The Friday Brain-teaser from Credo Reference - this week: Propaganda. We are surrounded by propaganda - from political pronouncements to computer pop-ups and television commercials. All the answers to this week's brainteaser can be found in "Propaganda and Mass Persuasion: A Historical Encyclopedia", which has recently been added to the Credo Reference database. Answers here.
1. Which British prime minister said in 1940: "We will fight them on the beaches; we will fight them in the fields and on the landing grounds, and we will never surrender"?
2. What is the national anthem of France?
3. What was the name of the official newspaper of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union? Its title can be translated as "Truth".
4. Which 1962 book was written by Rachel Carson to draw public attention to the problems of pollution in the United States?
5. What do the letters "CNN" stand for as the name of a television network?
6. What was the title of the open letter written by the novelist Zola to the French President accusing the army of anti-Semitism in the treatment of Alfred Dreyfus?
7. What was the name (in English) of the 1929 novel by Erich Maria Remarque and its 1930 film adaptation which were potent examples of propaganda for peace, presenting a devastating picture of World War I from the point of view of a small group of German soldiers?
8. What nickname was given by G.I.s to the Japanese woman who, in World War II, made broadcasts to weaken the enemy's resolve?
9. Name the two authors of "The Communist Manifesto" (1848), a groundbreaking work of Communist propaganda.
10. What was the title of the painting by Pablo Picasso, one of the best known examples of art as propaganda, protesting at the bombing of a Basque town in 1937?
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