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Quiz
- In 1972 over half of the 55,000 Asians expelled from which African country settled in Britain?
- What name was given to the period between November 1978 and February 1979 which was characterised by widespread strikes in the UK?
- Britain's first credit card was launched in 1966. What was the name of this card?
- In 1958 which town was by-passed by Britain's very first motorway?
- Which British politician was the last governor of Hong Kong?
- Which country was Princess Elizabeth visiting when she was announced Queen in 1952?
- In 1960 Penguin Books was found not guilty under the Obscene Publications Act for publishing which novel?
- Which National park, the UK’s first, opened in 1956?
- In which year was the voting age lowered to 18?
- England won the football world cup in 1966 but in which month?
- Which ship docked at Tilbury, from Jamaica, and is seen by some as the start of mass immigration from Britain's former colonies?
- In 1957, the Gold Coast becomes the first African state to become independent of the UK. What was it renamed?
- What name was given to the severe air pollution event that affected London, in December 1952?
- On 29 August, 1950, British troops arrived on which peninsula?
- In which year did Diana, Princess of Wales, die due to a Paris traffic collision?
- Which Royal Marines slang word describing a long-distance march carrying full kit became well known through coverage of the Falklands War?
- Who became British Prime Minister on the 10 January, 1957?
- In 1979, Britain’s first official nudist beach opened in which seaside resort?
- Who became the first British person and the first European woman in space?
- The Samphire Hoe country park was created by using what?
Answers
- Uganda
- The Winter of Discontent
- Barclaycard
- Preston
- Chris Patten
- Kenya
- Lady Chatterley's Lover (by D. H. Lawrence)
- The Peak District
- 1969
- July (30th)
- The SS Empire Windrush
- Ghana
- The Great Smog
- korean peninsula
- 1997
- Yomp or yomping
- Harold Macmillan becomes Prime Minister
- Brighton
- Helen Sharman (1991)
- Channel Tunnel excavations (4.9 million cubic metres of chalk marl from the tunnel)