United Kingdom 20th Century Half-Decades by Pictures - Statistics

Answer Stats

Picture	Hint	Answer	% Correct
	late 1960s	England wins the FIFA World Cup [1966]	96%
	early 1960s	The Beatles debut in the US [pictured on The Ed Sullivan show, 1964]	96%
	late 1930s	Edward VIII becomes king, abdicates and marries Wallis Simpson [1936-1937]	83%
	early 1930s	"The Surgeon's Photograph of the mythical Loch Ness Monster published in the Daily Mail [1934]	83%
	late 1900s	Summer Olympics in London [1908]	78%
	early 1980s	Miners' strike [1983-1984]	74%
	early 1970s	Bloody Sunday [1972]	65%
	early 1990s	The Channel Tunnel opens [1994]	65%
	late 1980s	The Phantom of the Opera premieres in Her Majesty's Theatre (music written by A. L. Weber) [1986]	61%
	early 1920s	The tomb of Tutankhamun discovered [1922]	61%
	late 1990s	Handover of Hong Kong to China [1997]	57%
	late 1970s	Louise Brown, the first IVF-conceived baby in the world [1978]	57%
	late 1940s	India gains independence [1947]	52%
	early 1940s	"Colossus", computers which helps with codebreaking [developed in 1943-1945]	48%
	late 1910s	Tesco founded [1919]	39%
	early 1910s	Suffragettes brutally force-fed in prisons to counter their hunger strike [c. 1909-1914]	30%
	late 1950s	"Take Your Pick", the first game show with cash prizes airs on ITV, the first commercial broadcast network [1955/1956-]	30%
	early 1950s	The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R.Tolkien published [1954-1955]	13%
	early 1900s	Rolls-Royce cars introduced [1904]	9%
	late 1920s	English Oxford Dictionary completed [1884-1928]	4%

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