erwin Rommel	65%
What city's fall to the Japanese in 1942 caused 80,000 British and allied troops to be taken prisoner?	Singapore	55%
About 70 million people died as a result of WWII. What percent of these people were from the United States?	0.6%	48%
Which of the following is NOT a Winston Churchill speech?	We have nothing to fear but fear itself	47%
How many aircraft carriers did the Japanese destroy during their attack on Pearl Harbor?	None	39%
Prior to the Nazi takeover, the German government was known as the Weimar Republic. Who or what is Weimar?	A city	33%