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6. What date were the Brighton Riots?

  • 23rd May 1964
  • 18th May 1964
  • 21st May 1964
  • 20th May 1964

7. What did the Divorce Reform Act mean?

  • That legal divorce was no longer necessary
  • That divorce could now be allowed on the grounds of the relationship failing
  • That divorce could only happen if one partner had committed adultery
  • That a marriage could be annulled if it had lasted less than a year

8. When did Enoch Powell make his "Rivers of Blood" speech?

  • 10th April 1969
  • 20 April 1968
  • 20th April 1967
  • 10th April 1968

9. What year was the Beveridge report?

  • 1943
  • 1944
  • 1942
  • 1940

10. What year was the NHS bill that started the NHS?

  • 1950
  • 1946
  • 1948
  • 1942

11. What were the five giants highlighted in the Beveridge report?

  • Want, Disease, Squalor, Ignorance, and Idleness
  • Anger, Hatred, Ignorance, Racism, and boredom
  • Dislike, Anger, Stupidity, Idleness, and Racism
  • Want, Dishonesty, Ignorance, Hatred, and boredom

12. What year was the NHS set up?

  • 1946
  • 1948
  • 1943
  • 1942