Political Science & History Trivia

1. Who led the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies, founded in 1897?

From Quiz Ladies! Stand Up For Your Rights!

Answer: Millicent Fawcett

Born on June 11th, 1847, Millicent Fawcett believed in constitutional campaigning, which involved issuing leaflets and organising petitions and meetings. Unfortunately, this campaigning had very little effect. In 1903, the more radical Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) was founded by Emmeline Pankhurst. While Elsie Inglis, Jane Harrison and Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence were all involved in the British suffrage movements, they never actually led any of the campaign groups. 'Suffragist' is the general word used to describe all people taking part in suffrage movements, while 'Suffragette' is the word used to describe members of the more radical groups.

From Quiz Make Your Mind Up Time

Answer: Athens

Athenian democracy was established during the sixth century BC. Adult male citizens who had completed military service were able to vote directly on legislation. Democracies were later established in other Greek city states.

From Quiz The Conservative Tradition

Answer: William Pitt the Younger

William Pitt the Younger (PM from 1783-1801 and 1804-1806) was only 24 when he first became Prime Minister of Britain. During his term, he became gradually more conservative, especially in response to the French Revolution, which he felt could possibly spread to Britain.

From Quiz Political Sex Scandals #2

Answer: Rielle Hunter

After initial denials, Edwards admitted the affair but denied having fathered her child. Another staffer, Andrew Young, claimed to be the father but the name of neither Edwards nor Young is on the birth certificate. Young was also married with children. Jay McInerney's novel "The Story of My Life" is reported to be based on Rielle Hunter. The novel deals with 'Allyson', a sexually jaded party girl involved in an elaborate scheme to kill race horses and claim insurance. What made the Edwards' situation repugnant to the public was not the affair or the supposed 'love child' but at the same time Edwards's wife Elizabeth was diagnosed with an incurable cancer and was spending her active time on the campaign trial. This recalled Newt Gingrich asking his wife to sign divorce papers as she lay recovering from a cancer operation in a hospital.

From Quiz Political Sex Scandals #1

Answer: Linda Tripp

Linda Tripp had worked in the George H. W. Bush administration. She had some bitter thoughts about the way she was treated by the Clinton White House. She befriend a young intern, Monica Lewinsky, who, over time, told her of physical contact with Clinton. She then began to record phone conversations with Lewinsky under the advice given by her lawyer and also Ken Starr, who wound up as chief investigator of the affair. Tripp was also something of a loose cannon in the Republican administration as she allegedly spread rumors of a George H. W. Bush extra-marital affair. She also failed to acknowledge an arrest record for theft.

From Quiz Terms and Concepts in Diplomacy

Answer: Something owned in common

Res Communis refers to something owned in common, like the High Seas. Bellum Justum refers to a "just war" which is a concept in international relations actually support by Thomas Aquinas. A Congressional Committee or military strategy have nothing to do with the answer.

From Quiz I Love Politics. Do You?

Answer: Max Weber

Interesting theory given that the propensity of Americans to excessively spend and borrow (not save) has gotten us into so much trouble! By the way, the choice Marianne Schnitger is Weber's wife (and distant cousin).

From Quiz Marxism 101

Answer: Marx and Engels

Marxism refers to the theory created by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.

From Quiz The Libertarian Party: A Brief History

Answer: David F. Nolan

The party was actually formed by Nolan and a small group of people in his living room.

From Quiz Great Political Insults: Part 3

Answer: Ian Paisley

It's rare for an insult so crude to get into the public domain, but during an election launch - within the sight and hearing of journalists - Ian Paisley, then leader of Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party, spoke about the then Irish foreign minister Brian Cowen in these words: "Somebody told me the other day the reason his lips were so thick was that when his mother was bringing him up he was a very disobedient young boy, so she used to put glue on his lips and put him to the floor and keep him there. That has been recorded in his physical make-up."

From Quiz Great Political Insults: Part 2

Answer: Clint Eastwood

Ronald Reagan made the comment on Clint Eastwood's bid to become mayor of Carmel, California, with a tongue-in-cheek reference to his own career. And, yes, Eastwood did become mayor, in 1986.

From Quiz Great Political Insults: Part 1

Answer: Ronald Reagan

Gore Vidal, the great American novelist, playwright and screenwriter, coined that particular insult. He was an outspoken critic of the the mainstream political establishment, yet by a twist of fate he was related to Jimmy Carter and to Al Gore.

From Quiz The Suffrage Movement

Answer: Lydia Taft

Lydia Chapin Taft (1712 - 1778) voted at town meetings in her home town of Uxbridge, Massachusetts.

From Quiz Environmental Politics

Answer: Brundtland Commission

The Brundland Commission (also known as the World Commission on Environment and Development: WCED) was to propose a long term environmental strategy looking towards the year 2000 and beyond. Although the thought of sustainable living had been proposed before then, the Brundland Commission was the first to put this with development. "Limits to Growth" predicts disaster by the 1990s, "Silent Spring" spearheaded the environmentalist movement in 1962 by discussing pesticides and The Stockholm Conference was the first international conference on the environment and it was in response to acid rain in 1972.

From Quiz Politics: A Matter of Opinion

Answer: Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.

In a 2002 Harris poll, members of the US congress did not rank lowest among people that could be expected to tell the truth: trade union leaders, lawyers and stockbrokers ranked lower. A BBC poll reported in March of 2005 found that 80% of 1000 people surveyed in Britain did not trust politicians to tell the truth.

From Quiz Fascism : Part B

Answer: Houston Stewart Chamberlain

Houston Stewart Chamberlain (1855-1927) wrote "The Foundations of The Nineteenth Century" in 1899 and was another early proponent of the theory of Aryan superiority. He was wildly popular in early 20th century Germany and eventually became a German citizen. He married composer Richard Wagner's daughter, Eva.

From Quiz Political Cynics

Answer: George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw was, in his own words, "a typical Irishman" in that his family came from Yorkshire. Shaw was a dramatist and literary critic, amongst other things, and was also of strong socialist leanings; so much so that when, in 1925, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature, he accepted the accolade gladly but rejected the cash prize that went with it. George Carr Shaw was his father. Henry George Wells (better known as just H.G. Wells) was a fellow writer of the same era and social circles and a good friend of G.B. Shaw. Isambard Kingdom Brunel was an architect and engineer who lived in the first half of the 19th century.

From Quiz Who Said It? Quotes from World Leaders, Vol. 2

Answer: George W. Bush

I think there's a good reason why this question is rarely asked. Most people who ask the question use correct subject-verb agreement.

From Quiz Who Said It? Quotes from World Leaders, Vol 1

Answer: Adolf Hitler

Hitler put this principle into practice when he invaded Poland, effectively starting World War II. Variant versions of this quote, such as "the best means of defense is attack", are in fact a long-standing, old cliché that has often been used to justify pre-emptive strikes and wars of aggression of all kinds.

From Quiz Showbusiness for Ugly People

Answer: Henry Cate VII

Eugene McCarthy did say: "Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game, and dumb enough to think it's important."

From Quiz Libertarian Quotes

Answer: Thomas Jefferson

This quote is from Thomas Jefferson's First Inaugural Address on March 4, 1801, and it pretty much sums up the libertarian philosophy.

From Quiz Libertarianism

Answer: The Physiocrats

The Physiocrats were an 18th Century Free Market economics group - possibly the first ever. Their motto means "Let us do. Leave us alone. The world runs by itself."

From Quiz Politicians on Politicians (Quotes)

Answer: Benjamin Disraeli

Disraeli was born in 1804 and died in 1881. Some of his other more memorable quotes include, "Ignorance never settles a question", and, "A precedent embalms a principle".

From Quiz Man's Inhumanity to Man

Answer: Anne's father, Otto

The mother died of starvation in a concentration camp. Anne and her sister died - probably of typhus. All three deaths occurred a relatively short time before the liberation of the camps. Anne's story is enormously well-known due to the publication of her diary - but there were so many, many others with equally terrible experiences at the hands of Hitler's evil lunatics.

From Quiz Quotations About War and Politics

Answer: George Bernard Shaw

"Man and Superman" was published in 1903. Oscar Wilde (1854-1900); George Bernard Shaw(1856-1950); James Joyce (1882-1941) and Brendan Behan(1923-1964) all were Dublin-born.

From Quiz Politically Engendered Quotes

Answer: Thomas Jefferson

Elected President in 1800 he served two terms to 1809. He was born in 1743 in Virginia and died in 1826 in Virginia. The Louisiana Purchase, the biggest land bargain in history was made during his presidency.

From Quiz Name the Political Theory

Answer: Realism

The base of international relations is the "realist" theory. It says that the world is one of anarchy, and all states do what is in their best interest. The father of realism was Thucydides (from the Peloponnesian War). He wrote on relations between the two states. An example of a modern realist is Machiavelli. Machiavelli was an Italian statesman during the early 16th century who acted an advisor and diplomat throughout Europe, who stressed that the ends always justify the means. Kenneth Waltz wrote neo-realist theories during the late 19th century and early 20th century. Many disagree with this theory, but the world today is still very realist in nature.

From Quiz Political Quotes

Answer: John Randolph

Some say that Randolph called Henry Clay a rotten mackerel, and not Robert Livingston. Of course, Randolph could have used the insult twice - feeling it was too good to waste.

From Quiz Quotes From Statesmen And Politicians

Answer: Blood, toil, tears and sweat

Another famous remark made by Sir Winston was that 'an 'Iron Curtain' had descended across the Continent'. It was not made in the British Parliament, but at Fulton in the U.S.A., 1946. Nobody can deny he had some sense of future evolutions!

From Quiz Words of Wisdom from or about Politicians

Answer: Karl von Clausewitz

von Clausewitz was one of the greatest German military strategists

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