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1 In which year did ITV start broadcasting?
A 1955. ITV began broadcasting on September 22, 1955.
2 In which year was the General Strike in Britain?
A 1926. This was nine days when Britain came to a standstill. At one minute to midnight on 3 May 1926, the Trade Union Congress (TUC) called for the withdrawal of labour in transport, electricity, gas, docks, heavy chemicals, building and printing, all in solidarity with the miners.
3 Which British submarine sank the Argentine cruiser General Belgrano during the Falklands War in 1982?
A HMS Conqueror. The HMS Conqueror, a Churchill-class nuclear-powered submarine, launched the torpedoes that struck the Belgrano, resulting in the deaths of over 300 Argentine sailors.
4 Which London institution was founded at Jonathan’s Coffee House in 1773?
A Stock Exchange.
5 To what was he referring when the Lord Mayor of London, Sir Thomas Bloodworth, was woken up and said “A woman might piss it out”, before he went back to bed?
A The Great Fire of London. However, that summer had been very hot and there had been no rain for weeks, so consequently the wooden houses and buildings were tinder dry.
6 In which palace did Queen Elizabeth I die aged 69?
A Richmond Palace, after a short illness, in the early hours of 24 March 1603.
7 In which English county is the site of the 17th-century “Battle of Naseby”?
A Northamptonshire. The battle took place just north of the village of Naseby in 1645. The battle was a turning point in the English Civil War, resulting in a significant victory for Parliament’s New Model Army.
8 Which Native American tribe served as ‘Code Talkers’ during WWII because so few people spoke their language?
A Navajo, also known as the Dine.
9 Which country did the Soviet Union invade and occupy in 1940?
A Finland. Additionally, the Soviet Union annexed the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania in the same year. Finally, the Soviet Union also occupied and annexed parts of Romania (Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina).
10 The ‘Daily Sketch’ was taken over and merged with which other newspaper in 1971?
A Daily Mail, the Daily Sketch, founded in 1909, published its last issue on May 11, 1971.