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Politicians - British Politicians

Are you into politics? If so, have a go at the following quiz on British Politicians. See how much you know about these famous faces and learn a little more about them in the meantime.

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  1. William Wilberforce stood as a candidate for which county in the 1784 General Election?

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    • Born: 25 August 1759
    • Place: Kingston Upon Hull
    • Nationality: British
    • He was a British politician, a philanthropist and a leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade
    • He began his political career in 1780
    • He headed the parliamentary campaign against the British slave trade for 26 years until the passage of the Slave Trade Act 1807

  2. Cecil Rhodes was the founder of which company?

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    • Born: 5 July 1853
    • Place: Bishops Stortford
    • Nationality: British
    • He was an English-born South African businessman, mining magnate and politician
    • His father was a Church of England vicar who was proud of never having preached a sermon longer than 10 minutes
    • Rhodes became a member of the Cape Parliament

  3. What was Margaret Thatcher's nickname?

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    • Born: 13 October 1925
    • Place: Grantham, Lincolnshire
    • Nationality: British
    • She was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990
    • She graduated from college in 1947 with Second Class Honours in the four-year Chemistry Bachelor of Science degree
    • In 1970 Thatcher was appointed Secretary of State for Education and Science

  4. In May 2008, Boris Johnson announced plans to ban what on the London Underground?

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    • Born: 19 June 1964
    • Place: New York City
    • Nationality: British
    • He has been the elected Mayor of London since 2008
    • With over a million votes, he received the largest personal mandate of any politician in British history
    • Upon graduating from Oxford, he spent only a week as a management consultant at L.E.K. Consulting

  5. Which university did Alex Salmond attend?

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    • Born: 31 December 1954
    • Place: Linlithgow, Scotland
    • Nationality: Scottish
    • He is a Scottish politician and current First Minister of Scotland
    • He joined the Royal Bank of Scotland as an energy economist where he wrote and broadcast
    • In 1983 Salmond created a 'Royal Bank/BBC oil index' that is still used

  6. Winston Churchill received the Nobel Prize in 1953 for what?

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    • Born: 30 November 1874
    • Place: Blenheim Palace, Woodstock
    • Nationality: British
    • He was a predominantly Conservative British politician and statesman known for his leadership
    • Churchill was born into the aristocratic family of the Dukes of Marlborough
    • At the forefront of politics for 50 years, he held many political and cabinet positions
    • In 1895, Churchill travelled to Cuba where he soon acquired a taste for Havana cigars which he would smoke for the rest of his life

  7. Tony Benn dedicated a plaque to Suffragette Emily Wilding-Davison. Where is it placed?

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    • Born: 3 April 1925
    • Place: Marylebone, London
    • Nationality: British
    • He is a British Labour Party politician and a former MP and Cabinet Minister
    • He was elevated to the House of Lords, with the title of Viscount Stansgate in 1941
    • Benn has come top in several polls as one of the most popular politicians in Britain
    • Following his Second World War service as a pilot in the Royal Air Force, Benn worked briefly as a BBC Radio producer
    • Benn is a prolific diarist having eight volumes of his diaries published

  8. Ian Paisley accused Queen Elizabeth II of being Tony Blair's what?

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    • Born: 6 April 1926
    • Place: Armagh, North Ireland
    • Nationality: Irish
    • He has preached against homosexuality and supports laws criminalising its practise
    • Paisley's first political involvement came at the 1950 UK general election
    • Paisley is a former member of the Orange Institution

  9. What were the supporters of Robert Peel known as?

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    • Born: 5 February 1788
    • Place: Ramsbottom, Lancashire
    • Nationality: British
    • Peel was considered one of the rising stars of the Tory party
    • He introduced a number of important reforms of British criminal law: most memorably establishing the Metropolitan Police Force (Metropolitan Police Act 1829)
    • He reformed the gaol system, introducing payment for gaolers and education for the inmates
    • To raise revenue Peel's 1842 budget saw the reintroduction of Income Tax

  10. Tony Blair was the Member of Parliament for which county constituency from 1983 to 2007?

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    • Born: 6 May 1953
    • Place: Edinburgh, Scotland
    • Nationality: British
    • Blair has one elder brother, Sir William Blair, a High Court judge, and a younger sister, Sarah
    • He is married to Cherie Booth, daughter of actor Tony Booth
    • He joined the Labour Party shortly after graduating from Oxford in 1975
    • Blair became the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on 2 May 1997
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