Politics - 1 point
| Category | Question | Answer | Last Update |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK | Who is the only UK Prime Minister to have been assassinated? | Spencer Perceval | 2023/04/14 |
| UK | Which British Prime Minister was the great grandfather of actress Helena Bonham Carter? | Herbert Henry Asquith | 2023/04/14 |
| UK | What is the Scottish Parliament's equivalent of the UK Parliament's Speaker of the House of Commons? | Presiding Officer | 2023/04/14 |
| UK | Who is the current Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament? | Alison Johnstone | 2023/04/14 |
| UK | In October 2022, which Scottish political party voted to suspend ties with its UK equivalent due to a disagreement over trans rights? | Scottish Greens | 2023/04/14 |
| UK | Who is the current head of the British Civil Service? | Simon Case | 2023/04/14 |
| UK | Which former Coronation Street actress became the first Mayor of West Yorkshire in 2021? | Tracy Brabin | 2023/04/14 |
| UK | 19-year old model Christine Keeler was one of the key figures in what political scandal of 1963? | The Profumo Affair | 2023/04/21 |
| UK | In what number Downing Street is the Downing Street Press Briefing Room, used by the UK government? | 9 | 2024/04/09 |
| UK | In 1945, Robert McIntyre became the first UK member of parliament to represent which political party? | Scottish National Party (SNP) | 2024/04/20 |
| UK | In the UK government, for what department do the letters HMRC stand? | His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs | 2024/11/14 |
| UK | In 1976, which British Conservative Party politician committed a ‘grave disorder’ in the House of Commons by grabbing the ceremonial mace and waving it at the Labour government benches? | Michael Heseltine | 2024/12/14 |
| UK | Actress Helena Bonham Carter is the great granddaughter of which British Prime Minister? | Herbert Henry Asquith | 2024/12/19 |
| Asia | Cheong Wa Dae, the official residency of the Korean President, is colloquially known as the what coloured house? | The Blue House | 2023/04/14 |
| Asia | As outlined in Article 9, Section 2 of the country's constitution, the government of Bhutan is charged with promoting a concept abbreviated in English as GNH. For what do the letters GNH stand? | Gross National Happiness | 2024/10/22 |
| Europe | Who is the only British person to have held the role of President of the European Commission, having served in the role from 1977 to 1981? | Roy Jenkins | 2024/10/23 |
| Africa | Which unrecognised de-facto nation held a general election on November 13, 2024, the fourth in its history, with President Muse Bihi Abdi seeking re-election? | Somaliland | 2024/12/07 |
| Africa | In May 2020 President John Magufuli declared that Covid-19 had been defeated in his country thanks to the power of prayer and god, less than one year before his own death, widely reprted as being from heart failure caused by Covid-19. Of which African nation was John Magufuli the president? | Tanzania | 2025/01/09 |
| US | Which US President had the shortest tenure in office, dying only one month after taking the Presidential oath? | William Henry Harrison *Harrison is believed to have died of pneumonia contracted during his inauguration, during which he delivered a 2-hour speech in the rain, stood in a receiving line for 3 hours, and attended 3 celebratory balls. | 2023/04/14 |
| US | In the 2016 US Vice Presidential Election, Winona LaDuke became the first person to ever receive an Electoral College vote for which US political party? | Green Party of the United States (The Green Party) *LaDuke got her vote when a member of Washington State's Electoral College opted to cast his President and Vice President votes for two Native American activists rather than Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine. Faith Spotted Eagle received the Presidential vote. | 2023/04/21 |
| US | What was the last political party outside the Democratic Party and the Republican Party to have a candidate finish in the top two of a US presidential election? | Progressive Party *Also known as the Bull Moose Party, the Progressive Party’s founder and former US President Theodore Roosevelt finished second in the 1912 election after he didn’t secure the Republican nomination. | 2024/12/07 |
| North America | In which city is the House of Commons of Canada located? | Ottawa | 2024/12/07 |
Politics - 2 points
| Category | Question | Answer | Last Update |
|---|---|---|---|
| US | In 2016, who became the first two women to receive electoral college votes for the position of President of the United States? | 1. Hillary Clinton 2. Faith Spotted Eagle *Faith Spotted Eagle, a Native American activist, received one vote from a member of Washington State's Electoral College who chose not to cast his for Hillary Clinton | 2023/04/21 |
| US | What animals respectively represent the Republican Party and the Democratic Party in the United States? | 1. Elephant 2. Donkey | 2024/04/07 |
| US | Which two US statesmen contested a duel on July 11, 1804 at Weehawken, New Jersey, resulting in the death of one of the participants? | 1. Aaron Burr 2. Alexander Hamilton | 2024/12/14 |
| US | Which two candidates took part in the first US presidential debate to be televised? | 1. Richard Nixon 2. John F. Kennedy *The debate was held in 1960. Kennedy won the presidency that year, although Nixon won in 1968. | 2025/01/09 |
| UK | What are the two Bailiwicks, or jurisdictional areas, within the Channel Islands, named for the two largest islands in the archipelago? | 1. Bailiwick of Jersey 2. Bailiwick of Guernsey | 2024/12/07 |
| UK | What colour are the respective benches in the UK’s House of Commons and House of Lords? | 1. Green 2. Red | 2024/12/19 |
| Germany | Since the formation of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1949, eight of the country’s nine chancellor’s have come from which two political parties? | 1. Christian Democratic Union (Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands / CDU) 2. Social Democratic Party (Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands / SDP) | 2025/01/09 |
Politics - 3 points
| Category | Question | Answer | Last Update |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK | Name the three consecutive Liberal Party Prime Ministers between 1905 and 1922. | 1. Henry Campbell-Bannerman 2. Herbert Henry Asquith 3. David Lloyd George | 2023/04/14 |
| US | In his State of the Union address of 2002, which three countries did President George W Bush name as an 'axis of evil'? | 1. North Korea 2. Iran 3. Iraq | 2023/04/21 |
| Europe | Following the 2020 General Election in the Republic of Ireland, which three parties came together to form a coalition government? | 1. Fianna Fáil 2. Fine Gael 3. Green Party | 2024/10/31 |
Politics - 4 points
| Category | Question | Answer | Last Update |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK | Name the four men who between February 1868 and July 1902 accounted for 10 changes in British Prime Minister, with one man named PM on 4 separate occasions, another 3 times, another twice, and one man once. | 1. Benjamin Disraeli (PM x 2) 2. William Gladstone (PM x 4) 3. Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (PM x 3) 4. Archibald Primrose (PM x 1) *The order was Disraeli, Gladstone, Disraeli, Gladstone, Gascoyne-Cecil, Gladstone, Gascoyne-Cecil, Gladstone, Primrose, Gascoyne-Cecil | 2023/04/22 |
| UK | Who were the so-called 'Gang of Four' who in 1981 broke away from the Labour Party to form the Social Democratic Party, which later became the Liberal Democrats? | 1. Shirley Williams 2. David Owen 3. Roy Jenkins 4. Bill Rodgers | 2024/10/23 |
| UK | What are the names of the great grandfather, grandfather, father, and son from the Benn family who have served as UK Members of Parliament since the first was elected in 1892? | 1. John Benn 2. William Wedgewood Benn 3. Tony Benn 4. Hilary Benn | 2024/12/07 |
| US | Name the four US Presidents who have been assassinated while in office. | 1. Abraham Lincoln 2. James Garfield 3. William McKinley 4. John F. Kennedy | 2023/04/22 |
| US | Name the four US Presidents who have died of natural causes while in office. | 1. William Henry Harrison 2. Zachary Taylor 3. Warren G. Harding 4. Franklin Roosevelt | 2023/04/22 |
| Canada | Who have been the four Prime Minister's of Canada since the start of the 21st century? | 1. Jean Chrétien (1993-2003) 2. Paul Martin (2003-2006) 3. Stephen Harper (2006-2015) 4. Justin Trudeau (since 2015) | 2024/10/23 |
Politics - 5 points
| Category | Question | Answer | Last Update |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK | Name the five political parties that won the most seats in the 2024 British general election. | 1. Labour (411) 2. Conservative (121) 3. Liberal Democrats (72) 4. SNP (9) 5. Sinn Féin (7) *This was followed by six independents, and five each for Reform and the Democratic Unionists - although Reform had the third highest popular vote across the nation. | 2024/10/23 |
| US | Of the 16 US territories, which five have inhabitants who are classified as US citizens, even though they have no representation in the Senate or Electoral College? | 1. Puerto Rico 2. Guam 3. Northern Mariana Islands 4. American Samoa 5. U.S. Virgin Islands *Washington DC also has no representation at the Senate or Electoral College, but is not defined as a US territory. | 2024/05/30 |
| US | Name the five swing states that voted for Republican candidate Donald Trump in the 2016 US election, but switched to Democrat Joe Biden in 2020. | 1. Arizona 2. Georgia 3. Michigan 4. Pennsylvania 5. Wisonsin | 2024/10/23 |
| South Africa | Since the position was created in 1994, who have been the five presidents of South Africa? | 1. Nelson Mandela (1994-1999) 2. Thabo Mbeki (1999-2008) 3. Kgalema Motlanthe (2008-2009) 4. Jacob Zuma (2009-2018) 5. Cyril Ramaphosa (2018-present) | 2024/12/19 |
| World | In October 2022, the UN passed resolution ES-11/4, which called for Russia to withdraw from Ukraine and states to not recognise annexed territory as Russian. Which five countries voted against the resolution? | 1. Russia 2. Belarus 3. Syria 4. North Korea 5. Nicaragua | 2024/10/23 |
Politics - 6 points
| Category | Question | Answer | Last Update |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK | Including interim acting leaders, who have been the six leaders of the UK Labour Party in the 21st century? | 1. Tony Blair (1994-2007) 2. Gordon Brown (2007-2010) 3. Harriet Harman (acting, 2010; acting, 2015) 4. Ed Miliband (2010-2015) 5. Jeremy Corbyn (2015-2020) 6. Keir Starmer (2020-present) | 2024/12/07 |
| UK | Which six Prime Ministers of the UK have served as Rector of the University of Edinburgh? | 1. William Gladstone 2. Archibald Primrose (5th Earl of Rosebury) 3. David Lloyd George 4. Stanley Baldwin 5. Winston Churchill 6. Gordon Brown | 2024/12/07 |
| Commonwealth | Not including that held in the at-the-time unrecognised state of Rhodesia in 1969, which six Commonwealth countries have held referenda on becoming a republic, with three choosing to do so? | 1. Ghana 2. South Africa 3. The Gambia 4. Tuvalu 5. Australia 6. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines *Ghana, South Africa, and The Gambia all voted to become republics. | 2024/10/23 |
Politics - 7 points
| Category | Question | Answer | Last Update |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK | What are the seven one-word principles of public life, also known as the Nolan Principles, that were first outlined in 1995 and are supposed to guide the behaviour of people in public office in the UK? | 1. Selflessness 2. Integrity 3. Objectivity 4. Accountability 5. Openness 6. Honesty 7. Leadership | 2023/04/22 |
| UK | Not including caretakers, which seven people have served as First Minister of Scotland? | 1. Donald Dewar 2. Henry McLeish 3. Jack McConnell 4. Alex Salmond 5. Nicola Sturgeon 6. Humza Yousaf 7. John Swinney | 2024/05/10 |
| UK | Name the seven leaders of the Conservative Party that have lost general elections since the end of World War II? | 1. Winston Churchill (1945, 1950) 2. Alec Douglas-Hume (1964) 3. Edward Heath (1966, 1974, 1974 (2 elections that year) 4. John Major (1997) 5. William Hague (2001) 6. Michael Howard (2005) 7. Rishi Sunak (2024) | 2024/10/23 |
Politics - 8 points
| Category | Question | Answer | Last Update |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK | Name the eight people who served as Foreign Secretary in the Conservative Governments of 2010 to 2024, six of whom served in the six years 2018 to 2024. | 1. William Hague (2010-2014) 2. Philip Hammond (2014-2016) 3. Boris Johnson (2016-2018) 4. Jeremy Hunt (2018-2019) 5. Dominic Raab (2019-2021) 6. Liz Truss (2021-2022) 7. James Cleverly (2022-2023) 8. David Cameron (2023-2024) | 2024/10/23 |
| France | Not including temporary post holders, who have been the eight Presidents of France since its Fifth Republic began in 1958? | 1. Charles de Gaulle 2. Georges Pompidou 3. Valéry Giscard d'Estaing 4. François Mitterrand 5. Jacques Chirac 6. Nicolas Sarkozy 7. François Hollande 8. Emmanuel Macron *Alain Poher twice held the position on a temporary basis. | 2024/10/23 |
Politics - 13 points
| Category | Question | Answer | Last Update |
|---|---|---|---|
| US | Name the 13 US states that have voted for the Republican presidential candidate in every election since Ronald Reagan's run in 1980. | 1. Alabama 2. Alaska 3. Idaho 4. Kansas 5. Mississippi 6. Nebraska 7. North Dakota 8. Oklahoma 9. South Carolina 10. South Dakota 11. Texas 12. Utah 13. Wyoming *States that have voted Democrat once in that time are Montana (1992), Indiana (2008), and North Carolina (2008). Arizona has twice gone Democrat: 1996 and 2020. | 2024/10/23 |