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World War II

Weapons

Question: What was one of the first anti-tank weapons?
Answer: Bazooka

Question: What was a popular submachine gun that became infamous during prohibition, and was often used by gangsters?
Answer: Thompson M1

Question: What German rifle introduced into general service in 1898 was mass produced until it became obsolete after World War II?
Answer: Karabiner 98k

Question: What was the first true assault rifle?
Answer: Sturmgewehr 44

Question: Which gun was the standard-issue handgun in the United States Armed Forces from 1911 to 1985?
Answer: Colt M1911

Time Period

Question: What U.S. president was elected for a third term?
Answer: Franklin D. Roosevelt

Question: What American landmark was finished in the early 40's?
Answer: Mount Rushmore

Question: When was the Pentagon completed?
Answer: 1943

Question: When did The U.S. Congress create branches of the army for women to fight in the war?
Answer: 1942

Question: What was it called when Germany began bombing London?
Answer: The Blitz

Leaders

Question: Who lead the National Socialist party?
Answer: Adolf Hitler

Question: Who was the head of the SS and the Nazi secret police?
Answer: Himmler

Question: Who was the commanding general of US operations in North Africa?
Answer: General George S. Patton Jr.

Question: Who was someone that signed the Japanese surrender document?
Answer: Douglas MacArthur

Question: Who served as Prime Minister of Britain?
Answer: Sir Winston Churchill

Battles

Question: What attack convinced America to join World War II?
Answer: Pearl Harbor

Question: What battle liberated Western Europe from Nazi Germany?
Answer: D-Day

Question:

What battle is often considered the turning point of the war?

Answer: Battle of Stalingrad

Question: What battle did the Americans start to get a base near the Japanese coast?
Answer: Battle of Iwo Jima

Question: What major battle took place between German and British air forces over the United Kingdom?
Answer: Battle of Britian

Music

Question: Who was the most popular female jazz singer in the United States for more than half a century?
Answer: Ella Fitzgerald

Question: What popular song was written after the fall of France?
Answer: The Last Time I Saw Paris

Question: What song was was recorded days after America joined the war?
Answer: We Did It Before and We Can Do It Again

Question: What song was about women fighting in the army?
Answer: First Class Private Mary Brown

Question: What song had to have the word “helluva” replaced for being too offensive?
Answer: Off We Go into the Wild Blue Yonder