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Let us not forget

Test your knowledge of the First and Second World Wars with our 20-question quiz.

1 Who did Winston Churchill take over from as Prime Minister during the Second World War?

Answer: Neville Chamberlain

2 How many times did Winston Churchill serve as Prime Minister?

Answer: Twice

3 What government post did Winston Churchill hold at beginning of the First World War?

Answer: First Lord of the Admiralty

4 During the First World War at which castle did the Royal Navy use the castle’s anchorage for vessels defending against German U-boats?

Answer: Pendennis Castle

5 During which war was Pendennis Castle used for training troops before they went to France and Belgium?

Answer: The First World War

6 What was Wrest Park used for during the First World War?

Answer: An auxiliary hospital

7 Which organisations ran most of the almost 1,500 auxiliary hospitals operating during the First World War?

Answer: British Red Cross and Order of St John of Jerusalem

8 Who was imprisoned in Richmond Castle in 1916?

Answer: Conscientious objectors who refused to take part in any work to support the war effort during the First World War

9 Which aerial battle was fought over southern England in the summer of 1940?

Answer: The Battle of Britain

10 Which British Prime Minister signed the Munich Agreement with Adolph Hitler?

Answer: Neville Chamberlain

11 What event brought the United States into the Second World War?

Answer: The bombing of Pearl Harbour by the Japanese

12 From where was the Dunkirk evacuation masterminded?

Answer: Dover Castle

13 What was the code name for the evacuation of Dunkirk, 1940?

Answer: Operation Dynamo

14 When was food rationing introduced in Britain during the Second World War?

Answer: January 1940

15 During the Second World War, guns were installed at Dartmouth Castle which could target enemy ships at what distance out to sea?

Answer: 3 miles

16 Who camped in Totnes Castle during the Second World War?

Answer: Evacuees

17 On which two Japanese cities were atomic bombs dropped by the Americans in 1945?

Answer: Hiroshima and Nagasaki

18 Which English Heritage site housed a naval college before and during the First World War?

Answer: Osborne

19 Which two English Heritage sites were damaged by incendiary bombs during the Blitz of 1940 and 1941?

Answer: Eltham Palace and Gardens and Jewel Tower

20 On the morning of 16 December 1914, in the opening months of the First World War, two German warships fired more than 500 shells on Hartlepool, Whitby and which other Yorkshire town and castle from the bay?

Answer: Scarborough

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