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Prime Ministers Quiz I
- Who is generally regarded as being the first Prime Minister of Great Britain?
- Mary, who died at the age of 102 years and 145 days, in June 2018, was the only prime ministerial spouse to become a centenarian; name her husband?
- Just 10 years after the barriers to Jews entering Parliament had been removed, who became Britain's first, and so far only, Jewish Prime Minister?
- Which prime minister lost the American colonies?
- Name the first and only American-born Prime Minister?
- Which British prime minister was assassinated in May 1812?
- Name the country house in Buckinghamshire, that is the official country residence of British Prime Ministers?
- Who was prime minister during the French Revolution?
- As of 2019, how many Labour prime ministers has there been?
- What was the first name of Sir Winston Churchill's wife?
- In which country was the historically significant "Wind of Change" speech made by Prime Minister Harold Macmillan?
- The first ever five prime ministers belonged to which political party?
- Which Prime Minister led the country through the abdication of King Edward VIII in 1936?
- The television historian and presenter Dan Snow is a great-great-grandson of which Prime Minister?
- Famous for being married to a prime minister, who was the last commoner to be awarded a hereditary title?
Answers:
- Robert Walpole
- Harold Wilson
- Benjamin Disraeli
- Lord North
- Boris Johnson (was born in New York City)
- Spencer Perceval (shot in the lobby of the House of Commons by a bankrupt John Bellingham who blamed the government for his misfortune)
- Chequers
- William Pitt the Younger
- Six
- Clementine
- South Africa (Cape Town)
- Whigs
- Stanley Baldwin
- Lloyd George
- Denis Thatcher
Prime Ministers Quiz II
- Give the three word title of the unauthorised biography of David Cameron by Michael Ashcroft in 2015?
- Name the last Prime Minister not to have been a university graduate?
- Who was the first and so far only British Prime Minister to receive a Nobel Prize?
- Which British Prime Minister resigned due to the Suez Crisis?
- Which Liberal Party politician was Prime Minister at the start of World War One?
- Who became Prime Minister after winning the 1970 general election?
- In which year did Sir Winston Churchill resigne as prime minister due to his failing health?
- In 1924, who briefly became the first Labour prime minister?
- The Grand Old Man was the nickname of which British statesman?
- Which Prime Minister is principally remembered for giving his name to a blend of tea?
- Which PM said: "Being born in a stable does not make one a horse."?
- How old was William Pitt 'The Younger' when he became the youngest ever Prime Minister in 1783?
- William Lamb, best known for being prime minister in Queen Victoria's early years, is better known as Viscount what?
- In which year did Gordon Brown succeed Tony Blair as Prime Minister?
- In 1984, which former PM accepted a hereditary peerage, making his maiden speech in the House of Lords in November 1984?
Answers:
- Call Me Dave
- John Major
- Winston Churchill (for Literature in 1953)
- Robert Anthony Eden (Sir Anthony Eden)
- Herbert Henry Asquith
- Edward Heath
- 1955
- Ramsey MacDonald
- William Ewart Gladstone (won his last election in 1892 at the age of eighty-three)
- Earl Grey
- Duke of Wellington
- 24
- Viscount Melbourne
- 2007
- Harold Macmillan (became Earl of Stockton)
Prime Ministers Trivia III
- Which PM wrote the novel Sybil, which traces the plight of the working classes of England?
- Which PM fought a duel in 1809 with his bitterest political rival, Lord Castlereagh, and was shot in the thigh?
- Which PM's government is principally remembered for the so-called 'Profumo Affair'?
- Which Prime Minister is best remembered for creating the Metropolitan Police in 1829 while Home Secretary in the Duke of Wellington's first government?
- Andrew Bonar Law, until recently the only Prime Minister to have been born outside the British Isles, was born in which country?
- Can you name the last non-Conservative and non-Labour prime minister?
- Who was the longest serving Prime Minister?
- Which Prime Minister was the target of Churchill’s memorable put down phrase: "a sheep in sheep’s clothing"?
- Which nickname was been given to Theresa May to describe her 'robotic' nature, particularly during the 2017 general election campaign?
- What was Margaret Thatcher's middle name? And in which year did her Premiership end?
- Name the only PM to have held all four Great Offices of State, having served as Chancellor of the Exchequer, Home Secretary and Foreign Secretary prior to becoming Prime Minister?
- Which Prime attended the state funeral of President John F. Kennedy?
- From Sir Winston Churchill to present PM, Boris Johnson, how many Prime Ministers have served during Queen Elizabeth II's reign?
- Which prime minister, at the age of sixteen, lost the sight of one eye in a school rugby accident?
- Name the only Prime Minister to serve (a record) four terms?
Answers:
- Benjamin Disraeli
- George Canning
- Harold Macmillan
- Robert Peel (the nickname 'bobbies' for policemen comes from his first name)
- Canada
- David Lloyd George (Liberal)
- Sir Robert Walpole (20 years 314 days)
- Clement Attlee
- Maybot
- Hilda. 1990.
- James Callaghan
- Alec Douglas-Home
- 14
- Gordon Brown
- William Gladstone (becoming prime minister for the fourth time, he is described by Queen Victoria as 'an old, wild and incomprehensible man of eighty two and a half')
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