Q 01/05

Which island did American forces invade days after securing Iwo Jima?

A) Guam

B) Luzon

C) Okinawa

D) Formosa

Answer · why

C) Okinawa

Okinawa was invaded on 1 April 1945, a date that could not slip, so when the Iwo Jima landing ran a month late its planners were left with no slack at...

Q 02/05

What was the codename of the American invasion of Iwo Jima?

A) Operation Overlord

B) Operation Torch

C) Operation Downfall

D) Operation Detachment

Answer · why

D) Operation Detachment

Operation Detachment was set in motion in October 1944, after Nimitz's admirals persuaded him to drop a planned invasion of Formosa and take Iwo Jima ...

Q 03/05

Which Hollywood star played Sergeant Stryker in the 1949 war film Sands of Iwo Jima?

A) Gary Cooper

B) John Wayne

C) Humphrey Bogart

D) James Stewart

Answer · why

B) John Wayne

John Wayne earned his first Oscar nomination as Stryker, and three veterans then credited as the photograph's flag-raisers appear briefly in the film ...

Q 04/05

Which Associated Press photographer took the famous flag-raising picture on Iwo Jima?

A) Robert Capa

B) Louis Lowery

C) Joe Rosenthal

D) Carl Mydans

Answer · why

C) Joe Rosenthal

Joe Rosenthal had been turned down for military service because of his poor eyesight, so he went to the Pacific war with a camera instead.

Q 05/05

The Japanese name Iwo Jima translates into English as what?

A) Coral Island

B) Fire Island

C) Sulfur Island

D) Turtle Island

Answer · why

C) Sulfur Island

Sulfur Island is what the name means, and British sailors from Captain Cook's last expedition called it the same in 1779 after catching its smell from...