Booklet 4 20th Century Part II

Question 1

What was the name of the world’s first test tube baby?

Answer 1

Louise Brown

Question 2

What type of surgery allows you to rejoin nerves and blood vessels?

Answer 2

Micro surgery

Question 3

In what year was DNA discovered?

Answer 3

1953

Question 4

What scans allow surgeons to see inside the body?

Answer 4

CAT scans and MRI scans

Question 5

Which war highlighted the poor health British workers?

Answer 5

Boer War

Question 6

Name two social investigators who highlighted the problems of poverty.

Answer 6

Rowntree and Booth

Question 7

Which political party was elected in 1906 promising social reform?

Answer 7

Liberal Party

Question 8

What reform did the Liberals introduce to improve children’s health?

Answer 8

Free School Meals 1906, School medical inspections 1907, Children’s Act 1908 and School Clinics 1912

Question 9

Which Liberal reform helped sick workers avoid starvation?

Answer 9

National Insurance Act Part 1 1911

Question 10

Which Liberal reform helped the elderly?

Answer 10

Pensions Act 1909

Question 11

Who wrote a report about the state of Britain during World War Two?

Answer 11

Sir William Beveridge 1942

Question 12

How many copies of the Beveridge Report were sold in the first month?

Answer 12

100,000

Question 13

What did Beveridge say were the 5 giants of poverty?

Answer 13

Disease, want or need, ignorance, idleness and squalor or poor living conditions

Question 14

When was the National Health Service or NHS set up?

Answer 14

4th July, 1948

Question 15

How many new towns were built by 1948 and how many council homes build per year?

Answer 15

12 new towns and 280,000 council homes per year

Question 16

Before the NHS, how many people had never seen a doctor?

Answer 16

8 million

Question 17

How has life expectancy changed for men and women since 1948?

Answer 17

Women from 66 to 83 and men from 64 to 79

Question 18

When were charges first introduced for the NHS?

Answer 18

1952 charges for glasses introduced, prescriptions cost 1 shilling and dental treatment cost 1 pound

Question 19

In December 1952, how many people were affected by the killer smog?

Answer 19

12,000 people died and 100,000 were taken ill

Question 20

When did the government pass the Clean Air Acts?

Answer 20

1956 and 1968 which tried to reduce the number of coal fires

Question 21

When was smoking in public places banned and smoking in cars with a child passenger?

Answer 21

2007 public places and 2015 in cars with a child passenger

Question 22

By 2014, how many people had died from AIDS?

Answer 22

40 million

Question 23

How many in people in Britain currently have AIDS?

Answer 23

100,000