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CHURCHILLTRIVIABY CURT ZOLLER817. About which American Secretaryof State did Churchill comment: "He isthe only bull I know who carries hisown china closet with him"? (C)818. Who wrote of Churchill " he isbrave, which is everything! Napoleonicin audacity, Cromwellian in thoroughness."?(L)819. In 1882 Prime Minister Gladstoneexpressed a strong opinion about theChurchills. What was it? (M)820. Churchill knew a cat named after afamous British hero. What was itsname? (P)821. What was one of Churchill's primaryreasons for joining the LiberalParty in 1904? (S)822. How did Churchill improve thefirepower of the five dreadnoughts forthe 1912 Naval program? (W)823. Who replaced Lloyd George's secondcoalition Government as PrimeMinister? (C)824. According to Maurice Ashley,what was Churchill's opinion ofAmerican vs. British editions of hisbooks? (L)825. Who played Winston Churchill inthe film "The Wilderness Years"? (M)826. Who was the sculptor of the statuewhich stands at the British Embassy,Washington, D.C.? (P)827. Churchill commented "...There isonly one thing worse than fighting withAllies !" What is it? (S)828. From 1901 to 1903 Churchill spokeout strongly against proposed Armyreforms by Secretary of State for War St.John Brodrick. What was Churchill'sreasoning? (W)829. Who painted the Churchill picturewhich was hanging in Prime MinisterThatcher's office while she was PrimeMinister? (C)830. How long were the Churchillsmarried? (C)831. When and where did Sir WinstonChurchill's parents first meet? (M)832. What was the name of Churchill'slast bodyguard? (P)833. What were Churchill's commentsabout Neville Chamberlain? (S)834. Who was the British scientistwhom Churchill called "the man whobroke the bloody Beam"? (W)835. What is the location of the bronzestatue of Churchill sculpted by IvorRoberts-Jones ? (C)836. Of whom did Churchill comment:"There for the grace of God goes God"?(C)837. Who inspired Churchill to writethe Life of Marlborough? (M)838. Who said of Churchill: "WhenWinston is right he is unique. When heis wrong—Oh My God!"? (P)839. What are the two main issuesChurchill devoted his energies to in thefinal months as Prime Minister? (S)840. When Gen. Eisenhower was underconsiderable pressure from Churchillto occupy Berlin before the Russians, hewrote to Gen. Marshall: " I am thefirst to admit that a war is waged inpursuance of ". Can you completethe quotation? (W)Answers to last issue's questions:(793) Churchill's comment "about compressingthe largest amount of wordsinto the smallest amount of thought"referred to Prime Minister RamsayMacDonald. (794) The Daily Graphicpaid him five guineas for eachletter written during the Cuban insurrection.(795) Charles Bedaux, anaturalized American citizen, was contactedby the Germans to contact theDuke of Windsor, but he declinedbecause he was no longer friendly withthe Windsors.(796) "Barbara Frietchie" by JohnGreenleaf Whittier was the poemChurchill recited on the way to Shangri-La. (797) In his speech on 6 December1950, when dedicating the Asquithmonument, Churchill said, " .... But Imust say that the statesmen whom Isaw in those days seemed to towerabove the general level in a mostimpressive way. The tests were keener,the standards were higher, and thosewho surmounted them were men it wasa treat and honour to meet."(798) Rear-Admiral John de Robeckwas promoted to head the NavalFINEST HOUR 96/46force at the Dardanelles when Vice-Admiral Carden collapsed under thestrain. (799) Malcolm Muggeridge ofthe Daily Telegraph said that "Churchillis too rhetorical to be either a reallygreat writer or orator." (800) PresidentRoosevelt's letter introduced WendellL. Willkie and included the HenryWadsworth Longfellow poem:"...Sail on, O Ship of State,Sail on, O Union, strong and great!(801) The painting, "The Olive Tree"was sold for £500. (802) Congressmade Churchill an Honorary AmericanCitizen in 1963. (803) Speaking at theLord Mayor's Luncheon, MansionHouse, London, on 10 November 1942,Churchill said: " I have not becomethe King's First Minister in orderto preside over the liquidation of theBritish Empire."(804) The Spanish Cross of the Order ofMilitary Merit was granted to Churchillon 6 December 1895 by Gen. Valdez,Chief of the Spanish Army in Cuba.(805) Manfred Weidhorn commentedon Churchill's Malakand Field Force inhis book Sword and Pen.(806) Churchill was working on TheRiver War when he met the American,Miss Christine Lewis. (807) Beziquewas Churchill's favorite card game.(808) A. J. Campbell Colquhoun ownedChartwell when Churchill bought it.(809) Churchill made the comment inhis speech against the White Paperwhich stipulated an end to Jewishimmigration to Palestine in five yearsby a majority decision of the population.(810) Edward R. Morrow coinedthe phrase, "to send the English languageinto battle."(811) Churchill commented onAmerican insistence on the invasion ofSouthern France in Triumph andTragedy, 1953. (812) He urged hisfriends not to read Savrola, his onlynovel. (813) When Churchill saw hisfirst American football game in early1930 he said: "Actually it is somewhatlike rugby. But why do you have allthese committee meetings ?"(814) John Winston Spencer Churchill,7th Duke of Marlborough, was WinstonChurchill's paternal grandfather. (815)"The high-roads of the future will beclear" is part of the ending of the"Sinews of Peace"speech, Fulton,Missouri, 5 March 1946. (816) A.V.Alexander became First Lord of theAdmiralty in the Churchill War Cabineton 11 May 1940. $S
AMPERSAND° np"°o incuts in 1 ime.Dorothy Jones (Edenfield, Lancashire)sends us this photograph froma friend's house clearance: "He doesn'tremember where it originated otherthan the Evening Standard." But a dateon the back reads 23 June 1936, whichled us to the Complete Speeches. On thatdate, Churchill was speaking in Londonto the Central and Associated Chambersof Agriculture. It is satisfying to find thewords that go with the photograph...//Thave done my best to warn theJ-Government of the dangers whichfrom every side are gathering andgrowing about our native land. Notonly is the growth of food in close proximityto the populations the highesteconomy that can be achieved, but it isalso a very great security. The morefood we can grow the more solid will bethe foundations on which our very largepopulation reposes, and the less strainthere is on the Navy in time of war. Ibelieve the Navy at present is, and willbe for the next year, fully adequate toany strain that might be cast on it. Ifmeasures are taken now and pressedforward, there is no reason why thestrength of the Navy should not be adequatelymaintained. But then there isthe complication of the attack by air onour ports of entry as well as on theapproaches from the sea. That wouldcertainly impose a new strain on theNavy and might require the use of thewesterly ports of the country to a verymuch larger extent than has occurredbefore. If that should occur no one candoubt that the possession of large andfertile home-grown resources of foodwould be of inestimable assistance."....I am surprised as well as painedto see the lack of comprehension thatexists throughout the country of thedangerous position in which we are.The Secretary of State for War is quiteright when he says that the condition ofEurope is far worse than it was in 1914.But our own position is not nearly sogood as it was then. Our defences havebeen neglected to an extent surprisingand astonishing, and even the novelmenace of the air did not exist to anyextent in 1914. Yet, when a Minister likethat, in one of the highest positions,with all the secret information of theGovernment at his disposal, makes astatement so alarming, one is astonishedthat the country does not rouse itself onthe matter, that it does not ask whetherit is true, or that it does not insist onminor topics being laid aside and thewhole efforts and energies of the countryconcentrated on placing the countryin a position of security....Mr. Baldwinsaid in the House of Commons lastweek that he believed if this countrywere threatened by any Power or combinationof Powers, the people wouldspring to arms like one man. But whatwould happen if there were no arms forthem? If measures are not taken in timethere may not be even food to nourishtheir bodies."—Winston S. Churchill: His CompleteSpeeches, Robert Rhodes James, ed.,(New York: Bowker 1974), Vol. VI, pp5773-74. $f orurcJaiJITlie 1951 Campaign PinThe Washington Society for Churchillhas issued this finely enameled replica of thepin Churchill's supporters wore in the electionwhich made him Prime Minister again after sixyears out of office. The craftsmanship is a significantimprovement on the original, crisp,clear and bright. US $10 or the equivalent postpaid. Order from WSC, c/oDr. John Mather, 12144 Long Ridge Lane, Bowie MD 20715 USA.FINEST HOUR 96/47
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