World War II Dice Game
You will need:
A dice or number cards (1-6)
2-4 players
Aim:
To answer as many questions about World War II correctly. For every question you get correct you get a
point, the person with the most points is the winner.
Instructions:
Start with the player with the longest hair. The person opposite should ask the questions. The dice and
questions are rotated clockwise each time. The first player rolls the dice. The question master asks a
question for the number shown on the dice. The player answers the questions, if correct you take a point, if
incorrect you don’t get a point. The dice and questions are then passed onto the next player in a clockwise
direction.
If you have more than two players the person sitting next to the person with the dice at the start should
record this score. This person records the score for the whole game. If you have two people playing the
person who starts with the dice should record the score for the entire game. The game ends when all the
questions have been answered.
Questions
Dice 1- Time and dates
1. On what date did WW2 start?
2. When did rationing begin?
3. When was the Treaty of Versailles signed? Bonus point for the exact date.
4. When did WW2 end?
5. On what date did the Blitz start?
6. When was Pearl Harbour bombed by the Japanese?
7. On what date did Battle of Britain Day take place?
8. When did Winston Churchill become Prime Minister?
9. On what date did the D- Day landings take place?
10. When did the evacuation of Dunkirk take place?
11. When did the evacuation of children in Britain take place?
12. When did the gas chambers at Auschwitz start being used?
Dice 2- Famous People
1. Who announced that Britain was at War with Germany and its allies?
2. Which British Prime Minister gave a speech about the ‘few and many’?
3. Who was the commander of the D- Day landings?
4. Who wrote a famous diary during WW2?
5. Who was president of the United States at the start of WW2?
6. Who was the leader of Italy during the war?
7. Who developed the Dig for Victory campaign?
8. What was the name given to the two types of air raid shelter used during WW2?
9. Who was the leader of Russia during WW2?
10. Whose idea was the Big Wing?
11. Who wrote ‘Good Night Mr Tom’?
12. Who wrote ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas?’
Dice 3- Preparing for War
1. Name two of the first foods to be rationed?
2. What was the Dig for Victory campaign?
3. Explain the difference between an Anderson and a Morrison shelter?
4. What two things did people need to carry with them at all times during WW2?
5. What systems were put in place to help spot enemy planes approaching (two answers)?
6. What was Operation Pied Piper?
7. What signal was used to show that gas might be present?
8. What were the children who were being evacuated have to wear on the day of there evacuation?
9. What did the British do to make navigation very difficult if there was a land invasion?
10. As well as Anderson and Morrison shelters what else did Londoners use as air raid shelters?
11. What was the Make Do and Mend campaign?
12. What markings did Germany put on their air craft in anticipation of Victory at the Battle of Britain?
Dice 4- Battles
1. What were the main planes used by the British during the Battle of Britain called?
2. What was the main plane used by the Germans during the Battle of Britain called?
3. What event started on the 10th June 1940 (it was recorded by the BBC)?
4. What was Hitler’s invasion of Russia called?
5. What was Hitler’s invasion of Britain called?
6. Why was the Battle of Atlantic so important for Britain’s war effort?
7. What was the name of the German air force?
8. What was the name given to the German boats that sunk so many ships in the Atlantic Ocean?
9. What branches of the Military were involved in the D-Day landings (bonus point for explaining the order of
events?)
10. What conditions were needed for the D-Day landings to be successful?
11. In which Russian city did the German forces have to surrender in 1943?
12. What name was given to Hitler’s planned genocide of Jews and other groups of people?
Dice 5- Science and Technology
1. What is RADAR?
2. What is SONAR?
3. Explain the difference between RADAR and SONAR?
4. What was the Enigma Machine?
5. What happened at Bletchley Park?
6. Why was the Enigma Machine used by the Nazi’s/
7. What forces are involved in flight?
8. What was Fighter Command?
9. What did the Ministry of Food print to help people use their rations wisely?
10. What type of bombs was used to bomb bridges and dams during the war?
11. How did the Spitfire differ from the Hurricane in terms of the materials used to build them?
12. What did the Americans use on Japan which lead to their surrender in 1945?
Dice 6- Miscellaneous
1. What parcels were delivered to Prisoners of War?
2. What is Remembrance Day?
3. Why do we wear poppies to remember?
4. What type of poem is In Flanders Fields?
5. In Good Night Mr Tom, where is Tom evacuated to?
6. What happened to Hitler at the end of the war?
7. Who is the Great Escape dedicated to?
8. What service was started because so many pilots had to bail out of their planes at sea?
9. Name 2 of the neutral countries in WW2?
10. Who were Britain’s allies in WW2?
11. Who were Germany’s allies in WW2?
12. What has been your favourite part of this project?
Answers
1. 3rd September 1939
2. January 1940
3. 28th June 1919
4. Germany surrendered on 7th May 1945, Japan surrender 2nd September 1945.
5. 7th September 1940
6. 7th December 1941
7. 15th September 1940
8. 10th May 1940
9. 6th June 1944
10. Between May and June 1940
11. 1st September 1940
12. 3rd September 1941
Dice 2- Famous People
1. Neville Chamberlain
2. Winston Churchill
3. General Eisenhower
4. Anne Frank
5. Franklin D. Roosevelt
6. Benito Mussolini
7. Lord Woolton
8. Anderson and Morrison Shelters
9. Josef Stalin
10. Douglas Bader
11. Michelle Magorian
12. John Boyne
Dice 3- Preparing for War
1. Bacon, sugar, tea, milk, eggs, meat
2. A campaign to encourage people to grow their own fruit and vegetables
3. Anderson shelter was for outside in the garden, Morrison was for inside.
4. ID card and gas mask.
5. RADAR and Observatory Core.
6. Evacuation of children from the cities to the countryside.
7. A gas rattle.
8. An identity card with their name and address.
9. Removed all the road signs and street names.
10. Tube stations
11. A campaign to encourage people to make their own clothes making use of old clothes, to save material for
the war effort.
12. Yellow propeller and wing tips for easy identification.
Dice 4- Battles
1. Hawker Hurricane and Spitfire
2. Messerschmitt 109/110
3. Battle of the Channel
4. Operation Barberosa
5. Operation Sea Lion
6. It was the main route for supplies from America
7. Luftwaffe
8. U-boats
9. First air force and navy bombed and shot at coastal defences while air force transported gliders and
paratroopers, then navy landed soldiers, soldiers took beaches.
10. Calm seas, summer, after full moon, first light.
11. Stalingrad
12. The Final Solution
Dice 5- Science and Technology
1. Radio waves used to detect air craft.
2. Sound waves used to detect sea craft
3. Use different types of wave (RADAR- radio waves, SONAR- sound waves) and spot different enemy craft
(RADAR- Planes SONAR- ships)
4. A coding machine to send unbreakable messages
5. Code braking centre in Britain
6. They wanted to send totally secure messages about their plans
7. Drag, lift, thrust and gravity
8. The command centre for the RAF during the Battle of Britain
9. Recipes leaflets and magazines
10. Bouncing bombs
11. Hurricane had a wooden frame covered in canvas; the Spitfire had an entirely metal skin
12. Atomic bomb
Dice 6- Miscellaneous
1. Red Cross parcels
2. A day to remember all the soldiers who have given their lives and service for our country
3. During World War I many soldiers died on the battle fields and in those fields poppies grew.
4. A rondeau
5. Little Weirwold
6. He committed suicide
7. The 50
8. Sea search and rescue
9. Switzerland, Spain
10. France, USA, Russia
11. Japan and the Ottoman Empire (modern day Turkey)
12. Anything as long as they give a clear and whole explanation.