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The Ultimate Year Quiz - 1946

See what you know about the year 1946

Quiz created by: Mr. Badger Hawkeye

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1. What was the top grossing film of 1946?

The Bells of St. Mary's
Leave Her To Heaven
Blue Skies
Road to Utopia

2. What team won the 1946 World Series?

St. Louis Cardinals
Boston Red Sox
Cleveland Indians
New York Yankees

3. What team won the 1946 NFL Championship?

New York Giants
Green Bay Packers
Washington Redskins
Chicago Bears

4. Who was selected as the first Secretary-General of the United Nations on February 1, 1946?

Gladwyn Jebb
Trygve Lie
Ralph Bunche
Dag Hammarskjold

5. What Asian country achieved its independence on July 4, 1946?

Indonesia
Thailand
Philippines
Vietnam

6. Who did Richard M. Nixon defeat in his first Congressional race in 1946?

Alger Hiss
Helen Gahagan Douglas
Whittaker Chambers
Jerry Voorhis

7. Which Nazi war criminal poisoned himself hours before he was to be hanged on October 15, 1946?

Hermann Goring
Wilhelm Keitel
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Rudolf Hess

8. What European nation voted on June 2, 1946 to abolish its monarchy and become a republic?

France
Italy
Greece
Belgium

9. What famous term was coined by Winston Churchill in a speech on March 5, 1946?

Cold War
Detente
Iron Curtain
Domino Theory

10. What comedy team staged their first show together at Club 500 in Atlantic City, New Jersey on July 25, 1946?

Dan Rowan and Dick Martin
George Burns and Gracie Allen
Bing Crosby and Bob Hope
Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis

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<h1>The Ultimate Year Quiz - 1946</h1><p>See what you know about the year 1946</p>
<p>Quiz created by: <a href="http://www.amiwrong.com/authors/mrbadgerhawkeye.shtml">Mr. Badger Hawkeye</a></p><br>1. What was the top grossing film of 1946?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) The Bells of St. Mary's</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Leave Her To Heaven</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Blue Skies</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Road to Utopia</div>
<br>2. What team won the 1946 World Series?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) St. Louis Cardinals</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Boston Red Sox</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Cleveland Indians</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) New York Yankees</div>
<br>3. What team won the 1946 NFL Championship?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) New York Giants</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Green Bay Packers</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Washington Redskins</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Chicago Bears</div>
<br>4. Who was selected as the first Secretary-General of the United Nations on February 1, 1946?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Gladwyn Jebb</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Trygve Lie</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Ralph Bunche</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Dag Hammarskjold</div>
<br>5. What Asian country achieved its independence on July 4, 1946?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Indonesia</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Thailand</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Philippines</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Vietnam</div>
<br>6. Who did Richard M. Nixon defeat in his first Congressional race in 1946?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Alger Hiss</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Helen Gahagan Douglas</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Whittaker Chambers</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Jerry Voorhis</div>
<br>7. Which Nazi war criminal poisoned himself hours before he was to be hanged on October 15, 1946?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Hermann Goring</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Wilhelm Keitel</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Joachim von Ribbentrop</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Rudolf Hess</div>
<br>8. What European nation voted on June 2, 1946 to abolish its monarchy and become a republic?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) France</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Italy</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Greece</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Belgium</div>
<br>9. What famous term was coined by Winston Churchill in a speech on March 5, 1946?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Cold War</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Detente</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Iron Curtain</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Domino Theory</div>
<br>10. What comedy team staged their first show together at Club 500 in Atlantic City, New Jersey on July 25, 1946?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Dan Rowan and Dick Martin</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) George Burns and Gracie Allen</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Bing Crosby and Bob Hope</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis</div>
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