After the nuclear destruction of Hiroshima in 1945, how long did it take for public transport system to be back in operation?
It's amazing how strong and adamant Japanese people are. After the deadly attack on the city, three days were enough for the Japanese to get the tram system back and running. Recently the city has presented a restored tram that outlived the attack 70 years ago. Even the original colors of the vehicle were preserved – in order to remind people of the tragedy.
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95 Comments
Rusty Zahn
I got it right, and why do people have to question the validity of question and answer? Just because they got it wrong maybe?!
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Mar 14, 2016 3:01PM
Kirk Yates
The Japanese are resiliant and forgiving people, now one of our greatest allies. Funny how our enemies of WWII are some of our best allies, and some of those allies are less than loyal.
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Mar 3, 2016 8:55PM
royalsfan
There many alive yet, & they didn't know of the radiation danger.
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Mar 6, 2016 12:11PM
Liz Chilcott
I remembered seeing film footage of the trams up and running 3 days after the attack.
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Jan 15, 2016 2:39PM
Aubree Williams
Wow, I was thnkn years since the radiation surely wouldv killed many if they returned to the area too soon.
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Jan 29, 2016 3:22PM
Hermanus
I quessed right, just because I know how hardworking and strong the Japanese are. Look how fast they cleaning up rubble after an earthquake. Impressive right?
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May 24, 2016 7:08AM
Christine Gardner
It's awesome to see how Hiroshima recovered after the bombing. Just 3 days after the devastation, they were rebuilding their city. They have a wonderful culture that the world could learn from.
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Oct 19, 2019 11:39PM
Samuel Miller
Don Bergemann FILM Don Film! You know like a documentary / World at War sic History Channel! Take a break smoke a cigarette!
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Apr 21, 2016 8:45PM
mapiferuk
That’s simply amazing!
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Nov 25, 2022 11:21PM
Alec McCracken
Corey Taylor, Totally agree. Many more allies would have died, had it not brought a sudden end to the war. POWs, including my father, might not have survived, had the war continued for longer.
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Nov 23, 2022 10:33PM
Jackie
It would have taken them at least 3 years in my country!
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Nov 12, 2022 6:45PM
markkcolemann
I only guessed at 3 weeks, not because I thought that the Japanese couldn't do it, I just thought that the trams would have been destroyed so it would have taken longer, I take my hat off to the Japanese work ethic.
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Nov 11, 2022 12:21PM
Sadasivan Suryanarayanan
In spite of facing Nuclear attack Twice still those "Incredible" Japanese became an advanced country in a short space of time & succeeded in staging Olympic Games in 1964 in Tokyo within two decades.. the first Asian country to do so..
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Oct 20, 2021 10:49AM
Glynis Rix
No that question was answered for me AND wrongly!
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Nov 7, 2019 4:24PM
dlh
Amazing I guessed way too long.
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Nov 6, 2019 1:11PM
Pam Tyler
Oh dear! I put three years and remember it well.
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Nov 4, 2019 4:31AM
silrem
MarlineCarpenter, let's prove it with a quick bipartisan impeachment and removal before Putin gets too much more international advantage.
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Nov 2, 2019 9:21PM
silrem
A longer more detailed answer would have assuaged my chagrin from answering 3 weeks.
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Nov 2, 2019 9:16PM
Diane Lynn Kinsman
Well I though 3 months.. they work fast..
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Nov 2, 2019 4:11PM
Corey Taylor
Tragedy? I'm sorry, but if the U.S. hadn't dropped those bombs, Japan wouldn't have surrendered, and the resulting invasion would have cost at least a million more lives on each side. In the end, the Japanese have but their own government to blame.
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Nov 2, 2019 12:42AM
Diding Otico
Wow!!! That's very fast!!!
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Nov 1, 2019 10:06AM
Todd Van Dell
Okay. Now I'm pissed.
I clicked the Replace question with another question, and instead of replacing the question, it kicked me to the end of the daily quiz, and this was my first question.
So I had to choose an answer, got it wrong, and I want to know WHY Quizz Club's quiz MALFUNCTIONED AND REFUSED to replace my answer.
I should have been given a different question to answer.
This was your fault Quizz Club.
I need you to fix that and give me my different question to answer.
Or make my incorrect answer correct.
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Oct 18, 2019 2:47AM
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