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Politics 620 questions.
The theory and practice of ruling the proletariat, and those that do it
Pub quiz question 6921 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which UK Prime Minister was nicknamed Sunny Jim?
  2. Answer: A: James Callaghan
  3. Categories: Names (2) Politics (2)
Pub quiz question 4392 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What was the popular name for the European Economic Community?
  2. Answer: A: The Common Market
  3. Categories: Politics (2) Business (2)
Pub quiz question 7140 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which future Prime Minister was once war correspondent for the Morning Post?
  2. Answer: A: Winston Churchill
  3. Categories: 1920s (6) Media (6) Entertainment (6) Politics (6)
Pub quiz question 8141 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: Who was the head of state in Japan during the second world war?
  2. Answer: A: Emperor Hirohito
  3. Categories: 1940s (5) Politics (5) War (5) Geography (5) People (5)
Pub quiz question 7114 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which European country helped Saddam Hussein with his 1980s nuclear enrichment programme?
  2. Answer: A: France
  3. Categories: 1980s (5) Politics (5)
Pub quiz question 8084 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: The battle fought in Westonzoyland in 1685 is better known as what?
  2. Answer: A: Battle of Sedgemoor.
  3. Categories: 1600s (8) Politics (8) War (8)
Pub quiz question 3384 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which Cuban naval base has been leased to the USA until 2033?
  2. Answer: A: Guantanamo Bay
  3. Categories: Politics (5) Geography (6)
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Pub quiz question 3450 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who ran the world's second sub-four-minute mile before becoming Governor of Victoria, Australia?
  2. Answer: A: John Landy
  3. Categories: Sports (7) Athletics (7) Geography (8) Politics (7)
Pub quiz question 7165 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What did UK Prime Minister Harold Macmillan ask for when Nikita Khrushchev banged his shoe on the desk at the United Nations?
  2. Answer: A: A translation
  3. Notes: *: 1960
  4. Categories: 1960s (7) Politics (7) People (7)
Pub quiz question 2558 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which British secretary of State for war resigned in 1963?
  2. Answer: A: (John) Profumo
  3. Notes: *: Forced by his affair with Christine Keeler, the reputed mistress of an alleged Russian spy, followed by lying in the House of Commons when he was questioned about it.
  4. Categories: 1960s (5) History (5) Politics (5) Sleaze (5)
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