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

[republicanism]

EASY

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

2. Name the two houses of the Spanish legislature
- Cortes Generales is the important one. I wasn't sure about the other one, but would have guessed "Senate", which seems to be right as you ask something about Senators later in the test.

3. Who is the current leader of the opposition, and what is his political affiliation?
- [Forgot his first name] Rajoy, PP

4. How many autonomous communities (excluding 2 autonomous cities) is Spain divided into?
- 15

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, IU, the small centralist one (PyD or UyD?)

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

7. Which dictator ruled Spain between 1939 and 1975?
- Francesco Franco Bahamonde

INTERMEDIATE

8. 208 of 264 Senators are elected directly by popular vote. How are the 56 others chosen/elected?
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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 would guess the second-tier divisions, which I think are called "provinces". The number of constituencies should be in the range of 35-45.

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

11. Who are the current Presidents of the regional governments of Catalonia, Madrid, Andalusia and Euskadi/Pais Vasco?
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12. What is the Generalitat? For bonus, name the four people who have presided the Generalitat since 1980.
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13. What is a lehendakari? For bonus, name the four people who have been lehendakaris since 1979.
- Probably some Basque thing.

14. When was ETA founded and what does it stand for, in Basque and/or English?
- Don't know when it was founded. ETA means something like "Fatherland and Liberty", iirc.

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.
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- Gonzalez
- Aznar
- Zapatero

17. What does '23-F' refer to? Which Civil Guard officer was the main actor of '23-F'?
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18. Who were Alejandro Lerroux, Jose Maria Gil Robles, Niceto Alcala-Zamora, Manuel Azana and Jose Antonio Aguirre? (5 point question!)
- They were important figures in the pre-Civil War, years, that I know. But I haven't read stuff about that time for years, and can't remember who was a Commie, who a liberal Republican, who a right-winger...

19. Who were Antonio Canovas, Práxedes Sagasta, Antonio Maura, Eduardo Dato and Miguel Primo de Rivera? (5 point question!)
- See above. I do remember that de Rivera was some crazy kind of dictator / hasardeur.

TOUGH/INSANE

20. The PSOE has been the largest party in all elections (regional, municipal, EU, general) since 1977 in one province. Which one?
- Has to be one of the Andalusia provinces. I'll try one that I know: Sevilla?

21. The PSOE has been the largest party at least once in municipal, EU and general elections since 1977 in all autonomous communities except one, where the PSOE has never been the largest party in those elections. Which one?
- Canaries?

22. In which year and in which French city was Felipe Gonzalez elected to the leadership of the PSOE?
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23. What was the Búnker? Who were the aperturistas? Name one prominent figure associated with each.
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24. In 1974, ETA split into two factions. Name these factions. Goodies to those who tell me what each faction wanted to do and how they ended up.
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25. What was the Junta Democrática and what was the largest party in this Junta Democrática?
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26. Who was killed by ETA on December 20, 1973 in Madrid? (this may sound insane, but it's a very famous person)
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27. Which of these party acronyms was not linked to Batasuna/ETA?: HB, EHAK, EH, EA.
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28. What was the "fast track" to autonomy and which four communities benefited from it?
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29. Who came up with the phrase 'cafe para todos' and what does it refer to?
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30. In 1970, ETA split into two factions. Name these factions. Goodies to those who tell me what each faction wanted to do and how they ended up.
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31. There have been 13 democratic elections in Spain since 1931. In all these elections, only two members were elected to Congress representing an openly far-right party. Who were these members, when where they elected and which party did they represent?
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32. Besides Franco, which famous Spaniard died on November 20 (in 1936)?
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33. Of the four top 1936 coup leaders, which two died in plane crashes?
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34. Which parties won seats in the last regional elections in these regions? Catalonia (2010), Euskadi (2009), Galicia (2009), Madrid (2011), Aragon (2011), Castile-Leon (2011) and Navarre (2011)?
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35. Which one of the 17 autonomous communities does not officially have a document called 'statute of autonomy'? What is it called?
- Madrid?

36. Was Franco a major douchebag?
- Yes