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Quiz about Important Events WW I and WW II

Important Events, WW I and WW II Quiz

This quiz includes questions pertaining to different events during the 20th and 21st century such as wars, revolutions, treaties and pacts etc. It's all about modern world history. Go enjoy it!

A multiple-choice quiz by swashbuckler. Estimated time: 8 mins.

Author
swashbuckler

Time
8 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
56,738

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
7 / 15

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2138

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Question 1 of 15

1. During the Korean War of 1950, under whom was the anti-communist government of South Korea formed?

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 2 of 15

2. When the Potsdam conference was concluded it was decided to divide Germany and Poland by a border. What was that border known as? Hint

Oder Neisse Line

The 38th Parallel

The 17th Parallel

The Curzon Line

3. During the Vietnam War a prolonged attack was mounted by the Vietcong against Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City) and other South Vietnamese cities and hamlets (including the US Marine base at Khe Sanh), which began on 30th January, 1968. What was it known as?

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 4 of 15

4. What name was given to the unsuccessful attempt that was made to assassinate the German dictator Adolf Hitler and overthrow the Nazi regime? Hint

January plot

October plot

December plot

July plot

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Question 5 of 15

5. In World War II, what name was given to the escape of three German warships through British and French waters to Germany in 1942?

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 6 of 15

6. What codename was given to the plan made by the Germans to invade USSR that was launched on 22nd June, 1941? Hint

Operation Battleaxe

Operation Bagration

Operation Achse

Operation Barbarossa

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Question 7 of 15

7. What name did the Soviet Union give to WWII from 1941-45? Hint

The Great Struggle against Fascism

The Battle of Stalingrad

The Great Patriotic War

World War II

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Question 8 of 15

8. At which conference was the demand for the unconditional surrender of Germany, Italy and Japan issued by the Allied? Hint

Potsdam

Yalta

San Francisco

Casablanca

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Question 9 of 15

9. Between whom was the Battle of Midway fought? Hint

USSR and Germany

Britain and Germany

USA and Japan

USA and Germany

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Question 10 of 15

10. At which conference were the draft proposals of UNO drawn by the Allied powers? Hint

Yalta

San Francisco

Dumbarton Oaks

Teheran

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Question 11 of 15

11. German financier and banker, he helped halt post-WWI inflation in Germany (in 1923) and was finance minister (1934-37) and Reichsbank president. Conflict with Goering and Hitler led to imprisonment in a concentration camp. He was acquitted at the Nuremberg trials (1946). Who?

Answer: (Two Words, or just surname)

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Question 12 of 15

12. During the Cold War the Arms Race was justified by the two doctrines of Nuclear Deterrence and MAD. What does MAD stand for?

Answer: (Three Words)

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Question 13 of 15

13. Against whom did Lon Nol lead a military coup in Cambodia? Hint

Prince Norodom Ranariddh

Prince Norodom Sirivudh

Prince Norodom Sihanouk

Prince Norodom Chakrapong

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Question 14 of 15

14. In 1934 Chiang Kai-Shek along with other Guomindang (Kuomintang) activists made an attempt to kill Mao Tse-tung.What name was given to this incident? Hint

Shanxi incident

Jiangxi incident

Hunan incident

Qinghai incident

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Question 15 of 15

15. What name was given to the three battles fought between Allied and German forces in northern France during World War I? Hint

Battles of the Marne

Battles of Champagne

Battles of Aisne

Battles of Le Cateau

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. During the Korean War of 1950, under whom was the anti-communist government of South Korea formed?

Answer: Syngman Rhee

He wanted an alliance with Chiang Kai Shek of China who fled away to Formosa (now Taiwan).

2. When the Potsdam conference was concluded it was decided to divide Germany and Poland by a border. What was that border known as?

Answer: Oder Neisse Line

It was named after the two rivers that formed the frontier.

Answer: Tet Offensive

4. What name was given to the unsuccessful attempt that was made to assassinate the German dictator Adolf Hitler and overthrow the Nazi regime?

Answer: July plot

Colonel von Stauffenberg planted a bomb under the conference table at Hitler's headquarters at Rastenburg, East Prussia.

5. In World War II, what name was given to the escape of three German warships through British and French waters to Germany in 1942?

Answer: Channel Dash

6. What codename was given to the plan made by the Germans to invade USSR that was launched on 22nd June, 1941?

Answer: Operation Barbarossa

The plan was initially successful but by the end of 1941, the German advance had stalled. Large sections of the USSR, particularly the Ukraine,remained in German hands until 1944 and fighting continued elsewhere until then, notably the sieges of Leningrad and Stalingrad.

7. What name did the Soviet Union give to WWII from 1941-45?

Answer: The Great Patriotic War

For the Soviet Union, much of the war was desperate and the troops had to resort to a policy of burning and destroying everything that might be of use to an invading army, especially the crops in the fields. It had been used to great effect by the Russians in 1812 against the invasion of the French emperor Napoleon and again during World War II to hinder the advance of German forces in 1941.

8. At which conference was the demand for the unconditional surrender of Germany, Italy and Japan issued by the Allied?

Answer: Casablanca

This conference took place early in 1943.

9. Between whom was the Battle of Midway fought?

Answer: USA and Japan

10. At which conference were the draft proposals of UNO drawn by the Allied powers?

Answer: Dumbarton Oaks

Answer: Hjalmar Schacht

12. During the Cold War the Arms Race was justified by the two doctrines of Nuclear Deterrence and MAD. What does MAD stand for?

Answer: Mutual Assured Destruction

13. Against whom did Lon Nol lead a military coup in Cambodia?

Answer: Prince Norodom Sihanouk

14. In 1934 Chiang Kai-Shek along with other Guomindang (Kuomintang) activists made an attempt to kill Mao Tse-tung.What name was given to this incident?

Answer: Jiangxi incident

After this incident,Mao along with other CCP activists organized the Long March which was a journey of 10,000 km or 6000 miles from Jiangxi to Shanxi in NW China where he established his new military base.This incident made Mao a hero and since then CCP(Chinese Communist Party)gained momentum in China and ultimately he defeated Chiang Kai-Shek in the elections.As a result he fled away to Formosa(Taiwan).On October 1st 1949, The Peoples Republic of China was proclaimed under the presidency of Mao Tse Tung(Mao Zedong). Chou Enlai(Zhou Enlai)was the PM and foreign minister.

15. What name was given to the three battles fought between Allied and German forces in northern France during World War I?

Answer: Battles of Aisne

Source: Author swashbuckler

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