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Politics 620 questions.

The theory and practice of ruling the proletariat, and those that do it

Pub quiz question 8033 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Canada; US; Hong Kong; Fiji; Australia; New Zealand; East Caribbean; Liberia?
Answer: A: Dollar currencies.
Categories: Connections (6) Geography (5) Politics (5) Finance (3)

Pub quiz question 7100 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Chancellor of the Exchequer fathered a famous TV cook?
Answer: A: Nigel Lawson
Categories: Politics (2) Television (2) Entertainment (2)

Pub quiz question 4397 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was Jimmy Carter's Vice-President?
Answer: A: Walter (Fritz) Mondale
Notes: *: 1976-1980
Categories: Politics (8) History (8) 1970s (8) 1980s (8)

Pub quiz question 6857 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who holds the title Duke of Lancaster?
Answer: A: The reigning monarch (currently Elizabeth II)
Categories: Geography (7) Politics (7) Royalty (5)

Pub quiz question 8096 by pjh

Question: Q: Who famously said "non", and to what, in 1963 and 1967?
Answer: A: De Gaulle, to UK joining EEC.
Categories: 1960s (6) Politics (6)

Pub quiz question 7057 by pjh2

Question: Q: What household tax was retained in Northern Ireland but replaced in the rest of Britain by the so-called Poll Tax?
Answer: A: Rates
Notes: *: 1990
Categories: Politics (2) 1990s (2)

Pub quiz question 881 by pjh2

Question: Q: Name the politician
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Answer: A: Edward Heath
Categories: Politics (6)
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Pub quiz question 899 by pjh2

Question: Q: Name the politician
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Answer: A: Peter Mandleson
Categories: Politics (4)

Pub quiz question 7529 by pjh

Question: Q: In 1960, who made a speech lasting four hours 29 minutes at the UN?
Answer: A: Fidel Castro
Categories: Politics (6) 1960s (6)

Pub quiz question 7205 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which future Labour MP for Buckingham was born Ján Ludvík Hoch?
Answer: A: Robert Maxwell
Notes: *: Full birth name was 'Ján Ludvík Hyman Binyamin Hoch', MP 1964–1970
Categories: Politics (7) Sleaze (7) 1960s (7) Names (7)