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Although it varies, who traditionally lives at No. 10 Downing Street? | |
Who traditionally lives at No.11 Downing Street? | |
And who traditionally lives at No.12 Downing Street? | |
Smoking has been forbidden in the House of Commons since the 1600s, but what tobacco product is allowed and is traditionally provided? | |
What is the name of the Labour MP famous for cracking jokes at the Queen's Speech ceremony? | |
What famous figure summons the Commons to the Lords each year, only to have the door slammed in his face? | |
In the House of Commons, what is the name of the bell rang to announce that MPs have to vote? | |
Several statues of former Prime Ministers are in the lobby of the Houses of Parliament, traditionally, conservative MPs touch the foot of the statue of which Prime Minister? | |
What is the most senior position in the British legal system? | |
And he/she is appointed by the...? | |
Neville Chamberlain flew with which airline on his 'Peace in our time' trip to Munich? | |
What aircraft was used for the journey? | |
The trip resulted in the Munich Agreement, Chamberlain later made the iconic speech in front of that aircraft, what was its serial number? | |
Only 2 British politicans have served in 3 of the 4 Great Offices of State and NOT become Prime Minister. Who was the first man to do this? | |
And who was the second? | |
Name the fourth Great Office of State... | |
Name the third Great Office of State... | |
And the second... | |
And the obvious first... | |
Which Prime Minister served in the other 3 Great Offices of State? | |
Which Great Office of State has not been occupied by a woman? | |
Which Labour Commonwealth Secretary is the only person to have won an Olympic medal and also received a Nobel Prize? | |
He was a silver medalist in what Olympic event at the 1920 games? | |
He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1959 because he supported multilateral what? | |
Name one of Britain's two female Prime Ministers. | |
Name Britain's FIRST female Home Secretary. | |
Name Britain's SECOND female Home Secretary. | |
Name Britain's only female Foreign Secretary. | |
Which Labour Prime Minister introduced National Service? | |
Which Secretary of Defence ended National Service? | |
Which Conservative Prime Minister encouraged the move, wanting to focus on nuclear deterence over large conventional forces? | |
And what was that Prime Minister's nickname? | |
And which American President was he related to? | |
And he was almost toppled by the....? | |
What major 1956 event led to the resignation of Prime Minister Anthony Eden? | |
Labour MP John Stonehouse infamously faked what in 1974? | |
In October 2012, Andrew Mitchell resigned as Chief Whip following an altercation with police at Downing Street. The incident became known as? | |
In October 2011, which Secretary of State for Defence had to resign over his dealings with Adam Werrity? | |
In 2002, which female MP revealed their affair with which man before he became Prime Minister? | |
Who was that man? He was heavily criticised because of his policies of moral absolutism when he was later Prime Minister. | |
In 1988, Edwina Currie was forced to resign because she erronously claimed that most 'most of British [..what..] production' was infected with salmonella? | |
Which Conservative politican compared the European Union with the Third Reich in 1990? | |
Which iconic political figure accepted a bribe in 1923 to lobby the British Government to allow BP to monopolise Persian oil resources? | |
What led to the fall of Herbert Henry Asquiths government in the First World War? | |
During the Second World War, Winston Churchill requested that what Australian animal be sent to Britain to boost morale? | |
Unfortunatly the animal, a favourite of Churchill's, died on the journey, but what was its name? | |
The animal was stuffed and was kept where? | |
Originally an insult, the Conservative Party nickname 'Tory' stems from Irish language, but did it first mean? | |
In 1906, which Prime Minister had three future Prime Ministers in his government? | |
Who was the first of these future Prime Ministers? | |
Who was the second of these future Prime Ministers? | |
Who was the third of these future Prime Ministers? | |
Which Prime Minister was nicknamed the 'Welsh Wizard'? | |
Who was Prime Minister when Downing Street came under mortar fire? | |
Who was the Prime Minister during the 'Winter of Discontent'? | |
Which Prime Minister started a library in 10 Downing Street? | |
What was installed in 10 Downing Street in 1937? | |
On the 14th October 1940, 10 Downing Street was hit by what? | |
In the 1960s it was discovered that Downing Street was not built with black bricks, what colour were the bricks of 10 Downing Street originally? | |
Now, they have been painted black, but what originally blackened the brickwork? | |
In 1902, the first car was driven into 10 Downing Street, who owned it? | |
In 2011 Larry the No. 10 Cat was given an offical title, what was it? | |
Larry caused a media frenzy when he attacked a...? | |
Which Downing Street Cat was known as 'the best mouser in Britain' and lived at No. 10 between 1973 and 1987? | |
Which Prime Minister is famous for being a lover of cats, the most famous of which were called Munich Mouser, Peter, and Nelson? | |
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