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March 1978

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  1. 1st March 1978In roughly which decade did penicillin become a widely available, mass-produced drug?
  2. 2nd March 1978What symptom made cholera so rapidly fatal?
  3. 3rd March 1978In what year was the Battle of the Somme fought?
  4. 4th March 1978Why was phosgene more dangerous than chlorine, despite being introduced afterwards?
  5. 5th March 1978What lesson did Hitler draw from the failed Munich Putsch about how to gain power?
  6. 6th March 1978Give one profession from which women were discouraged or barred under the Nazis.
  7. 7th March 1978Give one role, other than chief, that existed within Plains Indian band society.
  8. 8th March 1978In what year was the Fort Laramie Treaty signed?
  9. 9th March 1978Should a narrative account end with a personal judgement about whether events were good or bad?
  10. 10th March 1978Why did border guards open the crossings at the Berlin Wall rather than using force to stop the crowds?
  11. 11th March 1978In what year did the Berlin Wall fall, and in what year did the USSR itself dissolve?
  12. 12th March 1978Give one reason Elizabeth's education helped prepare her to rule.
  13. 13th March 1978Who was Elizabeth's chief adviser from 1558, and what position did he hold?
  14. 14th March 1978Who sponsored England's attempts to found a colony at Roanoke Island in Virginia?
  15. 15th March 1978What was the main difference between the Public Health Acts of 1848 and 1875?
  16. 16th March 1978Give one reason Fleming's discovery was not developed into a usable drug straight away.
  17. 17th March 1978What did Snow's comparison of two London water companies show?
  18. 18th March 1978What is Passchendaele also known as?
  19. 19th March 1978In which year, and near which town, did the Germans first use chlorine gas in a large-scale attack on the Western Front?
  20. 20th March 1978In what year was the Hitler Youth founded?
  21. 21st March 1978What phrase summarised the Nazi ideal role for women?
  22. 22nd March 1978Why did Plains Indian bands often organise communal buffalo hunts rather than hunting alone?
  23. 23rd March 1978What broad change in US government policy towards Plains Indians did the Indian Appropriations Act of 1851 begin?
  24. 24th March 1978Where in the answer should specific factual detail (names, dates, places) appear?
  25. 25th March 1978On what date did the Berlin Wall fall?
  26. 26th March 1978Give one reason Gorbachev wanted to end the costly arms race and the war in Afghanistan.
  27. 27th March 1978Who were Elizabeth's parents?
  28. 28th March 1978What was the Privy Council?
  29. 29th March 1978What did John Hawkins pioneer in the 1560s?
  30. 30th March 1978In what year did the government make smallpox vaccination compulsory for infants?
  31. 31st March 1978Who accidentally discovered penicillin's antibacterial effect, and in what year?