The Air Raid Warden’s Home Front Quiz

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How’s your Second World War knowledge?. If you don’t know the answer, have a guess and find out when you submit all your answers at the end. There are 20 questions in total - 10 in each section.

Food rationing was introduced in:

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September 1939

December 1939

January 1940

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Select which foods were NOT rationed:

1 point

Potatoes, fruit and fish

Cheese, tea and eggs

Butter, margarine and lard

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What colour ration books did children between 5 and 16 years of age have?

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Buff

Blue

Red

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Clothes rationing was introduced in:

1 point

December 1940

June 1941

January 1942

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A pair of adult socks cost

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One coupon

Two coupons

Three coupons

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Which item of clothing did people think should NOT be rationed?

1 point

Overalls

Dresses

Trousers

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The Government tried to encourage people to get as much wear out of their clothes with:

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The ‘shut up and put up’ campaign

The ‘make do and mend’ campaign

The ‘sew a hole’ campaign

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To help the war effort, people were encouraged to salvage:

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Paper, metal and stones

Paper, metal and bones

Paper, clothing and bones

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Books were collected in the salvage campaign for:

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Lining aircraft

Re-pulping for munitions

Burning as fuel

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What slogan did the salvage campaign use?

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Saucepans for Spitfires

Ha’pennies for Hurricanes

Bedknobs for Bombers

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People who traded against the law, on the Black Market are known as:

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Spivs

Splicks

Snips

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