Politics in the pub quiz - December 2015
Round 1 - Bradford Politics
1. Name the local leaders of the three main political parties in Bradford.
ANSWER: Dave Green (LAB), Simon Cooke (CON), Jeanette Sunderland (LD) [½
point if 2 out of 3 correct]
2. Which former Shipley MP was Chairman of the 1922 Committee, the most powerful
Tory backbench MP, and oversaw Conservative selections for the 1972 election?
ANSWER: Sir Marcus Fox
3. Bob, Anne and John are part of which political family associated with Keighley?
ANSWER: Cryer
4. George Galloway, the former MP for Bradford West had a very public spat with the
MD of an independant Bradford business during the 2015 election. What was the
name of the company? ANSWER: Bradford Brewery
5. Where in Bradford can you find a mural celebrating the founding of the Independent
Labour Party in 1893?
ANSWER: Priestley Centre For The Arts / Bradford Playhouse
6. In May 2011, Bradford appointed the first female what?
ANSWER: Muslim Lord Mayor
Round 2 - Political Leaders
7. Which member of the Australian Liberal party recently usurped Tony Abbott to
become prime minister of Australia earlier this year?
ANSWER: Malcolm Turnbull
8. Who was the first female MP in the UK?
ANSWER: Countess Constance Markievicz, 1918, Sinn Fein. (1 point for
Viscountess Nancy Astor 1919 CON, who was first to take her seat)
9. Who was the longest serving non-royal leader of a nation since 1900?
BONUS: How long were they in power?
ANSWER: Fidel Castro, 16 Feb 1959 - 19 April 2011, 52 yrs 62 days
10. Who was the first female head of government of a mainly muslim country?
ANSWER: Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan, Prime minister 1988-90, 1993-96.
11. Which former army officer became known as the father of the modern secular
Turkish state?
ANSWER: Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
(John - I think this is very hard. DB - It’s really not, Ataturk is WELL famous. JA - Piss off!)
12. Which country had the worlds first openly gay head of state?
ANSWER: Iceland. Prime Minister Jóhanna Sigurdardóttir Iceland, 2009-2013.
Bonus for name of PM
Round 3 - Religion & Politics
13. Which two nations still reserve places in their parliaments for unelected religious
clerics?
ANSWER: United Kingdom & Iran
14. How many ‘Lords Spiritual’ (appointed CoE Bishops) are there in the House of
Lords?
ANSWER: 26 (allow 24-28 as correct answers)
15. Which 19thC MP was instrumental in allowing MPs to affirm rather than swear a
religious oath when taking their seat in parliament.
ANSWER: Charles Bradlaugh, MP for Northampton, founder of National Secular
Society
(John - this is very hard. DB it is, but I like him so and people should know about him. :-) )
16. Which political advisor famously said “"We don't do God"
ANSWER: Alastair Campbell (to prevent Tony Blair talking about his faith in an
interview with a journalist in 2003)
17. Saudi Arabia bases its legal system on the Islamic sharia code, but which other nations
officially use Sharia as part of their legal systems? Name 4.
ANSWER: Sudan, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Brunei, United Arab Emirates,
Qatar, Yemen and Mauritania
18. As well being our head of state the Queen has some titles relating to her position in the
Church. What are they?
ANSWER: Defender of the Faith, Supreme Governor of the Church of England
Round 4 - Who said that? Political quotes.
19. "We just thought people in Yorkshire hated everyone else, we didn't think they hated
each other so much" -David Cameron
20. "If you want something said, ask a man...if you want something done, ask a woman."
- Margaret Thatcher
21. "Some men change their party for the sake of their principles; others their principles
for the sake of their party" - Winston Churchill
22. "My head spins. One moment I'm told I'm too edgy, then people say I'm too angry,
then that I show too much passion... make your minds up" - Nick Clegg
23. “I’ve met serial killers and assassins but nobody scared me as much as Mrs
Thatcher.” - Ken Livingstone
24. “I Did Not Have Sexual Relations With That Woman” - Bill Clinton
Round 5 - Who’s in the spotlight?
In this round, the task is to identify the Yorkshire based MP (past or present) finding
themselves in media headlines. We’ll give you the headline, the source and the date. (The
date is of the news report, not necessarily of the event)
25.
“'Politically correct' Romeo and Julian play sparks anger“
Telegraph: 27th Feb 2009
During questions in the House of Commons, Philip Davies, Tory MP for Shipley,
Yorks, he called for a debate on political correctness.
He said: "Schools ... are currently enjoying a LGBT History month, with schools
performing Romeo and Julian.
"Do you agree with me that it is better for pupils to learn about Romeo and Juliet
and Shakespeare, rather than politically correct Romeo and Julian?"
Commons Leader Harriet Harman described his remarks as "cheap shots".
26. “-BLANK- has a punchable face, says
The Scotsman - 27th October 2015
attacker”
A former BBC manager who assaulted George Galloway in the street broke a
restraining order by sending him a threatening Facebook message referring to his
“eminently punchable boat”, a court has heard.
Jewish convert Neil Masterson, 40, launched a Kung-fu kick at the Respect
politician as he posed for pictures and then punched him repeatedly when he fell to
the ground in Golborne Road, Notting Hill, London, on 29 August last year.
27. “Nick
Clegg calls Lib Dem MP Paris attack tweet 'stupid'”
BBC News - 15th Jan 2015
The deputy prime minister has called a tweet by one of his MPs "crass, stupid, offensive
and highly insensitive".
Nick Clegg was asked on LBC about tweets by David Ward, Liberal Democrat MP for
Bradford East, after the Paris Charlie Hebdo terror attacks last week.
Mr Ward tweeted "Je suis Palestinian" as marchers gathered on Sunday following the
attacks that left 17 people dead.
28.
“MP accused of 'xenophobia after complaining that Polish
cannot make decent bacon sandwich”
The Telegraph - 25th Apr 2012
A Labour MP has been accused of xenophobia after complaining about the Polish staff
who served him a disappointing bacon sandwich.
Labour MP Barry Sheerman provoked outrage from some users of the micro-blogging site
when he said he represented the good people of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, "not
Gdansk".
The veteran backbencher was accused of xenophobia after he used Twitter to vent his
frustration at poor service at London's Victoria Station on St George's Day.
He wrote: "Just had worst coffee & bacon bap in London at Victoria Station. Why can't
Camden Food Co employ English staff?"
29.
“-BLANK- wins Orwell political writing prize for memoir This
Boy”
The Guardian - 21st May 2014
Alan Johnson's memoir of his poverty-stricken childhood has beaten Charles Moore's
account of the early life of Margaret Thatcher to win the former home secretary Britain's
top award for political writing, the Orwell prize.
The Labour MP's much-praised This Boy was named winner of the prize on Wednesday,
which goes to the book judges find has come closest to George Orwell's own ambition "to
make political writing into an art".
30.
“-BLANK- punches protester”
BBC News - 16th May 2001
The Labour Deputy Prime Minister, John Prescott, has punched a protester who threw an
egg at him during a visit to Rhyl in north Wales.
The undignified brawl happened as the Labour deputy stepped off the so-called Prescott
Express campaign bus.
Television pictures clearly showed Mr Prescott aiming a left jab at a man after being hit on
the side of the face by an egg.
Picture Quiz Answers
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Dave Green
Gloria del Piero
Eric Pickles
Alastair Campbell
Denis Healey
Lord Mayor of London
Sir Titus Salt
W E Forster
Al-Ham-Bra
National Media Museum
Manning-Ham Mills
Bradford City Park Fountains