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World War Two : Part A Trivia Quiz

This quiz is a little more difficult than my previous quizes. This will divide the men and the women from the boys and the girls, and see who are the real World War Two Buffs.

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

Author
Regor

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
21,379

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Very Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

Plays
4963

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. Name the only father and son in the U.S. Army to have landed at Normandy on D-Day 6 June 1944?

Answer: (Last name only, think president)

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Question 2 of 10

2. What was the first British Warship sunk during World War Two? Hint

H.M.S. Hood

H.M.S. Nelson

H.M.S. Courageous

H.M.S. Bulldog

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who was the Allied General, whom the German High Command respected above all others? Hint

General Omar N. Bradley

General Dwight D. Eisenhower

General George S. Patton Jr.

Field Marshal Bernard L. Montgomery

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which U.S. Army General was forced to leave the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1906 because he failed geometry? Hint

Maj. General James M. Gavin

Lt. General Courtney H. Hodges

Maj. General John P. Lucas

Maj. General Lucian Truscott

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who was the American Vice-President when the U.S. entered World War Two in December 1941? Hint

Harry S. Truman

Alben W. Barkley

John N. Garner

Henry A. Wallace

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who was the first British General to land in Normandy on D-Day 6 June 1944? Hint

Lt. General Frederick Browning

Lt. General Fredrick Morgan

Maj. General Richard Gale

Field Marshal Bernard L. Montgomery

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which was the first U.S. Island outpost to fall to Japanese Forces in World War Two? Hint

Midway

Kiska, an Aleutian Island

Wake Island

Guam

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which general was the commanding officer of the first Allied Troops to cross the Strait of Messina in the invasion of Italy? Hint

Lt. General Frederick Browning

Field Marshal Bernard L. Montgomery

Lt. General George S. Patton Jr.

Maj. General Lucian Truscott

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who was the first American General to command four field Armies in World War Two? Hint

General Dwight D. Eisenhower

General Omar N. Bradley

General Louis A. Craig

General Mark Clark

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which airborne operation saw the largest *combat drop* in a single day? Hint

Allied drops on Wesel, Germany (Operation Varsity)

Allied drops on Holland (Operation Market Garden)

German drop on Crete (Operation Mercury)

U.S. drop on Sicily (Operation Husky)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Name the only father and son in the U.S. Army to have landed at Normandy on D-Day 6 June 1944?

Answer: Roosevelt

Brig. General Theodore Roosevelt Jr., was with the U.S. 4th Infantry Division and landed on Utah Beach. His son Captain Quentin Roosevelt, was with the U.S. 29th Infantry Division and landed on Omaha Beach June 6, 1944. Sadly, Theodore Roosevelt Jr. died of a heart attack during the battle.

2. What was the first British Warship sunk during World War Two?

Answer: H.M.S. Courageous

The fleet carrier H.M.S. Courageous, was the first British Warship sunk in World War Two. She was sunk on September 17, 1939, off the coast of Ireland by the German U-boat, U-29.

3. Who was the Allied General, whom the German High Command respected above all others?

Answer: General George S. Patton Jr.

General George S. Patton Jr. The German High Comand simply couldn't believe the Allies would not use him to lead the D-Day invasion, and they waited for 'Army Group Patton' to storm the Pas de Calais instead of Normandy because they were sure he would be used in some capacity.

4. Which U.S. Army General was forced to leave the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1906 because he failed geometry?

Answer: Lt. General Courtney H. Hodges

Lt. General Courtney H. Hodges, flunked geometry at West Point. He immediately enlisted as a private in the Army and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in 1909, only one year behind his former classmates. During World War Two, the U.S. First Army, under his command, liberated Paris, defeated the Germans in the Ardennes, made the first Rhine crossing at Remagen and met the Russians on the Elbe.

5. Who was the American Vice-President when the U.S. entered World War Two in December 1941?

Answer: Henry A. Wallace

Henry A. Wallace, was elected with President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the 1940 election.

6. Who was the first British General to land in Normandy on D-Day 6 June 1944?

Answer: Maj. General Richard Gale

Major General Richard Gale, was the commanding General of the British 6th Airborne, that dropped behind the Normandy beaches to capture and secure the Caen canal and Orne River bridges on D-Day June 6, 1944. They were the first Allied Forces to land in Normandy.

7. Which was the first U.S. Island outpost to fall to Japanese Forces in World War Two?

Answer: Guam

Guam fell to Japanese Forces on December 10, 1941, when 153 U.S. Marines armed with nothing large than .30-caliber machine guns tried to hold back a Japanese invasion force of 6,000 troops.

8. Which general was the commanding officer of the first Allied Troops to cross the Strait of Messina in the invasion of Italy?

Answer: Field Marshal Bernard L. Montgomery

Field Marshal Bernard L. Montgomery, commanding the British Eighth Army on September 3, 1943, was with the first Allied troops to cross the Strait of Messina and set foot on the Italian peninsula.

9. Who was the first American General to command four field Armies in World War Two?

Answer: General Omar N. Bradley

During the drive into Germany the U.S. First, Third, Ninth and Fifteenth Armies were under the command of General Omar N. Bradley. Their combined strength was nearly a million men.

10. Which airborne operation saw the largest *combat drop* in a single day?

Answer: Allied drops on Wesel, Germany (Operation Varsity)

The British 6th Airborne and the U.S. 17th Airborne Divisions dropped 40,000 paratroopers in Operation Varsity in one day (24 March 1945).

Source: Author Regor

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