1970-79

Question 1

By 1973 unemployment had fallen back to what?

Answer 1

500,000

Question 2

How many working days were lost in 1972?

Answer 2

23,909,000

Question 3

What % of those interned between 1971 and 1975 were catholic?

Answer 3

95%

Question 4

How many people were killed by the British army on Bloody Sunday?

Answer 4

13

Question 5

How many were killed in the troubles during 1972?

Answer 5

1 480

Question 6

What did the Sunningdale agreement of 1973 impose?
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Answer 6

1 Power sharing executive with nationalists and unionists
2 a new Northern Ireland assembly elected under a proportional representation system
3 a Council of Ireland with some input from the Republic of Ireland

Question 7

When labour came back into power in March 1974 what was the balance of payment deficit and what was inflation at?

Answer 7

1 £3 billion
2 15%

Question 8

In the October 1974 general election what was Labour’s overall majority in seats?

Answer 8

3

Question 9

In December 1976 chancellor Denis Healey received a loan of of how much from the IMF?

Answer 9

£3 billion

Question 10

By 1978 how many oilfields were in production?

Answer 10

9

Question 11

As North Sea oil came on stream inflation dropped to what around 1978?

Answer 11

10%

Question 12

A Labour MP inserted a clause to the 1978 devolution acts for Scotland and Wales so that what % of the electorate had to approve of it for it to pass?

Answer 12

40%

Question 13

In autumn 1978 the TUC rejected the labour government’s proposal of a what % wage increase?

Answer 13

5%

Question 14

In December 1978 ford lorry drivers achieved a what % wage increase after a 9 week strike?

Answer 14

9%

Question 15

In the winter of discontent what was the average wage increase achieved by strikes?

Answer 15

10%

Question 16

What was the conservative overall seat majority in the 1979 election?

Answer 16

43

Question 17

By 1979 how many prisoners were protesting for political status?

Answer 17

over 250

Question 18

The first rape crisis centre opened in London in what year?

Answer 18

1976

Question 19

The domestic violence act of 1976 did what?

Answer 19

Made it possible for women to take out court orders to restrain violent partners

Question 20

Women’s wages increased from 59% of men’s in 1970 to what % in 1977?

Answer 20

70%

Question 21

What did the 1971 immigration act do?

Answer 21

Migrants from the new commonwealth would need a guaranteed job and minimum 1 grandparent born in Britain in order to emigrate to the UK

Question 22

How many Ugandan-Asians were let in as an exception of the immigration act 0f 1971?

Answer 22

28000

Question 23

By 1974 how many new commonwealth immigrants had come to the UK?

Answer 23

1 million

Question 24

In 1974 there were A. how many elected non white London borough councillors and how many were there in B. 1978?

Answer 24

A 10
B 35

Question 25

How many national front members were there in 1976?

Answer 25

20,000

Question 26

What group was set up to combat racial violence perpetrated by the national front in 1977?

Answer 26

the Anti-Nazi league

Question 27

How many people did a Rock against racism concert in Trafalgar Square in April 1978 attract?

Answer 27

100,000

Question 28

Out of the 22000 person workforce in the Metropolitan police in 1976 how many were ethnic minorities?

Answer 28

70

Question 29

How many were injured at the Notting hill carnival of 1976?

Answer 29

Over 300

Question 30

Which Anti-Nazi league member was hit on the head with a police truncheon killing him in 1979?

Answer 30

Blair Peach

Question 31

Which show used black face until 1978?

Answer 31

The black and white minstrel show

Question 32

What was the ‘English disease’?

Answer 32

Hooliganism related violence at football games which was growing in prominence throughout the 1970s

Question 33

Between 1957-1979 there were how many dangerous incidents at station Sellafield in Cumbria?

Answer 33

5

Question 34

Beagles were forced to smoke how many cigarettes a day for scientists to study the effects?

Answer 34

30

Question 35

When did Britain join the EEC?

Answer 35

1973

Question 36

During the European referendum how many voted Yes and how many voted no?

Answer 36

Yes: 17 million
No: 8 million

Question 37

When was the Yom Kippur war?

Answer 37

October 1973