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World War Two : Part B Trivia Quiz

Here is another difficult quiz. That is not for amateur warbuffs. I hope you do well and enjoy.

A multiple-choice quiz by Regor. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
Regor

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
22,441

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Very Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

Plays
7037

Last 3 plays: Guest 213 (4/10), Guest 164 (5/10), Guest 24 (3/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which country holds the distinction of capturing the greatest number of enemy troops in one place at one time in World War Two? Hint

Britain

Russia

Japan

Germany

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who was the first non-Chinese General ever to be in command of Chinese troops? Hint

Lt. General Joseph W. Stilwell

General Albert C. Wedemeyer

Lt. General Daniel I. Sultan

Maj. General Patrick J. Hurley

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who was the first German General to be killed in action after the Allied invasion of Normandy June 6, 1944? Hint

Lt. General Wilhelm Daser

Lt. General Otto Elfeldt

Maj. General Heinz Furbach

Maj. General Wilhelm Falley

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which U.S. Army General was the first choice to be Commander of American forces in Europe? Hint

Lt. General Frank M. Andrews

Lt. General Mark Clark

Lt. General Omar N. Bradley

Lt. General George S. Patton Jr.

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who was the only U.S. Marine Corp General to ever command a field Army? Hint

General Thomas Holcomb

Maj. General Roy S. Geiger

Lt. General Alexander A. Vandegrift

Maj. General Harry Schmidt

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Question 6 of 10

6. What future U.S. President was shot down as a U.S. Navy pilot over Chichi Jima and rescued by submarine? Hint

Lyndon B. Johnson

George Bush

Jimmy Carter

Gerald R. Ford

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Question 7 of 10

7. What was the allied code-name for the Island of Guadalcanal in World War Two? Hint

Wildflower

Excelsior

Bird Island

Cactus

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who was the only U.S. Navy Officer to be court-martialed for losing a ship in World War Two? Hint

Lt. Cdr. E.C. Burchett

Lt. Cdr. H.P. Black

Captain C.B. McVay

Captain L.C. Ramsey

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Question 9 of 10

9. What famous World War Two naval battle is incorrectly named for a location other than where it was actually fought? Hint

The Battle of Leyte Gulf

The Battle of Midway

The Battle of The Coral Sea

The Battle of The Philippine Sea

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Question 10 of 10

10. What was the only U.S. Submarine to sink a enemy battleship in World War Two? Hint

USS Sealion II SS-315

USS Perch SS-313

USS Batfish SS-310

USS Tang SS-306

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which country holds the distinction of capturing the greatest number of enemy troops in one place at one time in World War Two?

Answer: Germany

German forces captured more than 665,000 Russian troops at Kiev, Ukraine on September 19, 1941.

2. Who was the first non-Chinese General ever to be in command of Chinese troops?

Answer: Lt. General Joseph W. Stilwell

Lt. General Joseph W. Stilwell of the U.S. Army, commanded the Chinese Fifth and Sixth Armies in Burma in 1942.

3. Who was the first German General to be killed in action after the Allied invasion of Normandy June 6, 1944?

Answer: Maj. General Wilhelm Falley

Maj. General Wilhelm Falley, Commander of the 91st Infantry Division at Normandy on D-Day June 6, 1944, was fatally wounded by U.S. troops of the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment.

4. Which U.S. Army General was the first choice to be Commander of American forces in Europe?

Answer: Lt. General Frank M. Andrews

Lt. General Frank M. Andrews, was the first choice to be Commander of U.S. forces in Europe. He was killed in Iceland in 1943. Lt. General Dwight D. Eisenhower was second choice and got the job when General Andrews was killed.

5. Who was the only U.S. Marine Corp General to ever command a field Army?

Answer: Maj. General Roy S. Geiger

Major General Roy S. Geiger, who was second in command to U.S. Army General Simon B. Buckner Jr., this happened when General Buckner was killed during the battle of Okinawa. General Geiger immediately assumed command of the U.S. Tenth Army.

6. What future U.S. President was shot down as a U.S. Navy pilot over Chichi Jima and rescued by submarine?

Answer: George Bush

LTJG. George Bush, the submarine that rescued him was the USS Finback SS-230.

7. What was the allied code-name for the Island of Guadalcanal in World War Two?

Answer: Cactus

Cactus was the Allied code-name for Guadalcanal. The Cactus Air Force was the name adopted by the Navy and Marine pilots operating out of Henderson Field during the Guadalcanal campaign August 1942 to February 1943.

8. Who was the only U.S. Navy Officer to be court-martialed for losing a ship in World War Two?

Answer: Captain C.B. McVay

Captain Charles B. McVay, commanding officer of the USS Indianapolis CA-35, which was sunk on July 30, 1945, by Japanese submarine I-58. It was the greatest loss of life (883) on the high seas ever sustained by the U.S. Navy.

9. What famous World War Two naval battle is incorrectly named for a location other than where it was actually fought?

Answer: The Battle of The Coral Sea

The Battle of the Coral Sea was not fought there but rather in the Solomon Sea in May 1942.

10. What was the only U.S. Submarine to sink a enemy battleship in World War Two?

Answer: USS Sealion II SS-315

The USS Sealion II, SS-315, sunk the Japanese Battleship Kongo off Foochow, China on 21 November 1944, it was the only enemy battleship sunk by a submarine in World War Two.

Source: Author Regor

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