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