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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• J.K. Rowling

What is J.K. Rowling’s full name, including the middle name represented by the initial K?

Answer

Joanne Kathleen Rowling

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• J.K. Rowling

Which 2011 film concluded the main Harry Potter movie series based on J.K. Rowling’s books?

Answer

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• J.K. Rowling

Which charity did J.K. Rowling establish to help children affected by institutionalisation?

Answer

Lumos

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

Which Kuril island was the site of the first major Soviet-Japanese battle after Japan announced surrender in 1945?

Answer

Shumshu

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

What nickname is commonly given to the Soviet offensive against Japan’s forces in Manchuria in August 1945?

Answer

August Storm

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

Who took the famous V-J Day in Times Square photograph in New York in 1945?

Answer

Alfred Eisenstaedt

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

What 1956 declaration formally ended the state of war between Japan and the Soviet Union?

Answer

Soviet-Japanese Joint Declaration

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

Which French general signed Japan’s surrender document as France’s representative?

Answer

Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque

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

What was the Allied plan for the planned invasion of Japan’s island of Kyushu in 1945?

Answer

Operation Olympic

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

What was the formal document signed aboard USS Missouri to end Japan’s war?

Answer

Japanese Instrument of Surrender

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

Which city was hit by the second atomic bomb before Japan accepted surrender terms in 1945?

Answer

Nagasaki

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

Which Allied representative signed Japan’s surrender for the Soviet Union?

Answer

Kuzma Derevyanko

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