1. In what year was London due to host the Olympic Games, but couldn't because of the Second World War?

2. Which US band leader went missing over the channel in 1944?

3. Which name is given to the battle that took place in severe winter conditions in the Ardennes between 16 December 1944 and 25 January 1945?

4. What was unusual about the Daily Telegraph crosswords during the first 6 months of 1944?

5. What religion did Albania officially adopt under Enver Hoxha from 1944 to 1954?

6. In which film did Elizabeth Taylor become recognised as a child star in 1944?

7. Who played the title roles in the 1944 film Henry V, and the 1948 film Hamlet?

8. Which song was the national anthem of the Soviet Union between the years 1917 and 1944?

9. In which three years were the Summer Olympic Games cancelled?

10. The founder of the Red Cross, Henry Dunant won the first Nobel Peace Prize in 1901. How many times has The International Committee for the Red Cross won the Nobel Peace Prize (as of 2009)?

11. Who played Philip Marlowe in the 1944 film, Murder my sweet?

12. Which popular Christmas song, originally recorded by Judy Garland, was first heard in the 1944 musical 'Meet Me In St. Louis'?

13. Who said "The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty loving people everywhere march with you."?

14. The 1944 Battle of the Bulge was fought in which forest?

15. Who said "The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you."?

16. Which Ukrainian singer won Eurovision with "1944"?

17. What date was D Day?

18. Which spa town was the seat of the French government from 1940 to 1944?

19. What was the Jaguar car called before 1945?

20. What PP became a British subject on 28th February 1947?