Statistics for World War II in the Pacific

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Question	Answer	% Correct
Which event led the United States to enter WWII?	Attack on Pearl Harbor	96%
Who was emperor of Japan during World War II?	Hirohito	95%
What were Japanese suicide bombers called during WWII?	Kamikaze	95%
Who won the Battle of Midway?	USA	93%
When did Japanese Navy attack Pearl Harbor?	1941	89%
Who was the US president at the start of WWII?	Franklin Roosevelt	89%
Which United States general led the army in the Pacific and the fighting against Japan?	Douglas MacArthur	88%
The picture of marines raising a flag that was used for the Marine Corps Memorial in Virginia was taken on what island?	Iwo Jima	87%
Who was commander of the Japanese Navy and a leader in the attack on Pearl Harbor?	Isoroku Yamamoto	86%
What was the second city the United States dropped a nuclear bomb on in WWII?	Nagasaki	86%
What scientist wrote a letter to US President Roosevelt telling him of the potential of an atomic bomb?	Albert Einsten	84%
What two countries were already involved in a military conflict before the beginning of World War II?	Japan and China	84%
What was the code name for the U.S. program to build an atomic bomb in WWII?	Manhattan Project	84%
How many days lasted the Attack on Pearl Harbor?	1 day	83%
Which ship was sunk at Pearl Harbor when over 1100 US soldiers lost their lives?	USS Arizona	82%
What was the name of th US army general Patton who fought in WWII?	George S.	79%
Which American president ordered to use the atomic bomb against Japan in WWII?	Harry Truman	79%
In which present country the Battle of Guadalcanal occurred?	Solomon Islands	76%
What scientist and leader of the atomic bomb research team is considered the father of the atomic bomb?	J. Robert Oppenheimer	72%
Where did the "Bataan Death March" take place in 1942 after the Americans surrended to the Japanese?	Philippines	72%
What was the code name for the Japanese attack on U.S. fleet at Pearl Harbor in WWII?	Operation Z	71%
What was the last major battle of World War II?	Battle of Okinawa	70%
Who won the Battle of Saipan in 1944?	USA	70%
Which Australian city did Japan attack in February of 1942?	Darwin	68%
On which ship the Japanese meet Allied leaders and signed the surrender in 1945?	Missouri	62%
What was the name of the B-29 bomber that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima?	Enola Gay	61%
Within three days of the attack on Pearl Harbor, which three countries declared war on Japan?	USA, Britain and China	57%
What was the biggest naval battle in the history?	Battle of Leyte Gulf	55%
The goal of Operation Detachment was to capture which island in the Pacific in WWII?	Iwo Jima	29%
What is the estimated death toll from atomic bombs dropped on Japan?	135,000	24%