Dictatorships
Premier League
Geography
History
Communism
100

Who controls a dictatorship?

A dictator

100

How many teams are in the English Premier League?

20

100

Which UK counntry has the longest coastline?

Scotland with 18,743 kilometers

100

Where was Rugby invented?

Rugby School, England

100

Workers of the world, ... .

Finish the communist motto.

Workers of the world, unite.

200

From 1959 - 2008 who was the leader of Cuba?

Fidel Castro

200

Only 2 teams have won the last 7 Premier League titles. Who are they?

Manchester City & Liverpool

200

Name the largest 4 countries in the world (by landmass) from largest to smallest.

Russia

Canada

China

USA

200

Who invented the telephone?

Alexander Graham Bell

200

There are 5 main charectaristics of Communism.

Name them (200 points for each).

  • centralization of power in the hands of the Communist Party.
  • collectivization of agriculture.
  • state control of the media and education.
  • suppression of religious beliefs.
  • a classless society in which all people are equal.
300

What do you call an illegal and overt attempt by a military organization or other government elites to unseat an incumbent leadership?

Coup d'état / Military coup

300

Which team has won the most English League titles?

Manchester United.

300

What country contains the most islands?

Sweden

300

Name the last 3 British monarchs.

King Charles III

Queen Elizabeth II

King George VI


300

Name the 6 countries that made up the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Croatia

Macedonia

Montenegro

Serbia

Slovenia.

400

Often referred to as "The Last King of Scotland", name the ruler of Uganda from 1971 - 1979

Idi Amin

400

In the 2016-2017 the Premier League was won by a 200/1 outsider, who won the title for the 1st time in their 132 year history. Who was it?

Leiscter City

400

(According to the UN) How many countries are there in the world?

195

(193 member states & 2 non-member observer states)

400

Founded in 1867 what is the oldest football club in Scotland?

Queens Park Football Club

400

In Western Europe, the term Eastern Bloc generally referred to the USSR and Central and Eastern European countries in the Comecon.

Name the 7 countries in Comecon.

East Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and Albania.

500

There are generally deemed to be 5 types of dictatorship. What are they called?

Military dictatorship

Monarchies

Personalistic dictatorships

Single party dictatorships

Hybrid dictatorships

500

Alan Shearer is the Premier League all time top scorer. With 213 goals who is second on the list?

Harry Kane

500

What is the commonwealth of nations?

A group of 56 countries most of which are former territories members of the British Empire.

500

Scotland became part of the United Kingdom when the Acts of Union were passed by the Scottish and English Parliaments. What year did this take place?

1707

500

Define Communism

Communism is a political and economic system that aims to create a classless society where the public owns and controls the means of production