Trivia Thread Resurrection

[mongers]

Hint:

The sitting conservative MP lost the seat to the Labour candidate by around 1,300 votes, because the Referendum party ran a candidate, one Roger Percival who polled nearly 3,000 and split the right-wing vote.

[Admiral Yi]

Bellingham and Percival were outrageous homosexualist lovers and Percival only ran because of a lover's spat.

[mongers]

Bellingham and Percival were outrageous homosexualist lovers and Percival only ran because of a lover's spat.

Perhaps nearer, alternatively I'll give you the link to the answer and you/others can continue to guess or not?
I have to go and do something.

Link:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8375544.stm

[Admiral Yi]

I've got one.

Name the one US island that is allowed by the [obscure branch of the government in charge of this shit] to have an apostrophe in its name.

Cribbed from Jeopardy.

[Liep]

I've got one.

Name the one US island that is allowed by the [obscure branch of the government in charge of this shit] to have an apostrophe in its name.

Cribbed from Jeopardy.

It's probably on the northeast coast.

[mongers]

I've got one.

Name the one US island that is allowed by the [obscure branch of the government in charge of this shit] to have an apostrophe in its name.

Cribbed from Jeopardy.

St.James's Island or is it King James's Island?

[Admiral Yi]

no

[Liep]

Wasn't this on QI btw? Is Martha's Vineyard an island?

[Admiral Yi]

Wasn't this on QI btw? Is Martha's Vineyard an island?

Don't know what QI is, and the Vineyard is an island.

[Josquius]

One of the Hawaiian islands? Would have thought several of them.

[Liep]

Wasn't this on QI btw? Is Martha's Vineyard an island?

Don't know what QI is, and the Vineyard is an island.

Stephen Fry saying stuff that are quite interesting.

[Admiral Yi]

Stephen Fry saying stuff that are quite interesting.

Ah, that show.  I've watched a few clips.  I think the factoids are fun, but the smug superiority of the panel puts me off.

[Admiral Yi]

It's your go Liep if you have something.

[Liep]

I'll go with the latest question I remember from a Trivial Pursuit game: From who did East Timor last win independence?

[mongers]

I'll go with the latest question I remember from a Trivial Pursuit game: From who did East Timor last win independence?

Australia.