- 1. Which country emerged as a superpower after World War II?
A) Italy
B) Germany
C) Japan
D) United States
- 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) United Nations
B) Warsaw Pact
C) NATO
D) European Union
- 4. Who was the leader of the Soviet Union in 1945?
A) Vladimir Putin
B) Mikhail Gorbachev
C) Joseph Stalin
D) Nikita Khrushchev
- 5. Which city was the site of the historic United Nations Conference in 1945?
A) New York
B) San Francisco
C) Berlin
D) London
- 6. What agreement was signed in 1945 that led to the establishment of the European Coal and Steel Community?
A) NATO Charter
B) Versailles Treaty
C) Yalta Agreement
D) Treaty of Paris
- 7. What famous painting, depicting the horrors of war, was created by Pablo Picasso in 1945?
A) The Starry Night
B) Mona Lisa
C) Guernica
D) The Persistence of Memory
- 8. What organization was founded in 1945 to support and further the arts and humanities in the United States?
A) Smithsonian Institution
B) National Endowment for the Arts
C) National Gallery of Art
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) Indonesia
B) Vietnam
C) Malaysia
D) Suriname
- 11. Who was the British Prime Minister at the end of World War II in 1945?
A) Clement Attlee
B) Anthony Eden
C) Neville Chamberlain
D) Winston Churchill
- 12. What company introduced the first electronic computer in 1945?
A) IBM
B) ENIAC
C) Apple
D) Microsoft
- 13. Who published the influential work 'Animal Farm' in 1945, a satirical novel critiquing Stalinism?
A) George Orwell
B) Virginia Woolf
C) Ernest Hemingway
D) Aldous Huxley
- 14. Which African American singer-songwriter became a major influence on rock and roll in 1945 with his hit song 'Caldonia'?
A) Chuck Berry
B) Nat King Cole
C) Sam Cooke
D) Louis Jordan
- 15. What historical event occurred on May 8, 1945, marking the end of World War II in Europe?
A) Pearl Harbor attack
B) Japan surrender
C) D-Day
D) Victory in Europe (VE) Day
- 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) Winston Churchill
B) Neville Chamberlain
C) Clement Attlee
D) David Lloyd George
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