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Trivia Quiz - episode 5

Test your investigative skills and knowledge of history below. Just answer true or false and then click through for the answers. The questions are based on the three cases of Episode 5 .

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1. During the Revolutionary War, the governors of southern states were exiled to England.
2. African American slaves were loyal only to the rebel cause during the War of Independence.
3. A well-preserved antiquity would most likely have survived in an oxygen-rich environment.
4. The United States Navy lost the largest number of ships in its history at Pearl Harbor in December 1941.
5. The Battle of Okinawa in 1945 was the final major battle of World War II.
6. Over a dozen Navy battleship commanders were court-martialed after World War II was over.
7. When the U.S.S. Indianapolis was torpedoed and sunk on July 30, 1945, the Navy rushed to rescue the men who were on board.
8. The first solo, non-stop, trans-Atlantic flight was completed in10 hours.
9. The “Spirit of St. Louis” was named after the birthplace of Charles Lindbergh’s mother.
10. Charles Lindbergh won a cash prize for flying across the Atlantic.