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 evening radio broadcast

D) Danced at a Windsor Castle ball

Answer · why

B) Mingled incognito with the crowds

Mingled incognito with the crowds: Elizabeth later recalled being 'terrified of being recognised' as lines of strangers linked arms and swept the sist...

Q 02/05

How long did Hitler and Eva Braun live as husband and wife in the Berlin bunker before both died?

A) Less than 40 hours

B) Just over 4 days

C) Approximately 9 days

D) Nearly 3 weeks

Answer · why

A) Less than 40 hours

Less than 40 hours was all the marriage lasted: they wed in the small hours of 29 April in the bunker's map room, and both were dead by the afternoon ...

Q 03/05

To whose memory did Truman dedicate the victory, with US flags kept at half-staff for 30 days of mourning?

A) Woodrow Wilson

B) General George C. Marshall

C) Franklin D. Roosevelt

D) Wendell Willkie

Answer · why

C) Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt had died on 12 April, less than a month earlier; Truman, who turned 61 that day, said his only wish was 'that Franklin D. Roosev...

Q 04/05

Why do Russia and several former Soviet states 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 France, where 8 May is a public holiday, the date '8 mai 1945' names at least 523 of what?

A) Streets

B) Schools

C) Bridges

D) Stations

Answer · why

A) Streets

Streets: a 2018 count found at least 523 'Rue du 8-Mai-1945' across France's 36,700 communes, the local equivalent of English parishes.