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Quiz about Big Star In The Big House Vol 4
Quiz about Big Star In The Big House Vol 4

Big Star In The Big House Vol. 4 Quiz


So maybe not big stars, but certainly public figures because we put them there, and what did they do with their power? Let's have a look.

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Author
480154st
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
393,960
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
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Question 1 of 10
1. Republican George Ryan was sentenced in 2006 to six and a half years in prison for federal corruption charges. For which US state was he Governor from 1999 to 2003? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Which British politician was arrested in Australia in 1974 after faking his own death in Miami and was eventually sentenced to seven years in prison for fraud in 1976? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. President of African National Congress Youth League from 1987 to 1991, Jackie Selebi was forced to resign as president of which international organisation when, in 2007, a warrant was issued for his arrest relating to corruption, fraud and racketeering? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Canadian MLA Colin Thatcher was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1984, for what crime? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. In which country was Andrew Theophanous sentenced to six years in the big house in 2002 for charges relating to migration fraud? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. What was the unfortunate name of the Democratic congressman who in 2017, following an investigation into his "sexting", was sentenced to 21 months in prison for transferring obscene material to a minor? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. South African politician Clive Derby-Lewis was found guilty of conspiracy to murder Chris Hani, the general secretary of the South African Communist Party in 1993. What was the sentence handed down to him? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Scottish MP Mike Watson, Baron Watson of Invergowrie, was convicted of wilful fire raising in 2005. At which 2004 event, that saw Margaret Curran take the main award, did the offence take place? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. In 2010, which former Argentine president was sentenced to 25 years behind bars for his role in the kidnapping, torture and murder of 56 people, during the so called "Dirty War" (1974-83)? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Construction king and mayor of Marbella from 1991 to 2002, Jesus Gil was sentenced to five years in prison after one of his buildings collapsed in 1969, killing 58 people. For which Spanish soccer team was he president from 1987 to 2003? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Republican George Ryan was sentenced in 2006 to six and a half years in prison for federal corruption charges. For which US state was he Governor from 1999 to 2003?

Answer: Illinois

Ryan was convicted for awarding state contracts to friends in return for kickbacks as well as using campaign funds to pay personal expenses and paying family and friends (such as his daughters, his sister, and his mother's housekeeper) for campaign work that they had not done. He was released from prison in 2013.
2. Which British politician was arrested in Australia in 1974 after faking his own death in Miami and was eventually sentenced to seven years in prison for fraud in 1976?

Answer: John Stonehouse

Labour MP John Stonehouse had a business empire of about 20 companies, most of which were by 1974 in financial trouble, resulting in him facing fraud charges. Rather than face the music, he fled to Australia with his secretary and lover under an assumed name, after faking his death on Miami beach. One month after his "death" he was arrested and extradited to UK and six months later faced charges, which not only included the original fraud charges, but also new charges of causing a false police investigation and wasting police time.

He served three years of his sentence, being released in 1979 and married his secretary in 1981. He died for real in 1988.
3. President of African National Congress Youth League from 1987 to 1991, Jackie Selebi was forced to resign as president of which international organisation when, in 2007, a warrant was issued for his arrest relating to corruption, fraud and racketeering?

Answer: Interpol

Selebi was president of Interpol when it was claimed that he received money from convicted drug trafficker and police informer Glenn Agliotti, the charges of which he was eventually found guilty in 2010 and for which he was sentenced to 15 years. He served just seven months behind bars, before being paroled on medical grounds.
4. Canadian MLA Colin Thatcher was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1984, for what crime?

Answer: Murder

Thatcher was MLA for Thunder Creek, Saskatchewan and underwent a high profile, messy divorce from his wife JoAnn in 1980. He contested the majority of the divorce and ignored its rulings, specifically with regard to the custody of their children. In 1981, JoAnn was shot and inured, and although Thatcher was believed to be the gunman, no charges were ever brought.

In 1983, JoAnn was bludgeoned and fatally shot, an offence for which Thatcher was arrested, tried and convicted. He was paroled in 2006, after serving 22 years in the big house.
5. In which country was Andrew Theophanous sentenced to six years in the big house in 2002 for charges relating to migration fraud?

Answer: Australia

Theophanous was born in Cyprus and his family moved to Australia when he was eight. He entered politics in his 30s and held the Labour seat of Calwell for 17 years as well as holding ministerial posts such as Parliamentary Secretary to Prime Minister Paul Keating. Due to the fraud investigation, he resigned from the Labour party in 2000 and stood in the 2001 election as an independent candidate but lost. Of his six year sentence, he served two years before being released.
6. What was the unfortunate name of the Democratic congressman who in 2017, following an investigation into his "sexting", was sentenced to 21 months in prison for transferring obscene material to a minor?

Answer: Anthony Weiner

Weiner served New York's 9th district from 1999 to 2011 when he sent a sexually explicit photograph of himself to a follower on Twitter. He admitted sending "photos of an explicit nature with about six women over the last three years" and resigned as congressman.

In 2013, he became the subject of a second sexting scandal and in 2016 had his electronic devices seized by the FBI, who discovered explicit photographs sent to a 15 year old girl. Facing possible child pornography charges, Weiner entered a plea agreement and pleaded guilty to a single charge of transferring obscene material to a minor.

As well as the prison sentence, he is required to permanently register as a sex offender. Of the other answers, Dicks was an English footballer, Cox was a member of 80s band D:Ream and is now a respected professor of particle physics, while Willey was an English cricketer.
7. South African politician Clive Derby-Lewis was found guilty of conspiracy to murder Chris Hani, the general secretary of the South African Communist Party in 1993. What was the sentence handed down to him?

Answer: Death

Derby-Lewis was sentenced to death, but this was commuted to life imprisonment in 1995, when the death penalty was abolished in South Africa. He had justified the plot to kill Hani by citing his Christian beliefs, saying "We were fighting against communism, and communism is the vehicle of the Antichrist". Derby-Lewis, who died in 2016, was a controversial figure during his political career, outspoken in his extreme right wing views and noted by South African journalist John Carlin as "someone who, even by South African standards, has acquired a reputation as a rabid racist."
8. Scottish MP Mike Watson, Baron Watson of Invergowrie, was convicted of wilful fire raising in 2005. At which 2004 event, that saw Margaret Curran take the main award, did the offence take place?

Answer: Scottish Politician Of The Year

Wilful fire raising is a Scottish common law offence which is similar to, but not fully equivalent to, the offence of arson in England and Wales. Watson was initially charged with setting fire to a curtain in the reception of the hotel hosting the event and another curtain in a function room.

He pleaded guilty to the reception charge and had a not guilty plea accepted for the function room. He was sentenced to 16 months in the big house and released in 2006 after serving eight months.
9. In 2010, which former Argentine president was sentenced to 25 years behind bars for his role in the kidnapping, torture and murder of 56 people, during the so called "Dirty War" (1974-83)?

Answer: Reynaldo Bignone

Bignone served as president 1982-83 and was initially investigated in 2006 regarding the trafficking of infants born to and then abducted from approximately 500 women. Following his 2010 sentencing, he was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2011 for crimes against humanity and later the same year was given an additional 15 year sentence for further crimes against humanity involving the implementation of a torture center inside a hospital in 1976.

In 2012 he was sentenced to a further 15 years in prison for his part in the the aforementioned baby stealing offences and in 2016, received a further 20 years for his role in the murder of 105 people during The Dirty War. Bignone died in 2018, aged 90.
10. Construction king and mayor of Marbella from 1991 to 2002, Jesus Gil was sentenced to five years in prison after one of his buildings collapsed in 1969, killing 58 people. For which Spanish soccer team was he president from 1987 to 2003?

Answer: Atletico Madrid

The roof of a restaurant built by Gil's company collapsed during a showcase dinner, resulting in 58 deaths and many injuries. Gil was convicted after investigations showed that the cement had not been given enough time to dry, and it was later discovered that the building had been constructed without reference to an architect, a surveyor, or even plans, but he was released after 18 months when he was personally pardoned by General Franco. Following his initial election to mayor of Marbella in 1991, he was re-elected three times before being banned from holding public office for 28 years in 2002 following corruption and embezzlement charges.
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