Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 873 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Name the politician
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  3. Answer: A: Baroness (Sayeeda) Warsi
  4. Categories: Politics (7)
Pub quiz question 872 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Name the politician
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  3. Answer: A: Andrew Mitchell
  4. Notes: *: Secretary of State for International Development
  5. Categories: Politics (8)
Pub quiz question 871 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: in 1998 which junior Health minister resigned for incorrectly claiming that millions of British eggs were infected with salmonella?
  2. Answer: A: Edwina Currie
  3. Categories: Politics (4) 1990s (4)
Pub quiz question 870 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which Labour politician resigned from government in 1998 over a dodgy house loan, came back in 1999 only to resign again in 2001 for accusations of influencing some passport applications, and eventually returned to the cabinet in 2008?
  2. Answer: A: Peter Mandleson
  3. Categories: Politics (4) 2000s (4) 1990s (4) Sleaze (4)
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 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)
Pub quiz question 867 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: in 2010, which Liberal Democrat MP has the dubious honour of being the shortest serving Minister in modern British political history with less than 18 days service as a Cabinet Minister after it was revealed that he'd paid £40,000 of expenses as rent to his boyfriend?
  2. Answer: A: David Laws
  3. Categories: Politics (3) 2010s (3)
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)
Pub quiz question 865 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: in 1992, which conservative MP was ridiculed for asking to make love to Antonia de Sancha while wearing his Chelsea FC football kit?
  2. Answer: A: David Mellor
  3. Categories: 1990s (4) Football (5) Politics (4)
Pub quiz question 864 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Sara Keays was the mistress of 12 years, and bore a child to, which Conservative politician, forcing him to resign in 1983 when she went public?
  2. Answer: A: Cecil Parkinson
  3. Categories: 1980s (4) Politics (4)
Pub quiz question 863 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which government whip had an affair with which back bencher for 4 years in the 80s, and the news of which didn't come out until her diaries were published in 2002?
  2. Answer: A: John Major and Edwina Currie
  3. Categories: 1980s (3) Politics (3) History (3) 2000s (3) Sleaze (3)
Pub quiz question 862 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Name the area
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  3. Answer: A: Europe
  4. Categories: Flags (1)
Pub quiz question 861 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Name the country
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  3. Answer: A: Wales
  4. Notes: *: Red Dragon or Y Ddraig Goch
  5. Categories: Flags (1)
Pub quiz question 860 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: name the country
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  3. Answer: A: Scotland
  4. Notes: *: St Andrew's flag/Cross/Saltire
  5. Categories: Flags (1)
Pub quiz question 859 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Name the country
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  3. Answer: A: England
  4. Notes: *: St George's flag
  5. Categories: Flags (1)
Pub quiz question 858 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Name the country
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  3. Answer: A: Nazi Germany
  4. Categories: Flags (2)
Pub quiz question 857 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Name the country
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  3. Answer: A: Qatar
  4. Categories: Flags (7)
Pub quiz question 856 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Name the country
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  3. Answer: A: Zimbabwe
  4. Categories: Flags (8)
Pub quiz question 855 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Name the country
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  3. Answer: A: Uzbekistan
  4. Categories: Flags (9)
Pub quiz question 854 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Name the country
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  3. Answer: A: Tuvalu
  4. Categories: Flags (8)
Pub quiz question 853 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Name the country
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  3. Answer: A: Transnistria
  4. Notes: *: Lies between Ukraine and Romania
  5. Categories: Flags (10)
Pub quiz question 852 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Name the country
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  3. Answer: A: Tonga
  4. Categories: Flags (8)
Pub quiz question 851 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Name the country
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  3. Answer: A: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK/UKoGBaNI)
  4. Categories: Flags (1)
Pub quiz question 850 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Name the country
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  3. Answer: A: United Arab Emerates (UAE)
  4. Categories: Flags (7)
Pub quiz question 849 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Name the country
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  3. Answer: A: Soloman Islands
  4. Categories: Flags (8)
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