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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
Fourth Peak
Second Chance
Third Way
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?
his daughter Sophia
Diana, Princess of Wales
Mother Teresa
Freddy Mercury
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?
the United States
Ireland
France
7. What is Home Rule?
A law that punishes marital rape
An initiative to make more people buy houses
Self-governing rights granted to Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales
This came into effect in 1998.
8. What did the government do about LGBT rights?
limit them
expand 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.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Fidel Castro
Saddam Hussein
His policies were generally interventionist.
10. What is his stance on Brexit?
Stay
Leave
He doesn't say.
11. 2006 Film in which he was played by Michael Sheen
The Parliament
The Spy
The Queen
12. Which nickname did he earn thanks to his way of dealing with George W. Bush?
Poodle
Bulldog
Scottish Terrier
13. Which faith did he join in 2007?
Judaism
Catholicism
Islam
Buddhism
14. What did the Chilcot Inquiry expose?
that the reasons for invading Iraq were unfounded
that Blair had embezzled millions of Pounds
that Blair had withheld information which might've prevetend 9/11
15. What is the name of Tony's wife?
Jolie
Mignon
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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