Politics 1

Question 1

Duverger’s law = ?

Answer 1

The tendency for two-party systems to develop, as voters coalesce around potential winning candidates

Question 2

The term left wing derives from the French Revolution, as radical ___ and ___ deputies from the ____ generally sat to the left of the president’s chair.

Answer 2

The term left wing derives from the French Revolution, as radical Montagnard and Jacobin deputies from the Third Estate generally sat to the left of the president’s chair.

Question 3

Led by ___, the ___ unleashed the Reign of Terror in ___.

Answer 3

Led by Maximilien Robespierre, the Montagnards unleashed the Reign of Terror in 1793.

Question 4

The Queen is head of state in

Answer 4

16 countries

Question 5

Renisha McBride was killed in 2013 in ___ - crashed her car and then walked to a neighborhood in Dearborn Heights where she knocked on the door of a house. The homeowner, ____ , shot McBride with a shotgun; received a sentence of 17 to 32 years in prison

Answer 5

Renisha McBride was killed in 2013 in Detroit - crashed her car and then walked to a neighborhood in Dearborn Heights where she knocked on the door of a house. The homeowner, Theodore Wafer, shot McBride with a shotgun; received a sentence of 17 to 32 years in prison

Question 6

Marlene Pinnock was beaten by ___ l, found walking barefoot

Answer 6

Marlene Pinnock was beaten by California Highway Patrol, found walking barefoot

Question 7

Michael Brown killed in 2014 in ____ - shot by ____ - The policeman said that an altercation ensued when Brown tried to get control of his gun. Brown and Johnson then fled, with ___ in pursuit of Brown. ___ stated that Brown stopped and charged him after a short pursuit.

Answer 7

Michael Brown killed in 2014 in Ferguson Missouri - shot by Darren Wilson - Wilson said that an altercation ensued when Brown attacked Wilson in his police vehicle for control of Wilson’s gun until it was fired. Brown and Johnson then fled, with Wilson in pursuit of Brown. Wilson stated that Brown stopped and charged him after a short pursuit.

Question 8

Daily Mail is read by upper classes too. Its ____ million daily readers include more from the top three social classes (A, B and C1) than the Times, Guardian, Independent and Financial Times combined.

Answer 8

Daily Mail is read by upper classes too. Its 4.3 million daily readers include more from the top three social classes (A, B and C1) than the Times, Guardian, Independent and Financial Times combined.

Question 9

Laid the foundations for Greek democracy

Answer 9

Solon

Question 10

____ economic idea favoured by Christian thinkers, e.g. ____

Answer 10

Distributionism favoured by GK Chesterton- - favors economic mechanisms such as small-scale cooperatives and family businesses, and large-scale anti-trust regulations.

Question 11

Mother of social work

Answer 11

Jane Addams

Question 12

Rousseau’s self-esteem

Answer 12

Armour de soi-même

Question 13

Love of self fuelled by pride in relation to others

= ? (Rousseau)

Answer 13

Armour propre

Question 14

About __ women a year, in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, are murdered by ___

Answer 14

80 … a male partner or ex-partner.

Question 15

Chinese philosopher who has often been described as the “second Sage”, that is after only Confucius himself

Answer 15

Mencius

Question 16

Word “intersectionality” coined by ____ in a 1989 legal article “Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex” - for the people who experience both racism and sexism, the phenomena don’t feel distinct at all.

Answer 16

Kimberlé Crenshaw

Question 17

Just ___ of ___ top Hollywood movies were directed by women in the past ____

Answer 17

just 4% of 1,100 top Hollywood movies were directed by women in the past decade

Question 18

In Russia, the truth became a matter of opinion under a strategy implemented by a clever aide to President Vladimir Putin, ____. ___, who has a background in the arts, orchestrated a kind of political theatre in Russia, creating a gauzy façade where no one knew which group was a creation of the government and which wasn’t. He reportedly financed liberal groups and neo-Nazi skinheads. Russian politics became theater, and Putin gradually gained almost total control, with the independent media gradually disappearing as an alternative to journalists loyal to the government

Answer 18

Vladislav Surkov

Question 19

Just ___ of employees across the five main broadcasters self-report as disabled, compared to ___ of the UK population. Channel 4 has the highest proportion of disabled employees at 11%. 4% of the BBC’s employees are disabled.

Answer 19

Just 3% of employees across the five main broadcasters self-report as disabled, compared to 18% of the UK population. Channel 4 has the highest proportion of disabled employees at 11%. 4% of the BBC’s employees are disabled.

Question 20

Under the mental health act we detain almost ____ as many black people as white people

Answer 20

four times

Question 21

Futarchary is a form of government proposed by economist ___ ___ , in which elected officials define measures of national wellbeing, and prediction markets are used to determine which policies will have the most positive effect

Answer 21

Futarchary is a form of government proposed by economist Robin Hanson, in which elected officials define measures of national wellbeing, and prediction markets are used to determine which policies will have the most positive effect

Question 22

Tymans law = ?

Answer 22

If a statistic or polling result looks particularly interesting it’s probably wrong

Question 23

____’s theories about how primitive man was violent inspired the opening scene of Space Odyssey 2001

Answer 23

Raymond Dart