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25 Questions

  1. Whose memoirs, A Woman Like Me, will be published in 2022 to tell her story as the first black woman to become an MP?
  2. Boris Johnson was born in June 1964 in which city?
  3. Theresa May attended the University of Oxford and graduated with a second class degree in which subject?
  4. Who commented he had never changed a nappy ever and stated: "I don't think nanny would approve because I'm sure she'd think I wouldn't do it properly."?
  5. Which British politician is the only Green Member of Parliament? And for which city?
  6. Who has been the Member of Parliament for Doncaster North since 2005?




  7. Which MP has stated to undergoing some "enhancement of the follicular area", but has denied sporting a wig?
  8. In June 2017, who was dubbed "Mother of the House" by then Prime Minister Theresa May, in recognition of her status as the longest-continuously-serving woman MP?
  9. Regularly in the news, what is the first name of Jeremy Corbyn's anti-vaxxer, conspiracy theorist, activist brother?
  10. Which politician is entitled to be called Lady Nugee?
  11. Which MP trained as a jockey in 2012 and won a horse race in his constituency town of Newmarket?
  12. Which former MP was involved in the Greensill scandal, approaching a number of government ministers on behalf of Greensill Capital to lobby for the company to receive Covid loans?
  13. Can you name the younger sister of MP Jo Cox, who won the 2021 Batley and Spen by-election for Labour?
  14. Who was elected Labour MP for Coventry South at the 2019 general election, with a majority of 401 votes?
  15. Who in June 2021, defected to Labour, calling his former party "reactionary, populist, nationalistic and sometimes even xenophobic"?
  16. Which Scottish politician has served as Leader of the Scottish National Party in the House of Commons since 2017?
  17. What first name was former Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne given at birth?
  18. In 2021 Jill Mortimer became which town's first Conservative MP since 1974, marking a significant defeat for Labour?
  19. Which MP was given a suspended jail sentence over an acid attack threat?
  20. Which MP is married to Ed Balls, who was Economic Secretary to the Treasury in the Tony Blair government?
  21. In 2020 who was photographed with an expensive smart travel cup?
  22. Which British politician has been Member of Parliament for Wigan since 2010?
  23. Which Labour MP was elected at the age of 23 in 2019 and became the Baby of the House?
  24. In 2019, which Labour MP for Peterborough was sentenced to three months imprisonment which made her the first sitting MP to be jailed in 28 years?
  25. In 2012, the Conservative whip was suspended from which MP and author after she took part in the reality TV programme I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!?

Answers:

  1. Diane Abbott
  2. New York City
  3. Geography
  4. Jacob Rees-Mogg
  5. Caroline Lucas. Brighton and Hove (Brighton Pavilion).
  6. Ed Miliband
  7. Michael Fabricant
  8. Harriet Harman
  9. Piers
  10. Emily Thornberry
  11. Matt Hancock
  12. David Cameron
  13. Kim Leadbeater
  14. Zarah Sultana
  15. John Bercow
  16. Ian Blackford
  17. Gideon
  18. Hartlepool
  19. Claudia Webbe
  20. Yvette Cooper





  21. Rishi Sunak
  22. Lisa Nandy
  23. Nadia Whittome
  24. Fiona Onasanya
  25. Nadine Dorries