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?