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How well do you know the Women's Institute?

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* 1. What was the first name of the first ever Chair of the National Federation of Women's Institutes (NFWI)?

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* 2. The first ever WI in Britain was formed in 1915 in Llanfair PG on Anglesey, Wales. What was the name of the first WI formed in England?

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* 3. What historical event is associated with the WI's anthem, Jerusalem?

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* 4. What was the name of the organisation that formed in the 1950s, directly because of a WI resolution?

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* 5. In what year did the NFWI’s former magazine Home & Country get replaced by WI Life?

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* 6. Which of these is NOT the name of a WI?

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* 7. What was the name of the Canadian woman who started the Women's Institute movement?

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* 8. What did the Calendar Girls originally fundraise for through their 1999 calendar?

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* 9. What media worthy event happened at the 2000 NFWI Annual Meeting?

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* 10. What is the name of the WI that HM The Queen is a member of?

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* 11. What world record did members break at the 2012 NFWI Annual Meeting?

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* 12. Which federation in England, Wales and the Islands is the smallest (in terms of WIs)?

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* 13. Which TWO of these members of the Royal Family are also WI members?

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* 14. How many prison-based WIs are there across the UK?

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* 15. In what year did the WI’s educational college Denman open?

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* 16. What was the topic of the first ever WI resolution passed in 1918?

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* 17. In which year did the National Federation of Women’s Institutes (NFWI) celebrate its 100th birthday? Clue: this is not the same as the WI's birthday.

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* 18. In 1943, the WI passed an important resolution relating to women’s equality. What was the topic of this resolution?

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* 19. What was the profession of famous WI member Margaret Winteringham circa 1920s?

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* 20. The WI was one of several organisations to found the Fairtrade Foundation in which year?

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* 21. In 1979 the WI launched the Great Jam Debate arguing that the law should be reformed so that WI members could be exempt from registering their kitchens with local authorities in order to sell their jam to the public. Did they win or lose this debate?

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* 22. Between 1940 and 1945, to the nearest 100 tonnes, how many tonnes of fruit did the WI help preserve?

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* 23. At which university in London is the Women’s Library, containing WI archives, located?

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* 24. Which WI Federation started a campaign to create safe spaces for sex workers?

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* 25. The first WI in London opened in 2003 and is still active today, which WI was this?

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