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Kamikaze: Suicide Weapons I Trivia Quiz

Here are some common and unusal questions about an usual last ditch weapon, the Kamikazes.

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

Author
beterave

Time
5 mins

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Multiple Choice

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324,391

Updated
Dec 03 21

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10

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Question 1 of 10

1. What is the literal translation of the word 'kamikaze'? Hint

Steel Typhoon

Our Only Hope

Glorious Victory

Divine Wind

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Question 2 of 10

2. What was the official name of the Kamikaze Corps? Hint

Special Attack Wing

Divine Attack Wing

Last Attack Wing

Imperial Attack Wing

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Question 3 of 10

3. How did the Japanese obtain enough pilots for the kamikaze flights? Hint

they drew lots

they drafted them

they all freely volunteered

they ordered them to volunteer

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Question 4 of 10

4. What qualifications were they looking for in a kamikaze pilot? Hint

combat experience only

fanaticism and fatalism

terminal illness and debt

youth and zeal

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Question 5 of 10

5. What was a kamikaze pilot ordered do if his target could not be located? Hint

return to base

commit suicide

that problem never arose

keep looking until a target was found

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which US Naval vessel was the very first sunk by by a Kamikaze? Hint

USS Kitkum Bay

USS Sonoma

USS White Plains

USS Saratoga

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which naval operation saw the greatest use of kamikazes? Hint

the battle for Leyte Gulf

the invasion of Japan

the battle of the Philippine Sea

the battle for Okinawa

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Question 8 of 10

8. Kamikaze pilot Ensign Kiyoshi Ogawa crashed his plane into the USS Bunker Hill. Where did this take place? Hint

in the Luzon operation

in the Iwo Jima operation

in the Okinawa operation

in the Leyte Gulf operation

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Question 9 of 10

9. Admiral Onishi was known as the 'father of the kamikaze'. What happened to him after the war? Hint

he was tried for war crimes

he died in a B-29 raid

nothing

he committed seppuku

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who flew the final Kamikaze mission of WWII? Hint

Amiral Takijiro Onishi

Admiral Matome Ugaki

Admiral Soemu Toyoda

Admiral Keisuke Okada

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is the literal translation of the word 'kamikaze'?

Answer: Divine Wind

The word 'kamikaze' literally means 'divine wind' or 'heavenly wind'. The word has its origin in a heaven-sent storm that scattered the invading Mongol fleet in 1250.

2. What was the official name of the Kamikaze Corps?

Answer: Special Attack Wing

The official name of the Kamikazes was Special Attack Wing.

3. How did the Japanese obtain enough pilots for the kamikaze flights?

Answer: they ordered them to volunteer

When enough pilots did not volunteer for the Kamikazes, they ordered the remaining ones they needed to volunteer.

4. What qualifications were they looking for in a kamikaze pilot?

Answer: youth and zeal

The most important qualifications sought from a Kamikaze were youth and zeal. Experienced pilots were always turned down if they volunteered.

5. What was a kamikaze pilot ordered do if his target could not be located?

Answer: return to base

When a target could not be located, the Kamikaze was ordered to return to base. This had better not be the case more than twice because the Japanese did execute pilots who 'failed' to find their target and returned alive.

6. Which US Naval vessel was the very first sunk by by a Kamikaze?

Answer: USS Sonoma

The very first ship sunk by a Kamikaze was the USS Sonoma, an ocean tugboat. She was sunk by a kamikaze during operations in Leyte Gulf October 24, 1944.

7. Which naval operation saw the greatest use of kamikazes?

Answer: the battle for Okinawa

The battle for Okinawa saw the largest use of Kamikazes. The Japanese flew 1,900 kamikaze missions in that engagement.

8. Kamikaze pilot Ensign Kiyoshi Ogawa crashed his plane into the USS Bunker Hill. Where did this take place?

Answer: in the Okinawa operation

Ensign Ogawa dropped a 250 pound bomb on the Bunker Hill and then deliberately crash dived into the flight deck severely damaging the ship. This action took place in the Okinawa operation.

9. Admiral Onishi was known as the 'father of the kamikaze'. What happened to him after the war?

Answer: he committed seppuku

Admiral Onishi committed seppuku on 16 August 1945, after the surrender of Japan.

10. Who flew the final Kamikaze mission of WWII?

Answer: Admiral Matome Ugaki

Admiral Matome Ugaki flew the final kamikaze mission of WWII. He felt his sacrifice would atone for the death of so many young pilots.

Source: Author beterave

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