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parliamentarians and legal scholars	Aside from Walpole, who else denied that there was no such thing as the prime minister?
George II and George III	Which kings tried to get power back to the monarchy?
Benjamin Disraeli	During whose government did prime minister first see use on official state documents?
1905	When was the position of prime minister finally formalized?
president	In the U.S. and governments modeled on it, who holds executive power?
Sheikh Khalifah bin Sulman Al Khalifah	Which non-elected official has held the longest term as prime minister?
1970	When did Khalifa first take the post of prime minister?
Bahrain	What country does Khalifah serve for as prime minister?
parliamentary republics	Greece, Finland, Romania and Turkey use what kind of government?
parliamentary republics	In whic type of government is the leader elected?
Premier of the State Council	What is the term for the head of China's government?
Taiwan	What is another name for the Republic of China?
legislature	Whose consent is not required for the Taiwanese premier to take office?
cohabitation	What is the term for a situation in which the president and prime minister come from different political parties?
resignation of the government	What can the French parliament cause in order to oust the prime minister?
Bangladesh's	Which constitution details the role and abilities of the prime minister?
the process of his/her appointment and dismissal	What other considerations are included in the constitution of Bangladesh as regards the prime minister?
the National People's Congress	What is directly above the premier in the People's Republic of China?
Zŏnglĭ	What is the pinyin form of premier?
the Constitution Act	Which law first referred to the prime minister in Canada?
1982	When was the Constitution Act passed?
federal and provincial first ministers	The Constitution Act mentions the prime minister in the context of which kinds of other ministers?
constitution	What document details the role and abilities given to the prime minister of the Czech Republic?
first decade of the twentieth century	When was prime minister first mentioned in a government document in the UK?
Balfour	Who was the last prime minister to serve simultaneously as Chancellor of the Exchequer?
1905	When did Balfour last hold the titles of prime minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer?
Margaret Thatcher	Which prime minister was appointed only one time?
1979	When was Thatcher appointed prime minister?
1990	When did Thatcher last hold power?
cabinet	What did Margaret Thatcher reconfigure following each general election?
Taoiseach	What is the name of the prime ministerial position in Ireland?
the political party that commands majority of seats in the lower house of parliament	From where is the Irish prime minister usually selected?
after every general election	When is the Irish Taoiseach renominated?
lower house of parliament	Most parliamentary governments need to have the support of what governmental body?
upper houses	Which political division does not often utilize its power, if it has any?
vote of confidence	What kind of referendum can the lower house of parliament take against the government?
head of state	Who can put a stop the parliamentary attempts at dissovling itself in some areas?
resignation of the prime minister and his or her government	If the head of state prevents the dissolution of parliament, what needs to happen?
prime minister	In contemporary parliamentary governments, which official is usually in charge of asking parliament to dissolve?
1918	When was the convention of prime ministers initiating the dissolution of parliament started?
1937	In Ireland, when was the power to dissolve parliament assigned to the prime minister?
the Executive Council	The 1922 Irish Free State Constitution previously gave what body the power to dissolve parliament?
cabinet	What was the Executive Council an alternate name for?
spill motion	What process signals the need for the prime minister to resign in Australia?
Chairman of the government	What is the Russian term for prime minister?
Rosh HaMemshalah	What is the Israeli term for prime minister?
President of the Government (Presidente del Gobierno)	What is the term used in spain for prime minister?
Taoiseach	What is the Irish term for prime minister?
president of the council of ministers	What is the Italian term for the prime minister?
statsminister	What is the native term for prime minister in Scandinavia?
premier	What is a term that is used to mean prime minister?
Germany and Austria	Which countries use the term chancellor to denote the head of government?
Minister of State	What is the head of Monaco's government called?
Secretary of State	What is the term for the highest position in government in Vatican City?
President	What is the head of Iran's government called?
non-Commonwealth countries	In what kinds of nations can the head of government attain the title of Excellency?
Right Honourable	What honorific title can be given to prime ministers in commonwealth nations?
Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council	What are British prime ministers part of that grants them the title Right Honourable?
Canada	What is an example of a country where prime ministers can be called Right Honourable solely because of their position?
devolved	What kind of government is in operation in the United Kingdom?
First Minister	What are the heads of government in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland called?
Pradhan Mantri	What is the Indian term for Prime Minister?
Wazir-e-Azam	What is the term for prime minister in Pakistan?
Grand Vizier	What does Wazir-e-Azam mean in English?
Office of the Prime Minister	What is the head of government's office called in Canada?
Cabinet Office	What is the head of government's office called in the UK?
IT	What's a common abbreviation for the term institute of technology?
19th century	In what century did the term polytechnic first show up?
École Polytechnique	What school founded in 1794 first used a form of the word polytechnic in its name?
Greek	What language does the French word polytechnique come from?
polytechnic	What word means the same thing as "institute of technology"?
the Berg-Schola	What was the first institute of technology in the world?
World War II	What war led to the increased popularity of institutes of technology and polytechnics?
Collegium Carolinum	What was the founding name of the Braunschweig University of Technology?
1794	In what year was the École Polytechnique founded?
institutions of higher education	What kind of institutions do countries like Germany and Switzerland consider institutes of technology to be?
1992	In what year were polytechnics in the UK given the university designation?
University of Westminster	What is the name of the Royal Polytechnic Institution now?
Regent Street	What street is the University of Westminster on?
polytechnics	What term was used in some countries to describe select universities that focus on technological education in applied science and engineering?
University of Technology	What name did some universities switch to in the 1990s for marketing purposes?
College of Advanced Education system	What system were institutes of technology a part of during the seventies, eighties, and early nineties?
TAFE	What's the four-letter abbreviation for technically minded technical and further education institutes?
Melbourne Polytechnic	What is the new name of the Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE?
2009	TAFE Tasmania started a three-year restructuring in what year?
seven	In Australia, how many universities are recognized as Universities of Technology?
Fachhochschule	What's the German word for a tertiary education institution?
master's degrees	In addition to Bachelor's degrees, what other kind of degree can one earn from a Fachhochschule?
hogeschool	What term is used in Belgium and the Netherlands to refer to an institution like a German Fachhochschule?
academization	What term refers to the process that a hogeschool undergoes before it's able to award Master's degrees?
four	How many institutes of technology in the Netherlands have converted into full-fledged universities in the past few decades?
three	How many Technical Universities are there in the Netherlands today?
Cambodia	What country has Institutes of Technology/Polytechnic Institutes from which students can earn certificates, diplomas, and degrees?
Affiliate Schools	What are polytechnic divisions of national universities called in Canada?
Quebec	In what city is the École Polytechnique de Montréal located?
public funding	In addition to private equity and industry sources, what's a third source of research funding for institutions of higher learning in Canada?
Polytechnics Canada	What is Canada's national alliance of 11 research-focused schools called?
collaborative institute-industry projects	What kind of projects does Polytechnics Canada sponsor that can lead to technology commercialization?
1895	In what year was the Imperial Tientsin University founded in China?
Capital University	What was the first university to offer courses in liberal arts?

parliamentarians and legal scholars

Aside from Walpole, who else denied that there was no such thing as the prime minister?

George II and George III

Which kings tried to get power back to the monarchy?

Benjamin Disraeli

During whose government did prime minister first see use on official state documents?

1905

When was the position of prime minister finally formalized?

president

In the U.S. and governments modeled on it, who holds executive power?

Sheikh Khalifah bin Sulman Al Khalifah

Which non-elected official has held the longest term as prime minister?

1970

When did Khalifa first take the post of prime minister?

Bahrain

What country does Khalifah serve for as prime minister?

parliamentary republics

Greece, Finland, Romania and Turkey use what kind of government?

parliamentary republics

In whic type of government is the leader elected?

Premier of the State Council

What is the term for the head of China's government?

Taiwan

What is another name for the Republic of China?

legislature

Whose consent is not required for the Taiwanese premier to take office?

cohabitation

What is the term for a situation in which the president and prime minister come from different political parties?

resignation of the government

What can the French parliament cause in order to oust the prime minister?

Bangladesh's

Which constitution details the role and abilities of the prime minister?

the process of his/her appointment and dismissal

What other considerations are included in the constitution of Bangladesh as regards the prime minister?

the National People's Congress

What is directly above the premier in the People's Republic of China?

Zŏnglĭ

What is the pinyin form of premier?

the Constitution Act

Which law first referred to the prime minister in Canada?

1982

When was the Constitution Act passed?

federal and provincial first ministers

The Constitution Act mentions the prime minister in the context of which kinds of other ministers?

constitution

What document details the role and abilities given to the prime minister of the Czech Republic?

first decade of the twentieth century

When was prime minister first mentioned in a government document in the UK?

Balfour

Who was the last prime minister to serve simultaneously as Chancellor of the Exchequer?

1905

When did Balfour last hold the titles of prime minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer?

Margaret Thatcher

Which prime minister was appointed only one time?

1979

When was Thatcher appointed prime minister?

1990

When did Thatcher last hold power?

cabinet

What did Margaret Thatcher reconfigure following each general election?

Taoiseach

What is the name of the prime ministerial position in Ireland?

the political party that commands majority of seats in the lower house of parliament

From where is the Irish prime minister usually selected?

after every general election

When is the Irish Taoiseach renominated?

lower house of parliament

Most parliamentary governments need to have the support of what governmental body?

upper houses

Which political division does not often utilize its power, if it has any?

vote of confidence

What kind of referendum can the lower house of parliament take against the government?

head of state

Who can put a stop the parliamentary attempts at dissovling itself in some areas?

resignation of the prime minister and his or her government

If the head of state prevents the dissolution of parliament, what needs to happen?

prime minister

In contemporary parliamentary governments, which official is usually in charge of asking parliament to dissolve?

1918

When was the convention of prime ministers initiating the dissolution of parliament started?

1937

In Ireland, when was the power to dissolve parliament assigned to the prime minister?

the Executive Council

The 1922 Irish Free State Constitution previously gave what body the power to dissolve parliament?

cabinet

What was the Executive Council an alternate name for?

spill motion

What process signals the need for the prime minister to resign in Australia?

Chairman of the government

What is the Russian term for prime minister?

Rosh HaMemshalah

What is the Israeli term for prime minister?

President of the Government (Presidente del Gobierno)

What is the term used in spain for prime minister?

Taoiseach

What is the Irish term for prime minister?

president of the council of ministers

What is the Italian term for the prime minister?

statsminister

What is the native term for prime minister in Scandinavia?

premier

What is a term that is used to mean prime minister?

Germany and Austria

Which countries use the term chancellor to denote the head of government?

Minister of State

What is the head of Monaco's government called?

Secretary of State

What is the term for the highest position in government in Vatican City?

President

What is the head of Iran's government called?

non-Commonwealth countries

In what kinds of nations can the head of government attain the title of Excellency?

Right Honourable

What honorific title can be given to prime ministers in commonwealth nations?

Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council

What are British prime ministers part of that grants them the title Right Honourable?

Canada

What is an example of a country where prime ministers can be called Right Honourable solely because of their position?

devolved

What kind of government is in operation in the United Kingdom?

First Minister

What are the heads of government in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland called?

Pradhan Mantri

What is the Indian term for Prime Minister?

Wazir-e-Azam

What is the term for prime minister in Pakistan?

Grand Vizier

What does Wazir-e-Azam mean in English?

Office of the Prime Minister

What is the head of government's office called in Canada?

Cabinet Office

What is the head of government's office called in the UK?

IT

What's a common abbreviation for the term institute of technology?

19th century

In what century did the term polytechnic first show up?

École Polytechnique

What school founded in 1794 first used a form of the word polytechnic in its name?

Greek

What language does the French word polytechnique come from?

polytechnic

What word means the same thing as "institute of technology"?

the Berg-Schola

What was the first institute of technology in the world?

World War II

What war led to the increased popularity of institutes of technology and polytechnics?

Collegium Carolinum

What was the founding name of the Braunschweig University of Technology?

1794

In what year was the École Polytechnique founded?

institutions of higher education

What kind of institutions do countries like Germany and Switzerland consider institutes of technology to be?

1992

In what year were polytechnics in the UK given the university designation?

University of Westminster

What is the name of the Royal Polytechnic Institution now?

Regent Street

What street is the University of Westminster on?

polytechnics

What term was used in some countries to describe select universities that focus on technological education in applied science and engineering?

University of Technology

What name did some universities switch to in the 1990s for marketing purposes?

College of Advanced Education system

What system were institutes of technology a part of during the seventies, eighties, and early nineties?

TAFE

What's the four-letter abbreviation for technically minded technical and further education institutes?

Melbourne Polytechnic

What is the new name of the Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE?

2009

TAFE Tasmania started a three-year restructuring in what year?

seven

In Australia, how many universities are recognized as Universities of Technology?

Fachhochschule

What's the German word for a tertiary education institution?

master's degrees

In addition to Bachelor's degrees, what other kind of degree can one earn from a Fachhochschule?

hogeschool

What term is used in Belgium and the Netherlands to refer to an institution like a German Fachhochschule?

academization

What term refers to the process that a hogeschool undergoes before it's able to award Master's degrees?

four

How many institutes of technology in the Netherlands have converted into full-fledged universities in the past few decades?

three

How many Technical Universities are there in the Netherlands today?

Cambodia

What country has Institutes of Technology/Polytechnic Institutes from which students can earn certificates, diplomas, and degrees?

Affiliate Schools

What are polytechnic divisions of national universities called in Canada?

Quebec

In what city is the École Polytechnique de Montréal located?

public funding

In addition to private equity and industry sources, what's a third source of research funding for institutions of higher learning in Canada?

Polytechnics Canada

What is Canada's national alliance of 11 research-focused schools called?

collaborative institute-industry projects

What kind of projects does Polytechnics Canada sponsor that can lead to technology commercialization?

1895

In what year was the Imperial Tientsin University founded in China?

Capital University

What was the first university to offer courses in liberal arts?