Theme 4 knowledge organiser - pop culture

Question 1

Battle of the Somme … seen by … in first …

Answer 1

1916
20mil
6 weeks

Question 2

1914 … cinemas, … by …

Answer 2

3,000
5,000
1930

Question 3

Introduction of ‘talkies’ …

Answer 3

1928

Question 4

… ‘picture palaces’ built to attract affluent mc

Answer 4

Mid 1920s

Question 5

1914 … all films in B made by B film companies, by … Fallen to …

Answer 5

25%
1925
5%

Question 6

Quota Act … Ensured … All films shown in B British, rose to … In …

Answer 6

1927
7.5%
20%
1935

Question 7

In Glasgow … Unemp pop watched film at least once a week during depression

Answer 7

80%

Question 8

In London unemp watched on average … Films per week

Answer 8

2.6

Question 9

B Film Industry produced … Films during WWII

Answer 9

500

Question 10

In Which We Serve … By … & Henry V by … Popular, foster patriotism

Answer 10

1942
Noel Coward
Laurence Olivier

Question 11

Let George Do It … Comic actor … Punching H

Answer 11

1940
George Formby

Question 12

The Gentle Sex … Explored social problems facing women during war & Millions Like Us … Examined harsh life wc

Answer 12

1943
1943

Question 13

(WWII) people in North England attended cinema … More than South - more leisure activities & affluence

Answer 13

2x

Question 14

1946 … 16-19 year olds attended cinema once a week, only … Over-60s

Answer 14

69%
11%

Question 15

By 1951 … Households had radio

Answer 15

90%

Question 16

BBC founded in … & Monopoly on radio broadcasting until …

Answer 16

1922
1923?? FACT CHECK

Question 17

Historians … & … Argued BBC ‘functioned as an instrument of social control’

Answer 17

David Cardiff
Paddy Scannell

Question 17

BBC introduced … In … -> captured … Of … Daily listeners in …

Answer 17

the Light programme
1945
2/3
11mil
1945

Question 18

… Wrote patriotic songs e.g. …, paid … (… Now)

Answer 18

Ivor Novello
Keep the Home Fires Burning
£15,000
£1.5mil

Question 19

… Dance bands playing regularly in dance halls by …

Answer 19

20,000
1930

Question 20

B. Board of Film Censors (BBFC) established …, followed … Guideline, banned … Films

Answer 20

1912
‘Forty-three Rules’
140

Question 21

Saturday Night and Sunday Morning…

Answer 21

1960

Question 22

Glam rock stars … & …, … & … Had huge impact on attitudes towards homosexuality

Answer 22

Marc Bolan
David Bowie
Elton John
Freddy Mercury

Question 23

… Most popular reggae album of 70s & included song

Answer 23

Dread Beat an’ Blood
1978
All Wi Doin’ Is Defendin’

Question 23

Up the Junction ... = Scenes of abortion, Cathy Come Home ... = Homelessness

Answer 23

1965 1966

Question 24

Are You Being Served? ... helped change attitudes towards homosexuality

Answer 24

1972-75

Question 25

Only ... Pop owned TV -> ... By ..., ... By ...

Answer 25

4% 40% 1955 80% 1960

Question 26

Obscene Publications Act ... & Theatres Act ... Relaxed censorship

Answer 26

1959 1968

Question 27

Punk bands e.g. ..., ..., ...

Answer 27

Sex Pistols The Clash The Buzzcocks

Question 28

A Clockwork Orange.. reflected increasing crime rate (... To ... By 70s)

Answer 28

1971 1mil 2mil

Question 29

Unemp increasing from ... In 1957 to ... In ...

Answer 29

382,000 878,000 1964

Question 30

Coronation Street had ... Viewers

Answer 30

20mil

Question 31

Till Death Do Us Part featured racist ...

Answer 31

Alf Garnett

Question 33

70s regarded as decade of playing it safe = classic comedy - ..., ..., ... Leading shows

Answer 33

Morecambe & Wise Dad's Army Fawlty Towers

Question 34

By 1979 people watched average ... TV per week in summer and ... In winter

Answer 34

16 hours 20 hours

Question 35

... Coronation Queen Elizabeth II broadcast live to ...

Answer 35

1953 Over 8mil

Question 36

TV licences doubled to ...

Answer 36

3mil