WW2 Quiz

Question 1

Who was the leader of Germany?

Answer 1

Adolf Hitler

Question 2

Who was the leader of Britain?

Answer 2

Winston Churchill

Question 3

Who was the leader of Russia?

Answer 3

Joseph Stalin

Question 4

What country was the first to be invaded by Germany?

Answer 4

Poland

Question 5

What was the name of the air attacks on Britain?

Answer 5

The Blitzkrieg

Question 6

Name 5 countries that Germany successfully invaded?

Answer 6

Czechoslovakia, France, Poland, Austria and Hungary.

Question 7

Name 3 countries Germany invaded, but did not conquer?

Answer 7

Russia, Morocco and Denmark

Question 8

Name a country that stayed neutral during the war?

Answer 8

Spain, Portugal, Turkey

Question 9

What were the D-Day landings?

Answer 9

A battle in 1945, where the allies, but mostly Americans, stormed the beaches of Normandy, France, taking it back from the Nazis.

Question 10

Name 4 allies

Answer 10

Australia, America, Britain, France

Question 11

What is propaganda?

Answer 11

Biased information used to promote political views through media.

Question 12

When did WW2 start and end?

Answer 12

1939 and 1945.

Question 13

How many British and Australian soldiers surrendered to the Japanese at Singapore?

Answer 13

130,000 British and 15,000 Australians.

Question 14

When was the Treaty of Versailles signed?

Answer 14

1919.

Question 15

What was the Battle of Brisbane?

Answer 15

A riot between US and Australian troops on November 26, 1942.

Question 16

What were the Nuremberg Laws?

Answer 16

The Nuremberg Laws of 1935 officially excluded Jews from German citizenship and limited their rights as members of society.

Question 17

How did Australia’s foreign policy change during WW2?

Answer 17

At the beginning of WW1, Australia’s closest ally was Britain, but that’s changed when they wouldn’t help them out. America helped defend Australia and after WW2 finished the ANZUS Treaty was signed in 1949, between Australia, America and New Zealand.

Question 18

What were Enemy Aliens?

Answer 18

German, Italian and Japanese migrants that moved to Australia and were treated poorly by Australians.