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6. In 2010, Gordon Brown described Labour member Gillian Duffy as what?

  • Bigoted
  • Silly
  • Ill-informed
  • Racist

7. Nicknamed the Chuckle Brothers, which two unlikely candidates became First Minister and Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland in may 2007?

  • David Trimble and Mark Durkan
  • Ian Paisley and Martin McGuiness
  • David Trimble and Seamus Mallon
  • Arlene Foster and Martin McGuiness

8. Which party did Martin McGuiness represent in the Northern Ireland Assembly?

  • The UUP
  • Sinn Fein
  • The SDLP
  • The DUP

9. Following a hung parliament in 1977, James Callaghan entered a bi-party agreement with which party?

  • The Green Party
  • The Conservatives
  • The Liberal party
  • The Liberal Democrats

10. In which English town was Margaret Thatcher nearly assassinated by the IRA in 1984?

  • Brighton
  • Hastings
  • Bournemouth
  • Blackpool

11. Which former leader of the opposition served as foreign secretary in Tony Blair's government from 2006 to 2007?

  • Margaret Beckett
  • Gordon Brown
  • Harriet Harman
  • Ed Miliband

12. Under which prime minister was the 6th representation of the people's act passed, extending the vote to 18 year olds?

  • Anthony Eden
  • Clement Atlee
  • Harold Wilson
  • Ted Heath

13. Which agreement in 1973 attempted to establish a power sharing arrangement in Northern Ireland but ultimately failed?

  • The Sunningdale agreement
  • The Anglo-Irish agreement
  • The Good Friday agreement
  • The Belfast agreement

14. During the Falklands war, British submarine HMS Conqueror famously torpedoed and sunk which Argentine ship?

  • ARA San Luis
  • ARA Veinticinco de Mayo
  • ARA General Belgrano
  • ARA Santa Fe

15. Which former prime minister was the first leader of the opposition under Tony Blair?

  • John Major
  • Ian Duncan Smith
  • William Hague
  • Margaret Thatcher

16. Which prime minister succeeded Clement Atlee, winning the 1951 general election?

  • Winston Churchill
  • Anthony Eden
  • Harold Macmillan
  • Alec Douglas-Home

17. Which Prime Minister was in power during the Suez Crisis?

  • Harold Wilson
  • Anthony Eden
  • Harold Macmillan
  • Ted Heath

18. What was Margaret Thatcher famous for 'snatching' from schoolchildren in the early years of her political career as education secretary under Ted Heath?

  • Job Opportunities
  • Chips
  • Milk
  • Chocolate

19. The UK joined the European Communities in 1973 alongside which two other countries?

  • Austria and Ireland
  • Denmark and Switzerland
  • Ireland and Denmark
  • Poland and Sweden

20. Alongside which US president did Tony Blair agree to invade Iraq in 2003?

  • Bill Clinton
  • Ronald Reagan
  • George W Bush
  • George HW Bush