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Final Jeopardy

2. $100 Question from Key Battles
What attack brought the
US into WWII?

3. $100 Answer from Key Battles
Pearl Harbor
Dec. 7th, 1941

4. $200 Question from Key Battles
What battle represented the turning point
of the war in the Pacific?

5. $200 Answer from Key Battles
Midway
“Nagumo kept the news from Japan as
long as he dared; when the Japanese Commander
was finally told that his gamble had failed,
he sank into a chair stunned and speechless.”

6. $300 Question from Key Battles
Where was Hitler
turned back in his
Russian campaign against
Stalin?

7. $300 Answer from Key Battles
Stalingrad

8. $400 Question from Key Battles
What was the Allies codename
for the amphibious invasion of France?

9. $400 Answer from Key Battles
Codename Operation Overlord or
D-Day, June 6th 1944

10. $500 Question from Key Battles
What major city revolted against the Nazis
catching them off guard for a time?

11. $500 Answer from Key Battles
Warsaw Ghetto 1943

12. $100 Question from Causes of WWII
Name at least three ways the
Treaty of Versailles
contributed to the rise of Hitler?

13. $100 Answer from Causes of WWII
The War Guilt Clause
Billions in War Reparartions
No League of Nations Membership
Stripping Germany of prior lands
Etc.

14. $200 Question from Causes of WWII
What was the name of the policy followed by
Neville Chamberlain in his dealings
with Hitler?

15. $200 Answer from Causes of WWII
Appeasement
Remilitarization of Germany
Re-occupying the Ruhr Valley
Annexing Austria
Annexing the Sudetenland
Seizing Czechoslovakia

16. $300 Question from Causes of WWII
Germany and Russia signed
what agreement in 1939 and why?

17. $300 Answer from Causes of WWII
The Non-Aggression Pact allowed Germany to prepare to fight
France and Great Britain without facing Russia on a second front.
It also served as an agreement to divide
Poland between the USSR and Germany.

18. $400 Question from Causes of WWII
Name the three Axis powers and at least
1 territory annexed by each before WWII?

19. $400 Answer from Causes of WWII
Germany- Austria, Sudetenland, Czechoslovakia.
Japan- Manchuria, China, French-Indochina
Italy- Albania, Ethiopia

20. $500 Question from Causes of WWII
How did the League of Nations respond to the Japanese
invasion of Manchuria and how did that response
affect German expansion?

21. $500 Answer from Causes of WWII
The League did nothing to punish the Japanese,
and its probable that Hitler expected the same
if he began to violate similar
international agreements.

22. $100 Question from the American Homefront?
What laws limited the ability of the USA to
sell weapons to foreign Belligerents?

23. $100 Answer from the American Homefront
The Neutrality Acts of

24. $200 Question from the American Homefront
Who was the female icon that symbolized
the new role that women played
in US Factories?

25. $200 Answer from the American Homefront
Rosie the Riveter
Traditional Song
Contemporary Song

26. $300 Question from the American Homefront
What was the Manhattan Project?

27. $300 Answer from the American Homefront
A top secret group of scientists
that developed the Atomic Bomb
for the USA.

28. $400 Question from the American Homefront
What was the significance of
Korematsu v. United States?

29. $400 Answer from the American Homefront
In times of war, Japanese could be relocated to internment camps due to military emergency.
“What a sweet neighbor.”

30. $500 Question from the American Homefront
What disturbances in 1943
spread to over 50 US cities
and who was involved?

31. $500 Answer from the American Homefront
1943 Race Riots spread to over 50 US Cities
as African Americans protested discrimination.

32. $100 Question from The Peace
When did WWII end and what
name was given to the date?

33. $100 Answer from The Peace
September, 1945, V-J Day

34. $200 Question from The Peace
What 2 events forced Japan to surrender, and how
many soldiers lives were thought to have
been saved as a result?

35. $200 Answer from The Peace The dropping of Atomic Bombs
at Hiroshima and Nagasaki forced an
early surrender and avoided up to
1 million American deaths.

36. $300 Question from The Peace
What happened to the Axis war leaders
and soldiers who committed crimes during
the war?

37. $300 Answer from The Peace They were tried at the Nuremburg
War Tribunal. Many were executed
or imprisoned for horrendous deeds.

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39. The Daily Double
What is the name of Hitler’s extermination attempt at “Final Solution” and how many Jews were killed?

40. Answer from Daily Double
The Holocaust left 6 Million Jews dead.

41. $500 Question from The Peace
1) What was the name of the aid plan
that sought to rebuild Europe
after the War?
2) Did it work?

42. $500 Answer from The Peace The Marshall Plan
It helped prevent the nations of Europe from going Communist.

43. $100 Question from World War II Trivia
What event triggered the start of WWII and in
what year did it occur?

44. $100 Answer from World War II Trivia
The Invasion of Poland on Sept. 1, 1939

45. $200 Question from World War II Trivia
1)What was rationing?
2) Why was it important?
3) Name 5 items that would have been rationed.

46. $200 Answer from World War II Trivia
1) Rationing is the careful conservation
of resources.
2) It allowed the US to send more supplies to the war effort
3) Strategic items like gas, tires, sugar, coal, etc

47. $300 Question from World War II Trivia
What President replaced FDR
when he died in 1945?

48. $300 Answer from World War II Trivia
President Truman saw the
USA through the end of WWII.

49. $400 Question from World War II Trivia
What were the Japanese pilots that committed
suicide by crashing their planes into
US ships called ?

50. $400 Answer from World War II Trivia
Kamikazes

51. $500 Question from World War II Trivia
What Conference between Stalin,
FDR and Churchill led to an agreement
to divide up Europe after the War was over?

52. $500 Answer from World War II Trivia
The Yalta Conference was the last meeting
between the Allied leaders and led to
a division of Europe WWII was over.

53. Final Jeopardy Name the turning point battle for each
of the following theatres of war:
Pacific
Eastern Front (Russian Front)
Western Front

54. Final Jeopardy Answer Pacific-Midway- 1943
Eastern Front (Russian Front)-Stalingrad 1943
Western Front- D-Day-1944