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  Yes, Prime Minister   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 20 Qns
Twenty questions on one of the best British television comedies ever.
Average, 20 Qns, linus_337, Jan 10 04
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  Yes Minister    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz concerns the exploits of the Right Honorable Jim Hacker and his employees on the Britcom "Yes, Minister."
Average, 10 Qns, APGovMan, Jan 10 04
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  Party Games    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz is on the pivotal 1984 Christmas episode where Jim Hacker becomes PM, enabling the show to transition from "Yes, Minister" to "Yes, Prime Minister".
Tough, 10 Qns, timoggy, Dec 27 20
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Dec 27 20
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  The Smoke Screen    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz refers to the "Yes, Prime Minister" episode "The Smoke Screen", in which Jim uses the threat of abolishing smoking to outmanoeuvre the Treasury.
Tough, 10 Qns, timoggy, Jan 19 21
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Jan 19 21
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  The Key    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz refers to the "Yes, Prime Minister" episode "The Key", in which the removal of his key to a particularly important door results in problems for Sir Humphrey.
Average, 10 Qns, timoggy, Jan 08 21
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Jan 08 21
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trivia question Quick Question
In "The Smoke Screen" which minister proposes a plan to abolish smoking?

From Quiz "Yes, Prime Minister"





Minister / Prime Minister Yes Trivia Questions
1. How big was the tax cut that the Prime Minister is seeking?

From Quiz The Smoke Screen

Answer: £1.5 billion

He guessed, correctly, that the Treasury would be more willing to authorise a £1.5 billion tax cut than lose out on £4 billion in tobacco tax revenue.

2. What location within Number 10 does Dorothy insist her office must be near?

From Quiz The Key

Answer: Lavatory

Dorothy says that she, "could hear everything they (Cabinet members) said to each other privately when they popped out of Cabinet meetings for a pee. I was able to keep the last Prime Minister fully informed about all their little...foibles."

3. When Jim Hacker is chosen for the Cabinet, which department is he made minister for?

From Quiz Yes Minister

Answer: Administrative Affairs

When the television commentators are discussing Hacker's entry into Cabinet, they remark that the department is a bit of a "political graveyard."

4. Prime Minister Jim Hacker, idealistic but shrewd, was played to perfection by which great British comedy actor?

From Quiz Yes, Prime Minister

Answer: Paul Eddington

The late, great Paul Eddington also played Jerry Leadbetter in "The Good Life", alongside Richard Briers. He sadly died in 1995, aged 68.

5. What was the name of the "gambit" that Sir Frank employed in order to persuade the Chancellor to oppose the proposed tax cut?

From Quiz The Smoke Screen

Answer: Kidney Machine

"I used the one about our needing the money for hospitals, schools and old people. - The Kidney Machine gambit."

6. According to the DAA report, how much meat is in a typical British sausage?

From Quiz Party Games

Answer: 26%

"The average British sausage consists of 32.5% fat, 6.5% rind, 20% water, 10% rusk, 5% seasoning, preservative and colouring and only 26% meat".

7. What was the name of the magazine that Jim Hacker edited prior to his entry into politics?

From Quiz Yes Minister

Answer: Reform

Jim's wife, Annie, notes in one episode how Jim was "very much different" when he edited Reform, in that he was more demanding and less controlled by his subordinates.

8. The Cabinet Secretary, wily and highly intelligent, counteracted Hacker's "political will" with his "administrative won't". Who gave a masterly performance as Sir Humphrey Appleby?

From Quiz Yes, Prime Minister

Answer: Nigel Hawthorne

The late Sir Nigel Hawthorne (he was knighted in 1999) died in 2001, aged 72. On the international stage, he is probably best remembered for his Oscar-nominated performance in "The Madness of King George".

9. To what score had the England Cricket team collapsed that caused Sir Humphrey to rush off from his meeting with Sir Frank?

From Quiz The Smoke Screen

Answer: 70 for 3

Although, according to the scoreboard, they had recovered to 282 for 5 by the time Sir Humphrey arrived.

10. According to Sir Humphrey, what is the current size of the Civil Service?

From Quiz The Key

Answer: 680,000

"The whole Civil Service is on your side. 680,000 of us; Surely that's enough to be going on with?"

11. What is the "customary surpise" Christmas gift for a Principal Private Secretary?

From Quiz Party Games

Answer: Champagne

Along with "Bottles of Sherry for the Assistant Secretaries, large boxes of House of Commons mints for the Diary Secretary and the Correspondence Secretary and small boxes of House of Commons mints for the rest".

12. Which actor played Sir Humphrey Appleby, the Permanent Secretary at Hacker's ministry?

From Quiz Yes Minister

Answer: Nigel Hawthorne

Fowlds played Bernard Woolley, Hacker's private secretary. Eddington played Hacker.

13. Managing the delicate balancing act of keeping the peace, and being an ally to Jim Hacker and Humphrey Appleby, was Bernard Woolley. Which future star of "Heartbeat" played him?

From Quiz Yes, Prime Minister

Answer: Derek Fowlds

A former master of the puppet Basil Brush, Derek Fowlds was superb as Bernard and went on to play Oscar Blaketon in "Heartbeat".

14. What colour is the door that connects the Cabinet Office with Number 10?

From Quiz The Key

Answer: Green

This door was the only way from the Cabinet Office, where Sir Humphrey worked, into Number 10. Bernard had the locks changed and all the keys brought to him. It is referred to as a "Green Baize" door but it seems to be an ordinary wooden door without any baize on it anywhere.

15. In the episode "The Right to Know", what does Hacker's daughter, Lucy, threaten to do to protest the potential destruction of a badger colony?

From Quiz Yes Minister

Answer: Protest in the nude

Lucy notifies her father of this through a letter. When Hacker asks his Private Secretary what angle the media will take, Bernard replies "A wide angle, I should think."

16. What was the name of Jim Hacker's wife?

From Quiz Yes, Prime Minister

Answer: Annie

Annie Hacker was played by Diana Hoddinott. Lucy was the name of Jim's daughter.

17. According to Dr. Peter Thorn, how many people die prematurely per day as a result of smoking?

From Quiz The Smoke Screen

Answer: 300

"We must be realists. You and I weren't born yesterday." "No, and we didn't die yesterday; but 300 people did, prematurely, as a result of smoking; 100,000 deaths per year."

18. Whilst Sir Humphrey is trying and failing to open the connecting door to Number 10, Bernard is on on the other side of the door, doing what?

From Quiz The Key

Answer: Laughing

Bernard and Dorothy are on the other side of the door trying to stop themselves from sniggering at Sir Humphrey's discomfort...and failing!

19. Which member of the Cabinet was forced to resign after reports of his drunk driving in the press?

From Quiz Party Games

Answer: Home Secretary

Particularly embarrassing as he himself had recently implemented a "Don't drink and drive at Christmas" campaign! The Minister for Administrative Affairs was also stopped for drunk driving but, fortunately for him, the press never got wind of it.

20. What is Sir Humphrey Appleby's nickname?

From Quiz Yes Minister

Answer: Humpy

Hacker discovers this in the second episode when they are traveling to Scotland to meet with the new president of Buranda, who went to college with Hacker.

21. What name did Hacker give to his plan to reintroduce conscription, thus solving the problems of defence and unemployment?

From Quiz Yes, Prime Minister

Answer: The Grand Design

"The Grand Design" was the title of this, the first ever episode of "Yes, Prime Minister".

22. According to Sir Humphrey, how many admirals were there currently in the British Navy?

From Quiz The Smoke Screen

Answer: 60

Despite there being only four capital ships!

23. Following the Prime Minister's surprise resignation, who are the two initial front runners to be his replacement?

From Quiz Party Games

Answer: Eric and Duncan

Eric is Chancellor of the Exchequer and Duncan is Foreign Secretary.

24. What university did Jim Hacker attend?

From Quiz Yes Minister

Answer: The London School of Economics

Inner Temple is one of the law colleges in Britain. Sir Humphrey particularly looks down on the LSE, but it always seems to be Bernard who makes cracks about this to Hacker.

25. In "The Ministerial Broadcast", what was Hacker asked to consider before his Prime Ministerial broadcast was filmed?

From Quiz Yes, Prime Minister

Answer: Some dental work

The director of the broadcast was played by John Wells, who played Margaret Thatcher's husband Denis in the play "Anyone for Denis?". "Yes Minister" and "Yes, Prime Minister" were Margaret Thatcher's favourite comedy programmes.

26. What was the name of the Minister for Sport?

From Quiz The Smoke Screen

Answer: Leslie Potts

Professor Marriott was an academic with ideas on how to reform local government and the others have been, at various times, Ministers for Employment.

27. What excuse does Bernard give for failing to prevent Sir Humphrey gaining entrance to the meeting between the Prime Minister and Sir Frank?

From Quiz The Key

Answer: Sir Humphrey is bigger than he is

"Why did you allow Sir Humphrey to come in here when I explicitly told you not to?" "Well, I couldn't stop him." "Why not?" "He's bigger than me!"

28. Apart from Jim and Sir Humphrey, who else is in the meeting where the security files of the two potential candidates are being discussed?

From Quiz Party Games

Answer: Chief Whip

The Chief Whip is constantly frustrated that he does not have security clearance to see the files being discussed.

29. Which British politician appeared with Jim Hacker and Sir Humphrey Appleby for a mini-episode of 'Yes Minister?'

From Quiz Yes Minister

Answer: Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher loved 'Yes Minister' so much that she and her Press Secretary, Bernard Ingram, wrote a 4 minute script where Thatcher instructs Hacker to get rid of economists, which Sir Humphrey happened to have one of his two degrees in.

30. In "The Smoke Screen" which minister proposes a plan to abolish smoking?

From Quiz Yes, Prime Minister

Answer: The Minister for Health

The plan includes a total ban on advertising and progressive tax increases until a packet of 20 cigarettes costs the same as a bottle of whisky. Humphrey says that only "fanatics" like doctors would support it.

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