PM Quotes
"To those waiting with bated breath for that favorite media catchphrase, the U-turn, I have only one thing to say. You turn if you want to. The lady's not for turning." She said at the Conservative party conference on Oct. 10, 1980.
Margaret Thatcher (1979-1990)
"You're gonna need a bigger boat."
Jaws
Tim Berners-Lee
The World Wide Web
Which modern musical icon was born Gordon Matthew Sumner?
Sting
"Bristle" or "Brizzle"
Bristol
Rainbow Nation
South Africa
"Voting Tory will cause your wife to have bigger breasts and increase your chances of owning a BMW M3."
Boris Johnson (still)
"You talkin' to me?"
Taxi Driver
Guglielmo Marconi
Telegraph (wireless)
Which hat-wearing Grammy winner was initially named Peter Gene Hernandez?
Bruno Mars
"Venice of the North"
Birmingham
The Boot
Italy
"I'm an optimist, but an optimist who carries a raincoat."
Harold Wilson (1974-1976)
"You can't handle the truth!"
A Few Good Men
Alfred Nobel
A detonator, Dynamite & Gelignite
Which pop songbird was born Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta?
Lady Gaga
"Rainy City"
Manchester
The Red Dragon
China
“The kind of journey of being in government is that you start at your most popular and least capable, and you end at your most capable and least popular.”
Tony Blair (1997-2007)
"I'm having an old friend for dinner."
Silence of the lambs
John Logie Baird
Television
Which sassy songstress was born Anna Mae Bullock?
Tina Turner
"The English Riviera"
Torquay
India's teardrop
Sri Lanka
“The politician who never made a mistake never made a decision.”
John Major (1990-1997)
"You had me at hello."
Jerry Maguire
Sir John Harrington
Flush toilet system
Which charismatic band front-man was born Farouk Bulsara?
Freddie Mercury
"London-by-the-sea
Brighton
The Great White North
Canada
"We recognize it as a great decision, a turning point in our history, and we take it in all seriousness. In saying that we wish to join the EEC, we mean that we desire to become full, whole-hearted and active members of the European Community in its widest sense and to go forward with you in the building of a new Europe," he said in 1961 when Britain originally proposed to join the European Economic Community (EEC).
Edward Heath (1970-1974)
"Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys."
Dead Poet's society
Marion Donovan
The first waterproof disposable diaper / nappy
Which cool international singer and rapper was born Cordozar Calvin Broadus?
Snoop Dogg
"Athens of the North"
Edinburgh
Land of Fire and Ice
Iceland