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So you think you've been quango'd?

Question 1

What is the official name now given to some of the organisations once known as "quangos"?


	A: NDPB


	B: NYPD


	C: NSPCC


	D: NASUWT

Question 2

What does "quango" stand for?


	A: Quality and Government


	B: Querulous Agency For Notifying Government


	C: Quasi-Autonomous Non-Governmental Organisations


	D: Quite Unique And Glorious Organisations

Question 3

Who is the highest-paid head of a public body?


	A: Adam Crozier, Royal Mail


	B: Mark Thomson, BBC


	C: Robin Evans, British Waterways Board


	D: Sir Mervyn King, Bank of England

Question 4

Which quango distributes the most public money?


	A: Environment Agency


	B: British Potato Council


	C: Disruptive Passengers Working Group


	D: Learning and Skills Council

Question 5

Which politician, in 1995, promised a "bonfire of the quangos" when devolution happened?


	A: David Trimble


	B: Donald Dewar


	C: Ron Davies


	D: John Gummer

Question 6

How much public money do quangos spend each year?


	A: £2 billion


	B: £15 billion


	C: £79 billion


	D: £167 billion

Question 7

English Regional Assemblies are not classified as quangos. What are they called?


	A: External bodies


	B: Other bodies


	C: Near government bodies


	D: Non governmental public delivery agencies

Question 8

Which government department sponsors the most quangos?


	A: Treasury


	B: Department of Health


	C: Department of Culture, Media and Sport


	D: Ministry of Defence

Question 9

How many public bodies are there in the UK?


	A: 149


	B: 574


	C: 1102


	D: 1945

Question 10

Three of these quangos were created and one was abolished since then. Which one was abolished?


	A: Music and Dance Scheme Advisory Group


	B: Public Diplomacy Board


	C: Disruptive Passengers Working Group


	D: Welsh Development Agency

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