Overview - Mr Reekes Test

Question 1

Which decision by Lloyd George in November 1920 did Churchill nearly resign over?

Answer 1

The British government recognised the revolutionary Bolshevik government as the legitimate regime by establishing trade deals

Question 2

How many Irish counties were put under martial law by Churchill in 1920?

Answer 2

6 out of 9

Question 3

What was Churchill’s ministerial position from 1921-22?

Answer 3

Secretary of State for the Colonies

Question 4

Where did Churchill suffer an election defeat in 1922?

Answer 4

Dundee

Question 5

Who was the main Republican opposition to Churchill and the GB government during Irish negotiations from 1921-22?

Answer 5

Eamon de Valera

Question 6

What did Churchill do during his first year as Chancellor of the Exchequer that caused opposition from the Admiralty?

Answer 6

Cut spending on the Navy’s Cruiser Building Programme

Question 7

In which year did Churchill ‘re-rat’ from the Liberals, back to the Conservatives?

Answer 7

1925

Question 8

Approximately how many miners went on strike in 1926?

Answer 8

2,000,000

Question 9

Which financial policy, related to war, did Churchill extend in July 1928?

Answer 9

The 10 Year Rule – no war for at least 10 years

Question 10

How many years was Churchill ‘in the wilderness’?

Answer 10

10 years

Question 11

When did the Round table conferences, concerning Indian independence, begin?

Answer 11

November 1930

Question 12

What was the name of the political, imperialist committee that wanted to prevent the loss of British control over India and how many Tory backbenchers were part of this committee?

Answer 12

India Defence Committee

50 backbenchers

Question 13

When was the Simon Note announced?

Answer 13

September 1932

Question 14

What was the name of Churchill’s opposition group to the Conservatives, during the Abdication Crisis?

Answer 14

The King’s Party

Question 15

Which action by Germany, in 1936, caused Churchill to realise that Austria would be the dictator’s next invasion?

Answer 15

The re-militarisation of the Rhineland

Question 16

Name two of Churchill’s Conservative allies in the ‘All-Party Government’, set up in March 1939 to prevent war?

Answer 16

Eden, Beaverbrook

Question 17

When did Chamberlain militarily guarantee Poland?

Answer 17

March 1939

Question 18

When did Chamberlain declare war on Germany?

Answer 18

3 September 1939

Question 19

What was the ‘Phoney War’?

Answer 19

A period of no fighting after the declaration of war from 3 September 1939 till April 1940

Question 20

On what date was Churchill made wartime PM?

Answer 20

10 May 1940

Question 21

Why was Norway so important to the allies?

Answer 21

Norway was a stop-off between Sweden and Germany in transporting iron ore which was vital for the war effort

Question 22

When did Churchill make the decision to destroy the French fleet at Mers-al-Kebir to prevent it falling into German hands?

Answer 22

June 1940

Question 23

Name two generals who Churchill removed during his time as PM?

Answer 23

Dill and Wavell

Question 24

Name a Labour member of Churchill’s Cabinet during WWII?

Answer 24

Attlee

Question 25

Approximately what percentage of Hamburg was destroyed by British raids in 1943?

Answer 25

75%

Question 26

How many miles did Churchill travel to meetings and negotiations during WWII?

Answer 26

110,000

Question 27

How many formal meetings did just FDR and Churchill have during WWII?

Answer 27

10

Question 28

When was the Atlantic Charter agreed?

Answer 28

August 1941

Question 29

Which massacre did Churchill ignore in order to aid relations between him and Stalin?

Answer 29

Katyn Massacre

Question 30

When did the D day landings in Northern France begin?

Answer 30

6 June 1944

Question 31

When did the US become the senior partner in the Grand Alliance?

Answer 31

May 1943

Question 32

For what reasons did Churchill and Stalin disagree at Yalta in February 1945?

Answer 32

The post-war division of Germany, Berlin and Europe

Question 33

What was decided in the ‘naughty document’ in 1944?

Answer 33

Division of Eastern Europe between the USSR and GB and the dominance of GB in Greece

Question 34

What was the name of the US Chief of Staff, who Alanbrooke called “a great man…but not a strategist” and who often challenged GB policy in the Mediterranean?

Answer 34

George Marshall