| Questions | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| World War II started when Germany invaded which country? | Poland | 100%
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| Which Allied nation faced the most causalities during the war | USSR | 42%
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| Which technology helped the U.K. defeat Germany’s months long air offensive against it in the Battle of Britain? | Radar | 34%
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| Which city was the site of a 900-day siege during World War II? | Leningrad | 26%
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| Early in the war, in his first address to the British House of Commons, Prime Minister Winston Churchill said, “I have nothing to offer but…” | Blood, toil, tears and sweat. | 19%
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| After World War I, France built the Maginot Line, a string of border fortifications considered impenetrable. How did the German army overcome the Maginot Line in World War II | Went around it | 9%
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| Japan launched an attack on the U.S. mainland by using which curious method | Helium balloons | 2%
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| when Japan conquered the Dutch East Indies what good where first rationed | Tires | 2%
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| what was key to U.S. success at the Battle of Midway | cracking Japanese naval communications code | 0%
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| Which fortuitous circumstance helped reduce U.S. losses at Pearl Harbor? | No American aircraft carriers were in port. | 0%
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| Based on the year they were first produced, which name was given to one of Japan’s most highly effective fighter planes? | Zeroes | 0%
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