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Quiz about Stephen Ambrose Memorial His Life and Work

Stephen Ambrose Memorial: His Life and Work Quiz

I am a great admirer of the late Stephen Ambrose and these questions concern his life and work.

A multiple-choice quiz by mickeygreeneyes. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
mickeygreeneyes

Time
6 mins

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Multiple Choice

Quiz #
98,871

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

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Tough

Avg Score
8 / 15

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Question 1 of 15

1. When and where was Stephen Ambrose born? Hint

1930; Massillon, Ohio

1934; Caribou, Maine

1936; Lovington, Illinois

1933; Billings, Montana

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Question 2 of 15

2. Stephen Ambrose attended what two universities? Hint

University of Wisconsin and Louisiana State

Stanford and Arizona State

UC Berkely and Ohio State

Cornell and Wake Forest

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Question 3 of 15

3. Aside from writing, how did Stephen Ambrose make his living from 1960 to 1995? Hint

teaching

selling Saabs

managing a real estate office

selling insurance

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Question 4 of 15

4. How did Stephen Ambrose come to be President Eisenhower's biographer? Hint

Eisenhower asked him.

Eisenhower's widow Mamie asked him.

His editor talked him into it.

The biography grew out of his Master's thesis.

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Question 5 of 15

5. When he was judging America's three greatest achievements, the top one of each of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries, all of Stephen Ambrose's choices had to do with... Hint

inventions

navies

armies

social change

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Question 6 of 15

6. Stephen Ambrose chronicled the lives of all of these EXCEPT? Hint

General Henry Halleck

Crazy Horse

President Richard Nixon

General Douglas MacArthur

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Question 7 of 15

7. In "Band of Brothers," the "brothers" Stephen Ambrose wrote about were in what type of military unit? Hint

tank platoon

bomber squadron

airborne infantry

submarine crew

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Question 8 of 15

8. "Band of Brothers" is probably Stephen Ambrose's best-known work because it was made into an outstanding mini-series. It appeared on... Hint

Showtime

CBS

HBO

ABC

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Question 9 of 15

9. According to Stephen Ambrose's book "D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II," on what date did German resistance on the beaches themselves end? Hint

June 7

June 10

June 8

June 6

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Question 10 of 15

10. "Pegasus Bridge" was the story of how glider troops took and held a key bridge code-named Pegasus in a daring pre-dawn attack on D-Day. What army did these troops belong to? Hint

the British Army

the Canadian Army

the United States Army

the French Army

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Question 11 of 15

11. The first two words of this book's title are "Undaunted Courage." (If I told you the rest of the title, it would give this answer away.) What is the book about? Hint

winners of the Medal of Honor

Custer's Last Stand

the Battle of Britain

the Lewis and Clark expedition

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Question 12 of 15

12. The first 6 words of this book's title are "Nothing Like It in the World." (If I told you the rest, it would give this answer away.) What story did Stephen Ambrose tell in this book? Hint

the construction of the Panama Canal

the building of America's transcontinental railroad

the building of Hoover Dam

the invention of the ironclad warship

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Question 13 of 15

13. What is the subject of Stephen Ambrose's book "Citizen Soldiers"? Hint

the US Marines in the Pacific Theatre in World War II

the US Army in Northern Europe during World War II

the Army of the Potomac in the Civil War

the members of the military on the home front during World War II

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Question 14 of 15

14. "The Wild Blue" was written by Stephen Ambrose as a history of, and tribute to, the men who flew a certain type of airplane in World War II. What type of plane was it? Hint

the P-51 fighter

the B-29 bomber

the B-17 bomber

the B-24 bomber

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Question 15 of 15

15. What is the title of Stephen Ambrose's book published on or about October 22, 2002? Hint

American Ideals at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century

An American Journey

To America: Personal Reflections of an Historian

American Dream: My Tribute to a Great Country

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. When and where was Stephen Ambrose born?

Answer: 1936; Lovington, Illinois

World War II took place when Stephen was still a boy. Seeing the men returning home from the fighting, men he considered heroes, kindled his interest in the war.

2. Stephen Ambrose attended what two universities?

Answer: University of Wisconsin and Louisiana State

He took his BA at Wisconsin and his MA at LSU.

3. Aside from writing, how did Stephen Ambrose make his living from 1960 to 1995?

Answer: teaching

Ambrose taught at many colleges, in the US and abroad. Kurt Vonnegut sold Saabs early in his career.

4. How did Stephen Ambrose come to be President Eisenhower's biographer?

Answer: Eisenhower asked him.

Eisenhower based his choice on a biography Ambrose wrote about Civil War General Henry Halleck, Lincoln's Chief of Staff.

5. When he was judging America's three greatest achievements, the top one of each of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries, all of Stephen Ambrose's choices had to do with...

Answer: armies

He chose the Army at Valley Forge, the Army of the Potomac, and the US military in World War II. Very typical of the man.

6. Stephen Ambrose chronicled the lives of all of these EXCEPT?

Answer: General Douglas MacArthur

MacArthur, commander of all US Army forces in the Pacific theatre in World War II, would have been a very worthy subject, but Ambrose never wrote extensively about him.

7. In "Band of Brothers," the "brothers" Stephen Ambrose wrote about were in what type of military unit?

Answer: airborne infantry

The band was a company of paratroopers, Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, US 101st Airborne Division. Their full story from basic training to the end of the war is told, focusing on many individual stories.

8. "Band of Brothers" is probably Stephen Ambrose's best-known work because it was made into an outstanding mini-series. It appeared on...

Answer: HBO

Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks were instrumental in getting this mini-series made.

9. According to Stephen Ambrose's book "D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II," on what date did German resistance on the beaches themselves end?

Answer: June 6

The toughest German defense was at Omaha Beach, where many lives were lost, but before D-Day was over, even the Omaha Beach defenses had been overcome. Hitler's much-feared Atlantic Wall lasted for less than a day.

10. "Pegasus Bridge" was the story of how glider troops took and held a key bridge code-named Pegasus in a daring pre-dawn attack on D-Day. What army did these troops belong to?

Answer: the British Army

The heroic actions of these British soldiers were crucial in holding the beach head. They prevented German reinforcements from getting to the beaches and disrupting the invasion. The Tommies held until ground forces could reach them.

11. The first two words of this book's title are "Undaunted Courage." (If I told you the rest of the title, it would give this answer away.) What is the book about?

Answer: the Lewis and Clark expedition

The rest of the title is "Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West." These daring people, including the Shoshone woman Sacajawea, bravely explored a giant wilderness known only to the native tribes and a few trappers.

12. The first 6 words of this book's title are "Nothing Like It in the World." (If I told you the rest, it would give this answer away.) What story did Stephen Ambrose tell in this book?

Answer: the building of America's transcontinental railroad

The rest of the title is "The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad, 1863-1869. "The "race" between two railroads ended when the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific met at Promontory Point, Utah in May, 1869. And then there was the Golden Spike and all that.

13. What is the subject of Stephen Ambrose's book "Citizen Soldiers"?

Answer: the US Army in Northern Europe during World War II

The dangers and hardships of war are vividly portrayed in this book, concentrating on the stories of individual soldiers instead of big battles. The torture of freezing in a foxhole through the night in the woods in the cold, ice, snow, and dampness of the severe winter of 1944, unable even to light a fire because of enemy snipers, afraid of frostbite and other horrors, having only the prospect of battle the next day to look forward to, is what still stands out most in my mind about this book. Some of the actors who appeared in "Band of Brothers" said "So this is what it was like." They haven't the slightest idea.

14. "The Wild Blue" was written by Stephen Ambrose as a history of, and tribute to, the men who flew a certain type of airplane in World War II. What type of plane was it?

Answer: the B-24 bomber

The B-24 was nicknamed The Liberator. More than 18,300 of the planes were built, but there are only two flyable B-24s in the world today. Ambrose wanted to memorialize the B-24 crews, who have always been in the shadow of the men who flew the B-17s.

15. What is the title of Stephen Ambrose's book published on or about October 22, 2002?

Answer: To America: Personal Reflections of an Historian

source:stephenambrose.com, amazon.com

Source: Author mickeygreeneyes

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