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RMTnews :: december 2005
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THE YEAR IN REVIEW
1.
What was the name of the hurricane which devastated New
Orleans?
2.
A blue plaque was unveiled at St Martins College of Art to mark
the 30th anniversary of the first ever performance by which
legendary rock band?
3.
Wallace and Gromit starred in Curse of the…
a)
Were-bunny?
b)
Were-rabbit?
c)
Were-carrot?
4.
How many seats did Labour win at the last General Election?
5.
Which South American sporting icon condemned US President
George W Bush as a “war criminal” at the recent Summit of the
Americas?
6.
Which unlikely pairing dueted with a performance of Children of
the Revolution at Live8?
7.
To which punk anthem did Tony Blair strut the stage at Labour’s
annual conference?
8.
Which crazed Eastender dug up the corpse of Dirty Den from
beneath the Queen Vic?
9.
Which British playwright and anti-war campaigner was awarded
the 2005 Nobel Prize for Literature?
10.
This year marked the bicentenary of which British naval victory
over France and Spain?
11.
Black American civil rights hero Rosa Parks died this year. What
form did her 1955 protest take to bring her to worldwide
prominence?
12.
What is the name of the mail-order Thai bride played by Matt
Lucas in the new series of Little Britain?
13.
To what did Victoria “Posh Spice” Beckham recently admit?
a)
She’s never read a book
b)
She’s never changed a nappy
c)
She’s never walked and chewed gum at the same time
d)
All of the above
14.
Prince Harry sparked a royal rumpus by attending a party
dressed as what?
15.
Which socialist and trade union newspaper, formerly known as
the Daily Worker, celebrated its 75th anniversary this year?
16.
What was the name of the boat in which Ellen MacArthur made
her record-breaking round-the-world voyage?
17.
British Airways flights were disrupted after industrial action in
protest at the sacking of workers from which notorious airline
catering firm?
18.
Which illicit substance did anti-war MP George Galloway claim
to have indulged within the US Senate after testifying to an
inquiry into Iraqi oil deals?
19.
Which statesman joined Bob Geldof to launch the Make Poverty
History campaign in Trafalgar Square?
20.
Which British graffiti maestro visited Palestine to paint his
guerrilla artwork on Israel’s apartheid wall?
KNOW YOUR UNION
1.
Under what slogan did RMT and our sister unions rally to mark
the 18th anniversary of the Kings Cross fire?
2.
What city did the Rail Against Privatisation mobile demonstration
start from?
3.
Who is the chair of the RMT parliamentary group?
4.
In which city will the 2006 RMT Annual General Meeting be
held?
5.
Where was the 2005 RMT conference held?
6.
The new RMT education centre, due to open in 2006, is
situated in which town?
7.
How long does an executive committee member serve on the
RMT Council of Executives?
8.
To the nearest thousand, what is the current membership of
RMT?
9.
What year did the National Union of Railwaymen merge with the
National Union of Seamen to form RMT?
10.
Who was the last general secretary of the NUR?