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British History Quiz #9 (20th century/modern) - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 202 times
- The average score is 13 of 20
Answer Stats
| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| Whose coronation was the first to be televised in 1953 | Queen Elizabeth II | 100%
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| What what the name of the the ship that sunk in 1912 after hitting an iceberg | RMS Titanic | 99%
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| What was the name of the band from Liverpool who wrote "Hey Jude" | The Beatles | 97%
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| What did Alexander Fleming accidently discover in 1928 | Penicillin | 93%
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| Which crisis involved the losing of the canal that connects Mediterranean sea to the red sea | Suez Crisis | 92%
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| Over which islands off the coast of Argentina did the UK go to war over their sovereignty | The Falkland Islands | 89%
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| What was the name of the supersonic commercial airliner that flew from Britain | Concorde | 83%
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| Which modern day country Formally called (Southern) Rhodesia gained international independence in 1980 | Zimbabwe | 81%
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| What organization did Emilie Pankhurst belong to | WSPU/Suffragettes | 75%
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| Who was prime minister when the NHS was founded | Clement Attlee | 65%
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| Who did England beat in the 1966 world cup final | West Germany | 59%
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| Which British archaeologist discovered the tomb of pharaoh Tutankhamun | Howard Carter | 53%
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| What derogatory term was used to describe miners who crossed the picket line during the miners strike | Scabs | 50%
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| Who founded the BUF(British union of Fascists) in 1932 | Oswald Mosley | 46%
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| Who was the prime minister in 1936 when Edward VIII abdicated | Stanley Baldwin | 41%
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| What policy that translates to "leave it be" did the liberal reforms try to move away from (I recommend looking exact spelling up on google) | laissez-faire | 35%
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| Which Argentine cruiser was sunk by the British fleet during the above war | ARA General Belgrano | 34%
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| Which VTOL jet was developed by Hawker Siddeley | Harrier jump jet | 27%
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| Name any member of the Cambridge Five spy ring, the group which passed on information to the soviet government from their positions in British secret service | Kim Philby, Guy Burgess, Donald Maclean, Anthony Blunt, John Cairncross | 27%
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| From what building did the BBC first broadcast from in 1936 | Alexandra Palace | 18%
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