General History Exam: Quiz!
- 1.Which country did the "Zimmerman Note" directly affect?
- A.
Australia
- B.
Poland
- C.
Mexico
- D.
USA
- 2.What country lost the most people in WWII?
- A.
Poland
- B.
Russia
- C.
Germany
- D.
USA
- 3.Which marshal was head of Soviet forces at the end of WWII?
- A.
G.F. Zakarov
- B.
A.S. Timofeyev
- C.
P.M. Zkyov
- D.
G.K. Zhukov
- 4.Which killers were known as the "Hillside Stranglers"?
- A.
Nathan Leopold And Richard Loeb
- B.
Dean Corll And Wayne Hindley
- C.
Ian Brady And Myra Hindley
- D.
Kenneth Bianchi And Angelo Bueno
- 5.Who was the Colorado socialite who survived the Titanic and had a Broadway play written about her shortly after her death?
- A.
Mary Tyler Moore
- B.
Marlene Dietrich
- C.
Molly Brown
- D.
Mary Miles Minter
- 6.Which was the first nation with a predominantly black population to gain freedom from European colonial rule?
- A.
Ethiopia
- B.
Nigeria
- C.
Jamaica
- D.
Haiti
- 7.Where did Christopher Columbus die?
- A.
Kingston, Jamaica
- B.
Valladolid, Spain
- C.
Genoa, Italy
- D.
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- 8.What was the name of the plane former U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt used on his first flight to Casablanca?
- A.
Silver Goddess
- B.
Dixie Clipper
- C.
Southern Angel
- D.
Lizzie
- 9.Who was the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize for literature in 1909?
- A.
Sadie D. Samuels From United States
- B.
Amy Leah Toups From United States
- C.
Gerd Erikkson From Sweden
- D.
Selma Lagerlof From Sweden
- 10.How long was Leningrad held under siege by the Nazis during WWII?
- A.
Exactly 2 Years
- B.
900 Days
- C.
2 Months
- D.
45 Days
- 11.What was the first U.S. warship sunk during WWII?
- A.
Reuben James
- B.
The Dorcester
- C.
The Bibb
- D.
The Pillsbury
- 12.What was dropped on Japan on July 27, 1945 during WWII?
- A.
6,658 Tons Of Bombs
- B.
Leaflets
- C.
Incendiary Bombs
- D.
Food Parcels
- 13.What U-boat captain sank the most ships during WWII?
- A.
Erich Severeid
- B.
Otto Kretschmer
- C.
Richard Cunningham
- D.
Wolfgang Luth
- 14.What U.S. submarine captain sunk the most ships during WWII?
- A.
Samuel Dealey
- B.
Shade Cutter
- C.
Eugene Fluckey
- D.
Richard O'Kane
- 15.What was the first national capital liberated from Axis rule in WWII?
- A.
Rome
- B.
Addis Ababa
- C.
Budapest
- D.
Paris
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