Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 882 by pjh2

Question: Q: Name the politician
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Answer: A: Eric Pickles
Categories: Politics (6)

Pub quiz question 881 by pjh2

Question: Q: Name the politician
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Answer: A: Edward Heath
Categories: Politics (6)

Pub quiz question 880 by pjh2

Question: Q: Name the politician
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Answer: A: Ed(ward) Miliband
Categories: Politics (4)

Pub quiz question 879 by pjh2

Question: Q: Name the politician
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Answer: A: Ed(ward) Balls
Categories: Politics (4)

Pub quiz question 878 by pjh2

Question: Q: Name the politician
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Answer: A: David (not Ed) Miliband
Categories: Politics (4)

Pub quiz question 877 by pjh2

Question: Q: Name the politician
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Answer: A: David Laws
Notes: *: Well 18 days counts doesn't it?
Categories: Politics (7)

Pub quiz question 876 by pjh2

Question: Q: Name the politician
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Answer: A: David Cameron
Categories: Politics (2)

Pub quiz question 875 by pjh2

Question: Q: Name the politician
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Answer: A: Danny Alexander
Notes: *: AKA 'Beaker' (from seasame street)
Categories: Politics (6)

Pub quiz question 874 by pjh2

Question: Q: Name the politician's wife
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Answer: A: Cherie Blaire/Booth
Categories: Politics (2)

Pub quiz question 873 by pjh2

Question: Q: Name the politician
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Answer: A: Baroness (Sayeeda) Warsi
Categories: Politics (7)

Pub quiz question 872 by pjh2

Question: Q: Name the politician
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Answer: A: Andrew Mitchell
Notes: *: Secretary of State for International Development
Categories: Politics (8)

Pub quiz question 871 by pjh2

Question: Q: in 1998 which junior Health minister resigned for incorrectly claiming that millions of British eggs were infected with salmonella?
Answer: A: Edwina Currie
Categories: Politics (4) 1990s (4)

Pub quiz question 870 by pjh2

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?
Answer: A: Peter Mandleson
Categories: Politics (4) 2000s (4) 1990s (4) Sleaze (4)

Pub quiz question 869 by pjh2

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?
Answer: A: Mark Oaten
Categories: 2000s (4) Politics (4) Sleaze (4)

Pub quiz question 868 by pjh2

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?
Answer: A: The Daily Telegraph
Categories: Politics (4) 2000s (4)

Pub quiz question 867 by pjh2

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?
Answer: A: David Laws
Categories: Politics (3) 2010s (3)

Pub quiz question 866 by pjh2

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?
Answer: A: David Blunkett
Categories: 2000s (3) Politics (3) Sleaze (3)

Pub quiz question 865 by pjh2

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?
Answer: A: David Mellor
Categories: 1990s (4) Football (5) Politics (4)

Pub quiz question 864 by pjh2

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?
Answer: A: Cecil Parkinson
Categories: 1980s (4) Politics (4)

Pub quiz question 863 by pjh2

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?
Answer: A: John Major and Edwina Currie
Categories: 1980s (3) Politics (3) History (3) 2000s (3) Sleaze (3)

Pub quiz question 862 by pjh2

Question: Q: Name the area
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Answer: A: Europe
Categories: Flags (1)

Pub quiz question 861 by pjh2

Question: Q: Name the country
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Answer: A: Wales
Notes: *: Red Dragon or Y Ddraig Goch
Categories: Flags (1)

Pub quiz question 860 by pjh2

Question: Q: name the country
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Answer: A: Scotland
Notes: *: St Andrew's flag/Cross/Saltire
Categories: Flags (1)

Pub quiz question 859 by pjh2

Question: Q: Name the country
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Answer: A: England
Notes: *: St George's flag
Categories: Flags (1)

Pub quiz question 858 by pjh2

Question: Q: Name the country
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Answer: A: Nazi Germany
Categories: Flags (2)