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February 1989 5-a-day

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February 1989

28 sheets · 140 questions · GCSE

Every sheet in February 1989

The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.

  1. 1st February 1989Who accidentally discovered penicillin's antibacterial effect, and in what year?
  2. 2nd February 1989What symptom made cholera so rapidly fatal?
  3. 3rd February 1989What is significant about the first day of the Battle of the Somme in terms of British casualties?
  4. 4th February 1989In what way did mustard gas, introduced in 1917, work differently from chlorine and phosgene?
  5. 5th February 1989What lesson did Hitler draw from the failed Munich Putsch about how to gain power?
  6. 6th February 1989Give one profession from which women were discouraged or barred under the Nazis.
  7. 7th February 1989What is the difference between a Plains Indian tribe and a band?
  8. 8th February 1989What did the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 attempt to set out for different Plains Indian nations?
  9. 9th February 1989What kind of linking language should a strong narrative account use?
  10. 10th February 1989Why did border guards open the crossings at the Berlin Wall rather than using force to stop the crowds?
  11. 11th February 1989In what year did the Berlin Wall fall, and in what year did the USSR itself dissolve?
  12. 12th February 1989Why did some Catholics regard Elizabeth as illegitimate?
  13. 13th February 1989Which French territory did England lose shortly before Elizabeth became queen?
  14. 14th February 1989What happened to the group of settlers sent to Roanoke in 1587?
  15. 15th February 1989What was the main difference between the Public Health Acts of 1848 and 1875?
  16. 16th February 1989Give one reason the Second World War helped speed up the development of penicillin.
  17. 17th February 1989What did Snow's comparison of two London water companies show?
  18. 18th February 1989Give one specific way the mud at Passchendaele affected the treatment of wounded soldiers.
  19. 19th February 1989Why did mustard gas cause huge numbers of casualties but comparatively fewer deaths than phosgene?
  20. 20th February 1989In what year was the Hitler Youth founded?
  21. 21st February 1989What phrase summarised the Nazi ideal role for women?
  22. 22nd February 1989What did many Plains Indian peoples believe about the ownership of land?
  23. 23rd February 1989What did the Indian Appropriations Act of 1851 provide funding for?
  24. 24th February 1989What is the key difference between the 'explain two consequences' question and the 'narrative account' question?
  25. 25th February 1989On what date did the Berlin Wall fall?
  26. 26th February 1989Give one reason Gorbachev wanted to end the costly arms race and the war in Afghanistan.
  27. 27th February 1989In what year did Elizabeth I become queen of England?
  28. 28th February 1989Name one unpaid role that carried out government business in the localities.