Pearl Harbor Web Questions
1.About how many Japanese planes attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941?
1.360
2.510
3.720
4.915
2.Which of these United States battleships did not sink in the attack?
1.USS Arizona
2.USS California
3.USS Maryland
4.USS Utah
3.Who was the commander of the Pacific Fleet at the time of the attack?
1.Maj. Frank Knox
2.Gen. Walter Short
3.Adm. Harold R. Stark
4.Adm. Husband E. Kimmel
4.True or false: Franklin Roosevelt's "Infamy" speech was delivered in under 10 minutes.
1.True
2.False
5.When did Congress pass a formal declaration of war against Japan?
1.Dec. 7, 1941
2.Dec. 8, 1941
3.Dec. 14, 1941
4.Dec. 31, 1941
6.Who was the only member of Congress to vote against going to war?
1.Rep. Albert Gore Sr.
2.Rep. Lyndon Baines Johnson
3.Rep. Jeannette Rankin
4.Rep. Margaret Chase Smith
7.Who is credited with describing the attack as awakening "a sleeping giant"?
1.Gen. Douglas MacArthur
2.Naval Marshal Gen. Isoroku Yamamoto
3.Journalist Ernie Pyle
4.Emperor Hirohito
8.What commission was appointed to investigate the attack?
1.Roberts Commission
2.Roosevelt Commission
3.Stone Commission
4.Truman Commission
9.True or false: More than 100 Japanese men died in the attack on Pearl Harbor.
1.True
2.False
10.On which Hawaiian island is Pearl Harbor located?
1.Hawaii (the Big Island)
2.Kauai
3.Maui
4.Oahu
11. What day was Pearl Harbor attacked by the Japanese?
a. 1-Sep-39
b. 7-Dec-41
c. 4-Jun-42
d. 3-Sep-43
e. 6-Jun-44
12. Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor?
a. Because they wanted to prevent the US from attacking Japan
b. Because they wanted to continue to take over countries in Southeast Asia
c. Because they wanted to cripple the US Navy
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
13. What was the reaction of the United States to the attack?
a. They fled back to the US coast and let Japan have Southeast Asia
b. They asked Great Britain for help
c. They let Japan have the islands of Hawaii
d. They waited several months to see what would happen next
e. They declared war on Japan the next day
14. What important type of naval vessel was not destroyed in the attack?
a. Warships
b. Destroyers
c. Aircraft carriers
d. Cruisers
e. None of the above
15. About how long did the attack on Pearl Harbor last?
a. 10 minutes
b. 30 minutes
c. Two hours
d. 6 hours
e. 2 days
16. When this ship was sunk at Pearl Harbor, over one thousand US soldiers lost their lives.
a. USS Arizona
b. USS Utah
c. USS Oklahoma
d. USS Chicago
e. USS Cooper
17. What day of the week did the Japanese attack?
a. Saturday
b. Sunday
c. Tuesday
d. Thursday
e. Friday
18. True or False: The Japanese achieved their objective of crippling the US Navy and keeping the US from helping other countries in Southeast Asia.
a. TRUE
b. FALSE.
19. What facilities in Hawaii did the Japanese not attack that allowed the US Navy to recover quickly?
a. Storage depots
b. Repair facilities
c. Both of the above
d. None of the above
e. They destroyed everything
20. What is the name of the memorial of the attack?
a. World War II Memorial
b. Hawaiian Island Memorial
c. USS Oklahoma Memorial
d. Pearl Harbor Memorial
e. USS Arizona Memorial