Trivia Quiz on 1940s

1. The berlin air lift was known as

A) Operation Little Vittles

B) Operation vittles

C) Operation Airlift

D) Operation Manna

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2. Which 1946 Louis Reard creation, was nicknamed "four triangles of nothing"?

A) The Bikini

B) The One-Piece Swimsuit

C) The Monokini

D) The Bandeau Swimsuit

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3. Who is credited with inventing the transistor

A) John Bardeen

B) Walter Brattain

C) Lee De Forest

D) Dr william shockley

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4. Lucille Langhanke born 1906 won an Oscar as who in 1941

A) Bette Davis

B) Katharine Hepburn

C) Mary Astor

D) Ingrid Bergman

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5. Anthony Pratt invented what in the 1940s

A) Monopoly

B) Scrabble

C) Risk

D) Cluedo

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6. Who did Nathuram Godsay Murder in 1948?

A) Subhash Chandra Bose

B) Jawaharlal Nehru

C) Mahatma Gandhi

D) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

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7. Yvon Petra 1946 was the last Wimbledon champion to do what

A) Wear Shorts

B) Wear a hat during the trophy presentation

C) Wear Trousers

D) Wear a cape on court

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8. When a U.S. army bomber crashed into the New York's Empire State Building, how many people did it kill

A) Fourteen

B) Twelve

C) Fifteen

D) Nineteen

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9. Whose girl friend was Virginia Hill

A) Frank Sinatra

B) Bugsy Siegel

C) Al Capone

D) Meyer Lansky

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10. Who said - Give us the tools and we will finish the job Feb 1941

A) Winston Churchill

B) Franklin D. Roosevelt

C) Joseph Stalin

D) Charles de Gaulle

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11. Who composed the musical "Annie Get Your Gun"

A) George Gershwin

B) Irving Berlin

C) Cole Porter

D) Richard Rodgers

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12. What Classic Toy Was Invented By Richard & Betty James In 1945?

A) Mr. Potato Head

B) Barbie

C) Slinky

D) Etch A Sketch

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13. Glen Miller Received The First Ever Golden Record Award, For Which Single

A) In the Mood

B) Chattanooga Choo Choo

C) Moonlight Serenade

D) A String of Pearls

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14. Which Was The First Glen Miller Record To Sell 1,000,000 Copies

A) In the Mood

B) Moonlight Serenade

C) A String of Pearls

D) Chattanooga Choo Choo

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15. Car racing and what sport were banned in the USA during WW2

A) Baseball

B) Boxing

C) Football

D) Horse Racing

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16. Who invented the food processor in 1947

A) Carl Sontheimer

B) Pierre Verdier

C) Thomas Blanchard

D) Kenneth wood

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17. This is said to be history's greatest military evacuation.

A) Gallipoli evacuation

B) Dunkirk

C) Evacuation of Leningrad

D) Battle of Britain

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