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What did George V ban in his household to encourage others to do the same and help the war effort?

Alcohol

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In the 1915 song where did you 'Pack Up Your Troubles'?

In your old kit bag

At which battle in 1916 was there said to be a million fatalities?

Somme

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Which new weapon was introduced in battle in 1916?

Tank

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What was the 1914-18 war known as until 1939?

The Great War

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In which year did the United States enter the First World War?

1917

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Why were British soldiers called Tommies (short for Tommy Atkins)?

Sample name on recruitment form

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Which new British military force was established in 1918?

RAF

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The German attack on which country caused Britain to enter the Second World War?

Poland

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Which German word means 'lightning war' when translated into the English language?

Blitzkrieg

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According to the World War II poster, what did 'Careless Talk' do?

Costs Lives

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According to Churchill, he had nothing to offer in 1940 but what?

Blood, toil, tears, and sweat

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Which great evacuation of 1940 was called Operation Dynamo?

Dunkirk

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What was the German air force called?

Luftwaffe

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Which US band-leader went missing over the Channel in 1944?

Glenn Miller

What was the popular name for pilotless bombs, V-1s?

Doodle-bug or buzz bomb

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Who commanded the Allied forces that invaded Europe on D-Day?

General Dwight Eisenhower

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In which French city did Germany surrender in World War II?

Reims

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Which member of the British royal family was murdered by IRA in 1979?

Lord Mountbatten

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Golda Meir was the Prime Minister of which country from 1970-1974?

Israel

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What was the meaning of Mahatma Gandhi's message 'Satyagraha'?

Non-violent resistance

Whose presidency was known a 'the businessman's administration'?

Eisenhower

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In the 1970s, because of the Watergate scandal, who became the first Us attorney general to serve prison time?

John Mitchell

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In which year was Margaret Thatcher first elected Prime Minister in Britain?

1979

Name the Queen's art expert who, in 1978, was disclosed as being 'the fourth man' following the defection of Burgess and MacLean in 1951?

Sir Anthony Blunt

What nationality was Sir Edmund Hillary, who with Sherpa Tenzing, was the first to reach the summit of Everest in 1953?

New Zealander

In which country, in 1989 was opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi placed under house arrest for her outspoken attacks on the country military rulers?

Burma (Myanmar)

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Who was president when the USA entered the first World War?

Woodrow Wilson

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In which decade was London's 'Crystal Palace' destroyed by fire?

1930's

On the bombing of Pearl Harbour in 1941, who said: 'Our enemies have performed a brilliant feat of deception, perfectly timed and executed whit great skill'?

President Franklin D Roosevelt

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