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Politics 605 questions.
The theory and practice of ruling the proletariat, and those that do it
Pub quiz question 7092 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What Royal Marine term for long distance marching with a full kit entered the British vocabulary during the Falklands War?
  2. Answer: A: Yomping
  3. Notes: *: 1982
  4. Categories: Politics (6) Military (6) 1980s (6) Language (6)
Pub quiz question 4112 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What name was given to the hanging bits of paper which confused American vite counters in 2000?
  2. Answer: A: Chads
  3. Categories: 2000s (4) Politics (4)
Pub quiz question 431 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which historical figure said "je suis la France?"
  2. Answer: A: General Chales de Gaulle
  3. Categories: Politics (5) History (5) Quotations (5)
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Pub quiz question 7142 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What sign was synonymous with Sir Winston Churchill?
  2. Answer: A: V for victory
  3. Categories: People (2) Politics (2)
Pub quiz question 7025 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What defensive line was supposed to keep the Germans out of France in World War II?
  2. Answer: A: Maginot Line
  3. Notes: *: Started in 1930, largely completed by 1939
  4. Categories: Military (6) 1930s (6) Politics (6)
Pub quiz question 888 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Name the politician
  2. Image: i:
  3. Answer: A: Ken Clarke
  4. Categories: Politics (4)
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Pub quiz question 6250 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What measurement of horses is defined in British law as 101.6mm?
  2. Answer: A: Hand
  3. Categories: Science (4) Politics (4) Biology (4) Nature (4)
Pub quiz question 7602 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: Who was upset by her absence from the index of John Major's autobiography?
  2. Answer: A: Edwina Currie.
  3. Categories: Politics (4) Literature (4)
Pub quiz question 6988 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What was suspended in Northern Ireland in 1972?
  2. Answer: A: Home Rule
  3. Categories: Politics (5) 1970s (5)
Pub quiz question 7164 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which leader of the Soviet Union was depicted on 'Spitting Image' with a hammer and sickle birthmark on his head?
  2. Answer: A: Mikhail Gorbachev
  3. Categories: Politics (6) Entertainment (6) Television (6) Comedy (6) People (6)
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