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The Churchill Perspective: World Leaders

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Introduction:
"Winston Churchill expressed many strong opinions regarding the public figures of his own time. I will supply a fact about an historical figure and a quote about the person from Winston Churchill, which should allow you to identify him or her."


1. Fact: Winston Churchill initially supported this post World War II French President in his role as leader of the "Free French", but later the two were often at odds with one another.

Quote: Once, after listening to this French leader, Winston Churchill said, "Interpreter! Interpreter! How do you say the opposite of Vive Le France?"

Who was this French leader?
    Georges Clemenceau
    Charles de Gaulle
    Marshall Foch
    Paul Reynaud


2. Fact: Charlie Chaplin made and starred in a film parodying this head of state entitled "The Great Dictator".

Quote: Regarding this man by Winston Churchill claimed, "This wicked man, the repository and embodiment of soul destroying hatred, the monstrous product of former wrongs and shames ..."

About whom was Churchill speaking?
    Adolf Hitler
    Josef Stalin
    Benito Mussolini
    Kaiser Wilhelm


3. Fact: Following the Labour Party landslide in the 1945 election, this politician replaced Winston Churchill as Prime Minister.

Quote: Churchill called this individual, "A modest man, who has much to be modest about."

About whom did Churchill make this claim?
    Ramsay MacDonald
    Clement Attlee
    Harold Macmillan
    Harold Wilson


4. Fact: This Liberal Party member became Prime Minister of Britain during World War I, supported by a coalition of Conservatives and Liberals, and represented the British government at the Versailles Peace Conference.

Quote: Churchill described this man as, "The happy warrior of Squandermania."

Which politician did Sir Winston give this nickname?
    Herbert Asquith
    Joseph Kennedy
    Lloyd George
    Ramsay MacDonald


5. Fact: During the 1940s, Winston Churchill was involved in secret discussions with this world leader at a time that the other leader's nation was still neutral.

Quote: Regarding this leader Winston Churchill said, "Meeting __________ was like opening your first bottle of champagne; knowing him was like drinking it."

Of whom was Churchill speaking?
    Emperor Hirohito
    Josef Stalin
    Henri-Philippe Petain
    Franklin Roosevelt


6. Fact: This Liberal Party Prime Minister championed Irish home rule in the late 19th century, splitting his party.

Quote: Churchill teased regarding this man's reading habits, "__________ read Homer for fun, which I thought served him right."

About whose reading habits did Churchill comment?
    Herbert Asquith
    William Gladstone
    Lloyd George
    Neville Chamberlain


7. Fact: In the 1930s, this conservative British Prime Minister disagreed with Churchill over the issue of Indian self-government.

Quote: Churchill claimed regarding this politician, "He occasionally stumbled over the truth, but hastily picked himself up and hurried on as if nothing had happened."

To whom did Churchill refer?
    Ramsay MacDonald
    Stanley Baldwin
    Herbert Asquith
    Austin Chamberlain


8. Fact: She was the first woman seated in the House of Commons in 1919, and during a parliamentary session said to Winston Churchill, "Winston, if you were my husband I would poison your coffee."

Quote: Churchill responded to her remark, "If you were my wife, Madam, I would surely drink it."

Who was this phenomenal woman?
    Lady Nancy Astor
    Helen Keller
    Bessie Braddock
    Eleanor Rathbone


9. Fact: This British general was the second in command of the Allied Army in Europe during World War II.

Quote: Churchill observed regarding this general: "In defeat unbeatable, in victory unbearable."

About which general was Churchill speaking?
    General Patton
    General Rommel
    General Eisenhower
    General Montgomery


10. Fact: This British Prime minister announced that he had achieved "peace for our time" after a conference with Hitler in Munich in 1938.

Quote: Churchill in describing this man's approach to Adolph Hitler said, "An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile hoping it will eat him last."

To whom did Churchill refer?
    Austin Chamberlain
    Clement Atlee
    Stanley Baldwin
    Neville Chamberlain


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