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October 1976 5-a-day

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October 1976

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  1. 1st October 1976Why did border guards open the crossings at the Berlin Wall rather than using force to stop the crowds?
  2. 2nd October 1976In what year did the Berlin Wall fall, and in what year did the USSR itself dissolve?
  3. 3rd October 1976Who were Elizabeth's parents?
  4. 4th October 1976What was the Privy Council?
  5. 5th October 1976What did John Hawkins pioneer in the 1560s?
  6. 6th October 1976What was the main difference between the Public Health Acts of 1848 and 1875?
  7. 7th October 1976Who accidentally discovered penicillin's antibacterial effect, and in what year?
  8. 8th October 1976What did Snow's comparison of two London water companies show?
  9. 9th October 1976What is significant about the first day of the Battle of the Somme in terms of British casualties?
  10. 10th October 1976In what way did mustard gas, introduced in 1917, work differently from chlorine and phosgene?
  11. 11th October 1976In what year was the Hitler Youth founded?
  12. 12th October 1976What phrase summarised the Nazi ideal role for women?
  13. 13th October 1976What is the difference between a Plains Indian tribe and a band?
  14. 14th October 1976What did the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 attempt to set out for different Plains Indian nations?
  15. 15th October 1976What kind of linking language should a strong narrative account use?
  16. 16th October 1976On what date did the Berlin Wall fall?
  17. 17th October 1976Give one reason Gorbachev wanted to end the costly arms race and the war in Afghanistan.
  18. 18th October 1976Why did some Catholics regard Elizabeth as illegitimate?
  19. 19th October 1976Which French territory did England lose shortly before Elizabeth became queen?
  20. 20th October 1976What happened to the group of settlers sent to Roanoke in 1587?
  21. 21st October 1976In what year did the government make smallpox vaccination compulsory for infants?
  22. 22nd October 1976Give one reason the Second World War helped speed up the development of penicillin.
  23. 23rd October 1976Why did Snow's conclusions take years to be fully accepted?
  24. 24th October 1976Give one specific way the mud at Passchendaele affected the treatment of wounded soldiers.
  25. 25th October 1976Why did mustard gas cause huge numbers of casualties but comparatively fewer deaths than phosgene?
  26. 26th October 1976In what month and year did Hitler refound the banned Nazi Party?
  27. 27th October 1976What were the Hitler Youth and the League of German Maidens?
  28. 28th October 1976What did many Plains Indian peoples believe about the ownership of land?
  29. 29th October 1976What did the Indian Appropriations Act of 1851 provide funding for?
  30. 30th October 1976What is the key difference between the 'explain two consequences' question and the 'narrative account' question?
  31. 31st October 1976When did Germany formally reunify?