Q.1
Which radical film director made serious films about social problems like "Up the Junction", "Poor Cow", "Cathy Come Home" and "Kes"?
  • Richard Attenborough
  • Ken Loach
  • Michael Winner
  • Robert Balcon
Q.2
In 1960 a novel by D H Lawrence was published in Britain in an unexpurgated version (it had been originally published privately in 1928). A trial under the Obscenity Laws ensued, but the book was cleared in a famous court case and went on sale widely in Britain. What was its title?
  • Sons and Lovers
  • Fanny Hill
  • Lady Chatterley's Lover
  • Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
Q.3
What profession did Twiggy and Jean Shrimpton follow?
  • Fashion designers
  • Pop musicians
  • Models
  • Artists
Q.4
The musical "Hair", first shown on Broadway in 1968, came to London very soon after. What feature of the show caused most comment in Britain?
  • Disrespect for the US flag
  • References to drug-taking
  • Nudity on stage
  • Opposition to the US role in Vietnam
Q.5
In 1961 a fortnightly satirical magazine, edited by Richard Ingrams, began publication. What was it called?
  • Oz
  • Viz
  • Private Eye
  • Time and Tide
Q.6
Which of the following pop music radio stations broadcast during the 1960s from a ship in the North Sea, outside British territorial waters?
  • Radio Caroline
  • Capital Radio
  • Radio Luxemburg
  • LBC
Q.7
In 1962 and 1963 a satirical television programme hosted by David Frost, and featuring the likes of Millicent Martin, Bernard Levin, Willie Rushton and Lance Percival, appeared once a week on the BBC. What was the name of the show?
  • Not the Nine O'Clock News
  • That was the Week that was
  • Monty Python's Flying Circus
  • Question Time
Q.8
Which street in the London W1 postcode became a Mecca for young people keen on the latest fashions and pop music?
  • King's Road
  • Carnaby Street
  • Oxford Street
  • Cranbourn Street
Q.9
Which year was dubbed the "Summer of Love"?
  • 1966
  • 1967
  • 1968
  • 1969
Q.10
Major international events included the building of the Berlin Wall, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the escalation of the Vietnam War. Of which one of the following was it said that everyone could remember where they were when they heard the news?
  • The American astronauts' landing on the moon
  • The Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia
  • The fall of Khrushchev from power
  • The assassination of President Kennedy
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