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Quiz

April 2006

Answers at bottom.

Correct answers:
16-25: Genius or cheat
9-15: Average
0-8: You are a bit thick, possibly dense

Trick questions are pointless, intent is to mock even the knowledgeable, they can be demeaning. The final 2 questions are sadly trick questions.

Quotes: True or False

1) Tony Blair (2001): Next year, we will not be going abroad for our holidays. It’s not just to help British tourism, but this country has so much to offer; the scenery, the wildlife, the rural hotels, the way of life. We’re going to give it a go. If we can help British Tourism, then that’s fantastic.

2) Tony Blair (2002): I’ve heard it said that the entire cabinet are urbanites, all coming from the city. I know of at least 4 of my ministers who are interested in our wildlife and the natural world. It’s a hobby with them.

3) John Prescott (May 2005): Despite misconceptions, I do sometimes tire of a ministerial lifestyle, and believe it or not, sometimes will take myself out for a walk in the countryside. I’ve even been taken birdwatching on occasion.

4) Tony Blair (Jan 2005): You know, we do sometimes discuss animal welfare in cabinet.

5) Gordon Brown (Jan 2005): Just because animals do not have the vote, does not mean they are ignored.

6) John Prescott (Jan 2006): The wonders of the night sky are being lost. In future, all urban planning must take into account possible light pollution, with no exceptions.

7) Chirac (Aug 1994): You ask me if producing Pate de foie gras is cruel and should be banned and I answer truthfully, yes it causes undue distress to the geese. It may even be unacceptable. You ask if we will ever ban it and I answer no, never. It is our culture, our heritage.

8) John Prescott (Party conference 2003): We are not just city dwellers, with no regard for our heritage, our scenery, our wildlife, our countryside. I love the rural way of life as much as life in the city, and as much as anyone else.

9) George Bush (1999 Seattle): More important than our kids’ education, more important than our health insurance, welfare, even defence, is the environment. This is one of our priorities.

10) Cherie Blair (2006 January – The Guardian): I am weary reading about me and my supposed overwhelming love of money. It is unfair. Looking after our countryside and our environment transcends all politics, transcends all our differences. It is more important than money. Tony and I often discuss it.

11) Donald Trump (2006 January - New York): Am I ostentatious? Am I flash? Do I think that wealth defines a man? Is status all important? I would always have been quick to answer ‘yes’ to all of these questions, but now I’ve got to thinking, perhaps listening to a bird singing, is more important. Perhaps living in a lodge in a forest is more real than all of this. I don’t know.

12) David Cameron (January 2006): We must abolish battery chicken units. It is a blot on humankind. We will phase it out over 5 years whatever Europe says. Animal welfare is important to Conservatives and we will be looking to see if we can abolish all aspects of factory farming, whilst at the same time, supporting the farmers and our countryside.

13) Nick Brown (Ex-Minister of Agriculture - following the 2001 election): I admit it. We fouled up the Foot-and-Mouth epidemic. We needed to sort it out, quickly, before the election so it did not become an issue, we overdid the slaughtering, but next time, we will take a more scientific and measured approach. Maybe we could and should have vaccinated. What more can we say?

14) John Major (February 2006 to the RSPB): The lottery money is being abused. I intended it to be spent on projects such as preserving our countryside, increasing nature reserves, looking after our wildlife, keeping playgrounds and sports fields.

15) Gordon Brown (Feb 2006): We can, we must, we will spend more, much more on conservation.

16) Patrick Moore (1967): Sometimes, the sky can get boring.

17) Sir David Attenborough (1999): Sometimes, even looking at nature can become boring.

18) Simon King (2003): Yes, I do have a pleasant job, but even doing this, I do sometimes, just very occasionally, wish I had chosen a different career-path.

19) Bill Oddie (BBC Interview 2005) I don’t always dress like that. I like to dress smartly in the evenings, every evening. There’s nothing wrong with wearing designer clothes, and there’s not too much wrong with just a little bling.

20) Tessa Jowell (Feb 2006): My husband and I have always intended to finish up in the countryside, or by the coast or a river. Somewhere plain and simple, not as a weekend retreat, but a place to live.
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Finally:

21) There is no such bird as the Middle Spotted Woodpecker.

22) There is no such bird as an Intermediate Egret.

23) A few Clouded Yellow butterflies migrate to Southern England from Greenland.

24) In Britain, the range of the Greater Black-backed gull is about as widespread, as that of the Lesser Black-backed Gull.

25) In Britain, the Greater Spotted Woodpecker is more common than the Lesser Spotted Woodpecker.

Answers Below

ANSWERS

1) False

2) False

3) False

4) False

5) False

6) False

7) False

8) False

9) False

10) False

11) False

12) False

13) False

14) False

15) False

16) False

17) False

18) False

19) False

20) False

21) False

22) False

23) False

24) False (No such bird as a Greater Black-backed Gull)

25) False (No such bird as a Greater-spotted Woodpecker)

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