UK
2016
Which war was known as the « war to end all wars » ?
First World War
Which social movement started out in Hollywood at the end of the 2010s ?
What was banned under Prohibition ?
What’s the Blitz ?
The period of bombing of British cities by Germany during WW2.
Which war caused more civilian deaths than military deaths ?
The Second World War
What was the name given to Ireland during the 1990s ?
the Celtic Tiger
What was the goal of the Manhattan Project ?
To produce an atomic bomb
What proportion of the world’s population lived under the British Empire ?
25 percent
What’s the name given to the 1929 economic crash ?
The Great Depression
What were the Troubles ?
A period of tension in Northern Ireland between the Unionists and the Republicans.
What happened on January 6th, 2021 ?
An insurrection in Washington DC.
When was the NHS founded ?
1948
Give the alternative name of the Soviet Union.
The USSR
When did apartheid come to an end in South Africa ?
1994
In English, the « Trente Glorieuses » are known as…
the Golden Age of Capitalism
What does this expression mean : « the Empire on which the sun never sets » ?
The British Empire was so big that it was always daytime.
The era in which we live today is known as…
the Age of Information / The Digital Age
What is the Stolen Generation ?
Who is Edward Snowden ?