Just A Kid In 1970s UK Trivia Quiz

Answer: 240

In so called 'old money', with pounds, shillings and pence, the pound was made up of 240 pence (or 240d). There were 12 pence in a shilling, and 20 shillings (20s) in a pound. I remember having a shilling in my pocket and feeling rich. Those were the days when a pint of beer cost three shillings, just a shame I was ten years away from being old enough to drink!

Answer: Tupolev Tu-144

The Tupelov Tu-144 was a Soviet supersonic plane which first flew as a prototype before Concorde as well as going supersonic and exceeding a speed of Mach 2 before Concorde. A Tu-144 crashed at the Paris air show in 1973 though, which delayed development and allowed Concorde to take commercial passengers first. Just six months after the Tu-144 entered passenger service, another crash occurred as one was being delivered, leading to the entire fleet being grounded after just 55 passenger flights.

Answer: Raleigh Chopper

The Chopper was the must have item of my childhood. It looked cool (and still does), the seat meant that two of you could arrive at school on the same bike, its design meant it was great for tricks, especially wheelies, even when you didn't mean to pull one, but that gear shift taught you respect, my friend. Yep, the must have item and nope, I never had one. Thanks to all my friends that let me ride theirs.

Answer: Arsenal

On the road to Wembley, Leeds beat Bristol Rovers, Liverpool, Cardiff City, Tottenham Hotspur and Birmingham Citybefore meeting the heavily fancied, defending champions Arsenal. Early in the second half, Mick Jones whipped in a cross, which Allan Clarke headed past the Arsenal goalie and that was how the match stayed until the end, for the team's first-ever FA Cup win.

Answer: Gravediggers

The government had capped public sector pay rises to less than 5% in a bid to control inflation, leading to strikes by miners, refuse collectors, health service ancillary workers and lorry drivers, but although the gravediggers strike didn't hit industry as hard as the others, it caused a huge outcry. Liverpool City Council were forced to hire a factory to store corpses, which were being added to by as many as 25 a day and the Medical Officer of Health for Liverpool voiced his opinion that burials at sea may have to be considered.

The gravediggers returned to work after a two week strike, when they secured a 14% pay rise.

Answer: Gary Glitter

Glitter had 11 UK top ten hits in the 70s, including three number ones, and even though the hits dried up, he could still put on an amazing live show well into the 90s. His first prison sentence for downloading over 4000 images was just four months and he fled to Cambodia on his release from where he was deported in 2002 due to suspected child sexual abuse.

He moved to Vietnam, where he was imprisoned in the 2006 case for three years before returning to UK when he was released. Upon his return to UK, he was placed on the sex offenders register for life and banned from foreign travel.

In 2015, he was sentenced to 16 years imprisonment for attempted rape, four counts of indecent assault, and one of having sex with a girl under the age of 13.

Answer: James Callaghan

Callaghan served as Prime Minister 1976-79, succeeding Harold Wilson and following the party's election defeat, resigned as leader at the party conference in 1980, to be succeeded by Michael Foot, who narrowly defeated Dennis Healey. When elected as Prime Minister, Callaghan became the first person to have held all three leading Cabinet positions (Chancellor of the Exchequer, Home Secretary and Foreign Secretary) before leading the country. David Steel was the leader of the Liberal Party in the 1979 election and Ted Heath was a Conservative Party member who served as PM from 1970-74.

Answer: Curly Wurly

Still available today, although sadly more expensive than their original price of 3p, these bars of caramel can keep a kid quiet for quite some time as they chew through it. Other versions were made all around the world, such as the "Wig Wag" in Canada, "Marathon" in USA, France's "3 Mousquetaires", Germany's "Leckerschmecker" and the "Loop" in Sweden. Definitely a kids favourite everywhere, and loved by us older kids too. [thanks to doyouremember.co.uk for additional info]

Answer: Kenny Everett

Apart from warning of the dangers of matches and strangers, Charley warned us of the perils of playing near water, getting close to a hot stove, going somewhere without telling an adult where you're going and hot water from kettles. I am slightly amazed to discover there were only six commercials made as over 40 years later I still remember them. I guess that's a sign that they did their job! Kenny Everett was an irreverent DJ who was very funny, although his humour resulted in him being sacked from Radio London, Radio 1 and Radio 2.

He also presented the "Kenny Everett Television Show" from 1981-88 and sadly died in 1995, aged 50 from an AIDS related illness.

Answer: Watership Down

"Watership Down", written by Richard Adams, was about a group of rabbits who set off on a journey to find a new warren and, without spoiling it for anyone, their adventures on their quest. The book was made into an animated film in 1978, featuring the voices of John Hurt and Richard Briers and the title song from the movie, "Bright Eyes", gave Art Garfunkel a UK number one hit. Watership Down is the name of a hill, popular with ramblers, near Kingsclere in Hampshire.