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