UK Political Events

Who was Chancellor Norman Lamont's senior advisor during the 1992 'Black Wednesday' ERM crisis?

• John Major

• David Cameron

• George Osborne

• George Soros

Who was the Health Secretary who created the NHS?

• Clement Attlee

• Ernest Bevin

• Aneurin Bevan

• William Beveridge

What was the name of the Black Man shot in Tottenham by police - leading to the 2011 riots?

• Doug Markan

• Mark Dougal

• Dougal Markan

• Mark Duggan

What was the name of the lady who had an affair with John Profumo and a Russian spy at the same time in the early 1960s

• Christine Keeler

• Christine Keegan

• Mandy Rice-Davies

• Mandy Davies-Rice

In the Winter of Discontent in 1979 rubbish bags were piled up at which London landmark?

• Trafalgar Square

• Picadilly Circus

• Buckingham Palace

• Leicester Square

Why did the policeman misidentify Jean Charles de Menezes as one of the suspected terrorists on July 22nd 2005, leading to him being shot dead

• He was racist

• He was from Argentina and didn't like Brazilians

• He had been having a wee when de Menezes had left his building

• He had the wrong picture of the suspect given to him

Who was Conservative Party leader after Robert Peel was removed in 1846 due to the repeal of the Corn Laws

• William Gladstone

• Benjamin Disraeli

• John Russell

• Charles Dickens

What % of the UK in 1968 said in polling they agreed with Enoch Powell's 'Rivers of Blood' speech?

• 65%

• 55%

• 85%

• 75%

On what date did Britain join the European Economic Community?

• 1st September 1973

• 1st January 1973

• 1st January 1974

• 1st September 1972

What was the name of the Egyptian leader who nationalised the Suez Canal in 1972

• Anwar Sadat

• Hosni Mubarak

• Gamal Adbel Nasser

• Abdel Fattah El-Sisi