- 1. Which country emerged as a superpower after World War II?
A) Italy
B) Germany
C) United States
D) Japan
- 2. In which year did World War II officially end?
A) 1945
B) 1939
C) 1947
D) 1950
- 3. Which international organization was established in 1945 to promote peace and cooperation?
A) United Nations
B) European Union
C) Warsaw Pact
D) NATO
- 4. Who was the leader of the Soviet Union in 1945?
A) Mikhail Gorbachev
B) Joseph Stalin
C) Nikita Khrushchev
D) Vladimir Putin
- 5. Which city was the site of the historic United Nations Conference in 1945?
A) Berlin
B) New York
C) London
D) San Francisco
- 6. What agreement was signed in 1945 that led to the establishment of the European Coal and Steel Community?
A) Versailles Treaty
B) Treaty of Paris
C) Yalta Agreement
D) NATO Charter
- 7. Who became the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 1945, leading the Labour Party to a landslide victory?
A) David Lloyd George
B) Neville Chamberlain
C) Winston Churchill
D) Clement Attlee
- 8. In what city were the trials of major Nazi war criminals held in 1945-1946?
A) Munich
B) Nuremberg
C) Dresden
D) Berlin
- 9. Which African American singer-songwriter became a major influence on rock and roll in 1945 with his hit song 'Caldonia'?
A) Sam Cooke
B) Chuck Berry
C) Louis Jordan
D) Nat King Cole
- 10. What company introduced the first electronic computer in 1945?
A) ENIAC
B) Apple
C) Microsoft
D) IBM
- 11. What organization was founded in 1945 to support and further the arts and humanities in the United States?
A) Smithsonian Institution
B) National Gallery of Art
C) National Endowment for the Arts
D) UNESCO
- 12. Which country gained independence from the Netherlands in 1945?
A) Vietnam
B) Indonesia
C) Suriname
D) Malaysia
- 13. What historical event occurred on May 8, 1945, marking the end of World War II in Europe?
A) Japan surrender
B) Victory in Europe (VE) Day
C) Pearl Harbor attack
D) D-Day
- 14. Who was the British Prime Minister at the end of World War II in 1945?
A) Winston Churchill
B) Clement Attlee
C) Anthony Eden
D) Neville Chamberlain
- 15. In 1945, who became the first Secretary-General of the United Nations?
A) Dag Hammarskjöld
B) Kofi Annan
C) Ban Ki-moon
D) Trygve Lie
- 16. What famous painting, depicting the horrors of war, was created by Pablo Picasso in 1945?
A) Mona Lisa
B) The Starry Night
C) The Persistence of Memory
D) Guernica
- 17. Who published the influential work 'Animal Farm' in 1945, a satirical novel critiquing Stalinism?
A) Virginia Woolf
B) Aldous Huxley
C) Ernest Hemingway
D) George Orwell
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