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20th Century British History is a selection of 10 questions. 20th Century British History is the filename to differentiate it from other 20th Century British History quizzes.
1 For murdering who were the Kray twins convicted and sentenced to life for in 1969?
A Jack McVitie
2 Which Brighton hotel was bombed during the 1984 Conservative Party Conference?
A The Grand Hotel
3 What year did the Queen describe as being her “annus horribilis”?
A 1992 (horrible year)
4 In which year were private homosexual acts decriminalised in England and Wales?
A 1967
5 Which offshore pirate commercial radio station started broadcasting in 1964?
A Radio Caroline (named after Caroline Kennedy, daughter of U.S. President John F. Kennedy)
6 What name was given to the 1918 H1N1 flu pandemic, the most deadly of the 20th century?
A Spanish flu (between 50 and 100 million deaths)
7 Who delivered the so-called Rivers of Blood speech in 1968?
A Enoch Powell
8 In which county was 1963’s Great Train Robbery?
A Buckinghamshire
9 In which year did Princess Anne and Captain Mark Philips divorce?
A 1992
10 Where did the UK’s first drive-through safari park outside of Africa opened in 1966?
A Longleat in Wiltshire