Riddle No 21

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41. It can be easily broken, but Its reaction to blows is to whistle. The answer: a flute.

42. My family name resembles a high preying site. During my political career I was a liberal and a conservative. I was held responsible to one of my country's greatest military defeats and to one of its greatest victories. I was a minister during tow wars. In both occasions I left my office during the war. At the first time I served several months as an officer after retirement, before rejoining cabinet. At the second time I remained in cabinet the whole war. Who am I?

The answer: Winston Churchill. During his political career he was a member in the conservative party and the liberal party. In the first world, war Churchill was blamed for the disastrous Gallipoli landings. In the second world war, he was the prime minister who led his country to victory. In both wars he was a minister. In the first world, a short time after Gallipoli he was demoted and left cabint, served several months in the western front and then became a minister once again. At the beginning of the second world war, he was a minister, but right afer the resignation of Chamberlain, Churchill became prime minister.