What was life like in the 1940s?

A nostalgic scene showing children in 1940s attire, participating in wartime activities like food rationing and wearing gas masks, with a vintage background of a town affected by the war.

Life in the 1940s Quiz

Test your knowledge about life during the 1940s with this engaging quiz! Discover fascinating facts about food rationing, evacuation, and entertainment during the war.

Questions include:

  • How many children were evacuated during the war?
  • What foods were rationed?
  • What was the main focus of news and entertainment?
11 Questions3 MinutesCreated by ExploringHistory42
In total, how many childeren were evacuated during the war?
1.7 million
1 billion
3.5 millon
98 thousand
5 million
In the 1940s many foods where rationed. What does rationed mean?
When foods were kept for soldiers only
When each person has only a fixed amount of food
Foods were not eaten due to shotages
In 1944 a law was set stating that children would leave school at age ______ but it only took place after the war ended
What did some children under 13 do during this time? Tick 2
Fly plains
Spy on germany
Act as messengers
Test food
Look out for fires.
Farm
Fly bright flags
Make clothes
Who stepped down as priminister at the start of the 1940s?
Neville Chamberlain
The Earl Stanhope
Stanley Baldwin
Winston churchill
Approximately, how many were killed in 1940- 1941 due to the 'blitz'?
69000
29000
43000
56000
What became the MAIN focus for the latest news and family entertainment?
The TV
News papper
The wireless
Cinimas
Letters
Live annousments and plays
Children were taught how to put on gas masks
False
True
What food did Primeminister Winston Churchill refuse to allow to be rationed.
Sweets
Milk
Wine
Weat
Fish and chips
The Second World War ended in what year in the 1940s after the surrender of Germany and then Japan
Which food was still rationed untill 8 years after the war?
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