# 🌺 Trivia: Pearl Harbor  
**🗓️ Used:** 2025-06-13

## 🧠 Regular Questions

### 1. On what date was the attack on Pearl Harbor?  
**Answer:** December 7, 1941  
- “The day calendars started crying.”  
- “Sunday service got... interrupted.”  
- “It was a December to *not* remember fondly.”  
- “Even FDR needed a minute.”  
- “Breakfast: ruined. History: forever altered.”

### 2. Which country launched the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor?  
**Answer:** Japan  
- “Plot twist: it was *not* Germany.”  
- “Sushi diplomacy failed that day.”  
- “Planes, pain, and Pacific drama.”  
- “Japan rolled the dice, and history got dicey.”  
- “It was stealth mode… with explosions.”

### 3. What U.S. naval base was the primary target?  
**Answer:** Pearl Harbor  
- “Clue’s in the name, genius.”  
- “Hawaii’s least chill Sunday morning.”  
- “Not a tropical getaway that day.”  
- “Pearl Harbor: where paradise met panic.”  
- “Tourist traffic was *not* the issue.”

### 4. What U.S. battleship famously exploded and sank during the attack?  
**Answer:** USS Arizona  
- “Resting place and history lesson in one.”  
- “She sank, but her legacy didn’t.”  
- “Arizona: the ship, not the state, chill out.”  
- “Floating fortress turned floating grave.”  
- “Now it’s a memorial. Then, it was a fireball.”

### 5. What major war did the U.S. enter the day after Pearl Harbor?  
**Answer:** World War II  
- “Spoiler: things escalated quickly.”  
- “From isolation to incineration.”  
- “The U.S. went full ‘hold my beer.’”  
- “History changed in 24 hours.”  
- “War declared, gloves off, history made.”

## ✍️ Fill-in-the-Blank Questions

### 1. President ______ gave the famous “day of infamy” speech.  
**Answer:** Franklin D. Roosevelt  
- “FDR: powered by speeches and resolve.”  
- “Rolling thunder, rolling wheelchair.”  
- “History’s mic dropper.”  
- “He didn’t yell—he declared.”  
- “Franklin: not the kite guy, the war guy.”

### 2. The attack lasted approximately ______ hours.  
**Answer:** Two  
- “Short attack, long consequences.”  
- “They wrecked a fleet before brunch.”  
- “Two hours of chaos, decades of fallout.”  
- “It wasn’t a blitz—it was a bulldozer.”  
- “Less time than an Avengers movie.”

### 3. The Japanese attack included aircraft carriers, bombers, and ______ fighters.  
**Answer:** Zero  
- “The Zero: a name, not a grade.”  
- “Because warplanes need edgy branding.”  
- “No zeros were spared in making this tragedy.”  
- “Silent but deadly. Then very loud.”  
- “The ninja of airplanes.”

### 4. The U.S. aircraft carriers were ______ during the attack.  
**Answer:** Out to sea  
- “Luck? Strategy? Plot armor?”  
- “A scheduling miracle.”  
- “Gone fishin’. Saved the war.”  
- “Sometimes absence *is* a presence.”  
- “Their vacation saved the Pacific.”

### 5. Pearl Harbor is located on the island of ______.  
**Answer:** Oahu  
- “Hawaii’s least relaxing beach.”  
- “Tropical tragedy, historical hotspot.”  
- “Surf’s up. Then bombs.”  
- “Not the luau you were hoping for.”  
- “Pearl Harbor: Oahu’s worst alarm clock.”

## ❓ Multiple Choice Questions

### 1. [Difficulty: 1]  
What state is Pearl Harbor located in?  
- A. California  
- B. Alaska  
- C. Hawaii  
- D. Oregon  
**Answer:** C. Hawaii  
- “Aloha means both ‘hello’ and ‘duck.’”  
- “The 50th state. The first target.”  
- “Palm trees and panic.”  
- “They attacked paradise.”  
- “America’s tan line just got military.”

### 2. [Difficulty: 2]  
What ship’s sunken remains now serve as a national memorial?  
- A. USS Missouri  
- B. USS Arizona  
- C. USS Pennsylvania  
- D. USS Oklahoma  
**Answer:** B. USS Arizona  
- “The real tomb of the unknown sailor.”  
- “History’s most respectful oil leak.”  
- “She weeps fuel. We weep memory.”  
- “You float above the past—literally.”  
- “A war grave with an admission line.”

### 3. [Difficulty: 3]  
What U.S. action followed immediately after the attack?  
- A. Dropping the atomic bomb  
- B. Declaring war on Japan  
- C. Signing a peace treaty  
- D. Forming the UN  
**Answer:** B. Declaring war on Japan  
- “Unanimous vote. Even the snacks voted yes.”  
- “Congress put on its war pants.”  
- “That’s a no-fly zone now.”  
- “Japan woke the bear and got claws.”  
- “One attack = instant World War participation.”

### 4. [Difficulty: 3]  
How many American service members were killed in the attack?  
- A. 1,177  
- B. 2,403  
- C. 987  
- D. 3,210  
**Answer:** B. 2,403  
- “Names on stone. Pain in history.”  
- “Each number, a name.”  
- “A single morning. 2,403 reasons to remember.”  
- “Not just stats—stories lost.”  
- “Honor them by remembering, not just reciting.”

### 5. [Difficulty: 4]  
Which Japanese admiral planned the attack on Pearl Harbor?  
- A. Yamashita  
- B. Tojo  
- C. Nagumo  
- D. Yamamoto  
**Answer:** D. Yamamoto  
- “Mastermind with regrets.”  
- “He knew it would wake the beast—and still did it.”  
- “Strategist, not sympathizer.”  
- “He said, ‘We have awakened a sleeping giant.’”  
- “Spoiler: he was right.”

