Britain since 1945 1 Spread the love /24 Britain since 1945 1 1 / 24 Who of the following was a co-discoverer of insulin?Choose only ONE best answer. John Logie Baird Sir Frank Whittle John MacLeod Sir Robert Watson-Watt 2 / 24 Which Briton developed radar?Choose only ONE best answer. Robert Winston Sir Robert Watson-Watt Robert Peel Robert Edwards 3 / 24 Who developed the jet engine during the 1930s?Choose only ONE best answer. Bobby Moore Sir Tim Berners-Lee Alan Turing Sir Frank Whittle 4 / 24 Who took over from Tony Blair as Prime Minister in 2007?Choose only ONE best answer. Ed Miliband David Cameron Gordon Brown Alistair Darling 5 / 24 Who was Prime Minister when the Welsh Assembly was established?Choose only ONE best answer. John Major Tony Blair David Cameron Theresa May 6 / 24 Which of the following statements is correct?Choose only ONE best answer. Margaret Thatcher was the longest-serving Prime Minister of the UK in the 20th century. Margaret Thatcher was the second longest-serving Prime Minister of the UK in the 20th century. 7 / 24 Who invented the World Wide Web?Choose only ONE best answer. Bill Gates Mark Zuckerberg Sir Peter Mansfield Sir Tim Berners-Lee 8 / 24 Which of the following statements is correct?Choose only ONE best answer. Margaret Thatcher was the UK’s first female Prime Minister. Margaret Thatcher was the UK’s second female Prime Minister. 9 / 24 What type of education became free under the Butler Act of 1944?Choose only ONE best answer. Nursery Primary Secondary University 10 / 24 What invention is Sir Tim Berners-Lee known for?Choose only ONE best answer. Radar The hovercraft World Wide Web The light bulb 11 / 24 What is John Logie Baird famous for creating?Choose only ONE best answer. The modern motor vehicle The television The radio The internet 12 / 24 Which decade is associated with the Beatles and significant social change?Choose only ONE best answer. 1920s 1940s 1960s 1980s 13 / 24 Which of these scientists was awarded the Nobel Prize for his work with DNA?Choose only ONE best answer. Albert Einstein Francis Crick James Dyson Brian Cox 14 / 24 Is the statement below TRUE or FALSE?The world’s first ‘test-tube baby’ was born in the UK in 1978.Choose only ONE best answer. True False 15 / 24 What is Francis Crick known for?Choose only ONE best answer. The discovery of Australia Inventing the jet engine Inventing the hovercraft The discovery of the structure of the DNA molecule 16 / 24 Which of the following statements is correct?Choose only ONE best answer. IVF (in-vitro fertilisation) therapy was pioneered in Britain by Sir Robert Edwards and Patrick Steptoe. The MRI machine was pioneered in Britain by Sir Robert Edwards and Patrick Steptoe. 17 / 24 Which TWO of these were very popular sixties British pop groups?Choose ALL answers that apply. ABBA The Beatles The Rolling Stones The Beach Boys 18 / 24 Is the statement below TRUE or FALSE?John Logie Baird was responsible for developing the television in the 1920s.Choose only ONE best answer. True False 19 / 24 Which political party was able to build on the Northern Ireland peace process, resulting in the Good Friday Agreement signed in 1998?Choose only ONE best answer. Green Party Conservative Party Labour Party Liberal Democrats 20 / 24 Which of the following statements is correct?Choose only ONE best answer. Tony Blair was Prime Minister at the time of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998. Gordon Brown was Prime Minister at the time of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998. 21 / 24 Which Conservative Prime Minister succeeded Margaret Thatcher, and started the Northern Ireland peace process?Choose only ONE best answer. John Major Douglas Hurd Kenneth Baker Norman Tebbit 22 / 24 Which of the following statements is correct?Choose only ONE best answer. In 1979 Margaret Thatcher became the third woman to be Prime Minister of the UK. In 1979 Margaret Thatcher became the first woman to be Prime Minister of the UK. 23 / 24 Is the statement below TRUE or FALSE?Mary Peters was a talented athlete who won an Olympic gold medal in the pentathlon in 1972.Choose only ONE best answer. True False 24 / 24 What invention did Sir Frank Whittle develop in the 1930s?Choose only ONE best answer. The radio IVF therapy The jet engine The hovercraft Your score is 0% Restart quiz
