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People of WWII Trivia Quiz

There are many people of WWII whose names are not high on the list of the prominent, but they played a role. Test your knowledge and see if you know them.

A multiple-choice quiz by GSP. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
GSP

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
190,589

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
2326

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Question 1 of 10

1. I was the only woman to receive the Iron Cross in WWII. Hint

Hanna Reitsch

Jane Fonda

Eva Braun

Gertrude Himmler

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Question 2 of 10

2. I was an American auto manufacturer who also had a factory in Germany and produced military vehicles for both the Allied and the Axis forces. Hint

Harly Earle

Henry Ford

Preston Tucker

Murray Ioccoa

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Question 3 of 10

3. I was the last Japanese soldier to surrender. I refused to surrender till 9 March, 1974. Hint

Shoichi Yokoi

Hiroo Hirohito

Manchoo Komota

Hiroo Onoda

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Question 4 of 10

4. I was the pilot that flew the Enola Gay. Hint

Paul Tibbets

Jacob Beser

Robert Lewis

Richard Nelson

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Question 5 of 10

5. I was the only American General killed in action by friendly fire in the European Theater of Operations. Hint

Leslie McNair

Harry Kinnard

George Patton

Tony McAuliffe

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Question 6 of 10

6. I was a colonel in the German Army. I planted a bomb in an assassination attempt against Hitler on 20 July, 1944. The bomb went off, but Hitler lived. I was executed later the same day. Hint

Claus von Stauffenberg

Ludwig Beck

Klause Oster

Erich Fromm

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Question 7 of 10

7. I was the best known of the Soviet snipers. Hint

Joseph Mazkvol

Lyudmila Pavlichenko

Vasili Zaitsev

Hans Widhofner

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Question 8 of 10

8. I was slapped by General Patton because I was suffering from shell shock. Hint

Frank Kovacs

Mark Clark

Charles H. Kuhl

John Melner

9. I was an excellent journalist during the war. I made it through the war in Europe and moved on to the Pacific theater where I was killed by a Japanese machine gunner on the island of Ie Shima on April 18, 1945, at the age of 44. Hint

Roger Lemont

Ernie Pyle

Bruce Kodak

Steve Parker

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Question 10 of 10

10. I was one of the six men that raised the flag on Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima. Hint

John Hartman

Ira Hayes

Phillip Cummins

Rodger Cullen

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. I was the only woman to receive the Iron Cross in WWII.

Answer: Hanna Reitsch

Hanna Reitsch was awarded the Iron Cross by the Fuehrer. She was a test pilot of the V-1 and flew the last plane out of Berlin before it fell to the Allies. She died in 1979.

2. I was an American auto manufacturer who also had a factory in Germany and produced military vehicles for both the Allied and the Axis forces.

Answer: Henry Ford

Believe it or not, the Ford Motor Company had a factory in Cologne, Germany, called Ford-Werke AG. For political reasons, it was not bombed during the war.

3. I was the last Japanese soldier to surrender. I refused to surrender till 9 March, 1974.

Answer: Hiroo Onoda

Though it sounds incredible, Lt. Onoda continued fighting on the Philippine island of Lubang until 9 March 1974 - nearly 29 years after the end of the war.

4. I was the pilot that flew the Enola Gay.

Answer: Paul Tibbets

I piloted the first ever atomic bomb mission - over Hiroshima on 6 August, 1945.

5. I was the only American General killed in action by friendly fire in the European Theater of Operations.

Answer: Leslie McNair

He was killed on 25 July 1944 near Saint-L�.

6. I was a colonel in the German Army. I planted a bomb in an assassination attempt against Hitler on 20 July, 1944. The bomb went off, but Hitler lived. I was executed later the same day.

Answer: Claus von Stauffenberg

Hitler was slightly injured in this explosion and four officers were killed. Over 5,000 people were executed by the Nazis for this attempt on Hitler's life.

7. I was the best known of the Soviet snipers.

Answer: Vasili Zaitsev

They made a movie about me called "Enemy at the Gates".

8. I was slapped by General Patton because I was suffering from shell shock.

Answer: Charles H. Kuhl

General Patton didn't believe in shell shock. He thought it was simply cowardice. General Patton was strongly against shell shocked soliers being in a hospital with those wounded in combat.

Answer: Ernie Pyle

Ernie Pyle was one of the best know journalists during the war. He won the Pulitzer prize for his work.

10. I was one of the six men that raised the flag on Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima.

Answer: Ira Hayes

The American flag was raised on Mt. Suribachi on 23 February, 1945.
I made it through the war and died at the age of thirty-three on January 24th 1955.

Source: Author GSP

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