History Quiz

What was the M8 Greyhound armored car originally designed to serve as in the U.S. Army?

Can you identify the rifle in this photo taken during World War II?

Which of these was NOT a factor that contributed to Japanese defeat at the Battle of Midway?

Who was the king of Italy during World War II?

Which of these events did NOT occur on May 10, 1940?

What kind of facility on the U.S. West Coast was camouflaged during World War II by building a fake civilian neighborhood over it?

King George VI, the monarch of the United Kingdom during World War II, was crowned in 1937 after his brother abdicated. What was the new king’s previous title?

What was the common nickname for Allied tanks equipped with a tusk-like cutting apparatus used to make holes in the thick hedgerows of Normandy?

The world’s first programmable, fully automatic digital computer started operating during World War II. What was its name and where was it located? (Photograph does not necessarily depict the correct answer.)

Which Allied country was the first to launch a captured German V-2 rocket, or a rocket design closely based on the V-2, after the war for scientific purposes? (Photograph does not necessarily depict the correct answer.)