Overview

Question 1

When was the first period of Conservative domination?

Answer 1

1951-64

Question 2

When was Churchill prime minister?

Answer 2

October 1951 - April 1955 (Conservative)

Question 3

When was Eden prime minister?

Answer 3

April 1955 - January 1957 (Conservative)

Question 4

When was Macmillan prime minister?

Answer 4

January 1957 - October 1963 (Conservative)

Question 5

When was Douglas-Home prime minister?

Answer 5

October 1963 - October 1964 (Conservative)

Question 6

When was Wilson prime minister?

Answer 6

October 1964 - 1970 (Labour)

1974 - March 1976

Question 7

When was Callaghan prime minister?

Answer 7

March 1976 - May 1979 (Labour)

Question 8

When was Edward Heath prime minister?

Answer 8

1970 - 1974 (Conservative)

Question 9

When was Thatcher prime minister?

Answer 9

May 1979 - November 1990 (Conservative)

Question 10

When was Major prime minister?

Answer 10

November 1990 - 1997 (Conservative)

Question 11

When was the Suez crisis?

Answer 11

1956

Question 12

When were the Race riots?

Answer 12

1958-59

Question 13

When was the Cuban missile crisis?

Answer 13

1962

Question 14

When was the Profumo scandal?

Answer 14

1963

Question 15

When was ‘In Place of Strife’ published?

Answer 15

1969

Question 16

When did Britain join the EEC?

Answer 16

1973

Question 17

When was the Miners strike?

Answer 17

1974

Question 18

When was the Winter of Discontent?

Answer 18

1979

Question 19

When was the Falklands War?

Answer 19

1982

Question 20

When was the second Miners strike?

Answer 20

1984

Question 21

When were the Poll Tax riots?

Answer 21

1990

Question 22

When was the Gulf War?

Answer 22

1992