1. Who said "Now I am become death, destroyer of worlds" on the 16th of July, 1945?

2. Four of the worst ten maritime disasters all took place in 1945. In which sea were all four ships sunk?

3. Percy LeBaron Spencer invented what in 1945 in USA?

4. Which Japanese island was captured by the US in 1945 and returned in 1968?

5. What was the name of the German refugee ship that sank after being hit by torpedoes fired by a Soviet submarine on January 30th, 1945 with the loss of around 7,700 lives - the greatest loss of life in a maritime disaster in history?

6. What happened to the empire state building in 1945?

7. What was developed by American chemist Earl W Tupper in 1945?

8. In which 1945 film does Celia Johnson meet Trevor Howard?

9. What country did Egypt?s King Farouk I declare war on in 1945?

10. Name the three men in the post war era (1945) who have lost 4 Wimbledon singles finals.

11. What was the goal of the 1945 military operation in Holland named 'Manna'?

12. Which British Field Marshall received the German surrender in 1945?

13. Which name is given to the battle that took place in severe winter conditions in the Ardennes between 16 December 1944 and 25 January 1945?

14. What date is VE-day?

15. What Asian gave up his Divine status in 1945?

16. What was the Jaguar car called before 1945?

17. Who became the first secretary General of the UN in 1945?

18. Which wartime prime minister died in office in July 1945?

19. Who was the Austrian-American film director who directed Lost Weekend (1945), Sunset Boulevard (1950) and The Apartment (1960)?

20. What took place for the first time in Alamogordo, New Mexico, on July 16th 1945?

ANSWERS

1. Robert Oppenheimer

2. Baltic sea

3. The Microwave oven

4. Iwo Jima

5. MV Wilhelm Gustloff

6. It was hit by a B52 bomber

7. Tupperware

8. Brief Encounter

9. Germany

10. Ken Rosewall, Jimmy Connors and Boris Becker

11. To air drop food supplies to starving civilians. (Manna from heaven)

12. Viscount Montgomery (Monty/Montgomery)

13. Battle of the Bulge

14. 9th May 1945

15. Emperor Hirohito

16. SS. - Manufactured by SS Cars Ltd and renamed after the war for obvious reasons

17. Trygvie Lie of Norway

18. John Curtin

19. Billy Wilder

20. The first nuclear test, the Manhattan Project - codename "Trinity".