Modern Britain History 1951-2007 Quiz

Who became prime minister in 1970?

Which Country left the Commonwealth in 1961?

Who was Wilson's Chancellor of the Exchequer before Roy Jenkins?

In the 1979 General Election how many seats did the conservatives win?

When was the Winter of discontent?

Who replaced Edward Heath as Conservative leader in 1975?

A situation where no political party has an overall majority in the House of Commons is known as?

When Wilson became Prime Minister in 1974 what was the inflation rate at?

When was the Falklands War?

What percentage of the British population voted to stay in the EEC in 1975?

Who replaced Michael Foot as Labour leader?

Who took over The Sun and made it the fastest selling tabloid?

What is Britain's electoral system known as?

When was the Miners Strike during the 1980s?

Heath called an election on what day in february 1974?

Which Conservative politican's nickname is Tarzan?

When was the Suez Crisis?

Who resigned after the Westland Affair?

Who became Thatcher's Trade Secretary in her first cabinet?

When was Poll tax introduced and what did it replace?

Which 1950s Conservative Prime Minister was described as a One-nation Conservative?

What doe the SDP stand for?

When was the Yom Kippur war?

What was Thatcher's economic policy during her first term as Prime Minister?

What month in 1973 did Britain join the EEC?

When did the Notting Hill Riots take place?

When was the sex discrimination act passed?

In 1990 what did Britain join before Thatcher resigned?

Before the Falklands, who was at the bottom of the opinion polls?

A public vote on a held particular issue is known as...

John Major won a lot of respect for his ............ politics

What was the term used to describe the connection between Britain and America?

In 1967 Britain withdraw from where?

When did Decimalisation come into force?

A vote on whether the government is considered able to continue governing is known as...

What was set up by George Brown?

What does the EEC stand for?

Who replaced Churchil as Prime Minister in 1955?

The selling off of publicaly owned industries to the private sector is known as...

When was Edward Heath's U-Turn?

How many terms did Thatcher win as Prime minister?

In 1993 what did Major try and do to regain support after the events of Black Wednesday?

When was the Profumo Affair?

What was legalised in 1967?

What economic policy was prominent during the long 50s?