Pacific War quiz

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1. 1 Easy

   Which future US president's boat did a Japanese destroyer sink?

   Answer: John F. Kennedy

   Why: The coconut husk on which he scratched a rescue message is now on display at the JFK Library in Boston.

2. 2 Medium

   Where did the first major Allied land offensive against Japan begin?

   Answer: Guadalcanal

   Why: The fighting centred on an airfield Japan was building, which the Marines captured and named Henderson Field.

3. 3 Hard

   Where did Japan's December 1941 attacks on Britain and the US begin?

   Answer: Malaya

   Why: Landings at Kota Bharu began more than an hour before the first bombs fell on Pearl Harbor.

4. 4 Easy

   Whose voice did Japan's public first hear in August 1945?

   Answer: Hirohito

   Why: His broadcast did not use the word 'surrender'; it said Japan would accept the Allies' joint declaration.

5. 5 Medium

   What city was China's capital when Japan took it in 1937?

   Answer: Nanjing

   Why: Since 2014 China has marked 13 December, the day the city fell, as a national memorial day for the massacre that followed.

6. 6 Hard

   What kind of weapon was Japan's kaiten?

   Answer: Manned torpedo

   Why: Submarines carried two to six of them each and released them close to enemy ships.