Q 01/05

How did Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret, with their parents' permission, mark VE night in London?

A) Watched from the Palace balcony

B) Mingled incognito with the crowds

C) Joined the King's radio broadcast

D) Danced at a Windsor Castle ball

Answer · why

B) Mingled incognito with the crowds

Mingled incognito with the crowds: 'We stood outside and shouted, "We want the King",' Elizabeth later recalled, calling it one of the most memorable ...

Q 02/05

Whom did Hitler marry in the Berlin bunker less than 40 hours before they both took their own lives?

A) Eva Braun

B) Traudl Junge

C) Leni Riefenstahl

D) Unity Mitford

Answer · why

A) Eva Braun

Eva Braun had joined Hitler in Berlin against his orders; he married her in a civil ceremony in the small hours of 29 April 1945, and both were dead b...

Q 03/05

Which personal milestone did President Truman celebrate on VE Day, 8 May 1945?

A) His 61st birthday

B) His silver wedding

C) His daughter's wedding

D) His mother's birthday

Answer · why

A) His 61st birthday

His 61st birthday fell on the day itself; in his broadcast he said he only wished 'that Franklin D. Roosevelt had lived to witness this day', his pred...

Q 04/05

Why does Russia celebrate Victory Day on 9 May rather than 8 May?

A) Stalin refused to recognise 8 May

B) The Kremlin parade was that day

C) Berlin's garrison fought one more day

D) Moscow was already past midnight

Answer · why

D) Moscow was already past midnight

Moscow was already past midnight when the surrender took effect late on the evening of 8 May Central European time, so the Soviet government announced...

Q 05/05

In which French-ruled territory did a victory march at Sétif on 8 May 1945 end in bloodshed and reprisals?

A) Algeria

B) Morocco

C) Tunisia

D) Indochina

Answer · why

A) Algeria

Algeria's marchers at Sétif carried banners against colonial rule; police tried to seize them and shooting broke out, and the repression that followed...