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The Guardian - UK
Politics
John Crace

John Crace's 2016 UK politics quiz

A protest outside an anti-corruption summit in London.
A protest outside an anti-corruption summit in London. Photograph: Hannah Mckay/EPA
  1. Who did David Cameron ring to concede defeat on the night of the EU referendum?

    1. His mum

    2. Boris Johnson

    3. Michael Gove

    4. Nigel Farage

  2. Who came last in the Conservative leadership election?

    1. Michael Gove

    2. Liam Fox

    3. Stephen Crabb

    4. Andrea Leadsom

  3. Who was leader of Ukip for 18 days in September?

    1. Diane James

    2. Nigel Farage

    3. Paul Nuttall

    4. Suzanne Evans

  4. Which UK politician attended Fidel Castro’s funeral?

    1. Boris Johnson

    2. Jeremy Corbyn

    3. Emily Thornberry

    4. John McDonnell

  5. Which Ukip MEP got into a fight with fellow Ukip MEP Steven Woolfe at the European parliament in Strasbourg?

    1. Paul Nuttall

    2. Jeff Puncheon

    3. Mike Hookem

    4. Keith Basher

  6. What, according to David Davis, is the biggest mandate of all time?

    1. 85% to 15%

    2. 63% to 37%

    3. 52% to 48%

    4. 93% to 7%

  7. Who represented Gina Miller in her article 50 case against the government at the supreme court?

    1. Lord Keen

    2. Lord Eager

    3. Lord Pannick

    4. Lord Bates

  8. Which celebrity did not support Brexit?

    1. Ian Botham

    2. Liz Hurley

    3. Jeremy Clarkson

    4. Joan Collins

  9. How much money does Britain actually give to the EU each week?

    1. £112m

    2. £350m

    3. £248m

    4. £136m

  10. Where did David Cameron make his first speech after his father was named as having an offshore company in the Panama Papers?

    1. PricewaterhouseCoopers

    2. Goldman Sachs

    3. Bloomberg

    4. The Old Bailey

  11. Who was nominated for a peerage by Jeremy Corbyn?

    1. Naz Shah

    2. Shami Chakrabarti

    3. Ken Livingstone

    4. Karren Brady

  12. Who described Donald Trump as “out of his mind” and “unfit to serve”?

    1. Hillary Clinton

    2. Hilary Benn

    3. Boris Johnson

    4. George Osborne

Solutions

1:C, 2:C, 3:A, 4:C, 5:C, 6:C, 7:C, 8:C, 9:D, 10:A, 11:B, 12:C

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