FUNDAMENTALS
The political party system is pervasive across the world, be it a democracy or a dictatorship. Today’s quiz is on some of the world’s most prominent political parties. Write in with your suggestions, questions ( with answers) to senjam@ gmail. com
POLITICAL PARTIES
1. The People’s Action Party ( PAP) has won every general elections in this country since 1959. In fact till 1981, the party did not lose a single seat in any elections. The monopoly was broken in 1981 when Worker’s Party won its first ever seat. Which country are we talking about?
2. Donkey is an unusual symbol for a political party. However, the Democrats in United States have revelled in it. How did it get this symbol?
3. FET y de las JONS ruthlessly ruled over a country for three decades from 1945 to 1975. The name of the party is actually an acronym. Identify the country, the full name of the party and also its more popular name.
4. What is the name of the ruling party in Russia which has been in majority in Duma, the Russian parliament, since 2003?
5. This party is headquartered in the Luthuli House and the media often uses the term ‘ Luthuli House’ to refer to this party. Name this party that was founded in 1912 but became a legal entity only in 1990.
6. Why is the Conservative Party in UK given the colloquial name of Tories?
7. The United States has traditionally been a two party system with power alternating between Democrats and Republicans. However, there are other parties as well. Which has been the third largest party in the United States since the 1980s?
8. PTI is a news agency in India, but in which country is PTI a major political party?
ANYTHING GOES
1. In Greek mythology,
the of love, wife is of the Eros, goddess the god of ( soul. Jonathan Name Francis, her. Secunderabad)
2. In 1988, Surekha Yadav became the first woman in a traditionally male dominated profession in India. What was Surekha’s achievement? ( Tanmayee, Secunderabad)
3. In its patent application, this product was described as an ‘ X- Y position indicator for a display system’. What are we talking about? ( U. N. Murthy, Secunderabad)
4. This was invented in the 1920s by Leo Gersentzang after he saw his wife use a toothpick and some cotton to accomplish a particular task. Initially, he named them ‘ Baby Gays’, but later, in order to signify quality, he came up with a new brand name. The name is often used as a generic trademark. ( DS Nath, Secunderabad)
5. The three Mohammed brothers Hanif, Mushtaq and Sadiq appeared together for Pakistan in a Test match against New Zealand at Karachi in October 1969. This is the second instance of three brothers appearing together in a Test match. When did the first instance occur? ( BK Harinath, Mysuru)
6. Which colour of the rainbow does not strictly appear in the spectrum, but was included by Sir Isaac Newton because apparently he considered seven colours to be better than six? ( Partha Sarkar, Kolkata)
7. Yellowcake is a type of uranium concentrate powder obtained from by leaching uranium. Despite its name, its colour is most often something else. What? ( T. Subbu, Chennai)