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2024 Politics Quiz

Test your knowledge with our comprehensive quiz about British and international politics, focusing on recent events and key figures up to 2024.

Quiz


  1. Who became Member of Parliament for Ashton-under-Lyne in 2015?
  2. Who, as of 2024, is the prime minister of Australia?
  3. Who was elected as Speaker of the House of Commons in November 2019?
  4. Nigel Farage became MP for which constituency in 2024?
  5. What is the first name of the German politician who became president of the European Commission in 2019?
  6. Who served as First Minister of Wales from 2018 to 2024?
  7. Who coined the slogan for the international movement Fridays for Future?
  8. Can you name the wife of Peter Murrell?
  9. Which Labour politician lost his Leicester South seat to an Independent in 2024?
  10. In the news with his business dealings, what's the first name of Joe Biden's son?
  11. Who succeeded Angela Merkel as Chancellor of Germany?
  12. Who was postal affairs minister from 2010 to 2012 in the coalition government?
  13. Which city made history by electing Carla Denyer as its first Green MP in 2024?
  14. Which town is the constituency of Labour's Lisa Nandy?
  15. Tsai Ing-wen was the first woman to become president of which country from 2016 to 2024?
  16. What sort of shop did Rishi Sunak's mother own in Southampton between 1995 and 2014?
  17. What is the first name of Keir Starmer's wife?
  18. Which English politician is the Member of Parliament for Tottenham?
  19. How many seats did Reform win in the 2024 election?
  20. Who said in 2014 after winning her seat: "I’m sorry that my party didn’t listen to you. The Conservative Party has let you down"?
  21. Which actor criticised Donald Trump outside the former President's criminal trial in New York?
  22. Superheroes Are Everywhere is a children's book written by which American politician?
  23. Penny Mordaunt was a former MP in which city?
  24. Published in September 2024, which TV celeb wrote: Out Of Order: What's Gone Wrong With Britain And One Woman's Mission To Fix It?
  25. British politician Sir Jacob William Rees-Mogg served as Member of Parliament in which English county?


Answers



  1. Angela Rayner
  2. Anthony Albanese
  3. Sir Lindsay Hoyle
  4. Clacton
  5. Ursula (Ursula Gertrud von der Leyen)
  6. Mark Drakeford
  7. Greta Thunberg
  8. Nicola Sturgeon
  9. Jonathan Ashworth
  10. Hunter
  11. Olaf Scholz
  12. Ed Davey
  13. Bristol
  14. Wigan
  15. Taiwan
  16. Pharmacy
  17. Victoria
  18. David Lammy
  19. Five
  20. Suella Braverman
  21. Robert De Niro
  22. Kamala Harris
  23. Portsmouth (Seat was Portsmouth North)
  24. Carol Vorderman
  25. Somerset (North East Somerset)