How much do you know about Spanish politics [and history]? NEW QUESTIONS!

[Antonio the Sixth]

Yay ! I will certainly suck at this... but let's try.


EASY

1. Who is the current President of the Government of Spain, and what is his political affiliation?

José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, PSOE (left-wing)

2. Name the two houses of the Spanish legislature

The House of Deputies (lower), and the Senate (higher)

3. Who is the current leader of the opposition, and what is his political affiliation?

Mariano Rajoy, PP (right-wing)

4. How many autonomous communities (excluding 2 autonomous cities) is Spain divided into?

Ok, let's try to count :
- Catalonia
- Aragon
- Valencia
- Castilla x2
- Andalucia
- Extremadura
- The 3 basque regions
- Asturia
- Cantabria
- Galicia
- Baleares

I'd say 14 (it would be so much easier with a map... )

5. Of the parties which won seats in the 2008 election, only four of them ran in every constituency. Name these four parties, in order of seats held.

PSOE
PP
Izquierda Unida
UPyD

6. Who was President of the Government until 2004, that it is until the incumbent took office?

José Maria Aznar (PP)

7. Which dictator ruled Spain between 1939 and 1975?

Francisco Franco

INTERMEDIATE

8. 208 of 264 Senators are elected directly by popular vote. How are the 56 others chosen/elected?

Hum... Nominated by community governments ?

9. In elections to the Congress of Deputies, which administrative divisions form the constituencies used to elect members? For a bonus, how many constituencies are there?

I know them, just don't know how they're called...

10. How many seats are each constituency in Congress awarded, by law, minimum?

No idea... 3 ?

11. Who are the current Presidents of the regional governments of Catalonia, Madrid, Andalusia and Euskadi/Pais Vasco?

Esperanza Aguirre (PP) for Madrid. Absolutely no idea for the others.

12. What is the Generalitat? For bonus, name the four people who have presided the Generalitat since 1980.

Dunno...

13. What is a lehendakari? For bonus, name the four people who have been lehendakaris since 1979.

Meh...

14. When was ETA founded and what does it stand for, in Basque and/or English?

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15. Name the founder of the Popular Alliance (AP) party.

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16. Name the six Presidents of Government since November 20, 1975.

OK, let's see...
- Some guys from the franquist regime I forgot about
- Adolfo Suarez (UCD), until 1982
- Felipe Gonzalez (PSOE), 1982-1996
- José Maria Aznar (PP), 1996-2004
- José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero (PSOE), 2004-2011

17. What does '23-F' refer to? Which Civil Guard officer was the main actor of '23-F'?

Don't know.

18. Who were Alejandro Lerroux, Jose Maria Gil Robles, Niceto Alcala-Zamora, Manuel Azana and Jose Antonio Aguirre? (5 point question!)

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19. Who were Antonio Canovas, Práxedes Sagasta, Antonio Maura, Eduardo Dato and Miguel Primo de Rivera? (5 point question!)

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TOUGH/INSANE

No need to even try with this ones...


Yeah, I know, I fail forever.