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?
Spanish politics is pretty boring but uh
1 - um. I dunno, and, uh, socialist?
2 - the, uh, house, and, um, senate?
3 - I dunno, and Conservative.
4 - uh... I dunno. 10?
5 - Socialist, Conservative, and two others
6 - I dunno
7 - Franco
8 - Appointed by government?
9 - huh?
10 - 3?
11 - I dunno
12 - the what?
13 - the what?
14 - the, 80s? the Basque Indepednence Front?
15 - I dunno
16 - uh. Was one of them a Jose?
17 - I dunno
18 - no clue
19 - I dunno
20 - no idea
21 - no idea
22 - 1975? and, uh... I dunno
23 - uh. what?
24 - one still blows things up the other is into elected politics?
25 - the peeps who replaced franco, and the socialists?
26 - I dunno. That gay guy?
27 - uh. wha?
28 - uh. I dunno, and, um, Catalonia, Andulisia, Galacia, and, uh, the Basque one?
29 - huh?
30 - one still blows things up the other is into elected politics?
31 - I dunno
32 - Picaso??
33 - uh, no clue
34 - wha?
35 - I dunno
36 - uh, probably?
