Chapter: Britain since 1945 - Britain since 1945

In the 1960s Britain developed Concorde, a supersonic commercial airliner, with which European country?

In what year did Britain go to war with Argentina over the Falkland Islands?

In what year were India, Pakistan and Ceylon, amongst others, given independence?

Sir Frank Whittle invented what in the 1930s?

The 1960s in Britain are often called the .............? 60s.

The Turing machine, invented in Britain in the 1930s, was an early form of what?

What world changing invention was created by the Briton Sir Tim Berners-Lee in 1990?

The structure of what was discovered by scientists in London and Cambridge in 1953?

Northern Irish athlete Mary Peters won an Olympic gold medal in which athletic event in 1972?

In what year was direct rule imposed on Northern Ireland?

In what year did the UK join the EEC?

In the early 1970s, Britain admitted 28,000 people of Indian origin who had been forced to leave which African country?

To help rebuild Britain after World War II, workers from the West Indies, Pakistan, India and elsewhere were encouraged to...?

In what year did Margaret Thatcher resign as prime minister?

In 1945, the people of Britain elected a government from which party?

Britain's first female prime minister, elected in 1979, was...?

What was the organization formed by the UK and its allies to combat the perceived threat of invasion by the Soviet Union?

In what year was the National Health Service established?

The benefits system introduced in the 1940s was known as...?

What was the slogan for the new benefit system in the 1940s?

What was the name of the Prime Minister who led the country from 1945 to 1951?

British author Roald Dahl's parents came from which European country?

Which of these is a famous radio play written by the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas?

The peace agreement signed in Northern Ireland in 1998 is known as the what Agreement?

The Education Act of 1944 which introduced free secondary education in England and Wales was often called what?

The report that establish the British welfare state was the...?

Who was elected Labour prime minister in 1997?

Which of these was a well-known British pop music group of the 1960s?

From 2010 onwards, Britain was governed by a coalition government made up of members of which parties?