AQA History AS Level 2S
Percentage of Relationships ending in Divorce in 1950
0.2%
What percent of the vote did the National Front get in 1979?
0.6%
How many votes did Callaghan lose the Vote of No Confidence by?
1
Number of Murders per Million in 1980
12.5
VAT on Luxury Goods in 1976
12.5%
Number of legal Abortions in 1980
128,000
Inflation in 1979
13%
TV licenses in 1964
13m
How many people died in Bloody Sunday?
14
How many stabbings were there following an infamous Manchester united game?
14
Maximum Prison Sentence for Drug Pushers by 1970
14 years
What percentage did the Pound's value fall in 1967?
14%
Britain's Share of World Trade in 1960
15%
How many Lorry Drivers went on strike during the Winter of Discontent?
15,000
How many people had gunshot wounds in the Battle of the Bogside?
150
How many were injured in the most violent Anti-Vietnam Protest in 1968?
150
Rape cases in the mid 1970s
1500
What wage increase did Ford merseyside workers demand?
17%
By 1970, what percentage of Married women were on the pill?
19%
When did Aleck Bourne perform his abortion on a 14 year old rape victim?
1938
Clement Attlee's Premiership
1945-1951
Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech
1946
McMahon Act
1946
When did Britain announce its withdrawal from Greece?
1947
When was Christian Dior's New Look range released?
1947
British Nationality Act
1948
Formation of the NHS
1948
When did the OEEC form?
1948
When did the Windrush arrive in Britain?
1948
When was the Malayan Emergency?
1948-1960
Korean War
1950-1953
Churchill's Second Period as Prime Minister
1951-1955
Operation Hurricane
1952
When was the EDC proposed?
1952
When was the Egyptian royalty overthrown?
1952
When were Wartime ID Cards cut?
1952
When was the Mau Mau Rebellion?
1952-1960
When did Stalin die?
1953
When did the ECSC form?
1953
When did the EDC fall through?
1953
When was Derek Bentley hanged?
1953
When was Iron, Steel and Road Haulage Denationalized?
1953
When was Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation?
1953
When did cheap, light, personal radios become available?
1954
When did the WEU form?
1954
When had all British troops withdrawn from Egypt?
1954
When was Food Rationing Abolished?
1954
When did ITV launch?
1955
When dis Double Your Money start airing?
1955
When was Ruth Ellis hanged?
1955
Anthony Eden's Premiership
1955-1957
Clean Air Act
1956
What year did Bevan and Gaitskell start working closer together?
1956
When did Elvis Presley break into popularity in Britain?
1956
When was Rape Defined?
1956
When was the Suez Crisis?
1956
Grapple X test
1957
Homicide Act
1957
Wolfenden Report
1957
Harold Macmillan's Premiership
1957-1963
Atomic Energy Act
1958
When did the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) Form?
1958
When did the EEC form?
1958
When was the Homosexual Law Reform Society founded?
1958
When was the Notting Hill riots?
1958
Which two years had more people entering Britain than leaving?
1958 and 1962
Housing Act
1959
Obscene Publications Act
1959
When did the Guardian emerge?
1959
When did the Notting Hill Carnival start?
1959
When was Kelso Cochrane murdered?
1959
When was the EFTA formed?
1959
When was the first stretch of the M1 opened?
1959
When were the first Minis sold?
1959
Thalidomide Disaster
1959-1962
When did Bevan die?
1960
When did National Service End?
1960
When was Lady Chatterley's Lover Published in Britain?
1960
Winds of Change Speech
1960
National Economic Development Council (NEDC)
1961
When did Britain first apply for EEC membership?
1961
When did Britain first start receiving Polaris Submarines?
1961
When was the Pay Pause on Public Sector Employees?
1961
When was the Profumo Affair?
1961
When was the pill licensed for use in Britain?
1961
Commonwealth Immigrants Act
1962
National Incomes Commission (NIC)
1962
Pilkington Committee Report
1962
When did 'That was the Week that was' Start airing?
1962
When did University Challenge start airing?
1962
When was the Night of Long Knives?
1962
When was the Borneo confrontation?
1962-1966
When did De Gaulle first veto Britain's entry to the EEC?
1963
When did Gaitskell die?
1963
When did Malaysia form?
1963
When did the Hovercraft start operations?
1963
When did the Profumo Affair break in the Media?
1963
When was the Robbins Report?
1963
Alec Douglas-Home's Premiership
1963-1964
When were the Moors Murders?
1963-1965
When did China test its first atom bomb?
1964
When did Pirate Radio begin springing into popularity?
1964
When did Tanzania form?
1964
When did the Bullring open?
1964
When did the Wednesday Play start airing?
1964
When was BBC2 created?
1964
When was the Battle of Brighton?
1964
When was the DEA set up?
1964
Harold Wilson's Premiership
1964-1970
Murder Act
1965
Race Relations Act 1
1965
When did Indonesia announce its intention to test its own atom bomb?
1965
When did Wilson abolish Prescription Charges?
1965
When did swearing start on TV?
1965
When did the DEA release their national plan for the Economy?
1965
When did the Post Office Tower open?
1965
When was the Education Circular released that persuaded schools to Comprehensivize?
1965
When was the first Anti-Vietnam Protest in Britain?
1965
When did Communist Indonesia undergo a revolution restoring its democracy?
1966
When was Swinging London featured in Time magazine?
1966
When was Wilson's first meeting with the Rhodesians on HMS Tiger?
1966
When was the Dockers' Strike demanding a 17% pay rise?
1966
Abortion Act
1967
Family Planning Act
1967
Marine Broadcasting Act
1967
Matrimonial Homes Act
1967
Sexual Offenses Act
1967
Six Day War
1967
When did Britain start withdrawing troops from the Middle East, Aden and Borneo?
1967
When did NICRA emerge?
1967
When did Oz start publishing?
1967
When was BBC Radio One established?
1967
When was Colour television first brought to Britain?
1967
When was Devaluation under Wilson?
1967
When was flogging abolished?
1967
When was the 'stop Adams' protest that resulted in a death of a porter?
1967
When was the 14 Hour Technicolor Dream?
1967
When was the pill available to use for Single women?
1967
Kenyan Asian Crisis
1967-1968
When was the Biafra Crisis?
1967-1970
Commonwealth Immigrants Act (Labour)
1968
Race Relations Act 2
1968
Rivers of Blood Speech
1968
Theatres Act
1968
When did Wilson reintroduce Prescription Charges?
1968
When was Wilson's second meeting with the Rhodesians on HMS Fearless?
1968
When was the Myth of the Vaginal Orgasm released?
1968
When was the first major instance of Violence in the Troubles (March in Londonderry)
1968
When was the women's strike in Ford Dagenham?
1968
Divorce Reform Act
1969
When did British troops enter Northern Ireland?
1969
When did Charles De Gaulle retire?
1969
When did ITV and BBC1 gain Colour support?
1969
When did Monty Python's Flying Circus start airing?
1969
When did Northern Ireland introduce one man one vote?
1969
When did the Provisional IRA form?
1969
When was "In Place of Strife"?
1969
When was the Battle of the Bogside?
1969
When was the DEA abolished?
1969
When was the abolition of Capital Punishment made permanent?
1969
When was the first flight of Concorde?
1969
Equal Pay Act
1970
When did Rhodesia declare independence?
1970
When did the Gay Liberation Front start?
1970
When was the Education Circular withdrawn?
1970
Edward Heath's Premiership
1970-1974
Decimalisation
1971
Festival of Light
1971
Industrial Relations Act
1971
Nationalization of Rolls Royce
1971
When did Heath apply to enter the EEC?
1971
When did the Open University start operations?
1971
When had Britain withdrawn all troops East of Suez?
1971
When was Chiswick Women's Aid set up?
1971
When was Free School Milk abolished?
1971
When was Internment without Trial introduced in Northern Ireland?
1971
When was the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders liquidated?
1971
When was the first ever non-Unionist Northern Ireland Cabinet minister appointed?
1971
Last Tango in Paris
1972
Local Government Act
1972
Marxist Guerrilla War in Rhodesia
1972
SALT
1972
The Blue Marble Photograph
1972
Watership Down
1972
What year did the Miners' initially demand a 45% pay increase?
1972
When did Gay News start?
1972
When did the Spaghetti Junction open?
1972
When was A Clockwork Orange released?
1972
When was Bloody Sunday?
1972
When was Direct Rule from Westminster imposed on Northern Ireland?
1972
NHS Reorganisation Act
1973
Social Security Act
1973
Sunningdale Agreement
1973
The Wombles
1973
What year did the Miners appeal for a 35% Pay Increase?
1973
When did Britain enter the EEC?
1973
When did Heath establish the three day week?
1973
When was Capital Radio established?
1973
When was homosexuality not deemed a mental illness?
1973
When was the People's Party (Green Party) founded?
1973
Yom Kippur War
1973
Birmingham Pub Bombings
1974
Health and Safety at Work Act
1974
Portuguese Revolution
1974
Harold Wilson's Second Period as Prime Minister
1974-1976
EEC Referendum
1975
Employment Protection Act
1975
Sex Discrimination Act
1975
The Good Life
1975
When was ACAS set up?
1975
When was Maternity Leave introduced?
1975
When was the National Abortion Campaign set up to protect the Abortion Act?
1975
Education Act
1976
Kissinger plan
1976
The Complete Book of Self Sufficiency
1976
When did the Animal Liberation Front form?
1976
When did the First Rape Crisis Centre open?
1976
When did the Pound first fall below $2?
1976
When was Rock against Racism set up?
1976
James Callaghan's Premiership
1976-1979
When did Reclaim the Night start as a response to the Yorkshire Ripper?
1977
When was the Anti-Nazi league set up?
1977
When did England's football team get its first black player?
1978
When was SERPS introduced?
1978
When was the Black and White Minstrel show taken off air?
1978
When was the RAR Victoria Park carnival?
1978
David Attenborough's Life on Earth
1979
Jeremy Thorpe's trial for suspected murder plotting
1979
SALT II
1979
Scottish Devolution Referendum
1979
Three Mile Island Nuclear meltdown
1979
When did 'Bent' open in theatre?
1979
When did Sid Vicious die?
1979
When had the IMF loan been paid off fully by?
1979
When did Rhodesia achieve Black Majority Rule?
1980
How many ministers in Macmillan's Cabinet didn't go to Public School?
2
How long did two partners to live apart to qualify for Divorce if both wanted it following the Divorce Reform Act?
2 years
How many votes did Mosley get in 1959?
2,000
Working Days Lost in 1964
2,300,000
How many train stations did Richard Breeching close in 1961?
2,400
Around what fraction of children 1951-64 went to Secondary Moderns?
2/3
What fraction of kids were educated in Comprehensive Schools in 1974?
2/3
How many members did the National Front have in 1976?
20,000
How many people were told not to leave their homes during the Lower Falls district searches?
20,000
In 1968, how many students of Hull University went on protest against their final exams?
200
What was the cost of the Prescription Charge Introduced by Churchill?
20p
Age of Consent for Homosexuals following the Sexual Offenses Act?
21
How many were killed in the Birmingham Pub Bombings?
21
Number of legal Abortions in 1968
22,000
Inflation in 1975 (peak)
24%
Britain's share of World Trade in 1950
25%
VAT on Luxury Goods in 1975
25%
How many people were in the most violent Anti-Vietnam Protest in 1968?
25,000
How many Universities were built following the Robbins Report?
26
What Percentage of Grammar School kids went to University 1951-64?
27%
In 1959, what Percent of Employers were in favour of employing women?
28%
Working Days Lost in 1979
29,400,000
What Ratio did Gaitskell beat Bevan in the Labour leadership Contest?
2:1
How many licensed radio channels were there in the early 60s?
3
On average, how many times more Resources did Grammar Schools have than Secondary Moderns 1951-64?
3
At the height of Immigration in the 50s, how many people were entering Britain a week?
3,000
How many kilometres of rail track were dismantled in 1963?
3,000km
Inflation in 1964
3.3%
What percentage of overseas package holidays were to Spain in the 60s?
30%
How many arrests were made in the most violent Anti-Vietnam Protest in 1968?
300
How many supermarkets were in Britain in 1958?
300
Rape cases in 1950
300
How many houses a year did Churchill aim to build?
300,000
Percentage of Scottish population who voted for Devolution
33%
What Percentage of the Total Labour force in 1961 was female?
33%
What Percentage of Private School kids went to university 1951-64?
35%
How many women were hospitalised due to poor backstreet abortions a year?
35,000
Unemployment in 1951
370,000
What was NHS Spending in terms of percent of Public Spending in 1951?
39%
By 1977, the National Front was the _th largest party
4
What was the Labour Majority in 1964?
4
What Percent of Houses owned a TV in 1950?
4%
What percentage of Students were going to University in 1960?
4%
What fraction of major oil companies had tankers on strike in the Winter of Discontent?
4/5
In 1957, what percentage of Manual Labourers considered themselves Middle Class?
40%
Percentage vote needed for Scottish Devolution (of whole Population- not just voters)
40%
How many British spies in Germany did Blake pass the names of to the Soviets?
400
What was NHS Spending in terms of percent of Public Spending in 1955?
43%
What was home ownership percentage in 1964?
44%
Welsh Devolution 1979 was voted against by what ratio?
4:1
TV licenses in 1955
4m
How many kids did Brady and Hindley kill?
5
How long did two partners to live apart to qualify for Divorce if one side wanted it following the Divorce Reform Act?
5 years
Percentage of women in 1965 that worked managerial jobs
5%
What percentage of Students went to Private Schools 1951-64?
5%
How many supermarkets were in Britain in 1972?
5,000
Number of Cars in Britain in 1960
5.5m
At launch, what percentage production was British Leylands at?
50%
In the 50s, the average wage of a woman was what percent of a man's?
50%
Percentage of Relationships ending in Divorce in 1970
50%
What Percentage of exports were going to the Commonwealth in 1950?
50%
Unemployment in 1964
500,000
Indian/Pakistani Population in Britain by 1958
55,000
How many Bevanites voted against West German Rearmament in 1952?
57
Inflation in 1970
6%
Number of Murders per Million in 1955
6.3
What was the Average Age of Churchill's Cabinet?
60
How many Bevanites abstained on the Hydrogen Bomb vote in 1955?
63
Unemployment in 1970
630,000
What Percentage of people voted yes in 1975?
66%
How many arrests were made in the Battle of Brighton?
76
What percentage of journeys in 1974 were taken by car?
77%
How many people died in the Battle of the Bogside?
8
Ford Merseyside Management had their wages risen by what percent in 1979?
80%
How many people did the British Nationality Act entitle to British citizenship?
800,000,000
How many women died of Backstreet Abortions between 1958-1960?
82
Tax on top earnings under Wilson's Emergency Budget
83%
How many teenagers infamously went 'n*gger hunting' leading up to the Notting Hill riot?
9
By 1970, what percentage of Single women were on the pill?
9%
Inflation in 1951
9%
In 1965, what fraction of people objected to interracial marriages?
9/10
How many candidates did the National Front put up in 1974?
90
What Percent of Houses owned a TV in 1964?
91%
What was the Labour Majority in 1966?
96
Tax on unearned income under Wilson's Emergency Budget
98%
What sparked the Notting Hill Riots?
A dispute between a mixed race couple
Who was Thatcher's Campaign manager for Tory Leadership?
Airey Neave
Which doctor successfully defended his use of an abortion on a 14 year old rape victim on mental health grounds?
Aleck Bourne
Where did the 14 Hour Technicolor Dream take place?
Alexandra Palace
Examples of Movies that were more permissive in the 60s
Alfie and Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush
The man who created the NHS
Aneurin Bevan
Who wrote 'The Myth of the Vaginal Orgasm'?
Anna Koedt
Who was Foreign Secretary under Churchill?
Anthony Eden
Which Act Overturned the McMahon Act?
Atomic Energy Act
Which Commonwealth Nations agreed with British Actions in the Suez Crisis?
Australia and New Zealand
What did Wilson and Callaghan abolish in Northern Ireland
B Specials
Which channel first received Colour support?
BBC2
Who introduced SERPS?
Barbara Castle
Who was responsible for writing In Place of Strife?
Barbara Castle
The Queen and Harold Macmillan attended what show?
Beyond the Fringe
Who introduced Britain to Rock n Roll in the 50s through Hollywood movies?
Bill Haley and his Comets
Birmingham band that birthed the Heavy Metal genre in the 60s
Black Sabbath
What was the name of the British Nuclear Programme that was scrapped in the late 50s for its cost?
Blue Streak
Most influential Reggae band that rose to prominence in the 60s
Bob Marley and the Wailers
Who was the Beatles manager?
Brian Epstein
Who was put in charge of the DEA?
Brown
Where did former Bevanites join following Bevan's loyalty to Gaitskell?
CND
Who was initially the Chancellor of the Exchequer under Wilson?
Callaghan
What was the Nuclear Program that Britain was purchasing from America in the 70s known as?
Chevaline
Who did Profumo have an affair with?
Christine Keeler
In the 1959 Labour Party Conference, what did Gaitskell question to remove from the Labour Manifesto?
Clause Four
What was the name of the Liberal Leader who was offered a position in Churchill's Cabinet?
Clement Davies
What was the relationship between the US and UK known as under Wilson?
Close Relationship
What is the name of the Middle Ground of Policies agreed upon by both parties post War?
Consensus
What was Callaghan quoted as saying during the Winter of Discontent?
Crisis? What Crisis?
Who led parliament on Legalisation of Abortion?
David Steel
Who was prosecuted for publishing a poem about Jesus having sex with a Centurion?
Denis Lemon
Chancellor of the Exchequer under Wilson and Callaghan
Dennis Healey
Which Act allowed for a no fault divorce following an irretrievable breakdown of a marriage?
Divorce Reform Act
Who went on strike in protest of Powell's firing?
Dockers
What reporting found that female education and training was inadequate in 1968?
Donovan Commission
How did the USA get the UK to pull out of Suez?
Dropping support for loans of money and oil
Which plan turned the EDC into an Intergovernmental force?
Eden Plan
Belligerents in Yom Kippur
Egypt and Syria against Israel
Which wine bar segregated men from women and received massive backlash from female journalists, prompting a change?
El Vino
Which Act stopped Women from being fired for being Pregnant?
Employment Protection Act
What did Pope Paul VI argue against the Pill with?
Encyclical Humanae Vital
People on the Right against the EEC
Enoch Powell and Ian Paisley
What does ECSC stand for?
European Coal and Steel Community
What does EDC stand for?
European Defence Community
What does EEC stand for?
European Economic Community
What does EFTA stand for?
European Free Trade Association
Examples of Books published after the Obscene Publications Act
Fanny Hill and Last Exit to Brooklyn
Other examples of strikers during the Winter of Discontent
Firemen, Ventilation Engineers, BBC Technicians
Who became the leader of the TUC in 1956?
Frank Cousins
What spy was indoctrinated in Korea and became a Soviet double cross spy?
George Blake
How did the Ulster Unionists dominate Politics in Northern Ireland?
Gerrymandering
Controversial TV show depicting realistic life in a Comprehensive School in the 70s
Grange Hill
Which strikers turned Public Opinion against the strikes?
Gravediggers and Children's Hospital Nurses
Where was the most common place for the Anti-Vietnam protests? (US embassy)
Grosvenor Square
Examples of Plays published after the Theatres Act
Hair and Oh Calcutta
Who did Eden shuffle from Foreign Secretary to Chancellor of the Exchequer to avoid him gaining too much power?
Harold Macmillan
Who was Minister for Housing under Churchill?
Harold Macmillan
How did Britain succeed in dealing with the Malayan Emergency?
Hearts and Minds Campaign
Who saw Britain as America's Bridge into Europe?
Henry Kissinger
In 1968, which college went on protest against entry requirements and graded assessments?
Hornsey College of Art
Which Act relaxed and abolished Rent Control?
Housing Act
Which areas were ignored in the first Race Relations Act?
Housing, Education and Employment
What was Harold Wilson's nickname?
Huddersfield Harold
Which 60s Highrise building was known by locals as 'Alcatraz'?
Hyson Green
Who were the Moors Murderers?
Ian Brady and Myra Hindley
Who was the leader of Rhodesia?
Ian Smith
Where were homosexuals limited to showing their relationships?
In Private
What was ACAS?
Independent Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service
Which Act created an Industrial Relations Court, required Unions to Register to legally strike and also created cooling periods before a strike?
Industrial Relations Act
Which Act criminalized Sympathy Strikes?
Industrial Relations Act
Which type of Organisation involved Governmental Cooperation?
Intergovernmental
Who was Responsible for the Health and Safety at Work Act?
James Callaghan
Who was initially Home Secretary under Wilson?
Jenkins
Leader of the Liberal Party during the Liberal Revival
Jo Grimond
Who was responsible for the murders in 10 Rillington place?
John Christie
Who wrote 'Look back in Anger'? (1956)
John Osborne
Who was the Minister of War who was involved in a Scandal?
John Profumo
Who was known as the King of Carnaby Street, producing flamboyant designs for men?
John Stephen
What man was blackmailed by the KGB to give Government Secrets in exchange for his recorded Gay Orgy not to be leaked?
John Vassal
Relationship between UK and USA under Heath
Just a Relationship
Who was the man that Thatcher initially supported to contest Heath as Tory leader?
Keith Joseph
Who was the first man to be killed in Britain on the grounds of Race?
Kelso Cochrane
What Economic Policy did Churchill Support?
Keynesian
Who put new spins on traditional clothes in the 60s?
Laura Ashley
Who led Parliament on Homosexual Law Reform?
Leo Abse
What did Derek Bentley say that ultimately got him executed?
Let Him Have it
What did Callaghan suggest against in Place of Strife?
Let the Tories pass it
Woman attacked and urinated on in Hyson Green
Linda Bilson
Who did Macmillan force to accept wages five times lower than their demands?
London Bus Drivers
What was Britain's most valuable colony in 1945?
Malaya
Which countries (initially) formed Malaysia?
Malaya, Brunei, Singapore, Sarawak and North Borneo
Who left the university of Edinburgh after the Student Body requested the pill to be made available in the Health Centre?
Malcolm Muggeridge
Who was at the top of the 'League of Violence'?
Manchester United
Minister for Education under Heath
Margaret Thatcher
Who invented the miniskirt?
Mary Quant
who most notably opposed TV Permissiveness?
Mary Whitehouse
Why was Fashion changing post war?
Mass Production
Which Act gave the Husband and Wife the same right of occupation of a family home?
Matrimonial Homes Act
Which Youth Group in the 50s-60s highlighted a Working Class aspiration to be Middle Class?
Mods
Which Youth Group in the 50s-60s were known for wearing the best clothes they could find?
Mods
Group of Right Wing Tories in the 70s who were in favour of Trading with Rhodesia
Monday Club
What did the Family Income Supplement under Heath allow low income families to be exempt from?
NHS Charges and School Meal fees
Which Act brought the Pill under the NHS?
NHS Reorganisation Act
What organisation did the TUC boycott, leading to its failure?
NIC
Who was the President of Egypt during Suez?
Nasser
What does NUPE stand for?
National Union for Public Employees
Traditionally, Britain had always had more emigrants leaving the country than immigrants entering- this gave the country a label-
Net Exporter of People
Who did Britain support in the Biafra Crisis?
Nigeria
In terms of technology, where did Government Grants go mostly towards under Wilson?
Nuclear Arms, Energy and Concorde
Which Organisation was responsible for giving out Marshall Aid?
OEEC
What does OEEC stand for?
Organisation of European Economic Cooperation
Where did the Liberals win a by-election in 1962 on a Traditionally Tory seat?
Orpington
Who was the leader of the British Union for Fascists?
Oswald Mosley
What was the most significant Feminist Consciousness-Raising Group in the 1960s that was backed by Barbara Castle and Vanessa Redgrave?
Peckham Rye Group
Developments in Healthcare 1951-64:
Penicillin; Polio Immunity; Human gene Mapping; Better X-Rays, operations and transfusions
Who wrote 'Beyond the Fringe'? (1960)
Peter Cook
Who was the Tory MP in Smethwick?
Peter Griffiths
Which London Landlord exploited the Housing Act and threatened clients to pay extortionate fees?
Peter Rachman
What tools were used in the Open University?
Postal Services, TV, Radio and Audio Casettes
What was the key part of the Sunningdale Agreement that nobody could agree upon?
Power Sharing
60s TV shows drawing upon sci-fi and the Space Race as inspiration
Quatermass, A for Andromeda and Doctor Who
Who was Chancellor of the Exchequer under Churchill?
R.A. Butler
Who did Home beat in the 1963 Tory Leadership Contest?
RAB Butler
Examples of Pirate Radio stations
Radio Luxembourg, Radio Caroline and Radio London
What report in 1963 found that Universities didn't have enough places and needed to expand?
Robbins Report
Which Youth Group in the 50s-60s were known for dressing deliberately scruffy and owning Motorbikes?
Rockers
What was Malaya's biggest export?
Rubber
What ship was infamous for starting the Migration from the West Indies?
SS Empire Windrush
What plan set up the ECSC?
Schuman Plan
What made the impact of the Winter of Discontent worse?
Secondary Picketing
What was the name of the Conspiracy between Britain, France and Israel in 1956?
Sevres Protocol
Who wrote 'A Taste of Honey'? (1961)
Shelagh Delaney
What was British rock n roll known as?
Skiffle
What did the UK purchase from America following the failure of Blue Streak?
Skybolts
Where did the Tories have the unofficial Campaign slogan 'If you want a N*gger for a neighbour, vote labour'?
Smethwick
What was brought in place of the industrial Relations Act under Wilson?
Social Contract
Which countries continued to sell Rhodesia oil after its sanction in 1966?
South Africa and Mozambique
What relationship between the USA and UK was coined with Churchill?
Special Relationship
Term for increasing Inflation, Strikes and Unemployment in the 60s-70s
Stagflation
Who Directed A Clockwork orange?
Stanley Kubrick
What does SERPS stand for?
State Earnings Related Pension Scheme
Who was the Osteopath convicted of Living off immoral earnings during the Profumo Affair?
Stephen Ward
What economic problem did RAB Butler start?
Stop-Go Cycle
What was the name given to Macmillan by Political Satirists?
Supermac
Developments in Consumer Goods 1951-64:
Supermarkets; Fairy Liquid (1960); Aerosols; Disinfectants; Nylon; Lycra; PVC
Which type of Organisation involved a loss of National Sovereignty?
Supranational
Who led parliament in the push against Capital Punishment?
Sydney Silverman
Which company continued to pay their female employees less then male employees, leading to a 21 week strike?
TRICO
Which Countries formed Tanzania?
Tanganyika and Zanzibar
Examples of Colonies with quick, successful decolonisation
Tanganyika, Zanzibar, Swaziland, Somalia, Nigeria, Northern Rhodesia, Malawi, Mauritius etc.
What was a big issue in Education in the 70s and stopped complete Comprehensivization?
Teacher Accountability
Which Youth Group in the 50s-60s were known for Jeans, Jackets and carried knives?
Teddy Boys
Which Youth Groups in the 50s-60s were a sort of parody of the Middle Class?
Teddy Boys
60s TV show drawing upon spies, along with gender equality and permissive themes
The Avengers
What did John Osborne write for Laurence Olivier?
The Entertainer
What was the inner Tory Establishment who supposedly conspired to get Home into power known as?
The Magic Circle
What did Wilson say on TV following Devaluation?
The Pound in your Pocket has not been Devalued
Which band was particularly hated by the media for their vulgarity and long hair?
The Rolling Stones
What Society did Aleck Bourne help to found in the 60s?
The Society for the Protection of the Unborn Child
Notable band that featured black and white members in the 70s
The Specials
What were the three coloured players in West Bromwich Albion nicknamed?
The Three Degrees
Examples of British rock n roll bands in the 50s/60s
The Who, the Kinks and the Quarrymen
how did Trade Unions boycott the Industrial Relations Act?
They didn't register
Who was wrongly executed on Murder Charges in 10 Rillington Place?
Timothy Evans
What product had increased taxes and duties on it under Eden?
Tobacco
Items that Wilson increased taxes on
Tobacco, Alcohol and Petrol
People on the Left against the EEC
Tony Benn, Michael Foot and Barbara Castle
Who was Labour's Education Secretary under Wilson?
Tony Crosland
What treaty set up the EEC?
Treaty of Rome
Who was one of the most famous models during the 60s?
Twiggy
OPEC puts Oil embargoes on which countries during the Yom Kippur War
USA, Western Europe and Japan
What did Britain refuse to let America do during the Yom Kippur War?
Use British Air Bases
The 70s saw the rise of
Vandalism, Hooliganism and Violence
Who was England's (the team) first black footballer?
Viv Anderson
Who was the Director of the London School of Economics who had links to Rhodesia and was protested against?
Walter Adams
What did Wilson say about Britain's stance in Vietnam?
We can't kick our creditors in the balls
What does WEU stand for?
Western European Union
Which group advocated for curbed immigration to protect the 'Racial Supremacy' of the White Brit?
White Defence League
What was Wilson's Campaign Line in 1964?
White Heat of Technology
Who were the three main contestants for the Labour Leadership Contest in 1963?
Wilson, Brown and Callaghan
What Report in 1968 suggested legalisation of Cannabis?
Wooten Report
Who was the Russian Spy involved in the Profumo Affair?
Yevgeny Ivanov
David Bowie's stage name in the 70s
Ziggy Stardust
What was the name of the Anti-Establishment Playwright group?
the Angry Young Men
Who was Responsible for the Headless Men Scandal?
the Duchess of Argyll
Which cheap British cars were sold at a loss?
the Mini
How much did Britain owe India post WW2?
£1.3b
What did the Labour Government in 1964 initially expect the Deficit to be?
£100m
Advertising expenditure in 1951
£102m
ITV advertising revenue in 1956
£13m
Average Wage in 1961
£15
Deficit in 1967
£1500m
Balance of Payments Deficit by 1974
£1b
How much money was being generated a year by the North Sea Oil in the 70s?
£1b
What did costs of Chevaline reach by 1980?
£1b
Advertising expenditure in 1978
£2.5b
How much in Spending cuts did Healey make following the IMF loan?
£2.5b
How much did the IMF give Britain in 1976?
£2b
How much debt was Britain in post WW2?
£3000m
How much was agreed upon limiting wage rises to under the Social Contract?
£6 a week
A loan of how much was refused to Upper Clyde in 1971?
£6m
What was Quant's yearly income by 1966?
£6m
Balance of Payments Deficit in 1951
£700m
Balance of Trade Surplus in 1970
£700m
Average Wage in 1951
£8
Deficit in 1964
£800m
What was the Deficit by 1964?
£800m
ITV advertising revenue in 1961
£93m
How much did the Labour Government in 1974 invest in British Leylands?
$1b
Cost of a barrel of Oil in 1973
$2
What did the Pound's value fall from and to in 1967?
$2.80 to $2.40
Cost of a barrel of Oil in 1980
$35
How much did Nasser need to build the largest dam in the world?
$400m
Between 1951-1964, what percentage of University students were doing STEM subjects?
1%
How many British Fighters died in the Korean War?
1,100
Unemployment in 1979
1,500,000
Number of Cars in Britain in 1945
1.5m
Working Days Lost in 1951
1.7m
What fraction of kids were educated in Comprehensive schools in 1964?
1/10
In 1965, what fraction of people objected to living next to a black person?
1/2
Roughly what fraction of Northern Ireland's population were Nationalists?
1/3
What Fraction of Married Women worked in 1961?
1/3
What fraction did wages of the rich fall by under Wilson?
1/3
What fraction of Ministers were removed in the Night of Long Knives?
1/3
What fraction of kids were educated in Comprehensive schools in 1970?
1/3
In the 50s, what fraction of Businesses had a Glass Ceiling for women?
1/4
What fraction of trade moves through the Suez Canal?
1/4
In 1965, what fraction of people objected to working with black or asian people?
1/5
What Fraction of Married Women worked in 1951?
1/5
By 1960, how many of the top 10 shows were on ITV?
10
How many times did Addiction to Cocaine and Heroine rise by in the early 60s?
10
Black Population in Britain by 1800
10,000
How many British troops were sent to Korea?
10,000
How many Kikuyu ethnics were killed in the Mau Mau Rebellion?
10,000
How many illegal abortions occurred a year before 1967?
100,000-200,000
What percent did the wages of the poor go up under Wilson?
104%
When did TV broadcasts turn off during Heath's Three Day Week?
10:30
How many MPs did the Scottish National Party have in Westminster by 1975?
11
Pay Increase for NUPE following the Winter of Discontent
11%
Percentage of the vote that Liberals got in 1964
11%
Working Days Lost in 1970
11,000,000
West Indian Population in Britain by 1958
115,000
How many people protested the Polaris Submarines in the Holyloch?
12,000
