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October 1957

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  1. 1st October 1957What did the Public Health Act of 1875 require every council to provide?
  2. 2nd October 1957Give one reason Fleming's discovery was not developed into a usable drug straight away.
  3. 3rd October 1957What symptom made cholera so rapidly fatal?
  4. 4th October 1957What is Passchendaele also known as?
  5. 5th October 1957In which year, and near which town, did the Germans first use chlorine gas in a large-scale attack on the Western Front?
  6. 6th October 1957What lesson did Hitler draw from the failed Munich Putsch about how to gain power?
  7. 7th October 1957Give one profession from which women were discouraged or barred under the Nazis.
  8. 8th October 1957Why did Plains Indian bands often organise communal buffalo hunts rather than hunting alone?
  9. 9th October 1957What broad change in US government policy towards Plains Indians did the Indian Appropriations Act of 1851 begin?
  10. 10th October 1957Where in the answer should specific factual detail (names, dates, places) appear?
  11. 11th October 1957Why did border guards open the crossings at the Berlin Wall rather than using force to stop the crowds?
  12. 12th October 1957In what year did the Berlin Wall fall, and in what year did the USSR itself dissolve?
  13. 13th October 1957Who were Elizabeth's parents?
  14. 14th October 1957What was the Privy Council?
  15. 15th October 1957What did John Hawkins pioneer in the 1560s?
  16. 16th October 1957What was the main difference between the Public Health Acts of 1848 and 1875?
  17. 17th October 1957Who accidentally discovered penicillin's antibacterial effect, and in what year?
  18. 18th October 1957What did Snow's comparison of two London water companies show?
  19. 19th October 1957What is significant about the first day of the Battle of the Somme in terms of British casualties?
  20. 20th October 1957In what way did mustard gas, introduced in 1917, work differently from chlorine and phosgene?
  21. 21st October 1957In what year was the Hitler Youth founded?
  22. 22nd October 1957What phrase summarised the Nazi ideal role for women?
  23. 23rd October 1957What is the difference between a Plains Indian tribe and a band?
  24. 24th October 1957What did the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 attempt to set out for different Plains Indian nations?
  25. 25th October 1957What kind of linking language should a strong narrative account use?
  26. 26th October 1957On what date did the Berlin Wall fall?
  27. 27th October 1957Give one reason Gorbachev wanted to end the costly arms race and the war in Afghanistan.
  28. 28th October 1957Why did some Catholics regard Elizabeth as illegitimate?
  29. 29th October 1957Which French territory did England lose shortly before Elizabeth became queen?
  30. 30th October 1957What happened to the group of settlers sent to Roanoke in 1587?
  31. 31st October 1957In what year did the government make smallpox vaccination compulsory for infants?