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Name That Year · No. 1

When was Britain here?

One real figure from the official record. Slide to the year you think it belongs to. The trajectory lands differently when you have to feel for it.

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Unemployment rate

11.4%

The share of people who wanted work and could not find it.

19712026

1999

Bullseye scores 6. Each year off costs 1.

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