Trivia questions and answers, drawn fresh from the well

• Easy Easy difficulty.
• 2026–27 Premier League Opening Weekend

Which team did Manchester City beat 2–1 on the first Sunday of the 2026–27 Premier League season?

Answer

AFC Bournemouth

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• 2026–27 Premier League Opening Weekend

Which 2026–27 Premier League opening-weekend fixture was moved to Sunday because of UEFA Conference League qualifying?

Answer

Brighton & Hove Albion versus Aston Villa

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• V-J Day And Japan's Surrender In World War Ii (1945–2026)

What was the formal document that legally recorded Japan’s 1945 capitulation called?

Answer

Japanese Instrument of Surrender

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• V-J Day And Japan's Surrender In World War Ii (1945–2026)

At what time did Emperor Hirohito’s recorded surrender broadcast air in Japan on August 15, 1945?

Answer

Noon

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• V-J Day And Japan's Surrender In World War Ii (1945–2026)

Which U.S. president announced Japan’s surrender in Washington on August 14, 1945?

Answer

Harry S. Truman

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• V-J Day And Japan's Surrender In World War Ii (1945–2026)

Which Japanese prime minister led the cabinet that accepted the Potsdam Declaration in 1945?

Answer

Kantarō Suzuki

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• V-J Day And Japan's Surrender In World War Ii (1945–2026)

What phrase did the Potsdam Declaration use for the alternative to Japan’s surrender?

Answer

Prompt and utter destruction

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• V-J Day And Japan's Surrender In World War Ii (1945–2026)

Which Chinese leader co-signed the 1945 Potsdam Declaration calling for Japan’s surrender?

Answer

Chiang Kai-shek

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• V-J Day And Japan's Surrender In World War Ii (1945–2026)

What was Emperor Hirohito’s 1945 radio broadcast announcing Japan’s surrender commonly called?

Answer

Gyokuon-hōsō

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• V-J Day And Japan's Surrender In World War Ii (1945–2026)

Which planned operation would have attacked Japan’s Kantō Plain near Tokyo in spring 1946?

Answer

Operation Coronet

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• V-J Day And Japan's Surrender In World War Ii (1945–2026)

Which planned Allied operation would have invaded southern Kyūshū in November 1945?

Answer

Operation Olympic

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• V-J Day And Japan's Surrender In World War Ii (1945–2026)

What was the Allied plan to invade Japan’s home islands in 1945–46 called?

Answer

Operation Downfall

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