Churchill

Question 1

When Churchill was MP for the Labour Party, which acts did he pass?

Answer 1

Old Age Pensions Act and the National Insurance(?) Act

Question 2

When was Churchill the MP for the Labour Party?

Answer 2

1904 to 1914

Question 3

Which unsuccessful campaign in the first world war did Churchill come up with?

Answer 3

Gallipoli

Question 4

How many people were killed in the battle of Gallipoli?

Answer 4

160,000

Question 5

What did Churchill do after the events of the unsuccessful campaign he came up with?

Answer 5

He became a battalion commander

Question 6

What was Churchill the Chancellor of?

Answer 6

The Exchequer

Question 7

What were the “wilderness years”

Answer 7

the years when Churchill was not as important

Question 8

Who did Churchill oppose in the wilderness years?

Answer 8

Ghandi

Question 9

What did Churchill think of communism?

Answer 9

He disliked it

Question 10

Who were Churchill’s biggest allies in WW2?

Answer 10

the USA and Russia

Question 11

Who was the leader of Russia when Churchill was in power?

Answer 11

Stalin

Question 12

Who was Churchill’s predecessor?

Answer 12

Neville Chamberlain

Question 13

When did Churchill die and what kind of funeral did he get?

Answer 13

In 1965 he was given a full state funeral

Question 14

When did Churchill become the Minister for War?

Answer 14

June 1940

Question 15

Did Churchill have a good relationship with Roosevelt?

Answer 15

Yes

Question 16

How did Churchill persuade Roosevelt to join the war effort?

Answer 16

After the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbour

Question 17

After the war, what party was Churchill in?

Answer 17

Conservative

Question 18

After the war, which party won the general election?

Answer 18

Labour

Question 19

When did Churchill become PM again?

Answer 19

1951

Question 20

When did Churchill order a series of bombing raids on German cities?

Answer 20

1945

Question 21

When Churchill ordered a series of bombing raids on German cities, how many people were killed? (2 details)

Answer 21

25,000 people, many civilians

Question 22

When did the Allies start to win the war?

Answer 22

1943

Question 23

When was the Enigma code cracked?

Answer 23

1942

Question 24

When was Churchill voted the Greatest Briton?

Answer 24

2002

Question 25

Which Churchill quote has been used as evidence tha t he is a racist and white supremamcist?

Answer 25

“I do not admit for instance, that a great wrong has been done to the Red Indians of America or the black people of Australia. I do not admit that a wrong has been done to these people by the fact that a stronger race, a higher-grade race, a more worldly wise race to put it that way, has come in and taken their place.”

Question 26

Why was Churchill responsible for the Bengal famine?

Answer 26

The war cabinet ordered a stockpile of wheat for feeding european civilians after they’d been liberated. Despite the fact that people in India were starving, he insisted they continued to stockpile rice to fuel the war effort.

Question 27

What Churchill say about Ghandi?

Answer 27

“It is alarming and nauseating to see Mr Gandhi, a seditious Middle Temple lawyer, now posing as a fakir… striding half-naked up the steps of the Vice-regal Palace,”