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British Leaders Trivia Quiz

A quiz on Britain's rulers from the eighteenth century to the present day.

A multiple-choice quiz by avory. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
avory

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
5,050

Updated
Dec 10 23

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
9 / 15

Plays
1917

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 15

1. Who was the first British Prime Minister? Hint

Benjamin Disraeli

Sir Robert Walpole

Earl of Shelburne

Sir Anthony Eden

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Question 2 of 15

2. Who was the only British Prime Minister to be assassinated? Hint

Earl of Wilmington

Spencer Perceval

Viscount Goderich

Clement Attlee

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Question 3 of 15

3. Which peerage did William Pitt the Elder hold? Hint

Viscount Pitt

Earldom of Chatham

Earldom of Dover

Dukedom of Westminster

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Question 4 of 15

4. Which of these British PMs served for the shortest period of time? Hint

William Pitt the Younger

George Canning

William Gladstone

Henry Pelham

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Question 5 of 15

5. Which Prime Minister did the Cato Street Conspirators plan to assassinate? Hint

Lord Melbourne

Sir Robert Walpole

Lord Liverpool

Duke of Newcastle

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Question 6 of 15

6. Which school has educated the most UK Prime Ministers? Hint

Harrow

Eton

Rugby

Gordonstoun

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Question 7 of 15

7. Of the following Prime Ministers, who once fought a duel whilst in office? Hint

George Grenville

Duke of Wellington

Henry Addington

Benjamin Disraeli

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Question 8 of 15

8. Which Prime Minister presided over the war with the American Colonies? Hint

Earl of Bute

Lord Palmerston

Stanley Baldwin

Lord North

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Question 9 of 15

9. Which Prime Minister once courted a member of the Royal Family? Hint

Lord Grenville

Earl of Rosebery

Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman

Earl of Derby

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Question 10 of 15

10. Which of the following helped to create the Metropolitan Police Force? Hint

Lord John Russell

Earl of Aberdeen

Earl Grey

Sir Robert Peel

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Question 11 of 15

11. To which Prime Minister does this quote refer:'It is fitting that we should have buried the Unknown Prime Minister by the side of the Unknown Soldier'? Hint

Arthur Balfour

Marquess of Salisbury

James Ramsay MacDonald

Bonar Law

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Question 12 of 15

12. To which party did Lord Palmerston belong during his second tenure as British Prime Minister (1859-65)? Hint

Whigs

Conservative

Liberal

Labour

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Question 13 of 15

13. Which Prime Minister signed the Munich Agreement with Hitler? Hint

Neville Chamberlain

David Lloyd George

Sir Winston Churchill

John Major

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Question 14 of 15

14. Who proclaimed 'We will never surrender'? Hint

Harold Macmillan

Sir Winston Churchill

Clement Attlee

Margaret Thatcher

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Question 15 of 15

15. What was Margaret Thatcher's nickname? Hint

Mad Maggie

The Black Widow

The Iron Lady

The Empress

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who was the first British Prime Minister?

Answer: Sir Robert Walpole

Walpole became P.M. in 1721 and held office for over twenty years.

2. Who was the only British Prime Minister to be assassinated?

Answer: Spencer Perceval

Perceval was shot in the lobby of the House of Commons on May 11 1812 by a disgruntled merchant called John Bellingham who blamed the Government for his bankruptcy.Bellingham was hanged within a week of the slaying.

3. Which peerage did William Pitt the Elder hold?

Answer: Earldom of Chatham

4. Which of these British PMs served for the shortest period of time?

Answer: George Canning

Canning became P.M. on April 10 1827 and died of pneumonia four months later on August 8. This was the shortest period of service of any British PM until 2022, when Liz Truss resigned after only 49 days in office.

5. Which Prime Minister did the Cato Street Conspirators plan to assassinate?

Answer: Lord Liverpool

The conspirators planned to take over London after killing Liverpool and his Cabinet in 1820.Some of the group were the last people to be sentenced to be hung,drawn and quartered.

6. Which school has educated the most UK Prime Ministers?

Answer: Eton

As at 2010, nineteen P.M.s have gone to the prestigious public school. The most recent is David Cameron, who became Conservative Prime Minister after the 2010 UK General Election.

7. Of the following Prime Ministers, who once fought a duel whilst in office?

Answer: Duke of Wellington

In 1829 Wellington was accused by Lord Winchilsea of double dealing over the Catholic Emancipation legislation,a charge which enraged the Duke.He and Winchilsea fought a duel in Battersea Park in which Wellington fired at his opponent's legs and missed upon which Winchilsea fired into the air and apologised.

8. Which Prime Minister presided over the war with the American Colonies?

Answer: Lord North

North favoured cutting a deal with the Colony but was forced into war by George III.

9. Which Prime Minister once courted a member of the Royal Family?

Answer: Earl of Rosebery

Rosebery courted Edward VII's spinster daughter Victoria and even asked the King for permission to marry Victoria but it was considered unthinkable that a Princess marry a politician.

10. Which of the following helped to create the Metropolitan Police Force?

Answer: Sir Robert Peel

Peel helped to form the Metropolitan Police Force in 1829.The officers came to be known as Peelers and are still called bobbies in honour of Peel.

11. To which Prime Minister does this quote refer:'It is fitting that we should have buried the Unknown Prime Minister by the side of the Unknown Soldier'?

Answer: Bonar Law

Herbert Henry Asquith made this remark upon Law's death.Law held office for seven months.

12. To which party did Lord Palmerston belong during his second tenure as British Prime Minister (1859-65)?

Answer: Liberal

Palmerston's first term as Prime Minister was 1855-58, as leader of the the Whig Party. The Whigs became the Liberal party in 1859, the year that Palmerston's second term as PM began.

13. Which Prime Minister signed the Munich Agreement with Hitler?

Answer: Neville Chamberlain

Chamberlain signed with Hitler proclaiming 'peace in our time'.I think we all know what happened next.

14. Who proclaimed 'We will never surrender'?

Answer: Sir Winston Churchill

Churchill said the famous words at the end of his 'We shall fight on the beaches' speech during WWII.

15. What was Margaret Thatcher's nickname?

Answer: The Iron Lady

Source: Author avory

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