Winston Churchill Quiz Answers

See how you did, the answers are highlighted below in bold

What are Winston Churchill’s middle names?

Spencer Tracy
Leonard Spencer
Leonard Jerome
Randolph Spencer

Sir Winston Churchill’s father was the third son of whom?

Duke of Devonshire
Duke of Marlborough
Duke of Oxfordshire
Duke of Somerset

About whom was Winston Churchill talking, when he said: “She shone for me like the Evening Star. I loved her dearly – but at a distance.”?

His daughter
His grandmother
His mother
His nanny

Which of the following institutions did Winston NOT attend?

St George’s School, Ascot
Harrow School
University of Oxford
RMA Sandhurst

Churchill wrote a book (in 1899) concerning his experiences as a British Army office during the Mahdist War in Sudan. What was the book’s title?

The River War
The Stream of War
The White Nile War
The War of the Roses

Which newspaper did Churchill convince to pay him £250 per month to cover the war in South Africa?

Daily News
Examiner
Morning Post
Southern Star

Which prestigious post did Churchill hold from 1908 to 1910?

First Lord of the Admiralty
Home Secretary
President of the Board of Trade
British prime minister

When was Winston Churchill adopted as the “Independent Constitutionalist anti-Socialist” candidate for Epping?

1914
1919
1924
1929

Winston Churchill served as British prime minister twice, in 1940 to 1945 and then again when?

1948 to 1951
1951 to 1955
1955 to 1959
1959 to 1965

To date Winston Churchill is the only prime minister to have received what?

Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Nobel Prize in Literature
Nobel Prize for Peace
Nobel Prize for prime ministers

Written by Terri Eaton // 24th February 2012

Comments