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Sleaze 26 questions.
Pub quiz question 869 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which Liberal Democrat MP resigned in 2006 after the News of the World revealed that he'd paid a 23-year-old male prostitute to perform certain acts on him, which he subsequently blamed on a mid-life crisis and the stress of going bald?
  2. Answer: A: Mark Oaten
  3. Categories: 2000s (4) Politics (4) Sleaze (4)
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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Pub quiz question 7134 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who's abdication handed the throne to George VI?
  2. Answer: A: Edward VIII's
  3. Notes: *: 11 December 1936 - after just over 11 months
  4. Categories: Royalty (1) 1930s (2) People (1) Sleaze (1)
Pub quiz question 7087 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who talked to Princess Diana in what became known as the 'Squidgygate affair?'
  2. Answer: A: James Gilbey
  3. Notes: *: Recorded 'New Year's Eve 1989', publicised 1992
  4. Categories: Sleaze (5) Royalty (5) 1990s (5)
Pub quiz question 866 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which labour MP was forced to resign when his affair with the then Spectator editor Kimberley Quinn came to light in 2004, and subsequently had to fight to get a DNA test to prove which, if any, of her two children was his?
  2. Answer: A: David Blunkett
  3. Categories: 2000s (3) Politics (3) Sleaze (3)
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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 7045 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which MP's wife, Lolicia, didn't pay for his stay at the Paris Ritz?
  2. Answer: A: Johnathan Aitken's
  3. Notes: *: 1990s
  4. Categories: 1990s (7) Sleaze (7) Politics (7)
Pub quiz question 7043 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who resigned as Heritage Secretary following an affair with Antonia de Sancha?
  2. Answer: A: David Mellor
  3. Notes: *: 1992
  4. Categories: Politics (5) Sleaze (5) 1990s (5)
Pub quiz question 7209 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which newspaper proprietor was nicknamed the Bouncing Czech?
  2. Answer: A: Robert Maxwell
  3. Categories: Names (1) Sleaze (1) Media (1)
Pub quiz question 7208 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What holy city was Robert Maxwell buried in?
  2. Answer: A: Jerusalem
  3. Notes: *: Died 1991
  4. Categories: People (2) 1990s (2) Media (2) Sleaze (2)
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