Culture & life
The "Keep Calm and Carry On" slogan became a huge meme and souvenir print. Where does it come from?
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A A 1960s TV comedy series
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✓ A British government poster from 1939
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C A song by a 1990s pop band
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✕ The 2012 London Olympics campaign Your answer
Not quite.
The Ministry of Information designed the poster in 1939 in case of war, but it was hardly ever displayed. A bookshop in Alnwick rediscovered a copy around 2000, and it later became a worldwide meme.
Source: Imperial War Museums / Encyclopaedia Britannica: Keep Calm and Carry On