#8243, aired 2020-09-23 | POLITICS GETS PHYSICAL $800: In 1972 an Ulster MP slapped Britain's home secretary who told parliament that "Bloody" this day was self-defense by British troops Bloody Sunday |
#8175, aired 2020-03-06 | BRITISH POLITICS $200: It's the job of presiding over the House of Commons. From 2009 to 2019, it was the flamboyant John Bercow the Speaker |
#8175, aired 2020-03-06 | BRITISH POLITICS $400: An English town or district that forms the constituency of a member of parliament is called one of these, like a division of NYC a borough |
#8175, aired 2020-03-06 | BRITISH POLITICS $600: In December 2019 this party won a sweeping election victory on a Brexit-now platform the Conservatives |
#8175, aired 2020-03-06 | BRITISH POLITICS $1000: From 2014 to 2016 Philip Hammond served as this official, the British counterpart of the U.S. Secretary of State the Foreign Secretary |
#8175, aired 2020-03-06 | BRITISH POLITICS $3,200 (Daily Double): Since 2016 Baroness Evans of Bowes Park has been the leader of this body the House of Lords |
#8077, aired 2019-10-22 | BRITISH PRIME MINISTERS $1000: A giant of 19th century politics as well as a novelist, he was the first man of Jewish ancestry to be prime minister Disraeli |
#4790, aired 2005-06-03 | 20th CENTURY BRITISH HISTORY $2000: The Marquess of this had a large "steak" in British politics; he was the first 20th century prime minister Salisbury |
#3592, aired 2000-03-28 | QUOTATIONS $800: "In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman", said this British leader Margaret Thatcher |
#2393, aired 1995-01-18 | BRITISH GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $200: The House of Commons has 651 members from England, Scotland, Northern Ireland & this country Wales |
#2393, aired 1995-01-18 | BRITISH GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $400: On June 11, 1987 this prime minister became the first in 160 years to win 3 straight elections Thatcher |
#2393, aired 1995-01-18 | BRITISH GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $800: This government office that collected & disbursed funds evolved into the modern Treasury the Exchequer |
#2393, aired 1995-01-18 | BRITISH GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $1000: This lord & publisher of the Daily Express sat in Parliament from 1910 to 1916 Lord Beaverbrook |
#2393, aired 1995-01-18 | BRITISH GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $1,500 (Daily Double): In 1983 Neil Kinnock was elected leader of this party at the young age of 41 Labour |
#1944, aired 1993-02-04 | BRITISH POLITICS $100: The United Kingdom is divided into 651 constituencies & each one sends an MP to this house House of Commons |
#1944, aired 1993-02-04 | BRITISH POLITICS $200: The offices of the government chief whip are at No. 12 on this street Downing Street |
#1944, aired 1993-02-04 | BRITISH POLITICS $300: An MP who's not a member of the government or an official opposition spokesman is a "back" 1 of these bencher |
#1944, aired 1993-02-04 | BRITISH POLITICS $400: This group drafts & approves the queen's speech that opens a session of Parliament the cabinet |
#1944, aired 1993-02-04 | BRITISH POLITICS $500: If you've got a P.C. after your style, name & honors, it means you're a member of this priivy council |
#1419, aired 1990-11-01 | BRITISH POLITICS $100: The opposition forms a shadow counterpart this government group of department heads cabinet |
#1419, aired 1990-11-01 | BRITISH POLITICS $200: This term for the party that opposed the Whigs now refers to the Conservatives the Tories |
#1323, aired 1990-05-09 | ABBREVIATIONS $100: In British politics an M.P. is a member of Parliament & the P.M. is this prime minister |
#1137, aired 1989-07-11 | BRITISH POLITICS $100: Serving from 1916-22 Liberal Lloyd George was the last P.M. not from either of these 2 parties Labour & Conservative |
#1137, aired 1989-07-11 | BRITISH POLITICS $200: He preceded & followed Clement Attlee as prime minister Winston Churchill |
#1137, aired 1989-07-11 | BRITISH POLITICS $300: The House of Commons has 523 members from England, 38 from Wales, 72 from Scotland & 17 from there Northern Ireland |
#1137, aired 1989-07-11 | BRITISH POLITICS $400: In 1938 this P.M. signed the Munich Pact, at which time Hitler promised to take no more European land Neville Chamberlain |
#1137, aired 1989-07-11 | BRITISH POLITICS $500: In 1919, under this title, U.S.-born Nancy Langhorne became the 1st woman to serve in Parliament Lady (Nancy) Astor |
#1064, aired 1989-03-30 | BRITISH POLITICS $100: Although it hasn't been done since the early 1700s, the queen has the right to do this to legislation veto (or reject it) |
#1064, aired 1989-03-30 | BRITISH POLITICS $200: Of Parliament's 2 houses, it is referred to as the upper house House of Lords |
#1037, aired 1989-02-21 | NATIONAL SYMBOLS $400: In 1712 Scottish scientist John Arbuthnot popularized him to satirize British politics John Bull |
#877, aired 1988-05-31 | WORLD POLITICS $800: Born in S. Africa, this former British army officer was Israeli Foreign Minister from 1966-74 Abba Eban |