WAR PRODUCTION
WHAT TYPE OF WAR TIME PRE-FABRICATED MASS CONSTRUCTION DID HENRY J. KAISER SPECIALIZE IN?
SHIPS
CARGO, TANKERS, TRANSPORTS AND ESCORT AIRCRAFT CARRIERS
WHAT WAS THE MOST POPULAR DENOMINATION OF WAR BOND SOLD IN THE U.S. IN WWII?
$10, $20, $25, $35, $50, $100, OR $500
$25, WHICH SOLD FOR $18.75
WHO WAS THE HOST OF COMMAND PERFORMANCE ON ARMED FORCES RADIO AND LED TROOPS OF HOLLYWOOD PERFORMERS TO USO SHOW OVERSEAS
BOB HOPE
OF THE 18 MILLION WAR WORKERS IN THE U.S. IN WWII APROX WHAT SHARE OF THEM WERE WOMEN?
1/3 OR SIX MILLION
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF ALL THE VEGETABLES GROWN IN THE U.S. IN WWII WERE GROWN IN VICTORY GARDENS?
40%
IN THE ACRONYM GOCO PLANT, THE GO MEANS A FACTORY BUILT AND OWNED BY THE GOVERNMENT, WHAT DOES CO MEAN?
CONTRACTOR OPERATED
WHICH OF THE AGENCIES SET UP BY FDR TO COORDINATE THE ECONOMY HAD THE SPECIFIC MISSION TO COMBAT INFLATION BY CONTROLLING PRICES AND WAGES?
WPB, OWI, OPA, CPS, OR WLRB?
THE OPA, OFFICE OF PRICE ADMINISTRATION
MOVIES IN WWII HAD BASICALLY TWO PURPOSES, LIKE THOSE MOVIES MADE DURING THE DEPRESSION, ONE WAS TO ENGAGE WITH THE PROBLEM OR- WHAT WAS THE OTHER?
TO TAKE PEOPLE'S MINDS OFF THE PROBLEM
THE CIVIL RIGHT PROGRAM THAT URGED AFRICAN AMERICANS TO FIGHT FOR WINNING THE WAR ABROAD AND WIN THE FIGHT FOR CIVL RIGHTS AT HOME WAS CALLED-
THE DOUBLE V CAMPAIGN
WHAT IS THE MORSE CODE FOR THE LETTER V-
DOT, DOT, DASH DOT
DOT, DASH, DOT, DOT
DOT, DOT, DOT, DASH
DASH, DOT, DOT, DOT
DOT, DOT, DOT DASH
WHAT IS THE COMMON NAME FOR THE 1/4 TON TRUCK GP?
THE JEEP
WHAT IS A BLACK MARKET?
WHERE LEGAL GOODS ARE SOLD IN AN ILLEGAL MANNER?
WHICH AMERICAN CROONER WAS PRINCESS ELIZABETH OF ENGLAND'S PERSONAL FAVORTIE?
BING CROSBY
WOMEN IN THE ARMY WERE WACS
WOMEN IN THE MARINES WERE WOMEN MARINES
WOMEN IN THE COAST GUARD WERE SPARS
WHAT WERE WOMEN IN THE NAVY?
WAVES
THE JEEP IS NAMED FOR A MAGICAL CARTOON DOG WHO ATE ORCHIDS, TURNED INVISIBLE, AND COULD WALK THROUGH WALLS.
WHO OWNED EUGENE THE JEEP
POPEYE
WHAT SERVICE DID HENRY J. KAISER OFFER TO HIS MARRIED FEMALE WAR WORKERS
DAY CARE.
WHAT IS AN "A" CARD?
THE LOWEST LEVEL OF GASOLINE RATIONING
WHO WAS THE STAR OF THE 1940S UNIVERSAL HORROR FILMS THE WOLFMAN, GHOST OF FRANKENSTEIN, SON OF DRACULA, AND THE MUMMY'S GHOST, (AMONG MANY OTHERS)
CLUE HIS DAD WAS THE MOST FAMOUS HORROR MOVIE STAR OF THE 1920s
LON CHANEY JR
THE 442 REGIMENTAL COMBAT TEAM, WHICH WAS THE MOST DECORATED UNIT IN WWII WAS COMPOSED ENTIRELY OF NIESEI
WHO WERE THE NIESEI?
AMERICAN BORN JAPANESE AMERICANS
WHAT MARVEL SUPERHERO WAS CREATED SPECIFICALLY TO FIGHT NAZIS?
CAPTAIN AMERICA
NAME ONE WAY BOTH MAJOR AND MINOR INDUSTRIES IN AMERICA CONTRIBUTED TO THE WAR EFFORT IN WWII
RAPID CONVERSION TO MIL PRODUTION
REDUCING COSTS AND CONSERVING RESOURCES
MASS PRODUCTION OF ENORMOUS AMOUNTS OF WEAPONS AND MUNITIONS
HIRING WOMEN, MINORITIES, RETIREES, AND TEEN AGERS TO INCREASE THE WORK FORCE
THE U.S. GOVERNMENT IN WWII RAISED TAXES, SOLD WAR BONDS TO PAY FOR THE WAR, BUT ALSO TO COMBAT WHAT ECONOMIC SIDE EFFECT OF TOO MUCH MONEY CHASING TOO FEW GOODS-
INFLATION
WHAT RADIO SHOW FEATURED A DECODING DEVICE YOU COULD GET BY SENDING IN COUPONS FROM OVALTINE ( CHOCOLATE MIX FOR MILK)?
LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE
IN WWI THE U.S. ARMY USED CHOCTAW INDIANS TO CONFOUND THE GERMANS BY SENDING MESSAGES IN THEIR NATIVE TONGUE.
FROM WHAT NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBE DID THE WWII FAMOUS MARINE CORPS "CODE TALKERS" ORIGINATE
NAVAHO
RED RATION STAMPS WERE GOOD FOR WHAT TYPE OF RATIONED GROCERIES
MEAT