Life for children during WW2

Quiz by Mike Smith

Question 1On the 10th of October, 1940 Princess Elizabeth spoke on the BBC radio programme Children's Hour about the war. How old was she at the time?

Options

A) 12B) 14C) 16

Answer

A) 12 XB) 14 C) 16 X

Question 2

What was operation Pied Piper?

a) A favourite war time game for childrenb) A medical procedurec) Code name for the Evacuation

Options

Answer a) A favourite war time game for children Xb) A medical procedure Xc) Code name for the Evacuation

Question 3How many children were evacuated during the first week of WW2?

Optionsa) 250,000b) 800,000c) 3 million

Answera) 250,000 Xb) 800,000 c) 3 million X

Question 4What did the children carry in a cardboard box on a string?

Options

a) gas masksb) snacks for the journeyc) toys

Answera) gas masks b) snacks for the journey Xc) toys X

Question 5How many children died in the Blitz?

Options

a) 600b) 6,000c) 60,000

Answer

a) 600 Xb) 6,000 c) 60,000 X

One in ten people who died in the bombings were children

I think children living in Britain during WW2 had a very hard time.

We are lucky today and we should be very grateful that we can go to school safely and live with our parents in our homes.

Conclusion

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