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When were free school meals introduced? |
20th century. |
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What was the main trigger of the first world war? |
The assassination of Archduke Franz of Austria. |
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When did the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand Happen? |
28th June 1914 |
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When did the first world war happen? |
1914 to 1918. |
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How many Indians fought on behalf of England during the WW1 and how many of them were killed? |
1 million fought and 40 000 killed. |
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Which major empires did England fight against during WW1? |
German, Austro Hungarian empire and Ottoman. |
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how many British casualties were there during WW1? |
Over 2 million |
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On July 1916 British attack on Somme resulted in how many British casualties on the first day? |
60 000 |
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When did WW1 end? |
11:00 am on 11th November 1918 |
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In what year did England want to give Ireland its own government, but still remain part of the UK? |
1913. This was postponed due to the rise of WW1. |
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The delay in the partition with Ireland gave rise to which war that was between the police in Ireland and the British army? |
Guerrilla war |
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When was the peace treaty in Ireland signed? |
1921 |
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When did Ireland two countries and what were they identified as? |
In 1922, {Northern Ireland, which remained part of the UK} and [the rest became Irish free state which had its own government] |
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When did Ireland free state became a republic? |
1949 |
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When did the world enter a great depression which lead to some parts of UK suffering unemployment? |
1929 |
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Between 1930 and 1939, what happened to car owner-ship? |
It doubled from 1 million to 2 million |
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when did the BBC start broadcasting? |
1922 |
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when did the BBC begin the worlds first regular television service? |
1936 |
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When did Adolf Hitler come in power? |
1933 |
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When did Adolf Hitler invade poland? |
1939 |
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What triggered the WW2? |
Hitler's invasion on Poland |
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When did Churchill become prime minister? |
When German invaded France |
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How many British and French solder's were evacuated from the beaches of Dunkirk in small pleasure and fishing boats? |
300 000 |
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The evacuation of the British and French solder's from the beaches of Dunkirk became known as what? |
The Dunkirk Spirit. |
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What is 'The Battle of Britain'? |
An aerial battle between german and British royal air force. |
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When did 'The Battle of Britain' happen |
1940 |
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What was the name of one of the planes that fought in 'The Battle of Britain'? |
Spitfire and Hurricane |
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What is know as the Blitz? |
This was German bombing of London during night time. |
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when did Winston Churchill became a conservative MP? |
1900 |
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When did Winston Churchill become prime minister? |
1940 |
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when did Winston Churchill loose the general election? |
1945 |
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When did Winston Churchill become prime minister for the second time? |
1951 |
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Until what year was Winston Churchill an MP? |
1964 |
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When did Winston Churchill die? |
1965 |
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In what year was Winston Churchill nominated as the greatest Briton of all time? |
2002 |
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What does D-Day refer to? |
victory of allied forces on the beaches of Normandy. |
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When was the victory of the allied forces on the beaches of Normandy? |
1944 |
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The allies advanced from France and into germany were they defeated the germans. In what year were the Germans defeated? |
1944 |
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who was scientist leader that was first to split the atom? |
Ernest Rutherford |
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who discovered penicillin |
Alexander Fleming |
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In what year did Alexander Fleming discover penicillin? |
1928 |
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what nationality is Alexander Fleming? |
Scottish. |
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when was the penicillin begin mass production? |
1940 |
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When did Alexander Fleming win the nobel price? |
1945 |
