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