Did You Know? Fascinating World War 2 Facts Quiz
NO DIDDY
Created 6/20/2024
Test your knowledge about World War 2 with these intriguing and lesser-known facts. See how many correct answers you can get out of 20!
1. Which future president nearly met his end after being shot down during an air raid over Japan?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
George H. W. Bush
John F. Kennedy
Richard Nixon
2. Which German city kept its lights on at night as a bluff to avoid Allied bombing?
Konstanz
Berlin
Munich
Dresden
3. What nickname was British soldier Adrian Carton de Wiart given due to his war injuries?
The Invincible Man
The Elegant Pirate
Iron Man
The War Horse
4. When did World War II start for China and Japan?
5. What unexpected method did Dr. Eugene Lazowski use to save Jews during the Holocaust?
Creating fake documents
Bribing Nazi officials
Injecting people with the cure for typhus
Smuggling them in cargo trains
6. What happened to Polish airman Nicholas Alkemade after falling from his plane without a parachute?
He died on impact
He survived with a sprained knee
He was captured by Germans
He landed in water and swam to safety
7. What was the first Nazi concentration camp, established in 1933?
Auschwitz
Dachau
Buchenwald
Treblinka
8. What did British resistance fighters do in Paris that was considered a petty act of resistance?
Graffiti on Nazi buildings
Cutting cables of the Eiffel Tower’s elevator
Throwing paint on Nazi officers
Hiding important artifacts
9. What Italian ship was sunk in both World War I and World War II?
SMS Nassau
Charles de Gaulle
SMS Wien
HMS Dreadnought
10. What audacious technological weapon did Nazi Germany plan that was never built?
Flying tanks
Invisibility cloaks
Sun Gun
Space laser
11. What soda was invented by Coca-Cola in Nazi Germany during WWII?
Sprite
Pepsi
Fanta
Dr Pepper
12. How did the Grand Mosque of Paris contribute to saving Jews during WWII?
Issuing certificates for Islamic identity
Hiding them in catacombs
Smuggling them via underground trains
Providing them with forged passports
13. Who was Hiro Onoda?
A Japanese pilot who bombed Pearl Harbor
A Japanese soldier who hid in the Philippines jungle until 1974
A Japanese general at the Battle of Midway
A spy for the Allies
14. Which Polish soldier became famous as a fighting bear?
15. Who survived both atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
Shinzo Abe
Haruto Komiya
Tsutomu Yamaguchi
Kazuo Ishiguro
16. What ingredient myth was created to disguise the invention of RADAR technology by the British?
17. What happened during the Battle of Castle Itter?
Nazi SS forces won a major victory
Americans and Germans fought side by side
It was the largest tank battle in WWII
A significant air battle was fought
18. Which Japanese attack was meant to create forest fires in the United States?
High-altitude incendiary balloons
Kamikaze pilots
Torpedo boats
Explosive-laden submarines
19. What unique American operation involved dropping mailbags full of fake letters in Germany?
Operation Paperclip
Operation Cornflakes
Operation Overlord
Operation Compass
20. What unusual bomb did the U.S. and New Zealand test during WWII?
Tornado bomb
Earthquake bomb
Tsunami bomb
Hurricane bomb
