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10 Average Questions about British Prime Ministers

I will avoid the oft-asked questions about the first Prime Minister (Walpole), the only one assassinated (Perceval), and the one who gave his name to the police (Peel). Everything else, though, is fair game!

A multiple-choice quiz by chessart. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
chessart

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
155,608

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
1388

Last 3 plays: jonnowales (7/10), twlmy (8/10), Mark1970 (7/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Who was the youngest Prime Minister? Hint

Earl Grey

David Lloyd George

Arthur Balfour

William Pitt

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which Prime Minister put an an end to British involvement in the slave trade? Hint

George Canning

William Grenville

William Cavendish Bentinck, the Duke of Portland

Henry Addington

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who was Prime Minister during the British victory over Napoleon at the 1815 Battle of Waterloo? Hint

William Lamb, Lord Melbourne

Arthur Wellesley, the Duke of Wellington

Robert Jenkinson

Edward Stanley, the Earl of Derby

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which Prime Minister re-introduced the income tax in 1842? Hint

Benjamin Disraeli

Sir Robert Peel

John Russell

Edward Stanley

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which Prime Minister was forced to resign because of alleged mismanagement of the Crimean War? Hint

George Hamilton Gordon, Earl of Aberdeen

Benjain Disraeli

Henry John Temple, Lord Palmerston

William Gladstone

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which Prime Minister wrote several novels, including "Vivian Grey", published in 1826? Hint

Benjamin Disraeli

Arthor Balfour

William Gladstone

Henry Campbell-Bannerman

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which Prime Minister passed the Old Age Pension Act? Hint

Arthur Balfour

Herbert Asquith

William Gladstone

Robert Cecil, the Marquis of Salisbury

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Question 8 of 10

8. Under which Prime Minister was the National Health Service established? Hint

Harold Wilson

Andrew Bonar Law

David Lloyd George

Clement Attlee

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who was Prime Minister during the 1956 Mid-East crisis which followed Nasser's attempt to nationalize the Suez Canal? Hint

Harold Macmillan

Stanley Baldwin

Clement Atlee

Anthony Eden

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which Prime Minister ended capital punishment in Britain? Hint

Edward Heath

Harold Wilson

James Callaghan

Alec Douglas-Home

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who was the youngest Prime Minister?

Answer: William Pitt

Pitt was only 24 when King George III invited him to form a government in December of 1783. He had made quite a splash two years earlier with his first speech in the House of Commons, a speech Prime Minister Lord North described as the "best speech" he had ever heard. Pitt also made a name for himself by speaking out against the war against the American colonies, calling it an "unjust war".

2. Which Prime Minister put an an end to British involvement in the slave trade?

Answer: William Grenville

Grenville was Prime Minister from 1806 to 1807.

3. Who was Prime Minister during the British victory over Napoleon at the 1815 Battle of Waterloo?

Answer: Robert Jenkinson

Jenkinson, who became Prime Minister in 1812, was popular at first due to his foreign affairs successes, but his administration then encountered serious domestic strife, and he resigned after suffering a stroke in 1827.

4. Which Prime Minister re-introduced the income tax in 1842?

Answer: Sir Robert Peel

Peel re-introduced the income tax in 1842 in an attempt to stem the tide of deficit spending.

5. Which Prime Minister was forced to resign because of alleged mismanagement of the Crimean War?

Answer: George Hamilton Gordon, Earl of Aberdeen

Gordon served as Prime Minister from 1852 to 1855.

6. Which Prime Minister wrote several novels, including "Vivian Grey", published in 1826?

Answer: Benjamin Disraeli

Disraeli retired from politics after the Conservatives lost the election of 1880. He planned to write more novels in his retirement, but he became ill and died the following year.

7. Which Prime Minister passed the Old Age Pension Act?

Answer: Herbert Asquith

The Old Age Pension Act was one of many reforms passsed by Asquith's Liberal govnemt during his tenure as P.M. from 1908 to 1916. The Liberal reforms were strenuously resisted by the more conservative House of Lords, leading to the 1911 Parliament Act which drastically cut down on the powers of the Lords to block legislation.

8. Under which Prime Minister was the National Health Service established?

Answer: Clement Attlee

After the Labour Party won a big victory in the 1945 general election, Atlee had substantial political capital, and he used it to nationalize many industries as well as establish the N.H.S.

9. Who was Prime Minister during the 1956 Mid-East crisis which followed Nasser's attempt to nationalize the Suez Canal?

Answer: Anthony Eden

Eden agreed with France and Israel on a joint attack on Egypt. However, opposition from U.S. President Eisenhower and from the rest of the international community was too strong, and ultimately the invading nations had to withdraw in favor of U.N. Troops.

10. Which Prime Minister ended capital punishment in Britain?

Answer: Harold Wilson

As leader of the Labour governments of 1964-1970 and 1974-1976, Wilson also reformed the divorce laws and legalized abortion and homosexuality.

Source: Author chessart

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