Last week we had a rather topical quiz focussing on WW1 and VE day, but how did you get on? Let's see:
1. What does the abbreviation VE stand for? Victory in Europe
2. What time of the day, on May 8, 1945, was the news announced? 3pm
3. When did the Prime Minister first hear of the surrender? The day before - 7am on May 7
4. When was VE Day originally planned to be? The next day, May 9, before the news leaked and a national holiday was declared for May 8
5. When had the Second World War started? 1939
6. Adolf Hitler had a nephew called William. Who did he fight for in the Second World War? The American Navy (but he was born in Liverpool)
7. How many British prisoners of war were released after VE Day? 13,000
8. Which European countries stayed ‘neutral’ in the Second World War? Sweden, Switzerland and Spain
9. Where did the conflict continue after VE Day? The conflict continued in Japan until August
10. How old was our Queen Elizabeth II on VE Day? 19 years old
11. How did the future queen help out during the Second World War? She joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service as a driver and mechanic
12. Who was on the throne in 1945? King George VI
13. Who was Prime Minister at the time? Winston Churchill
14. What were people allowed to purchase without rationing coupons, in celebration of VE Day? Red, white and blue material for bunting
15. In the US, a new name was give to hamburgers to make them sound less ‘German’. What were they called? Liberty Steaks
16. How much toilet paper per day were British soldiers allowed, under rationing? Three sheets
17. How old was the youngest person in the US military? 12 years old - Calvin Graham forged documents to join, but was discharged when his age was discovered
18. What popular breakfast and dessert spread was invented because of rationing during WWII? Nutella, due to chocolate rationing. The spread uses other ingredients to ‘stretch’ a small amount of cocoa powder
19. US President Harry Truman celebrated his birthday on VE Day in 1945 - what age did he turn? 61
20. Where was the German surrender signed? A school house in Rhins, Germany
21. What does the Netherlands send to Canada every year to say thank you for sheltering their Princess in the war? 10,000 tulips
22. When did food rationing end, following the end of the war? 1954
Well, how did you do?
This week we've had a request - and it takes us onto a subject we haven't visited for a while - books and literature!
Round 1: General
According to Aesop's Fable, which animal did the tortoise beat in a race?
Name the young hero of Treasure Island
Victor Hugo wrote The Hunchback of Notre Dame. What was his other famous book, the story of an escaped convict, Jean Valjean?
In what London street did Sherlock Holmes live?
In which novel does the heroine finally marry Mr. Rochester?
In 1991 the sequel to Gone with the Wind, written by Alexandra Ripley, was published. What was the title?
Pip is the main character of which book by Charles Dickens?
Who wrote Sense and Sensibility?
Round 2: Guess the book
A retired Spanish country gentleman in his fifties who has become obsessed with books of chivalry?
A chronicle of the history of the French invasion of Russia through the stories of five Russian aristocratic families?
Set in Airstrip One, a province of the superstate Oceania in a world of perpetual war, public manipulation, and government surveillance?
Set around the time of the French revolution, in which Sydney Carton makes the ultimate sacrifice
Set in Victorian times, the story chronicles the life of a horse from a young colt to pulling cabs in London until finally retiring to the country
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