Geography
D-Day landings took place on the coast of which European country?
France
Which British Prime Minister became famous for his powerful wartime speeches?
Winston Churchill
What was the name of the surprise Japanese attack on the U.S. in 1941?
Pearl Harbor attack
What common drug was mass-produced during WWII and saved countless lives?
Penicillin
What major international sporting event planned for 1940 was canceled because of WWII?
The 1940 Olympic Games
What ocean saw the Battle of Midway?
The Pacific Ocean
What American entertainer toured widely to boost troop morale, becoming a symbol of USO shows?
Bob Hope
What event directly triggered the start of WWII in Europe?
Germany’s invasion of Poland
What element was primarily used as fuel in the first atomic bombs?
Uranium (and plutonium)
What handheld musical instrument was commonly carried by soldiers for entertainment?
Harmonica
What country served as the main base for launching Operation Overlord (D-Day)?
The United Kingdom
What type of music—big in the 1930s and 40s—was widely played to entertain troops?
Swing music
Who was the U.S. President for most of WWII?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
What was the world’s first long-range ballistic missile, developed by Germany?
The V-2 rocket
What board game’s German-language edition was used secretly to smuggle escape tools into POW camps?
Monopoly (MI9-modified versions)
Which Mediterranean island did the Allies invade in 1943, eventually toppling Mussolini?
Sicily
What U.S. comic-book superhero, first appearing in 1941, famously punched Hitler on the cover of his debut issue?
Captain America
What major project did the U.S. undertake to develop the atomic bomb?
The Manhattan Project
What Allied code name referred to the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima?
“Little Boy”
What sport saw U.S. women form a professional league because many male athletes were drafted?
Baseball (All-American Girls Professional Baseball League)
Which small Belgian town was the focal point of the Battle of the Bulge due to its road network?
Bastogne
What U.S. government project employed major artists to create victory posters and propaganda art?
The War Production Board (WPB) art programs
Which long, devastating siege lasted nearly 900 days and caused hundreds of thousands of civilian deaths?
The Siege of Leningrad
What scientific principle made nuclear chain reactions possible?
Nuclear fission
What wartime rationing item caused bowling leagues to decline?
Rubber (for bowling balls)