Packet 11: Bonus 8
A cow seized by the government after a farmer’s refusal to pay insurance contributions was painted with the phrase “Lendrum to Leeks” in reference to this Chancellor of the Exchequer’s background. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this Liberal Welsh Chancellor of the Exchequer under H. H. Asquith, who succeeded him as prime minister.
ANSWER: David Lloyd George
[10m] Advocates for this cause attempted to send mail bombs to Lloyd George in 1913. Another advocate for this cause, Emily Davidson, was trampled by King George V’s horse at the Epsom Derby.
ANSWER: women’s suffrage [accept any answers indicating suffrage or voting rights for women or females; prompt on universal suffrage; prompt on feminism or women’s rights]
[10e] Lloyd George described an organization with this name as a “murder gang” before later negotiating a treaty that formed the Irish Free State. A catholic militant group with this name attempted to assassinate Margaret Thatcher during The Troubles.
ANSWER: Irish Republican Army [or IRA; accept Provisional Irish Republic Army; or Provisional IRA]
<Other History — Sam Macchi> | SHOW-ME Four Packet 11
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 0% | 100% |