U S troops wading from landing craft towards Omaha Beach

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Quiz: Test Your D-Day Knowledge

What do you know about this moment in history?

Barbara Goodman

En español

Published June 05, 2019

8 Questions

Quiz: Test Your D-Day Knowledge

[ {
  "question" : "What was the military code name for the plan that included the WWII Normandy invasion?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Operation Overlord",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "Operation Roundup",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Operation Sledgehammer",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Operation Torch",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "Preparations for the invasion began in 1943.",
  "hint" : "",
  "hintLink" : "",
  "questionImgCaption" : "",
  "questionImgCredit" : ""
}, {
  "question" : "What was the date of D-Day?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "May 31, 1942",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "June 10, 1944",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "June 6, 1944",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "June 1, 1943",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "It was postponed from June 5 because of bad weather.",
  "hint" : "",
  "hintLink" : "",
  "questionImgCaption" : "",
  "questionImgCredit" : ""
}, {
  "question" : "True or False? Decoy operations were created by the Allies to deceive the Germans about the location of the invasion.",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "True",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "False",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "The operations involved creating fake correspondence, misleading radio traffic and other illusions that the allies would target the landing elsewhere.",
  "hint" : "",
  "hintLink" : "",
  "questionImgCaption" : "",
  "questionImgCredit" : ""
}, {
  "question" : "Which was not a code name of a D-Day beach landing?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Gold",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Juno",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Sword",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Denver",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "British and Canadians were on Gold, Juno and Sword beaches, Americans at Utah and Omaha.",
  "hint" : "",
  "hintLink" : "",
  "questionImgCaption" : "",
  "questionImgCredit" : ""
}, {
  "question" : "What was the name of the military landings at Normandy during D-Day?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Operation Neptune",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "Operation Omaha",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Operation Bodyguard",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Operation Fortitude",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "Operation Neptune was the code name for the assault portion of Operation Overlord, both air and amphibious.",
  "hint" : "",
  "hintLink" : "",
  "questionImgCaption" : "",
  "questionImgCredit" : ""
}, {
  "question" : "How many American troops participated in the landing?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "34,000",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "73,000",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "83,000",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "50,000",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "More than 150,000 total troops were involved.",
  "hint" : "",
  "hintLink" : "",
  "questionImgCaption" : "",
  "questionImgCredit" : ""
}, {
  "question" : "Which former president’s son received the Medal of Honor for leading troops in the first beach assaults on D-Day?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Calvin Coolidge",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "FDR",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Theodore Roosevelt",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "Dwight Eisenhower",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. led the 16th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division.",
  "hint" : "",
  "hintLink" : "",
  "questionImgCaption" : "",
  "questionImgCredit" : ""
}, {
  "question" : "Where is the National D-Day Memorial?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Washington",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "New Orleans",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Charleston, S.C.",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Bedford, Va.",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "The spot was selected because this community suffered the highest losses on D-Day in proportion to its populace.",
  "hint" : "",
  "hintLink" : "",
  "questionImgCaption" : "",
  "questionImgCredit" : ""
} ]

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