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A to Z by Decade: 1940s - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 21 times
- The average score is 21 of 26
Answer Stats
| Letter | Clue | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| G | Author of Animal Farm and 1984 | George Orwell | 100%
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| K | Word for Japanese suicide bombers, translating to “divine wind” | Kamikaze | 100%
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| P | Naval base attacked by Japan on December 7, 1941 | Pearl Harbor | 100%
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| T | Cartoon featuring a cat and mouse which debuted in 1940 | Tom and Jerry | 100%
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| A | Term for the military alliance between Japan, Italy, and Nazi Germany | Axis Powers | 95%
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| C | Director of the Great Dictator, who himself played a caricature of Adolf Hitler in the film | Charlie Chaplin | 95%
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| I | Jewish state created in the Middle East following World War II and the Holocaust | Israel | 95%
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| U | Organization formed between 51 cooperating nations following World War II to maintain international peace and security | United Nations | 95%
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| B | Generation which resulted from the massive population flux after the end of WWII | Baby Boomers | 90%
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| D | Five-star general who served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe | Dwight D. Eisenhower | 90%
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| X | Joseph C. Wilson, the founder of this company, agreed to start development on commercial photocopying technology in 1946 | Xerox | 90%
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| Y | 1945 conference held between Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin to discuss the final defeat of Nazi Germany and post-war reorganization | Yalta Conference | 90%
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| M | Battle regarded as the turning point of the pacific theater of World War II | Midway Island | 85%
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| O | In 1940, Hattie McDaniel became the first black actress to win this award following her performance in Gone With the Wind | Oscar | 85%
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| L | Bomb dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 | Little Boy | 80%
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| N | Type of resistance Mahatma Gandhi preached for against the British | Nonviolence | 80%
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| V | Nazi collaborationist government that ruled occupied France from 1940 until the defeat of Nazi Germany | Vichy | 80%
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| W | Secretly used by US president Franklin D. Roosevelt for mobility | Wheelchair | 80%
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| E | Cartoon hunter who first appeared in 1940, attempting to hunt a certain “wascally wabbit” | Elmer Fudd | 70%
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| F | Bomb dropped on Nagasaki on August 9, 1945 | Fat Man | 65%
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| J | Man who became the first black baseball player in American major league baseball, famous for his number “42” | Jackie Robinson | 65%
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| Q | Word synonymous with “traitor”, named for Norwegian politician turned Nazi collaborator during WWII | Quisling | 65%
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| R | Character and American cultural icon who represented the women who worked in factories and shipyards during WWII | Rosie the Riveter | 55%
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| Z | Type of flamboyant suit banned in 1943 in the US due to a mix of anti-black/anti-Latino racism and wartime fabric rations | Zoot Suit | 55%
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| H | Japanese wartime general/prime minister executed on December 23, 1948 | Hideki Tojo | 30%
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| S | Symbol of Indian self-reliance, as seen on the flag following India’s independence in 1947 | Spinning wheel | 15%
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