Chapter 7 - Key Dates and Stats

Question 1

How did the percentage of those owning TV change between 1961 and 1971?

Answer 1

75% to 91%

Question 2

Who became director-general of the BBC in 1960?

Answer 2

Hugh Greene

Question 3

When did ITV launch?

Answer 3

1955

Question 4

When did BBC2 launch?

Answer 4

April 1964

Question 5

When did BBC2 start to televise colour programmes?

Answer 5

July 1967

Question 6

What is the main example of a pirate radio station?

Answer 6

Radio Luxembourg

Question 7

When were pirate radio stations banned?

Answer 7

1967

Question 8

Who did Radio One hire after pirate radio was banned in 1967?

Answer 8

Former pirate DJs like Tony Blackburn

Question 9

When was The Sun launched?

Answer 9

1964, replacing the working class Daily Herald

Question 10

When did Rupert Murdoch buy The Sun?

Answer 10

In 1969

Question 11

By 1969, what percentage of leisure time was spent on TV?

Answer 11

23%

Question 12

Which home activities became popular in the 1960s?

Answer 12

DIY and gardening.

Cookery, needlework and knitting remained relevant.

Question 13

How much did the use of cars account for journeys in 1974?

Answer 13

77%, up from 39% in 1954

Question 14

How many holidays were taken overall in 1951, 1961 and 1971 by Britons?

Answer 14

1951 - 27 million, 1961 - 34 million, 1971 - 41 million

Question 15

How many holidays abroad were taken in 1951, 1961 and 1971?

Answer 15

1951 - 2 million, 1961 - 4 million, 1971 - 7 milliom

Question 16

When was Britannia Airways founded?

Answer 16

1964

Question 17

Where did Britannia Airways fly to when first launched?

Answer 17

Spain, Malta, Bulgaria and North Africa.

Question 18

What percent of holidays were abroad in 1966 versus 1971?

Answer 18

under 4% in 1966 to 8.4% in 1971

Question 19

When was the first person to go into space? When did the US reach the moon?

Answer 19

Space - 1961, Moon - 1969

Question 20

When was the Post Office Tower opened, then the largest building in Britain?

Answer 20

1965

Question 21

Alongside which country did Britain develop the Concorde aircraft?

Answer 21

France

Question 22

Which department of the Queen’s household had control over theatrical censorship?

Answer 22

Lord Chamberlain’s Office

Question 23

Which backbencher supported introducing a bill to end theatrical censorship?

Answer 23

George Strauss

Question 24

When was theatrical censorship abolished?

Answer 24

1968 (The Theatres Act)

Question 25

When did the American musical Hair perform nude in Britain?

Answer 25

1968, after theatrical censorship was abolished?

Question 26

What is an example of a more daring / explicit film?

Answer 26

Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush - 1967

Question 27

When did second-wave feminism start in the US?

Answer 27

1963, with Betty Friedan

Question 28

What percent of higher education were women in 1970?

Answer 28

28%

Question 29

What percent of women reached managerial posts in 1970?

Answer 29

5%

Question 30

When was the NHS (Family Planning) Act passed?

Answer 30

1967 - allowed local authorities

Question 31

What percent of births were illegitimate in 1960 and 1970?

Answer 31

5.8% in 1960 to 8.2% in 1970

Question 32

When was The Female Eunuch by Germaine Greer published?

Answer 32

1970

Question 33

When was the Women's National Co-ordination Committee established?

Answer 33

After a rally in Britain in 1969

Question 34

When was the first National Women's Liberation Conference?

Answer 34

February 1970 in Ruskin College, Oxford.

Question 35

What were the four demands put forward by the National Women's Liberation Conference?

Answer 35

- equal pay - free contraception and abortion on request - equal educational and job opportunities - free 24 hour childcare

Question 36

When was the Matrimonial Property Act passed?

Answer 36

1970 - established the work of a wife at home or in employment should be taken into account in divorce settlements

Question 37

When was the Equal Pay Act passed? When did it come into force?

Answer 37

Passed in 1970, came into force in 1975

Question 38

When did Catholic MP Norman St John-Stevas write his essay critical of the Catholic Church's stance on the contraceptive pill?

Answer 38

1968

Question 39

When did Mary Whitehouse's support lead to the establishment of the National Viewers' and Listeners' Association?

Answer 39

1965

Question 40

When was the Dangerous Drugs Act passed?

Answer 40

1967 - made possession of drugs like cannabis and cocaine unlawful

Question 41

When was the Wootton Report released?

Answer 41

1968 - suggested legalising soft drugs like cannabis

Question 42

How did radio stations respond to the popular music amongst young people?

Answer 42

With programmes like 'Ready Steady Go' (ITV 1963) and 'Top of the Pops' (BBC 1964)

Question 43

What did skinheads evolve from?

Answer 43

The Mods

Question 44

Who did the Hippies evolve from?

Answer 44

The rockers, embracing 'flower power'