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• 331. What was the name of the aerial battle fought between Britain and Germany in the summer of 1940?

  • The Blitz
  • The Invasion of Normandy
  • The Battle of Britain
  • The Siege of London

• 332. Which two fighter planes were used by the Royal Air Force during the Battle of Britain in 1940?

  • Spitfire
  • Hurricane
  • Lancaster
  • Mustang

• 333. What name was given to when the German air force bombed British cities at night during the Second World War?

  • The Great Fire
  • The Blitz
  • The Battle of Britain
  • The Blackout

• 334. Which British city was almost destroyed during the Blitz in World War II?

  • Liverpool
  • Birmingham
  • Coventry
  • Manchester

• 335. Which two Japanese cities were hit by atomic bombs dropped in August 1945 by the United States, leading to the end of World War II?

  • Tokyo and Osaka
  • Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  • Kyoto and Yokohama
  • Sapporo and Kobe

• 336. When did allied forces land in Normandy during World War II?

  • 1939
  • 1940
  • 1941
  • 1944

• 337. How did United States get involved in World War II?

  • The invasion of Poland
  • The bombing of London
  • The attack on Pearl Harbor
  • The fall of France

• 338. How did Britain get involved in World War II?

  • After Germany invaded France
  • After Germany invaded Poland
  • After Japan attacked Pearl Harbor
  • After Italy invaded Greece

• 339. Which British leader is remembered as an inspirational wartime Prime Minister during World War II?

  • Neville Chamberlain
  • Winston Churchill
  • Clement Attlee
  • Anthony Eden

• 340. In 2002, who was voted the greatest Briton of all time in a public poll?

  • William Shakespeare
  • Isaac Newton
  • Winston Churchill
  • Charles Darwin

• 341. In which year did Winston Churchill become Prime Minister for the first time?

  • 1939
  • 1940
  • 1945
  • 1951

• 342. Which famous quote did Winston Churchill use in his first speech to the House of Commons after becoming Prime Minister in 1940?

  • We shall fight on the beaches
  • Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few
  • I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat
  • The only thing we have to fear is fear itself

• 343. What was Alexander Fleming researching when he discovered penicillin in 1928?

  • Common cold
  • Influenza (the 'flu')
  • Pneumonia
  • Tuberculosis

• 344. Which TWO helped turn penicillin into a widely usable medicine after Alexander Fleming discovered it?

  • Marie Curie
  • Alfred Wallace
  • Howard Florey
  • Ernst Chain

• 345. For which discovery did Alexander Fleming win the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1945?

  • The discovery of the smallpox vaccine
  • The invention of antiseptics
  • The discovery of penicillin
  • The development of chemotherapy