Can you name the significant events of 1941?

Date	Answer	Clue
January 13th		This author of 'Ulysses' dies
January 20th		This U.S. President is sworn in for his third term
February 9th		British leader who asks for weapons support in a worldwide broadcast
February 23rd		This element is discovered by Glenn T. Seaborg
March 1st		The first FM radio station launched in this city
March 11th		Law enacted allowing American-built war supplies to be shipped to the Allies on loan
April 13th		Japan signs a neutrality pact with this country
April 28th		This star of 'Bye Bye Birdie' and 'Viva Las Vegas' is born
May 1st		This Orson Welles directorial debut premieres
May 6th		Breakfast cereal by General Mills first launched
June 2nd		This baseball legend dies of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis which becomes synonymous with his name
June 22nd		Germany invades the Soviet Union under this codename
July 17th		This New York Yankee center fielder's 56 game hitting streak ends
July 26th		He is named commander of all U.S. forces in the Philippines
August 1st		This off-road vehicle is launched
September 6th		Jews in German-occupied areas are required to wear this
October 23rd		Walt Disney releases this animated feature
October 31st		Drilling is completed on this U.S. monument
November 14th		This British aircraft carrier is sunk by German u-boats
November 26th		This country gains independence from France
December 7th		The Japanese strike this U.S. naval base
December 19th		He becomes Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the German Army
March 22nd	He becomes Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the German Army
May 27th	He becomes Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the German Army

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1941 Quiz

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	fluffy:	Jan 27th, 2010 at 04:11 GMT		6 points
	Rosebud!

	fluffy:	Jan 27th, 2010 at 04:13 GMT		2 points
	Also, should read this country gains, not games, independence from France.

	spottedcow:	Jan 27th, 2010 at 04:13 GMT		-4 points
	I think that "star" should be accepted for "star of david" Also, its interesting how many important historical events happened in one year.

	teapot37:	Jan 27th, 2010 at 04:16 GMT		2 points
	Hitler spelled his name "Adolf".

	gopaladins:	Jan 27th, 2010 at 04:29 GMT		8 points
	should accept "mt. rushmore"

	pat19:	Jan 27th, 2010 at 04:29 GMT		39 points
	You really threw me for a loop with the element question- I thought the answer would surely be Seaborgium.

	TheBigE1980:	Jan 27th, 2010 at 04:29 GMT		4 points
	Two things: 1) @detektor -- Yes, it did, unfortunately. The US Congress at the time was ridiculously isolationist and did not want to do anything that could POSSIBLY get them involved in another war in Europe. (Of course, now, the US will involve themselves in virtually any foreign war at the drop of a hat, but that's another story altogether...) 2) Lebanon did not "gain" independence from France in 1941. They DECLARED it in 1941, but it was not recognized until 1943.

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	dje:	Jan 27th, 2010 at 04:40 GMT		-4 points
	wow @ missing hitler- i overthunk and was expecting some lesser known german. as if that wasnt bad enough, wow even more at missing pearl harbor. again, overthinking (midway, johnston atoll, etc...)- if only i had looked at the date!!

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	photogirl:	Jan 27th, 2010 at 05:25 GMT		3 points
	@pat19. Me too! Then I started typing in elements named for famous scientists--curium, bohrium, etc., just in case element-naming is subject to you-scratch-my-back-and-I'll-scratch-yours politics. Who woulda guessed plutonium? (after the famous cartoon dog, of course)

	danmont:	Jan 27th, 2010 at 05:35 GMT		1 point
	The stars were always yellow. I tried yellow star. Yellow star of David. It took me awhile to just try star.

	betraisefold:	Jan 27th, 2010 at 05:58 GMT		13 points
	I love these quizzes. I have to admit I'm pretty surprised that the sinking of the Bismarck didn't make the cut on this one though. @danmont: I agree completely, they are so often just referred to as the yellow star that it needs to be accepted. @ghosty: normally I'd agree with you but I can't here, Pearl Harbor is the name of a place and should be spelled as they choose, if they spelled Pearl with a silent q it would be improper to accept it without it.

	NotBurt:	Jan 27th, 2010 at 06:32 GMT		1 point
	escort carrier HMS Audacity sunk by U-boats 21 December 1941 after leaving Gibraltar

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	reicherm:	Jan 27th, 2010 at 09:47 GMT		-1 points
	i spelled it cherios. fml

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	Commodore:	Jan 27th, 2010 at 12:19 GMT		19 points
	"A quiz that will live in infamy!"

	RLthehammer:	Jan 27th, 2010 at 13:10 GMT		3 points
	Great quiz '41 Ah the good ol' days

	Rzeziol:	Jan 27th, 2010 at 13:51 GMT		2 points
	I feel stupid for not getting Dumbo and MacArthur but also surprised for so little love for Lebanon.

	AtoneMENT:	Jan 27th, 2010 at 13:54 GMT		5 points
	All these years, I never realized Lou Gehrig died the day Charlie Watts was born. Good quiz, and I had to laugh, when I first saw it come up, I said, oh, I hope it's not about the movie, then I saw the blurb! :) But can I make one suggestion -- plenty of Jewish people wear the Star of David without being required to, the Nazis forced them to sew a big yellow star on the outside of their clothing as a brand, and I think the answer should reflect THAT.

	nymets18:	Jan 27th, 2010 at 14:21 GMT		2 points
	Yeah, I tried yellow star and it didn't work.

	Giants2082:	Jan 27th, 2010 at 14:23 GMT		3 points
	Seaborg just needed something with a little more kick!

	rk559:	Jan 27th, 2010 at 14:48 GMT		3 points
	what, no Ted Williams??

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	EGaffney:	Jan 27th, 2010 at 15:14 GMT		6 points
	Accept "Judenstern", please.

	dadlak:	Jan 27th, 2010 at 15:33 GMT		-1 points
	Good quiz. Can't believe I didn't get Cheerios. 18/22 here.

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	Craig_Hodges:	Jan 27th, 2010 at 15:40 GMT		4 points
	@Viking: What would you suggest?

	mattfire:	Jan 27th, 2010 at 15:52 GMT		7 points
	johnnyd- I hope you are joking, but you should open a history book. Hell, even unreliable Wikipedia could help you out here.

	johnnyd:	Jan 27th, 2010 at 16:04 GMT		0 points
	@mattfire,i was joking,i know my history way too much but i did think Hitler was supreme commander way before 41 and therefore did not even try his name on this quiz.

	yippeeyappee:	Jan 27th, 2010 at 16:35 GMT		3 points
	Citiizen Kane on the first two quizzes of the day - come on Sporcle Admins - make it 6 for 6!

	WinnieNicklaus:	Jan 27th, 2010 at 17:51 GMT		7 points
	I can't explain it, but the very first thing that popped into my head when I saw "Jews ... are required to wear this" was: seat belts?

	janiac:	Jan 27th, 2010 at 19:49 GMT		5 points
	that 1941 movie DID help- remember the general stopping to watch the Dumbo movie, and crying during the mother elephant scene!!!!

	Viking:	Jan 27th, 2010 at 20:16 GMT		4 points
	@Craig_Hodges: Going just by the Wiki-list for 1941, you can find events such as the invasions of Yugoslavia and Greece, the sinking of the Bismarck (as mentioned above), the first enigma machine captured by the RN, the first programmable fully automatic computer, Hess flight to the UK, the war between Peru and Ecuador, Rommel arriving in Africa and the start of the Afrika Korps, the beginning of the siege of Leningrad, the Babi Yar massacre and Hideki Tojo becoming PM of Japan. Personally I'd rate all of the above more significant from a world perspective than e.g. Dumbo or Cheerios. At least if the quiz is supposed to be in the History section.

	steeltown:	Jan 27th, 2010 at 22:54 GMT		8 points
	@Viking: Games tend to reflect the nationality of their creators& I'm not aware of Sporcle only accepting US-centric quizzes. More importantly, I'd argue that history is not just politics or wars, but yes, breakfast cereals and entertainment and sports. All the events you mentiones are worthy of of inclusion in a larger quiz abt 1941, so why not create one?

	quent1979:	Jan 28th, 2010 at 01:13 GMT		4 points
	Why is Franklin Roosevelt not accepted? Why is his middle initial so important?

	kagomeshuko:	Jan 28th, 2010 at 04:34 GMT		1 point
	Fun. I didn't know a lot, but some just required logic!

	SowCrates:	Jan 28th, 2010 at 07:43 GMT		1 point
	December 1941: Holliswood loses his radio and has a very long night in the bathroom on the john. At least he'll know which way is North when all's said and done.