October 5, 2013

CHURCHILL TRIVIA: FINEST HOUR 102, SPRING 1999

BY CURT ZOLLER

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Test your knowledge! Most questions can be answered in back issues of Finest Hour or other Churchill Center publications, but it’s not really cricket to check. 24 questions appear each issue, answers in the following issue. Questions are in six categories: Contemporaries (C), Literary (L), Miscellaneous (M), Personal (P), Statesmanship (S) and War (W).

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937. Whom did Churchill wish to be Godfather to Randolph? (C)

938. Who wrote the introduction to Churchill’s book, Liberalism and the Social Problem?(L)

939. Which American Vice President criticized Churchill’s Fulton speech, calling him “the Mephistopheles of alliances and power politics”? (M)

940. In what year was Churchill initiated into the Freemasons? (P)

941. In 1936 Churchill wrote “How to Stop War.” Where can you find it? (S)

942. What was the code name for the Dunkirk evacuation? (W)

943. Where can you find the correspondence between WSC and Bourke Cockran, American lawyer and Democratic Member of Congress? (C)

944. How much did Churchill receive from The Strand Magazine for each of five articles about his African travels? (He ultimately sold two more for the same price.) (L)

945. Roosevelt wanted a painting of the Big Three at Yalta and Douglas Chandor was chosen as the artist. What happened to the painting? (M)

946. In 1905 Churchill was offered the Financial Secretaryship to the Treasury. He was, however, able to convince the Prime Minister to appoint him to a different position. What was it? (P)

947. Several times Churchill commented on his fate if his father would have been American rather than his mother. What would have been his position, in that case, with regard to involvement in Europe? (S)

948. In which article, published in September 1924, did Churchill consider the effects of atom bombs delivered by missiles against cities, military installations and naval yards? (W)

949. Who commented about WSC: “With all his faults, his is the lion heart”? (C)

950. How did the British publisher of Churchill’s Second World War manage to squeeze 20,000 more copies out of a limited supply of paper? (L)

951. Which prominent American commented: “I saw the Englishman, Winston Churchill…he is not an attractive fellow.” (M)

952. In how many speeches did Churchill refer to “blood, toil, tears and sweat”? (P)

953. In Marlborough, Churchill puts forward a threefold rule of conduct for nations. What is it? (S)

954. What were Germany’s two greatest errors in World War I, according to Churchill? (W)

955- Whom did Churchill send as his personal representative to Chiang Kai Shek in 1943? (C)

956. In which of Churchill’s articles did he quote Tennyson’s “Locksley Hall”? (L)

957. The Duke of Marlborough achieved a famous victory over the French, commanded by Marshal Villeroi in 1706 during the War of the Spanish Succession. What was the name of the town for which it was named? (M)

958. What was Churchill’s word of advice for budding artists? (P)

959. On 19 November 1939 Churchill reported to the War Cabinet the impact of German mine-laying opposite the entrance of the Thames estuary. What was his recommended response? (S)

960. At the height of the Battle of Britain WSC commented: “We must regard the generalship here shown as an example of genius in the art of war.” Who was the genius? (W)

Answers to Churchill Trivia in FH 101:

(913) John Colville served three Prime Ministers: Neville Chamberlain,Winston Churchill and Clement Attllee. (914) Frederick Woods wrote about “Churchill’s Method of Writing” in Artillery of Words. (915) When comparing the US Constitution to the Socialist Party Churchill said the Constitution “declares all men to be born equal,” the Socialist Party “All men must be kept equal.” (916) Churchill bought Chartwell in September 1922. (917) Roosevelt later admitted to Harry Hopkins that his “Unconditional Surrender” demand at Cairo was a slip of the tongue. (918) In Polish fighter squadrons WSC said one Pole was worth three Frenchmen. (919) Nellie Hozier was a nurse in Belgium in 1914; captured by the Germans, she was released almost immediately. (920) The Malakand despatches were entitled “The War in the Indian Highlands” and signed “A Young Officer.” (921) The architect who designed Blenheim was Sir John Vanbrugh.(922) Churchill is buried at the Church of St. Martin’s in Bladon, Oxfordshire. (923) On 8 March 1944 WSC minuted the Defense Council regarding bacteriological warfare “…if our enemies should indulge in this form of warfare, the only deterrent would be our power to retaliate.” (924) Admiral Keyes was Naval Chief of Staff during the Dardanelles affair. (925) Chamberlain’s response about Churchill in the government was, “I won’t have anyone who will rock the boat.” (926) WSC signed his letters to The Harrovian “Junius Junior.” (927) Churchill had his first heart attack during the night of 26 December 1941 while visiting Washington, D.C. (928) The Williamsburg Award was presented at Draper’s Hall, London, 7 December 1955. (929) General Montgomery defined leadership as “The capacity and the will to rally men and women to a common purpose, and the character which inspires confidence.” (930) Operation “Felix” was a German plan to seize Gibraltar. (931) Lady Gwendeline (“Goonie”) Bertie married Winston’s brother Jack. (932) Churchill quoted “Pretty Polly Oliver” in “Women in War” in The Strand Magazine, 2/38. (933) After Churchill’s death his son returned the Garter to the Queen, as is customary; Her Majesty later loaned the Insignia for display at Chartwell. (934) No Churchill speeches were broadcast from the House of Commons. (935) “Never give in” was in a speech on 29Oct4l to the boys at Harrow School. (936) Churchill’s remark about “fire and force of valiance” was made on 26 Dec ’45, at the death of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Keyes.