Welcome to the history quiz time travel to a year that would cement the world order for decades to come. The year 1946 marks the beginning of the post-war era, a time between ruins and hope, in which the course was set for the Cold War, while at the same time social life and technological progress picked up speed again. In the 1946 History Quiz , you have the chance to put your historical intuition to the test and show how much general knowledge you have about this decisive era 80 years ago.
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Politically, things cooled down after the end of the Second World War in spring of 1946 , the mood had already changed, mainly due to a groundbreaking speech in the USA, which symbolically heralded the end of the anti-Hitler coalition. Which head of state coined the term “Iron Curtain” in a famous speech in 1946? Although the speaker was no longer in office at the time, his words reverberated around the world and described the deep division of Europe into two power blocs. A little hint: he was a rhetorically gifted statesman whose cigar and V-sign are familiar to almost everyone.
The foundations for the later state structure of the GDR were laid in the Soviet occupation zone in 1946, including the formation of political mass organizations.
On New Year’s Day 1946, England celebrated a milestone for international civil aviation when an important base was opened to civilian traffic. Which airport near London opens on January 1, 1946? In the following decades, this location developed into one of the busiest hubs in the world and gradually replaced the older airfields in the region. Do you know his name?
While politics was redrawing the world map, cinema in 1946 offered a dark escape from everyday life through film noir, with one particular actor shaping the genre. Who played Philip Marlowe in the classic “The Big Sleep” directed by Howard Hawks? We are looking for a Hollywood star with an unmistakable, raspy voice, who often embodied the tough but moral loner and shone here alongside Lauren Bacall.
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18. April 26, 23:30 – Isabell Slisz
