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The Nuremberg Trials

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When did the Nuremberg Trials start?

a)

November 34, 1902

b)

November 20, 1945

c)

October 29, 1945

d)

July 4, 1776

2.

When did the Nuremberg Trials end?

a)

April 15, 1865

b)

November 24, 1946

c)

October 1, 1946

d)

October 19, 2005

3.

How many Nazis were sentenced to death by hanging?

a)

89

b)

2

c)

12

d)

-20

4.

Do you agree with the death penalty?

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

In some circumstances

d)

What is the death penalty?

5.

Who was Hermann Göring?

a)

A ballet dancer

b)

Reichmarshall and Luftwaffe Chief, President of the Reichstag, drector of "Four Year Plan"

c)

Julius Caesar's brother

d)

Deputy Fuhrer and Nazi Party Leader

e)

Second most influential person in Nazi party, apart from Hitler

6.

Who was the head judge of the Nuremberg Trials

a)

Judge Judy

b)

Sir Williamburg

c)

Sir Geoffrey Lawrence

d)

Adolf Hitler

e)

Francis Bibble

7.

Which countries were involved in the prosecution of the Nuremberg Trials?

a)

Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Austria, Turkey

b)

Canada, Japan, Mongolia, Guam

c)

Trinidad and Tobago, Italy, Spain, Poland

d)

USA, Great Britain, France, Russia

e)

Mexico, Salt Lake City, Leamington, Australia

8.

Who composed the International Military Tribunal (IMT)?

a)

Robert H. Jackson, Sir Hartley Shawcross, Francois de Menthon, Roman A. Rudenko

b)

Jayden MJ. Marentette, Talyse JC. Dias, Meaghan GK. Simpson

c)

Ryan Reynolds, Chris Pratt, Mr. Miller, Mr. Greenham

d)

Tortilla G. Chips, Jo King, Sir Williamburg, Todd Marentette

e)

Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë. Jane Austen, Virginia Woolf

9.

Who was Hans Frank?

a)

"The Jew Butcher of Cracow"

b)

Hitler's main bodyguard

c)

The King of Europe

d)

The first person to discover gravity

e)

The governor general of Nazi occupied Poland

10.

How many journals did Hans Frank write that were used as evidence in the Nuremberg Trials?

a)

17

b)

3

c)

-90

d)

36

11.

What were the Nuremberg Trials?

a)

The founding of Rome

b)

Trials to bring Nazi criminals to jail for their crimes against humanity

c)

Trash day- The day that trash is picked up from houses

d)

When Neil Armstrong landed on the moon

e)

The trial of Hitler

12.

How many Nazis were convicted?

(a)  

13.

Where did the Nuremberg Trials take place?

(a)  

14.

Who did not stand trial for their crimes?

a)

Hitler and Jospeh Goebbels

b)

Hans Frank and Hermann Göring

c)

Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin

d)

Sandro Botticelli and Michaelangelo

15.

Why was Nuremberg chosen as the location for the trials?

a)

Mostly undamaged by the war

b)

Easy access to getaway cars

c)

American spy heaquarters

d)

Site of some infamous Nazi rallies

e)

There was a bank nearby so that if they needed money they could rob it

16.

What were the Nazis tried for?

a)

Stealing the Mona Lisa

b)

War Crimes

c)

Crimes against peace

d)

Illegal possession of a Flamingo

e)

Crimes against humanity

17.

What evidence from Buchenwald camp was introduced?

a)

A pair of shoes made from human hair

b)

Head of an executed Pole that was used as a paperweight

c)

Hand sewn Leopard fur coats

d)

Human skin table lamps

e)

a half eaten sandwich

18.

Who was the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party (NDSAP)?

a)

Joseph Stalin

b)

Henry VIII

c)

Adolf Hitler

d)

Wilhelm Keitel

e)

Queen Victoria

19.

How many trials were there in total?

a)

4

b)

13

c)

17

d)

0

20.

Who proposed the execution of German staff officers?

a)

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

b)

Leonardo Da Vinci

c)

Leonardo DiCaprio

d)

Joseph Stalin

21.

How many defendants were acquitted?

a)

3

b)

13

c)

4

d)

42482

22.

When was the most recent trial?

a)

December 1947

b)

October 2020

c)

October 2021

d)

July 1902

23.

What did the trials lead to?

a)

United Nations Genocide Convention

b)

The Treaty of Westphalia

c)

Geneva Convention on the Laws and Customs of War

d)

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

e)

The Louisiana Purchase

24.

What was the headphone system used in the trials called?

a)

SKY

Air-Plane Flying

System

b)

IBM Loudacellphone Philippines-Finland System

c)

TOL Hearing Canada/USA

System

d)

IBM Hushaphone Filene-Finlay System

e)

IBM Hushaphone

Fillet-Finland

Operating System

25.

Did you learn something new today?

a)

No. I was already an expert.

b)

Yes!

c)

Huh?

d)

I didn't learn anything