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Australians During the World Wars
Australians During the World Wars
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A #history quiz about #Australians during #WorldWar One and Two
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1
Roughly how many Australian nurses served overseas during WWI?
15,000
150
10
2,300
2
During the Second World War, which two Australian capital cities were attacked by Japan?
Darwin and Brisbane
Darwin and Sydney
Brisbane and Perth
Melbourne and Sydney
3
How many Australians were killed during the Second World War?
120,485
27,073
1,340
789,497
4
How many Australians served in World War II?
90,576
370,450
990,900
2,394,500
5
Which of the following WWII officers are Australian?
General Douglas MacArthur
Marshal Georgy Zhukov
Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel
General Thomas Blamey
6
In this photograph, who is the man standing next to the donkey?
John Simpson Kirkpatrick
Winston Churchill
Alf Stewart
Vladimir Lenin
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How many Australian nurses served in World War II?
17,486
3,477
84
476
8
Who was Prime Minister from October 1941 until his death only 2 months before the end of WWII?
Hirohito
John Curtin
Robert Menzies
Franklin D. Roosevelt
9
When did Australia join World War One?
3 August 1914, when Germany declared war on France.
28 July 1914, when Austria-Hungary declared war Serbia.
4 August 1914, when Britain declared war on Germany.
1 August 1914, when Germany declared war on Russia.
10
How many Australians served in World War I?
154,583
1,597
25,646
416,809
11
How many Australians were killed in the First World War?
over 60,000
approx. 40,000
under 30,000
approx. 50,000
12
On 25th April 1915, ANZACs landed at what Ottoman (Turkish) peninsula?
Sicily
Gallipoli
Korea
Cairo
13
When did Australia join World War Two?
22 June 1940, when France surrendered to Germany.
3 Sep 1939, when Britain & France declared war on Germany.
9 December 1941, when Australia declared war on Japan.
1 September 1939, when Germany invaded Poland.
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Who was the Australian Prime Minister during the outbreak of the Great War?
Joseph Cook
Robert Menzies
Kaiser Wilhelm II
John Howard
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Who was the Australian Prime Minister at the conclusion of the Great War?
Tony Abbott
Billy Hughes
Joseph Cook
Georges Clemenceau
16
Who was the Prime Minister of Australia during the outbreak of the Second World War?
Edmund Barton
John Curtin
Joseph Stalin
Robert Menzies
