1. To get people to bed so they could wake up bright and early to work in the factories
   To conserve alcohol in case there was a shortage
2. To conserve alcohol as war material
   To keep people from giving in to dark impulses in a time of crisis

Britain needed its factories cranking out aircraft, bullets, and guns. To ensure they weren't staffed with hungover people working at low efficiency, the laws were written to close the pubs early so people weren't out drinking all night.

1. Fire watchers
   Night watchmen
2. Stargazers
   Jerry minders

Fire watchers were an essential part of the effort to limit the damage done by the war, dispatching firemen to bomb sites before the fires could spread.

1. All women ages 18-60
   All women ages 25-40
2. All women ages 14-60
   All women and men ages 45-60

British women had to register their occupations with the government so it could find work for them. Nearly full employment of women was necessary to free up men for military deployments.

1. The National Service Act
   The Royal Service Act
2. The Women's Service Act
   The Homeland Defense Force Act

The National Service Act resulted in the conscription of women, initially for assignments that were not dangerous, but eventually many women found their way in the line of fire.

1. Agricultural work
   Mining
2. Mathematics
   Fly planes

The Women's Land Army trained women to do the agricultural work men were leaving to join the army.

1. 90
   100
2. 40
   60

Ninety percent of single women and 80 percent of married women were employed by the domestic war effort.

1. One third
   One half
2. Seven eighths
   Two thirds

Women made up a third of the workforce in Britain during WW2, "manning" the farms and factories needed to win the war.

1. Women
   Toddlers
2. The insane
   The disabled

Due to the lack of "manpower," it fell to women to build large projects, including Waterloo Bridge.

1. A hairstyle
   A pastry
2. A type of aircraft maneuver
   A way of rolling up next to the curb to avoid debris during a bombing

During the war, the "Victory Roll" hairstyle became popular because it allowed women to have long hair (which people felt boosted morale) while keeping it out of the way so they could work.

1. Large handbags
   Stiletto heels
2. Hair ties
   Bangle earrings

Large handbags were useful because they could fit all the things you needed if you had to be away from home for a night or two.

1. Functional hats that kept one's hair out of the way
   Large decorative hats that kept the sun out of one's eyes
2. Baseball caps
   Muslim prayer caps

Function hats, like functional handbags, became popular because working women needed practical objects to do their jobs.

1. Knitting
   Pinochle
2. Dice games
   Spam

Knitting became a national obsession during the war, mostly among women but also among some men because new items were hard to come by due to shortages.

1. Venereal diseases
   Board games
2. The Houses of Parliament
   Buckingham Palace

In the face of death, the existing social order was upended, allowing men and women to mingle in ways they had not before. Such fraternization resulted in a moral liberal society and the ailments that come with that.

1. Drive trucks and perform clerical duties
   Play music for soldiers
2. Hunt for Nazi spies
   Research military technology

The Auxiliary Territorial Service was founded for domestic duty, but soon saw action in France, in the line of fire.

1. Working as radio operators, couriers, and saboteurs in France.
   Running the OSS
2. Manning Coast Guard ships
   Evacuating soldiers from the beaches of Dunkirk

When the war came to "all hands on deck," even the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry was sent to France to support the fighting forces, using their skills to communicate in secret and conduct clandestine sabotage on the Nazis.

1. Until 1950
   Until 1960
2. Until 1955
   Until 1978

Due to food shortages, the need for the Women's Land Army kept the institution going until 1950.

1. The Munich Crisis
   The annexation of Alsace Lorraine
2. The election of Adolph Hitler
   The Blitz

The Munich Crisis prompted the creation of the Air Raid Precautions, which people not enrolled in the military were encouraged to join. Its mission was to keep an eye out (literally) for enemy aircraft.

1. 1940
   1937
2. 1941
   1943

Ration books were issued in 1940, at the beginning of rationing. Rationing had to be instituted to keep Britain with enough food to sustain itself for the long war ahead.

1. The Battle of Britain
   The Blitz
2. The annexation of The Sudetenland
   The burning of the Reichstag

The Battle of Britain saw the destruction of 458 British aircraft. This was way more than the British could produce at the time, so they diverted resources from most other industrial purposes to the building of aircraft.

1. To distract the Germans from the existence of RADAR
   To improve night vision for the people watching the skies for German bombers
2. To improve digestion
   To improve overall health with a readily available and cheap vegetable

The Allies didn't want the Germans to find out about RADAR technology, so they developed the pretense that British observers had superior visual acuity due to their consumption of carrots.

1. Canada
   South Africa
2. Rhodesia
   Russia

Children were sent to Australia, Canada, and the USA during the war to keep them out of harm's way, especially during the Blitz.

1. Belfast
   Lerwick
2. Scalloway
   Derry

Belfast was a major source of arms and munitions during the war, and after flying reconnaissance flights to determine targets, the Germans bombed its working class civilian population in an effort to retard its industrial capability.

1. Overpowered
   Overpaid
2. Oversexed
   Over here

"Overpaid, oversexed, and over here" was a common grumble about American soldiers in Britain during WW2. What else would you expect when you import thousands of young, mostly single men at a time of the liberalization of social norms?

1. The Forces' Sweetheart
   An Allied spy
2. A female commando
   One of the directors of the OSS

Vera Lynn was a beautiful singer who sang war songs to pep up the troops, pioneering the USO model.

1. Dad's Army
   Fawlty Towers
2. Peep Show
   The Second Time Around

The 1968 BBC show, "Dad's Army," was about the old men who, despite not be able to help in combat, were enlisted to fight the war from home. Much of the comedy was derived from the characters' lack of involvement in the war, with their few close calls being along the lines of a downed Luftwaffe pilot being caught by his parachute on the local church tower.

1. About 2,500
   Around 100
2. About 3,000
   Around 500

Hitler compiled a list of people he felt needed to die in order for his conquest of Britain to be complete. This included prominent Jews, politicians, and even entertainers, like Noel Coward.

1. First Birmingham, and then Canada
   First Reading, then Wales
2. First Edinburgh, then the USA
   First Liverpool, then Australia

The evacuation plan would start by mustering the Royal Family in Birmingham, and then setting sail for Canada, where many art objects and resources were stashed. Canada is, of course, a part of The Commonwealth.

1. The forests
   The beaches
2. The fields
   The landing grounds

Churchill's speech to the commons cited numerous places where fighting would take place, and while leaving out the forests seems like an oversight, the purpose of the speech was to raise spirits, not outline strategy.

1. Black out the windows
   Hide under their beds
2. Stand in doorways
   Call emergency services

Blacking out windows by covering them with curtains removed the obvious night time visual landmarks that identified the parts of the city, an action that could stymie German bombardiers.

1. A kind of bomb
   A kind of bomber
2. A kind of missile
   A euphemism for a venereal disease

V-1 flying bombs, also known as "doodlebugs" were so named for the sound they made as they fell. These bombs were particularly terrifying because even if you could spot one, it was very difficult to tell where it would land, meaning you could try to run away but instead run right into the blast zone.

1. The Tube
   A Church
2. Paddington Station
   The Magic Circle club

The London Tube was used as an impromptu shelter and worked very well to that effect for the most part. Once, however, a nearby canal was breached by German bombs, flooding the Tube tunnels and killing many of the civilians hiding there.

1. Coventry
   Slough
2. Winchester
   Reading

The town of Coventry was bombed nearly into oblivion by the Germans. While never verified, it is rumored that the Allies knew the attack was coming, but did nothing so as not to betray that they had their finger on the pulse of secret German communication lines.

1. A bomb fell on Buckingham Palace and nearly killed her
   A German plane strafed Buckingham Palace, trapping her in the wreckage.
2. German spies infiltrated Buckingham Palace and tried to assassinate the Royal Family
   Even the Royal family had to endure rationing

The Royal Family lived in relative safety while Hitler's forces concentrated their firepower on residential areas frequented by the people actually building the weapons used in the war. When Buckingham Palace was bombed by the Germans, the classes were finally leveled out.

1. "We'll fight them with the butt ends of broken beer bottles because that's bloody well all we've got."
   "I pray it never comes to this."
2. "I'll fight them with my bare fists if needs be."
   "I'll bash in Mr. Hitler's face with a chasing hammer if I have to."

According to a colleague in the House of Commons, he said this after giving his famous speech. Of course, this may not have been totally spontaneous, as he was known for "preparing [his] impromptu remarks."

1. Plaster
   Wood
2. Cement
   Metal

During the war, many a stately home was spruced up by simply plastering a room, rather than covering the walls with fresh wood.