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Quiz about Yes Minister
Quiz about Yes Minister

Yes Minister Trivia Quiz


This quiz concerns the exploits of the Right Honorable Jim Hacker and his employees on the Britcom "Yes, Minister."

A multiple-choice quiz by APGovMan. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
APGovMan
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
159,623
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
8 / 10
Plays
1352
Last 3 plays: Guest 174 (10/10), Guest 94 (9/10), Guest 119 (9/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. When Jim Hacker is chosen for the Cabinet, which department is he made minister for? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. What was the name of the magazine that Jim Hacker edited prior to his entry into politics? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Which actor played Sir Humphrey Appleby, the Permanent Secretary at Hacker's ministry? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. 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? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. What is Sir Humphrey Appleby's nickname? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. What university did Jim Hacker attend? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Which British politician appeared with Jim Hacker and Sir Humphrey Appleby for a mini-episode of 'Yes Minister?' Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. In the first year of 'Yes, Minister', this character served as Jim Hacker's political adviser and generally earned the enmity of Sir Humphrey Appleby. Who was he? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. The second episode of 'Yes, Minister' sees Jim Hacker having to deal with the issue of where to schedule a visit from the president of Buranda. Where does the visit get scheduled to take place? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Normally, Sir Humphrey could get his way by doing an end-run around Jim Hacker. Over what issue did Hacker turn the tables and score "checkmate" against Sir Humphrey? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. When Jim Hacker is chosen for the Cabinet, which department is he made minister for?

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

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

Answer: Nigel Hawthorne

Fowlds played Bernard Woolley, Hacker's private secretary. Eddington played Hacker.
4. 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?

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."
5. What is Sir Humphrey Appleby's nickname?

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.
6. What university did Jim Hacker attend?

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.
7. Which British politician appeared with Jim Hacker and Sir Humphrey Appleby for a mini-episode of '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.
8. In the first year of 'Yes, Minister', this character served as Jim Hacker's political adviser and generally earned the enmity of Sir Humphrey Appleby. Who was he?

Answer: Frank Weisel

Sir Humphrey used to make it a point to refer to Frank as "Mr. Weasel". Bernard would generally do it by accident.
9. The second episode of 'Yes, Minister' sees Jim Hacker having to deal with the issue of where to schedule a visit from the president of Buranda. Where does the visit get scheduled to take place?

Answer: Scotland

They put it in Scotland because the Queen was scheduled to be at Balmoral. The real reason Hacker scheduled the visit there was because there were three by-elections coming up in Scotland, all in marginal constituencies.
10. Normally, Sir Humphrey could get his way by doing an end-run around Jim Hacker. Over what issue did Hacker turn the tables and score "checkmate" against Sir Humphrey?

Answer: the creation of privacy safeguards for a national database

In that episode, named Big Brother, Hacker learns of Sir Humphrey's stalling technique from his predecessor, who is now sitting on the opposition benches.
Source: Author APGovMan

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