Remembrance Bingo - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.

1. What was the wartime slogan: “Careless talk costs…”?
   Lives
2. What charity sells poppies in the UK?
   Royal British Legion
3. What was Queen Elizabeth II’s role during WWII?
   Mechanic and driver
4. What treat was rationed until 1953?
   Sweets (and chocolate!)
5. What festival began after WWII to lift spirits?
   The Festival of Britain
6. When did the First World War end?
   1918
7. When did the Second World War begin?
   1939
8. What was the famous WWII operation on June 6, 1944, called?
   D-Day (Normandy Landings)
9. What symbol represented victory in WWII?
   V for Victory” sign
10. What did the “Make Do and Mend” campaign encourage?
    Repair and reuse items
11. What date is Remembrance Day each year?
    11th November
12. What was the nickname for American soldiers in Britain?
    GI's
13. What leader was known for his salute and speeches in Germany?
    Adolf Hitler
14. Who was known as “The Desert Fox”?
    German General Erwin Rommel
15. When did the First World War begin?
    1914
16. What poem inspired the use of poppies as a symbol?
    In Flanders Fields
17. Who succeeded King George VI?
    Queen Elizabeth II
18. What animal helped deliver messages during the war?
    Pigeons
19. What was the code name for the evacuation of Dunkirk?
    Operation Dynamo
20. What major organisation was founded after WWII to promote peace?
    The United Nations
21. What was the nickname for homemade brew during rationing?
    Hooch
22. What is the name of the British air defence force?
    Royal Air Force (RAF)
23. What flower is worn to remember those who died in war?
    Poppy
24. Who was known as “Monty” in the British Army?
    Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery
25. What was the popular dance style of the wartime era?
    Swing or Jive
26. Who sang “We’ll Meet Again”?
    Vera Lynn
27. What time do we observe a moment of silence on Remembrance Day?
    11am
28. What did people use ration books for?
    Food and goods
29. Who led the Soviet Union during WWII?
    Joseph Stalin
30. What does VE stand for?
    Victory in Europe
31. What country was invaded to start WWII?
    Poland
32. Who was the British Prime Minister during most of WWII?
    Winston Churchill
33. Which war inspired the wearing of poppies?
    WW1
34. Who was the US President during most of WWII?
    Franklin D. Roosevelt
35. Who was Britain’s Prime Minister at the start of WWII?
    Neville Chamberlain
36. What scientist developed the theory of relativity and fled Nazi Germany?
    Albert Einstein
37. What was the Home Guard sometimes nicknamed?
    Dad’s Army
38. What was the British code-breaking centre called?
    Bletchley Park
39. What famous code machine did Germany use?
    The Enigma machine
40. What was the name of the campaign to grow your own vegetables?
    Dig for Victory
41. What was the Women’s Land Army?
    Women working on farms
42. Who was the British monarch during WWII?
    King George VI
43. When were the “Anderson shelters” used?
    Air raids
44. What famous nurse cared for soldiers in WWI?
    Edith Cavell
45. What do we say when laying a poppy wreath?
    We will remember them
46. What city was heavily bombed in the Blitz apart from London?
    Coventry
47. When did the Second World War end?
    1945
48. Who wrote “In Flanders Fields?
    Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae
49. What nickname was given to German air raids on Britain?
    The Blitz