Trivia Quiz on British Political History
Tuesday, November 25, 2025
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Test your knowledge of British political history, from the Woolsack to watershed elections. Tackle 24 multiple-choice questions spanning prime ministers, parties, reforms, and iconic moments in Parliament and beyond.
From the Woolsack and the Whigs to modern campaign slogans, this group quiz dives into the personalities, parties, and pivotal decisions that shaped British politics. Across 24 multiple‑choice questions, you’ll encounter prime‑ministerial successions, cabinet posts, social reform movements like the Chartists, Cold War announcements, parliamentary traditions, and headline‑making scandals. It’s balanced for mixed audiences—accessible enough for casual players yet peppered with curveballs for history buffs—making it ideal for team‑building sessions, classrooms, pub‑quiz nights, and history clubs. Duplicate it with a single click and play in teams or head‑to‑head during online or live gatherings on Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, YouTube Live, Twitch, Kick, and more. For extra fun, set a per‑question timer, rotate a “Speaker of the House” as team captain, and reward confident answers with bonus points.
1. In the House of Lords, where does the Lord Chancellor sit?
A) On the Speaker's Chair
B) Woolsack
C) On the Government Front Bench
D) In the Royal Box
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2. What Did Dick Whittington Achieve That Jeffrey Archer Didn't
A) Become Prime Minister
B) Lord Mayor Of London
C) Win the Nobel Prize in Literature
D) Become King of England
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3. Who was Speaker of the House of Commons immediately prior to Betty Boothroyd
A) John Bercow
B) Michael Martin
C) Lindsay Hoyle
D) Bernard Weatherill
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4. What was the name of the declaration in 1981 which created the SDP political party?
A) The Westminster Declaration
B) The Brighton Charter
C) The Hampstead Pact
D) Limehouse Declaration
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5. Who was the first British Prime Minister, although he did not use the title
A) William Pitt the Elder
B) George Grenville
C) Sir robert walpole
D) William Pitt the Younger
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6. Who succeeded winston churchill as prime minister of england
A) Clement Attlee
B) Anthony eden
C) Harold Macmillan
D) Harold Wilson
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7. In 1952 PM Winston Churchill announced that Britain had its own
A) nuclear submarine
B) hydrogen bomb
C) intercontinental ballistic missile
D) Atomic bomb
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8. Who succeeded Bonar Law as British Prime Minister in 1923
A) David Lloyd George
B) Ramsay MacDonald
C) Stanley Baldwin
D) Arthur Balfour
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9. Who was UK Labour cabinet minister and social reformer Frank Pakenham better known as?
A) Lord Longford (7th Earl of Longford)
B) Harold Wilson
C) Tony Benn
D) James Callaghan
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10. Who Was A Tory, then Became A Labour MP And Finally Lead The British Facist Party?
A) Winston Churchill
B) Neville Chamberlain
C) Oswald Mosley
D) Harold Wilson
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11. Who Is The Only British Prime Minister To Have Been Assassinated?
A) Benjamin Disraeli, 1874
B) Harold Wilson, 1969
C) Winston Churchill, 1952
D) Spencer Perceval, 1812
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12. Whose Election slogan Was (You've Never Had It So Good)?
A) Winston Churchill, 1951
B) Harold Macmillian, 1959
C) Anthony Eden, 1955
D) Harold Wilson, 1964
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13. When Was The Abolition Of The Death Penalty Made Permanent In Great Britain
A) 1965
B) 1968
C) 1970
D) 1969
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14. What Was The Name Given To Those Who Campaigned For Social Reform In England Between 1836 & 1858?
A) The Luddites
B) The Anti-Corn Law League
C) The Chartists
D) The Whigs
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15. Who succeeded Churchill when he resigned in 1955
A) Harold Macmillan
B) Alec Douglas-Home
C) Harold Wilson
D) Sir Anthony Eden
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16. Who succeeded Winston Churchill as Prime Minister of England?
A) Clement Attlee
B) Harold Macmillan
C) Anthony Eden
D) Harold Wilson
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17. Who Lead The British Labour Party Before Harold Wilson?
A) Clement Attlee
B) Hugh Gaitskell
C) Neil Kinnock
D) Ramsay MacDonald
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18. Which Government Post Was Held By John Profumo At The Time Of The Affair Involving Christine Keeler
A) Prime Minister
B) Secretary Of State For War
C) Foreign Secretary
D) Chancellor Of The Exchequer
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19. Whose Death In 1965 Prompted President Johnson That All American Flags The World Over Be Flown At Half Mast A Mark Of Respect Never Before Accorded To A Foreigner
A) Dwight D. Eisenhower
B) Winston Churchill
C) Charles de Gaulle
D) Jawaharlal Nehru
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20. When The Conservative Party Were Known As Tories Who Were Their Chief Opponents?
A) The Labour Party
B) The Whigs
C) The Liberal Democrats
D) The Democrats
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21. Whom Did Neil Kinnock Succeed As Leader Of The Labour Party?
A) Harold Wilson
B) Hugh Gaitskell
C) Jeremy Corbyn
D) Michael Foot
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22. Which Politician Punched A Protestor Who Threw An Egg At Him During A Visit To Wales In 1991
A) Neil Kinnock
B) Tony Benn
C) Michael Heseltine
D) John Prescott
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23. With Whome Do You Associate Lady Falkender
A) Edward Heath
B) Alec Douglas-Home
C) James Callaghan
D) Harold Wilson
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24. Who Replaced Betty Boothroyd As Speaker Of The House Of Commons
A) Bernard Weatherill
B) Michael Martin
C) John Bercow
D) Lindsay Hoyle
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