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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
Third Way
First Try
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?
Expansion of minority rights
Further integration into Europe
Nationalisation of industry
3. Shortly after being elected, Blair held a famously sympathetic speech due to whose death?
Diana, Princess of Wales
Freddy Mercury
Mother Teresa
his daughter Sophia
He called her "The People's Princess".
4. 1998 treaty that largely pacified Ireland
Easter Sunday Agreement
Good Friday Agreement
Holy Thursday Agreement
5. What became of Margaret Thatcher's economic policies?
They were almost entirely abolished
They were largely left as they were
This led to the coinage of the term "Blatcherism".
6. He fostered the United Kingdom's "Special Relationship" with which country?
France
Ireland
the United States
7. What is Home Rule?
Self-governing rights granted to Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales
An initiative to make more people buy houses
A law that punishes marital rape
This came into effect in 1998.
8. What did the government do about LGBT rights?
expand them
limit them
nothing
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
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Fidel Castro
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 Parliament
The Queen
12. Which nickname did he earn thanks to his way of dealing with George W. Bush?
Scottish Terrier
Bulldog
Poodle
13. Which faith did he join in 2007?
Buddhism
Islam
Catholicism
Judaism
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?
Cherie
Jolie
Mignon
Belle
16. Comrade whom Blair allegedly promised a powerful role in his cabinet and succession as prime minister in exchange for political support.
David Cameron
Gordon Brown
Jeremy Corbyn
In any case, Brown became Lord Exchequer and succeeded Blair as PM.
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