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

On what date was Emperor Hirohito’s recorded surrender broadcast first transmitted to Japan’s public?

Answer

August 15, 1945

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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 invading Japan that was never carried out in 1945?

Answer

Operation Downfall

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

Which Japanese emperor delivered the radio announcement accepting the Potsdam Declaration?

Answer

Emperor Hirohito

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Metallica's The Black Album 35th Anniversary

What original working title was considered for Metallica's self-titled 1991 album?

Answer

Married to Metal

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• Metallica's The Black Album 35th Anniversary

Who wrote the main riff of Metallica’s “My Friend of Misery,” initially intended as an instrumental?

Answer

Jason Newsted

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• Metallica's The Black Album 35th Anniversary

Which unusual stringed instrument is heard in the introduction to Metallica’s “Wherever I May Roam”?

Answer

Sitar

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Metallica's The Black Album 35th Anniversary

How many tracks appear on Metallica’s 1991 self-titled album, commonly called The Black Album?

Answer

12

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• Metallica's The Black Album 35th Anniversary

Who directed the music video for “Enter Sandman,” the lead single from Metallica's The Black Album?

Answer

Wayne Isham

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• Taylor Swift's August Song And Annual August Trend

On which platform did Taylor Swift’s annual “august” memory-video trend become prominent?

Answer

TikTok

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Taylor Swift's August Song And Annual August Trend

In Taylor Swift’s “august,” what is the narrator Augustine longing for?

Answer

James

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Pandora's Box

In Hesiod’s Pandora myth, what Greek container did Pandora open, often mistranslated as a box?

Answer

Pithos

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Pandora's Box

Who directed Pandora’s Box, the 1929 German silent film based on the Lulu plays?

Answer

G. W. Pabst

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