1. Can you name the World War II liquid-fuel, German-rocket bomb that is considered the forerunner to today's ballistic missile?

2. What was referred to by the Japanese as their "unsinkable" aircraft carrier during World War II?

3. What was Hawaii's status vis-a-vis the United States on Dec. 7, 1941, when the Japanese staged the infamous sneak-attack on U.S. forces in Pearl Harbor?

4. What role did the Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi play in World War II?

5. Name the man who was proclaimed emperor of Vietnam by the Japanese toward the end of World War II.

Answers

1. It was the V-2.

2. The unsinkable aircraft carrier was the island of Formosa, which was then a Japanese colony in the Formosa Straits.

3. Hawaii was a territory of the United States in 1941.

4. As a pacifist, he refused to lend his cooperation to the war effort. In 1942, the British jailed him.

5. Bao Dai (1926-45).

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