| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| The Japanese name for suicide pilot, literally meaning "divine wind" | Kamikaze | 90%
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| Leader who was assassinated in New Delhi in 1948 | Mahatma Gandhi | 90%
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| City where Anne Frank hid from the Nazis | Amsterdam | 87%
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| Name of the American effort to develop an atomic bomb | {Manhattan} Project | 82%
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| French region in which Omaha, Juno, and Gold beaches were located | Normandy | 81%
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| University at which J.R.R. Tolkien taught | Oxford | 77%
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| Leader who said "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat" | Winston Churchill | 76%
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| Brutal leader who was called "Uncle Joe" in an attempt to soften his image | Joseph Stalin | 75%
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| Film genre exemplified by "Double Indemnity" and "The Maltese Falcon" | Film {noir} | 69%
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| French fashion designer and perfumer suspected of being a Nazi spy | Coco Chanel | 68%
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| Newly-formed country led by David Ben-Gurion | Israel | 68%
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| What the E stands for in V-E day | Europe | 67%
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| Island to which Chiang Kai-shek fled | Taiwan | 64%
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| U.S. program that gave massive amounts of aid to help rebuild Europe | {Marshall} Plan | 57%
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| Movie in which Sam played the song "As Time Goes By" | Casablanca | 56%
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| Director of the movie "Citizen Kane"? | Orson Welles | 48%
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| Unusual item that could be found on Carmen Miranda's hats | Fruit | 39%
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| Playwright who wrote "Death of a Salesman" | Arthur Miller | 37%
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| Broadway musical which featured the songs "Some Enchanted Evening" and "Bali Ha'i" | South Pacific | 31%
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| Bebopping saxophonist known as "Bird" | Charlie Parker | 23%
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