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Tony Blair Multiple Choice Quiz

How much do you know about the former British prime minister (1997-2007)?
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1. Centrist policies that shaped the Labour party
First Try
Third Way
Second Chance
Fourth Peak
Other proponents of the Third Way include US president Bill Clinton and German chancellor Gerhard Schröder.
2. Which objective of the Labour constitution was REMOVED under Blair's leadership?
Nationalisation of industry
Expansion of minority rights
Further integration into Europe
3. Shortly after being elected, Blair held a famously sympathetic speech due to whose death?
his daughter Sophia
Mother Teresa
Freddy Mercury
Diana, Princess of Wales
He called her "The People's Princess".
4. 1998 treaty that largely pacified Ireland
Holy Thursday Agreement
Good Friday Agreement
Easter Sunday Agreement
5. What became of Margaret Thatcher's economic policies?
They were largely left as they were
They were almost entirely abolished
This led to the coinage of the term "Blatcherism".
6. He fostered the United Kingdom's "Special Relationship" with which country?
Ireland
the United States
France
7. What is Home Rule?
An initiative to make more people buy houses
Self-governing rights granted to Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales
A law that punishes marital rape
This came into effect in 1998.
8. What did the government do about LGBT rights?
nothing
limit them
expand them
Blair is known as a promoter of LGBT issues.
9. Blair wanted to remove this dictator, even if he didn't have weapons of mass destruction.
Saddam Hussein
Fidel Castro
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
His policies were generally interventionist.
10. What is his stance on Brexit?
Stay
He doesn't say.
Leave
11. 2006 Film in which he was played by Michael Sheen
The Spy
The Queen
The Parliament
12. Which nickname did he earn thanks to his way of dealing with George W. Bush?
Scottish Terrier
Poodle
Bulldog
13. Which faith did he join in 2007?
Catholicism
Judaism
Islam
Buddhism
14. What did the Chilcot Inquiry expose?
that the reasons for invading Iraq were unfounded
that Blair had withheld information which might've prevetend 9/11
that Blair had embezzled millions of Pounds
15. What is the name of Tony's wife?
Mignon
Jolie
Belle
Cherie
16. Comrade whom Blair allegedly promised a powerful role in his cabinet and succession as prime minister in exchange for political support.
Gordon Brown
David Cameron
Jeremy Corbyn
In any case, Brown became Lord Exchequer and succeeded Blair as PM.
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