This week the quiz is a straightforward one to identify particular members of the House of Lords. As this blog has variously noted, the House is notable for the range of its membership. As usual, the first two readers to supply the correct answers will be the winners.
1. The House of Lords has just lost a member who was one of the country’s leading nuclear physicists. Who was he?
2. My father was much decorated and my mother-in-law was Daphne du Maurier. Who am I?
3. I am Chairman of the Folio Society. Who am I?
4. I was chief adviser to the Russian Government on employment from 1991 to 1994. Who am I?
This quiz’s four questions seem suitable for many British citizens, my lord. Thank you.
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1) Lord Flowers
2) Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
3) Lord Gavron
4) Lord Layard
1. Lord Flowers
2. Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
3. Lord Gavron
4. Baroness Meacher
1. Lord Flowers
2. Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
3. Lord Gavron
4. Lord Layard
1. Lord Flowers
2. Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
3. Lord Gavron
4. Baroness Meacher
Fantastic speech in the House the other day, Lord Norton! The content in many peers’ speeches would have contributed well to my dissertation for HoL reform I wrote earlier in the year…
1) Lord Flowers
2) Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
3) Lord Gavron
4) Lord Layard?
1) Lord Flowers
3) Lord Gavron
The others have me stumped.
Congratulations to Rob and Emmy, who are this week’s winners.
1. Lord Flowers, one of the country’s leading nuclear physicists, has just died.
2. Lord Montgomery of Alamein is the son of the war-time Field Marshal Bernard (later Lord) Montgomery. His wife is the daughter of the late Daphne du Maurier.
3. Lord Gavron owns and chairs the Folio Society.
4. Baroness Meacher was chief adviser to the Russian Government on employment from 1991 to 1994. I can understand why Croft, Len and Jonathan opted for Lord Layard (to whom Baroness Meacher is married): he was an economic consultant to the Russian Government from 1991 to 1997.
I am glad Emmy won. Her comments clearly demonstrate a discerning reader.
“I am glad Emmy won. Her comments clearly demonstrate a discerning reader.”
gehh! Heh! Heh! Now that is wit.