The youngest British prime minister of the 20th century, John Major (born 1943) succeeded Margaret Thatcher as leader of the Conservative Party and political head of the United Kingdom in 1990, a post...
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Question 1 of 10:The name
Margaret
Thatcher
will always be known to the world. But what was the Iron Lady's maiden name?
Kenton
Browning
Roberts
Thompson
Question 2 of 10:Which of th...
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Question 1 of 10:The future ‘bad boy of English fiction’ obtained a 3rd class degree from Oxford University. What did he study?English LiteratureEngineering
Philosophy
EconomicsQuestion...
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Prime Minister Tony Blair will announce his intention to step down as Labour Party leader Thursday, setting the clock ticking on the final weeks of his 10-year premiership.Blair's official spokesma...
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Moscow (dpa) - The funeral procession carrying Boris Yeltsin's
body left Moscow's Christ the Saviour Cathedral to take the first
Russian president's body to his final restin...
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President Bush's daughter Barbara hooked a slightly larger striped bass than her dad Saturday in the Atlantic Ocean off this tiny town that's gearing up for a visit from Russian President Vladimir ...
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Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair plans to write a book, a Blair representative told The Associated Press on Thursday.The representative, who would not speak on the record because a deal has...
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London (dpa) - Ten years ago, on August 31, 1997 Britain's
Princess Diana died. In chronological order, her biographical
details:
July 1, 1961: Lady Diana France...
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Moscow (dpa) - Tens of thousands of mourners filed past the open
coffin of Boris Yeltsin at Moscow's Christ the Saviour Cathedral,
overnight to Wednesday, ahead of the state...
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Question 1 of 10:Experts blamed pollution for the existence of what bizarre animal discovered in Weston-super-Mare in March?A metre-long salmonA pink snake
A three-headed frog
A green waspQuestion ...
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Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair took a job as an adviser to JPMorgan Chase & Co. on Thursday, a part-time post that will not affect his role as a Mideast peace envoy, his spokeswoman s...
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John Major
Iron Lady: A MargaretThatcher Quiz
