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

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Take the HashTest! Don't cheat, though, because that's stupid and unfair. Don't feel forced to answer all questions, answer those you know. I'll grade it and send you answers via PM. If I fell like it, I'll publish answers to all later on.

EASY

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

2. Name the two houses of the Spanish legislature

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

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

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.

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

7. Which dictator ruled Spain between 1939 and 1975?

INTERMEDIATE

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

TOUGH/INSANE

20. The PSOE has been the largest party in all elections (regional, municipal, EU, general) since 1977 in one province. Which one?

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?

22. In which year and in which French city was Felipe Gonzalez elected to the leadership of the PSOE?

23. What was the Búnker? Who were the aperturistas? Name one prominent figure associated with each.

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.

25. What was the Junta Democrática and what was the largest party in this Junta Democrática?

26. Who was killed by ETA on December 20, 1973 in Madrid? (this may sound insane, but it's a very famous person)

27. Which of these party acronyms was not linked to Batasuna/ETA?: HB, EHAK, EH, EA.

28. What was the "fast track" to autonomy and which four communities benefited from it?

29. Who came up with the phrase 'cafe para todos' and what does it refer to?

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.

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?

32. Besides Franco, which famous Spaniard died on November 20 (in 1936)?

33. Of the four top 1936 coup leaders, which two died in plane crashes?

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)?

35. Which one of the 17 autonomous communities does not officially have a document called 'statute of autonomy'? What is it called?

36. Was Franco a major douchebag?

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Apparently in some of the answers I sent out, I wrote that one of the 2 fascist MPs was elected in 1931. He was elected in 1933.

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NEW QUESTIONS!

random political stuff

1. In which elections did the PSOE win an absolute majority?

2. Aside from the PSOE, PP, IU and UPyD; name four parties which currently hold seats in Congress

3. What is the name of the party founded by Adolfo Suarez in 1982?

4. Name the Navarran party which was, until 2009, allied with the PP in all elections.

5. The following regions have one or more regionalist party of whatever size. T or F?
-Castilla y Leon
-Cantabria
-Asturias
-Aragon
-Murcia
-Extremadura

6. multiple-choice! What was the main cause in the foundation of the Aragonese Party (PAR)... was it...
a. claiming Aragonese national identity
b. Catalans are smelly
c. Water/hydraulic policy
d. Aragonese separatism


electoral geography (answer 5)

1. Name 4 of the 10 provinces which never voted UCD in a general or municipal election. Double credit for naming all 10.

2. What was the last general election in which the PSOE won more provinces than the PP?

3. Which aut. community produces the bulk of Spain's coal production?

4. Name the uniprovincial autonomous communities (all 7)

5. Which autonomous community is the most populated? What was the last general election in which it voted for the AP/PP?

6. Which autonomous community was the PP's strongest in 2008?

7. What is the only Galician province to have voted for the PSOE in general, EU or municipal elections?

8. Asturias, Galicia, Murcia, Cantabria. In which of these 4 regions is the PSOE currently a third-party (third-most seats) in the regional legislature?

9. Which party has won all but one general, EU or municipal elections in Bizkaia province?

10. Which province of Castilla y Leon has a regionalist party notably seeking a separate autonomous community for the province?

11. multiple-choice! Which of these autonomous communities voted against continued Spanish membership in NATO in 1986?
a. Andalusia
b. Murcia
c. Canary Islands
d. Balearic Islands

history stuff

1. Name the three main factions within the PSOE in the 1930s. Include the names of the main leader of each.

2. What was the Pact of San Sebastian signed in August 1930?

3. What was the dictablanda?

4. Which Italian prince served as King of Spain in 1870-1873?

5. What are fueros?

6. What was the dominant regionalist party in Catalonia during the Restoration?

7. Name the founder of the PNV in 1895. Double credit for naming the book he authored.

8. What is the ikurina?

9. What were the familias del regimen under Franco? Name two of these familias del regimen

10. Who was the only President of the Government since 1977 who was defeated for re-election? (this person was the official candidate for president of his party and was defeated, another ran for re-election but not as his party's official candidate for president)