Year 11 - Quiz 6

Goebbels famously said that the best kind of propaganda is that which works…

• Overwhelmingly'
• Invisibly'
• Violently'
• Obviously'

How many members did the NSDAP have by 1923?

• 150
• 21000
• 1 million
• 50000

What percentage of factory workers were unemployed in Germany by 1933?

• 40%

• 33%

• 80%

• 67%

What is a 'brain drain'?

• A loss of skilled workers (e.g. engineers) through emigration.
• An unpleasant torture device for extracting information, used in Soviet gulags.
• US slang for a boring speech: 'Winston's Iron Curtain drivel was a right brain drain!'
• A Soviet programme for increasing the capacity of their nuclear scientists.

Why were the Soviets permitted more ICBMs than the US according to the Interim Treaty of SALT 1?

• The US had an advantage in other areas, i.e. more strategic bombers.
• The US wanted to appear conciliatory and generous to improve relations.
• They asked very nicely.
• They had fewer nuclear scientists working to further technology, and so the US felt it was safe to allow them the advantage here.

In what year did the USA develop the hydrogen bomb?

• 1952
• 1949
• 1966
• 1945

Who's 1561-2 voyage between Africa, England and the New World laid the foundations for the infamous 'triangular' transatlantic slave trade?

• Francis Drake
• Walter Raleigh
• John Hawkins
• Robert Dudley

Approximately how many Protestants were burned for their beliefs during the reign of Mary?

• 300
• 10000
• 150
• 88

In 1566, Archbishop of Canterbury Matthew Parker wrote the 'Book of Advertisements' as guidance to priests. What was it about?

• The way churches should be decorated.
• The proper way to deliver a communion service.
• The correct vestments priests should wear.
• The best way to promote the Church of England to the people.

In what year did John Snow make his famous discovery about the causes of a Soho cholera outbreak?

• 1854
• 1875
• 1857
• 1830