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1 - Who is the Prime Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland? David Cameron What party are they from? Conservatives
2 - Name the two houses of the British Parliament. House of Lords, House of Commons
3 - Who is the current Leader of the Opposition Ed Miliband and what party is he from? Labour
4 - What parties make up the current government? Conservatives, Liberal Democrats
5 - Name 3 parties, which are have MPs, outside of the three largest parties. Greens, Scottish National Party, United Kingdom Independence Party?
6 - Prior to the current Prime Minister, who was the Prime Minister Gordon Brown and from what party was he from? Labour
HISTORICAL
7 - What was the main right-wing party in Scotland until the mid-60s? Uh, the Conservatives?
8 - Which office gives the holder the official residence of 10 Downing Street? [hint: it's not as obvious as you'd think] Prime Minister Oh, the hint. ...The Lord of the Treasury?
9 - Who was Britain's longest serving Prime Minister? Uh...William Gladstone?
10 - Since 1900, which party, under which leader, won the most seats, and, which party did he represent? Labour, Tony Blair (1997)
11 - What was Labour's official campaign song in the 1997 election? ...No idea.
12 - When did Labour first enter government, under which Prime Minister? Ramsay McDonald...no idea about the year. 1924?
13 - Who made up the so-called 'Gang of 4' I don't know and what did they do together? Same.
14 - Which Prime Minister had a trademark smoking pipe? No idea.
DEVOLUTION
15 - Scotland. Who was the first First Minister of Scotland? I don't know.
16 - Scotland. Who is the only First Minister to have won a parliamentary majority? No idea.
17 - Wales. Who's the current First Minister of Wales? No idea.
18 - Northern Ireland. Who's the current Deputy First Minister? I don't know.
DIFFICULT
19 - What event did Tony Blair say "wasn't a day for sound bites"? Uh...September 11 2001?
20 - Name one of the four Communist MPs who were elected. Can't.
21 - What are the other names that the Liberal Democrats have taken, in their various forms? SDP-Liberal Alliance
22 - Who were the five candidates in the last Labour leadership election? [Bonus: Their current offices] Ed Miliband, David Miliband, Ed Balls, Diane Abbott and I don't know the fifth.
23 - What was Margaret Thatcher most famous (or, you might say, infamous) for before she became the leader of her party? I have no idea.
24 - What's the literal seat of the Lord Speaker? No idea.
IMPOSSIBLE
25 - What part of Westminister Palace was the House of Commons originally? Don't know.
26 - Who was the only Prime Minister not to speak English as a first language? David Lloyd George
27 - What constituency did the leader of the BNP run in and who beat him, in the 2010 election? No idea.
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