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Politics 621 questions.
The theory and practice of ruling the proletariat, and those that do it
Pub quiz question 7055 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who was the first person to challenge Margaret Thatcher's leadership in the midst of the Poll Tax debacle?
  2. Answer: A: Michael Heseltine
  3. Notes: *: 1990
  4. Categories: Politics (8) 1990s (8)
Pub quiz question 7360 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What links (2022): Ken McCallum; Richard Moore; Sir Jeremy Fleming
  2. Answer: A: Secret services
  3. Notes: *: Heads of MI5, MI6, GCHQ
  4. Categories: Politics (5) Connections (8)
Pub quiz question 7044 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What is money handed to Neil Hamilton in the Cash for Questions scandal said to have been contained in?
  2. Answer: A: Brown envelopes
  3. Notes: *: 1994-1996
  4. Categories: Politics (2) Sleaze (2) 1990s (2)
Pub quiz question 478 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Harry S. Truman was the US president who ordered the dropping of the first atomic bomb. What does the S stand for?
  2. Answer: A: Nothing. It's just "S"
  3. Notes: *: It was an attempt by his parents to appease /their/ parents: Anderson *S*hipp Truman and *S*olomon Young
  4. Categories: Politics (5) History (5) General Knowledge (5)
Pub quiz question 7067 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What was 'that woman' Bill Clinton claimed he didn't have sexual relations with?
  2. Answer: A: Monica Lewinsky
  3. Notes: *: 1998
  4. Categories: 1990s (1) Politics (2) Sleaze (2)
Pub quiz question 7124 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who was President of Iraq from 1979 to 2003?
  2. Answer: A: Saddam Hussein
  3. Categories: Politics (2) Military (2) 1970s (2) 1980s (2) 1990s (2) 2000s (2)
Pub quiz question 3820 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: In which decade of the 20th century was Paddy Ashdown born?
  2. Answer: A: 1940s
  3. Categories: Politics (5)
Pub quiz question 929 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Name the US president
  2. Image: i:
  3. Answer: A: Herbert Hoover
  4. Categories: Politics (8) 1920s (7) 1930s (7)
Pub quiz question 7093 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which British dependency did Argentina raise its flag over to kick off the 1982 Falklands War?
  2. Answer: A: South Georgia
  3. Categories: Politics (6) Military (6) 1980s (6)
Pub quiz question 482 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who defined democracy as "government of the people, by the people?"
  2. Answer: A: Abraham Lincoln
  3. Categories: Quotations (4) History (4) Politics (4) General Knowledge (4)
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