Questions in this quiz: WWII — The Pacific Theatre

The Pacific War from Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima. Island-hopping campaigns, Doolittle, Coral Sea, Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, kamikaze tactics, MacArthur and Yamamoto, and the atomic bombs.

1. From which aircraft carrier did the Doolittle Raid launch its B-25 bombers in April 1942? — Options: USS Enterprise, USS Lexington, USS Hornet, USS Yorktown
2. The Battle of the Coral Sea in May 1942 was historically notable as the first naval battle in which: — Options: A fleet carrier was sunk by submarine attack, Opposing ships never sighted or fired directly at each other, Radar-guided gunfire decided the outcome, Jet aircraft were used in combat
3. Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto was killed in April 1943 when his transport plane was ambushed over which location? — Options: Truk Lagoon, Rabaul, Bougainville, Guadalcanal
4. What was the codename for the Allied campaign on Guadalcanal that began in August 1942? — Options: Operation Cartwheel, Operation Watchtower, Operation Galvanic, Operation Forager
5. Joe Rosenthal's iconic photograph of Marines raising the flag on Iwo Jima was taken atop which feature? — Options: Hill 362, The Quarry, Mount Suribachi, Motoyama Plateau
6. The Japanese word from which 'kamikaze' derives originally referred to: — Options: A typhoon that destroyed a Mongol invasion fleet in the 13th century, The first emperor's sacred sword, A samurai code of self-sacrifice in the Sengoku period, A Shinto purification ritual before battle
7. After being forced to leave the Philippines in 1942, where did General Douglas MacArthur establish his Southwest Pacific headquarters? — Options: Port Moresby, Brisbane, Noumea, Pearl Harbor