History Quiz

German carpenter Georg Elser tried and failed to assassinate Hitler with a timed bomb on November 8, 1939, a month after World War II started. Where did he hide the bomb?

Can you identify this World War II-era Japanese submachine gun?

U.S. Congress passed a number of Neutrality Acts during the 1930s, the last one in November 1939. Which one of these was a provision in the Neutrality Act of 1939?

Do you recognize this U.S. general from World War II?

Which World War II belligerent nation had a military doctrine called “methodical battle”? (Photo does not necessarily depict the correct answer.)

What kind of animals (rendered aglow with radioactive paint) did the U.S. plan to release on Japan as mock-up spirit creatures in an attempt to demoralize the Japanese? (Photo does not necessarily depict correct answer.)

Operation Infatuate was an Allied operation in 1944 with the goal of liberating a major port city so it could receive supplies. Which city was it? (Photo does not necessarily depict the correct answer.)

The Battle of Taranto in November 1940 was a pioneering British attack on the Italian fleet using only carrier-based aircraft, and gave Japan the inspiration for the attack on Pearl Harbor. What type of aircraft did the British use? (Photo does not necessarily depict the correct answer.)

Young Polish Jew Herschel Grynszpan lashed out against the deportation of his parents by shooting and killing a German on November 7, 1938. The incident was used by the Nazis as justification for the infamous Kristallnacht pogrom. Whom did Grynszpan kill?

What was the notable and positive naval contribution to the American War of Independence made by the infamous turncoat Benedict Arnold before his betrayal?