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What was the Allied operation name for a planned invasion of Japan’s home islands?

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Operation Downfall

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What was the official title of Douglas MacArthur’s Allied command during Japan’s 1945 surrender?

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Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers

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In which German city was the July 1945 Allied declaration demanding Japan’s surrender issued?

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Potsdam

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On what date did Japan announce its acceptance of the Allied surrender terms in 1945, the event commonly called V-J Day?

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August 15, 1945

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In Doctor Who’s 2010 story “The Pandorica Opens,” what is the Pandorica?

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A prison

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In Hesiod’s myth of Pandora, what remains inside the container after everything else escapes?

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Hope

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Which English phrase replaced Hesiod’s vessel in the familiar expression “Pandora’s box”?

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Box

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According to Hesiod, what does Pandora release when she opens the container?

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Human troubles

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What is the title of the Hesiod poem that gives the fullest ancient account of Pandora’s story?

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Works and Days

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In Hesiod’s Works and Days, which brother receives Pandora as a gift from the gods?

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Epimetheus

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In Hesiod’s Theogony, Pandora is described as what kind of woman?

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The first woman

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Which 1508 writer helped turn Pandora’s jar into the familiar phrase “Pandora’s box”?

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Erasmus

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