Modern History

Question 1

1913 - what happened with Ireland

Answer 1

Home Rule Bill - having a self governing state but be part of UK
Ireland resisted and the Easter Rising on 1916
1921 - peace treaty
1922 - Ireland became two country
Northern Ireland - Protestant
Rest of Ireland - Irish free state - became a Republic on 1949
Conflict in Northern Ireland referred as the Troubles

Question 2

BBC

Answer 2

Started radio broadcast 1922

Regular TV service in 1936

Question 3

Graham Greene

Answer 3

English writer
Catholic novels
Thrillers
The Man Within - Debut book
The Captain and the enemy - last book

Question 4

Evelyn Waugh

Answer 4

English writer
Decline and Fall 
Handful of Dust
Brideshead Revisited
Sword of Honour

Question 5

John Maynard Keynes

Answer 5

new theories of economics
Macroeconomics and economic policies of government
Keynesian Revolution

Question 6

Dunkirk spirit

Answer 6

Evacuation of French and British soldiers from France

300000 men

Question 7

Battle of Britain

Answer 7

Summer 1940
Spitfire and Hurricane
Victory over Germany

Question 8

Winston Churchill

Answer 8

Conservative MP in 1900
Soldier and journalist
May 1940 - Prime Minister
Lost in GE 1945
Win in GE 1951 

” I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat”
“Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few”
“We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.”

Question 9

Alexander Fleming

Answer 9

1881-1955
Born in Scotland
Became a doctor and discovered penicillin
Nobel prize in 1945

Question 10

Clement Attlee

Answer 10

1833-1967
Leader of Labour in 1945
introduced Beveridge Report
Barrister
Nationalisation of major industries

Question 11

NHS

Answer 11

In 1948
Aneurin (Nye) Bevan, Minister of Health
Social Security

Question 12

Independence of colonies

Answer 12

1947 - India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka

20yrs - Africa, Caribbean, Pacific

Question 13

Harold Macmillan

Answer 13

1950s
Prime Minister
Wind of change - decolonisation and independence of Empire

Question 14

William Beveridge

Answer 14

1879-1963
Lord Beveridge
British economist, social reformer
Liveral MP
Social insurance and allied service - 1942
Five Giant Evils of Want, Disease, Ignorance, Squalor and Idleness

Question 15

R A Butler

Answer 15

1902-1982
Conservative MP in 1923
Education Act 1941 - free secondary education

Question 16

Dylan Thomas

Answer 16

1914-1953
Welsh poet and author
Under Milk Wood
Do Not Go Gentle into that good night

Question 17

Who invented - Television

Answer 17

John Logie Baird in 1920s

First TV broadcast from London to Glasgow

Question 18

Who invented - Radar

Answer 18

Sir Bernard Lovell
Astronomy discovery
Jodrell Bank in Cheshire

Question 19

Who invented - Turing machine

Answer 19

Alan Turing

Theoretical mathematical machine in 1930s

Question 20

Who invented - Insulin

Answer 20

John MacLeod, Scottish

Co-inventor

Question 21

Who discovered the structure of DNA

Answer 21

Francis Crick

Nobel Prize

Question 22

Who invented - Jet Engine

Answer 22

Sir Frank Whittle

Bristish Royal Air Force Engineer

Question 23

Who invented - Hovercraft

Answer 23

Sir Christopher Cockerell in 1950s

Question 24

Who invented - Harrier Jump jet

Answer 24

vertical take off jet

Question 25

Who invented - ATM

Answer 25

James Goodfellow | Barclays Bank Enfield

Question 26

Who invented - IVF

Answer 26

Sir Robert Edwards and Patrick Steptoe | "Test tube baby" born in Oldham, Lancashire in 1978

Question 27

Who invented - Cloning

Answer 27

Sir Ian Wilmut and Keith Campbell in 1996

Question 28

Who invented - MRI

Answer 28

Sir Peter Mansfield

Question 29

Who invented - WWW

Answer 29

Sir Tim Berners-Lee in 25/12/1990

Question 30

Mary Peters

Answer 30

Olympic Gold medalist - Pentathlon Dame of British Empire Team manager for Women's olympic team

Question 31

Margaret Thatcher

Answer 31

1925-2013 From Grantham in Lincolnshire Elected as MP in 1959 Cabinet minister 1970 as Secretary of State for Education and Science 1975 - Leader of Conservative party Conservative victory on 1979 and remained PM until 1990 Privatisation of nationalised industries and imposed legal control on trade union powers

Question 32

1982 Argentina

Answer 32

Argentina invaded Falkland islands | Naval taskforce sent to recover the islands

Question 33

John Major

Answer 33

PM after Thatcher | Northern Ireland peace process

Question 34

Northern Ireland conflict

Answer 34

1972 Northern Ireland Parliament was suspended Directly ruled by UK government

Question 35

Roald Dahl

Answer 35

``` 1916-1990 Born in Wales to Norwegian parents served in RAAF during WW2 Became an author Charlie and the Chocolate Factory George's Marvellous Medicine ```

Question 36

Labour Government in 90s

Answer 36

Tony Blair wins the election in 1997 | Scotting Parliament and Welsh Assembly introduced

Question 37

Northern Ireland Assembly

Answer 37

Good Friday Agreement signed then Northern Ireland Assembly formed on 1998 Elected in 1999 Suspended in 2002 Reinstated in 2007

Question 38

Conflicts in Afganistan and Iraq

Answer 38

Liberation of Kuwait Iraqi invasion in 1990 Conflct in the Yugoslavia UK fought with the International Security Assistance Force