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Quiz 34

Quiz by Brandon Foster

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  • Q1
    What was the third outpost between Hawaii and the Philippines, along with Wake and Guam?
    Iwo Jima
    Okinawa
    Saipan
    Midway
    30s
  • Q2
    Who was the famous general in the Pacific during World War II?
    Douglas MacArthur
    Chester Nimitz
    George Patton
    Dwight D. Eisenhower
    30s
  • Q3
    Where did General MacArthur withdraw the remainder of his forces after Pearl Harbor was attacked?
    Saipan
    Bataan Peninsula
    Iwo Jima
    Okinawa
    30s
  • Q4
    What did General MacArthur promise the Filipinos during World War II?
    “I shall return.”
    “Abandon all hope.”
    “Retreat is not an option.”
    “We will fight together.”
    30s
  • Q5
    What event is known for the Japanese shooting, bayonetting prisoners who fell out of the line of march due to hunger, wounds, illness, or fatigue, while others died from disease or starvation?
    Bataan Death March
    Battle of Iwo Jima
    Battle of Okinawa
    Invasion of Saipan
    30s
  • Q6
    What fell on Christmas day, 1941?
    Hong Kong
    Manila
    Pearl Harbor
    Singapore
    30s
  • Q7
    What is the last land route into China?
    Ho Chi Minh Trail
    Silk Road
    Burma Road
    Panama Canal
    30s
  • Q8
    The battle most of the American and Dutch vessels were sunk?
    Battle of the Java Sea
    Battle of Leyte Gulf
    Battle of Midway
    Battle of Okinawa
    30s
  • Q9
    Who led 16 American B-25 bombers from the aircraft carrier Hornet in a bombing raid over Tokyo and other Japanese cities?
    General Douglas MacArthur
    Colonel “Jimmy” Doolittle
    Admiral Chester Nimitz
    General John 'Black Jack' Pershing
    30s
  • Q10
    What was the first naval battle in history in which the opposing vessels did not see one another?
    Battle of Leyte Gulf
    Battle of Midway
    Battle of the Coral Sea
    Pearl Harbor
    30s
  • Q11
    What battle did the U.S. Navy break the back of the Japanese fleet?
    Iwo Jima
    Battle of Okinawa
    Battle of Midway
    Guadalcanal
    30s
  • Q12
    What was the only territory in North America invaded by the Axis Powers?
    California
    Hawaii
    The Aleutian Islands
    Alaska
    30s
  • Q13
    What was it called when only the most important islands would be assaulted in order to establish air and naval bases for the drive to Japan?
    Invasion of Normandy
    Operation Overlord
    Island-hopping
    D-Day
    30s
  • Q14
    Who was the commander-in-chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet?
    Dwight D. Eisenhower
    Chester Nimitz
    George Patton
    Douglas MacArthur
    30s
  • Q15
    Besides disease, bugs, and sharks, what was one big problem that American soldiers faced in the Pacific arena?
    The Japanese absolutely refused to surrender
    Friendly fire incidents
    Lack of supplies
    Harsh weather conditions
    30s

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