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Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 6mins
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
By how much did the Labour Government increase Miners' pay to stop the Three Day Week?
25%
15%
35%
45%
In what year had the UK originally taken the Falklands Islands by force?
1833
1823
1843
1853
How many plane hijackers were there on 9/11?
20
19
18
21
What was the actual result of the 2016 Brexit Referendum?
51.89% to 48.11%
52.89% to 47.11%
51.99% to 48.01%
52.99% to 47.01%
One of the main causes of the financial crisis was the creation of a product that grouped 1000s of which financial product together?
Savings accounts
Current Accounts
Personal Loans
Mortgages
Who left the Labour Party because of their response to the Depression and formed the British Union Fascists
Ramsay MacDonald
Stanley Baldwin
Oswald Mosley
David Lloyd-George
What was the name of the Act that severely eroded the powers of the House of Lords
The 1911 Lords Act
The 1911 Commons Act
The 1911 Westminster Act
The 1911 Parliament Act
