Britain Since 1945
Who developed radar, proposing that enemy aircraft could be detected by radio waves?
Who pioneered IVF therapy for the treatment of infertility in Britain?
Which Scottish physician and researcher was the co-discoverer of insulin?
When was Margaret Thatcher elected as a Conservative MP?
Who led the Conservative government from 1979 to 1990?
Who was the Prime Minister of the UK from 1945 to 1951?
In 1948, who led the establishment of the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK?
In 1970, Margaret Thatcher became a cabinet minister as the Secretary of State for which department?
Who invented the hovercraft in the 1950s?
How many people lost their lives in the violence of Northern Ireland after 1969?
Who was the first woman Prime Minister of the UK?
In 1982, which British overseas territory was invaded by Argentina?
Which political party, led by Tony Blair, won the UK general election in 1997?
Who was the inventor of the World Wide Web?
Which of the following are the 20th century British inventions?
When did British combat troops leave Iraq after being involved in the conflict following the 2003 invasion?
What laws did Parliament pass in the 1960s regarding women’s rights?
After Tony Blair stepped down as Prime Minister in 2007, who took over the role?
When did Richard Austen Butler become a Conservative MP?
Textile and engineering firms in the UK found workers from which TWO countries after the Second World War?
Which British pop bands from the 1960s continue to have an influence on music both in the UK and abroad?
When did the post-war economic boom come to an end?
Is the following statement TRUE or FALSE?
Some 1,000 people lost their lives in the decades after 1969 in the violence of Northern Ireland.
Who developed the jet engine in Britain in the 1930s?
Which aircraft, capable of taking off vertically, was designed and developed in the UK?
What was the decade of the 1960s known as?
When did Concorde begin carrying passengers?
When did Concorde, the world’s only supersonic passenger aircraft, first fly?
What was the Beveridge Report of 1942 about?
Who invented the cash-dispensing ATM in the 1960s?
What is William Beveridge best known for?
Is the following statement TRUE or FALSE?
Margaret Thatcher was the longest-serving UK Prime Minister of the 20th century.
In the 1960s, which social laws were liberalised in England, Wales, and Scotland?
In May 2010, David Cameron became Prime Minister of the UK after:
Who developed the jet engine in Britain in the 1930s?
Is the following statement TRUE or FALSE?
The term ‘Swinging Sixties’ refers to the 1860s.
What did the Butler Education Act 1944 introduce?
Which of the following Prime Ministers made structural changes to the economy through the privatisation of nationalised industries and imposed legal controls on trade union powers?
Who became Prime Minister after Margaret Thatcher and helped initiate the Northern Ireland peace process?
Who was Dylan Thomas?
Who invented the Turing machine, a theoretical mathematical device?
Is the following statement TRUE or FALSE?
The jet engine and radar were invented in Britain during the 1830s.
Margaret Thatcher was the daughter of a:
Which two countries built the Concorde, the world's only supersonic passenger plane?
The decade of the 1960s, known as the "Swinging Sixties", was a period of growth in:
In 1953, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for the discovery of the structure of the DNA molecule?
During her premiership, whom did Margaret Thatcher closely work with?
Who led the team that successfully cloned Dolly the sheep in 1996?
Is the following statement TRUE or FALSE?
British scientists were the first to successfully clone a mammal.
In May 2010, which two parties formed a coalition government in the UK?
When did John Logie Baird make the first television broadcast between London and Glasgow?
Which of the following are best-known works of Roald Dahl?
In which year was Concorde, the world’s only supersonic passenger aircraft, retired from service?
Throughout the 1990s, Britain played a leading role in coalition forces involved in which two major conflicts?
When was the first time in the General Election in the UK that no political party won an overall majority since February 1974?
Over the next 20 years after 1947, which regions gained independence?
When did Alan Turing invented the Turing machine?
Which of the following was a key achievement of Clement Attlee’s government (1945-1951)?
What British discovery influenced the evolution of computer science and the modern computer?
Which of the following is not a British invention?
When did Britain and France develop the world’s only supersonic commercial airliner?
Which of the following is a British invention of the 20th century?
Is the following statement TRUE or FALSE?
Concorde, the supersonic passenger aircraft, was jointly developed by Britain and Germany.
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