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Politics 620 questions.
The theory and practice of ruling the proletariat, and those that do it
Pub quiz question 6979 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What did the Cypriots spend before they had the euro?
  2. Answer: A: Pounds (lira was the Turkish name for it.)
  3. Notes: *: 2007
  4. Categories: 2000s (6) Politics (6) Geography (6)
Pub quiz question 9257 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: Who was the last Tsar of Russia
  2. Answer: A: Nicholas II
  3. Categories: General Knowledge (7) History (6) Russia (4) Politics (5) Royalty (5)
Pub quiz question 7137 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who topped the FBI's list of most wanted terrorists in October 2001?
  2. Answer: A: Osama bin Laden
  3. Categories: Politics (2) People (2) 2000s (2) Military (2)
Pub quiz question 6958 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What did the Portuguese spend before they had the euro?
  2. Answer: A: Escudos
  3. Notes: *: 1999
  4. Categories: Politics (5) 1990s (5) Geography (5)
Pub quiz question 908 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Politician
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  3. Answer: A: William Hague
  4. Categories: When they were younger (6) Politics (7)
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Pub quiz question 7042 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who did a judge ask about with the words "Is he in need of cold, unloving, rubber-insulated sex in a seedy hotel room?"
  2. Answer: A: Jeffrey Archer
  3. Notes: *: Mr Justice Caulfield, 1987
  4. Categories: Sleaze (7) 1980s (7) Politics (7)
Pub quiz question 4595 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which UK national newspaper's 2004 readership was, according to a MORI poll, 61% Tory compared with a national average of 31%?
  2. Answer: A: The Daily Telegraph's
  3. Categories: Politics (5) Media (5) 2000s (5)
Pub quiz question 868 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: In 2009, which newspaper first released leaked details of parlimentary expenses culminating in the "Expenses Scandal" that prompted the creation of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority?
  2. Answer: A: The Daily Telegraph
  3. Categories: Politics (4) 2000s (4)
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Pub quiz question 265 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which countries are still members of the European Free Trade Association?
  2. Answer: A: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland
  3. Categories: MultiAnswer4 (7) Politics (8)
Pub quiz question 874 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Name the politician's wife
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  3. Answer: A: Cherie Blaire/Booth
  4. Categories: Politics (2)
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