Q 01/05

Which Japanese emperor issued the 'Humanity Declaration' renouncing his divinity on January 1, 1946?

A) Meiji

B) Taishō

C) Hirohito

D) Akihito

Answer · why

C) Hirohito

Hirohito's New Year rescript of January 1, 1946, known as the Humanity Declaration, rejected the idea that the emperor was a living god.

Q 02/05

Which US president was in office throughout 1946?

A) Franklin D. Roosevelt

B) Harry S. Truman

C) Dwight D. Eisenhower

D) Herbert Hoover

Answer · why

B) Harry S. Truman

Harry S. Truman closed 1946 with Proclamation 2714 on December 31, officially ending hostilities in World War II more than a year after Japan's surren...

Q 03/05

Where did Winston Churchill give his famous 'Iron Curtain' speech in March 1946?

A) Washington, D.C.

B) Zurich, Switzerland

C) Fulton, Missouri

D) Oxford, England

Answer · why

C) Fulton, Missouri

Churchill delivered the 'Iron Curtain' speech at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, on March 5, 1946, with President Truman sharing the platform...

Q 04/05

Which swimsuit was first modelled in Paris on July 5, 1946?

A) The one-piece

B) The monokini

C) The tankini

D) The bikini

Answer · why

D) The bikini

Louis Réard unveiled the bikini at the Piscine Molitor in Paris on July 5, 1946, naming it after Bikini Atoll, where the US had tested an atomic bomb ...

Q 05/05

Which early electronic computer was unveiled at the University of Pennsylvania in 1946?

A) UNIVAC

B) ENIAC

C) Colossus

D) EDSAC

Answer · why

B) ENIAC

ENIAC, built by J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly, was publicly unveiled at the University of Pennsylvania's Moore School on February 14, 1946.