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Do You Remember 1946? Trivia Quiz

1946 is the year that the first baby boomer was born and Dr. Spock published his child care book. Many other noteworthy things happened, however, and books, movies and plays that were new then are still around today.

A multiple-choice quiz by minch. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
minch

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
91,611

Updated
Dec 03 21

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Question 1 of 10

1. How many nations attended the first meeting of the United Nations? Hint

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which of these songs was not new in 1946? Hint

Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah

Frosty the Snowman

(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66

The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)

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Question 3 of 10

3. The Philippines were under American control from 1898 until gaining independence on July 4, 1946. Which nation controlled the Philippines before the U.S.? Hint

Spain

England

Portugal

The Netherlands

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Question 4 of 10

4. How many of the following five people were born in 1946: Jose Carreras, Reggie Jackson, Liza Minnelli, Bill Clinton and Ilie Natase? Hint

Four

Five

Three

Two

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Question 5 of 10

5. For how many years had the Wimbledon tennis tournament been suspended when play resumed in 1946?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 6 of 10

6. The trials of 24 alleged Nazi war criminals continued during 1946. Where did these trials take place? Hint

Munich

Nuremberg

Vienna

Geneva

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Question 7 of 10

7. True or false? The first all-purpose electronic digital computer weighed 30 tons.

True

False

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which country started an immigrant incentive plan in 1946 in order to increase its population? Hint

South Africa

New Zealand

Australia

Canada

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which of these musicals made its debut in 1946? Hint

Annie Get Your Gun

Carousel

Oklahoma!

Kiss Me Kate

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which of the following was not new in 1946? Hint

Lego

Slinky

Timex watches

Bikini

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. How many nations attended the first meeting of the United Nations?

Answer: 51

The first meeting of the UN took place in London, on January 10, 1946. The first Secretary-General was Norwegian Trygve Lie.

2. Which of these songs was not new in 1946?

Answer: Frosty the Snowman

"Frosty the Snowman" was new in 1950. "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" was featured in the Disney movie "Song of the South" and won an Academy Award for best song. "The Christmas Song" (also known by its first line "Chestnuts roasting on an open fire") was written by Mel Torm� and Robert Wells and was first sung by Nat King Cole.

3. The Philippines were under American control from 1898 until gaining independence on July 4, 1946. Which nation controlled the Philippines before the U.S.?

Answer: Spain

Europeans first made with contact with The Philippines in 1521, through Magellan, who was killed by natives there. The Spanish established a colony on the islands 44 years later and maintained a presence there until losing the islands to the U.S. in the Spanish-American War. Manuel A. Roxas was The Philippines' first president.

4. How many of the following five people were born in 1946: Jose Carreras, Reggie Jackson, Liza Minnelli, Bill Clinton and Ilie Natase?

Answer: Five

Spanish singer Carreras, baseball player Jackson, singer Minnelli, Romanian tennis player Nastase and President Clinton were all born in 1946. They were some of the first baby boomers.

5. For how many years had the Wimbledon tennis tournament been suspended when play resumed in 1946?

Answer: six

There was no Wimbledon tennis tournament during World War II. Remember that for Britain, World War II started on September 3, 1939.

6. The trials of 24 alleged Nazi war criminals continued during 1946. Where did these trials take place?

Answer: Nuremberg

The Nuremberg Tribunal ended with 11 of the accused being sentenced to death. Ten others received prison sentences. Three were acquitted - Schacht, Fritzsche, von Papen.

7. True or false? The first all-purpose electronic digital computer weighed 30 tons.

Answer: True

This computer, ENIAC, was developed by scientists at the University of Pennsylvania. At the time it was said that maybe computers of the future would weigh as little as one and a half tons.

8. Which country started an immigrant incentive plan in 1946 in order to increase its population?

Answer: Australia

Australia wanted to encourage immigration after World War II, so the government offered to pay most of cost of moving to the country as long as the immigrants agreed to work at an assigned job for two years. Immigrants had to be Caucasian. In the first few years, most of them came from Britain.

9. Which of these musicals made its debut in 1946?

Answer: Annie Get Your Gun

Irving Berlin's musical was based on the story of Annie Oakley.

10. Which of the following was not new in 1946?

Answer: Lego

The Danish Lego company first started making building blocks of the type that would develop into the now familiar plastic Lego blocks in 1949.

Source: Author minch

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