Britain since 1945

The National Health Service (NHS) was established in which year?

✓ 1948

Which report led to the creation of the welfare state after the Second World War?

✓ The Beveridge Report

After 1948, Britain encouraged immigration to help rebuild the country from where in particular?

✓ The Commonwealth, including the West Indies and South Asia

Who became the UK's first female Prime Minister in 1979?

✓ Margaret Thatcher

The voting age in the UK was lowered to 18 in which year?

✓ 1969

The 1998 agreement that helped bring peace to Northern Ireland is known as the what?

✓ Good Friday Agreement (Belfast Agreement)

Devolution in the late 1990s created which body in Scotland?

✓ The Scottish Parliament

The Welsh devolved law-making body is now known as what?

✓ The Senedd (Welsh Parliament)

Sir Tim Berners-Lee, a British scientist, is credited with inventing what?

✓ The World Wide Web

John Logie Baird, a Scotsman, is associated with developing what?

✓ The television

The structure of DNA was discovered at a UK university by Crick and which other scientist?

✓ Watson

Sir Frank Whittle, a British engineer, helped develop what?

✓ The jet engine

Dolly the sheep, born in Scotland in 1996, was the first mammal to be what?

✓ Successfully cloned from an adult cell

Is the statement TRUE or FALSE? 'The UK joined the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1973.'

✓ True

The hovercraft was invented by which British inventor?

✓ Sir Christopher Cockerell

Who is recognised as a key founder of the National Health Service?

✓ Aneurin (Nye) Bevan

Which of these was a famous British computer scientist and codebreaker?

✓ Alan Turing

The UK formally left the European Union following a referendum held in which year?

✓ 2016

Is the statement TRUE or FALSE? 'Margaret Thatcher was the longest-serving Prime Minister of the 20th century.'

✓ True

Concorde, developed by Britain and France, was a famous example of what?

✓ A supersonic passenger aircraft

Which radar-related invention by Sir Robert Watson-Watt helped Britain in the Second World War?

✓ Radar

The Harrier 'jump jet', able to take off vertically, was an example of British achievement in which field?

✓ Aviation

Which of these is a benefit the welfare state was set up to provide?

✓ Support for people who are sick, unemployed or elderly

Is the statement TRUE or FALSE? 'The NHS provides healthcare that is mostly free at the point of use.'

✓ True

Which devolved body is sometimes referred to by the name 'Stormont'?

✓ The Northern Ireland Assembly