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A quiz to reinforce scouts knowledge on Remembrance Day.

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Pens and paper

Instructions

Remembrance Day Quiz Questions

1. On which date is Remembrance Day observed each year?
11th November

2. What time do we observe a two-minute silence on Remembrance Day?
11 am

3. Why do we observe the silence at this specific time?
This marks the moment when the armistice was signed on 11th November 1918, effectively ending the fighting in World War I.

4. What is the Remembrance Day service often called?
The Act of Remembrance

5. What is the name of the memorial in London dedicated to British soldiers who died in World War I? (where the wreaths are laid on remembrance day)
The Cenotaph

6. What are the names of the two major conflicts that are particularly remembered on Remembrance Day?
World War I and World War II

7. During which war was the poppy first used as a symbol of remembrance?
World War I

8. Why is the poppy the symbol of remembrance?
It was the first plan to grow on the churned up battlefields of Flanders during WW1
Its' bright red colour came to represent the blood shed in war. and it offered a sign of hope for new life after destruction.

9. Which charity does sales of the poppy go to?
Royal British Legion.

10. Name two famous poets that wrote about war and remembrance:
i.e. Wilfred Owen, Rupert Brooke, John McCrae, Siegfried Sassoon (1 point for each poet)

11. Name two things that people may do as an act of remembrance on Remembrance Sunday:
Wear a poppy, attend a remembrance service, observe a moment of quiet reflection

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• Rememberance Day

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• World - Values