| Question | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| How did Hitler die? | Suicide | 94%
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| What was the name of the American effort to build an atomic bomb? | The Manhattan Project | 93%
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| Did the Germans ever capture Moscow? | No | 90%
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| What was the role of Joseph Goebbels in the Nazi government? | Minister of Propaganda | 82%
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| What was the code name of the German invasion of the Soviet Union? | Operation Barbarossa | 78%
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| What machine did the Germans use to (unsuccessfully) encrypt their messages? | Enigma machine | 75%
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| What country signed a non-aggression pact with Germany in August, 1939? | Soviet Union | 74%
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| Which of these countries did NOT fight in WWII? | Ireland | 73%
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| When Japan surrendered in 1945, which of these cities were still under its control? | All of the above | 68%
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| Who was the commander of Germany's Afrika Korps? | Erwin Rommel | 65%
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| What city's fall to the Japanese in 1942 caused 80,000 British and allied troops to be taken prisoner? | Singapore | 57%
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| About 70 million people died as a result of WWII. What percent of these people were from the United States? | 0.6% | 51%
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| Which of the following is NOT a Winston Churchill speech? | We have nothing to fear but fear itself | 46%
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| How many aircraft carriers did the Japanese destroy during their attack on Pearl Harbor? | None | 42%
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| Prior to the Nazi takeover, the German government was known as the Weimar Republic. Who or what is Weimar? | A city | 37%
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