Congratulations to Len and danfilson who were the winners of the last quiz. The latter gave an extremely good list of members of the House of Lords who were medically qualified. For this quiz we focus on academics and civil servants. As usual, the first two readers to supply the correct answers will be the winners.
1. Name at least six current members of the House of Lords who hold or have held a professorial post in a UK university.
2. Name at least three members of the House – other than those who have been Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service – who have served as Permanent Secretaries of one or more Government Departments.
1) Professor Lady Murphy, Professor Lord Winston, Professor Lord Rees of Ludlow, Professor Lord Bew, Professor Lord Hennessy of Nympsfield and Professor Lord Norton of Louth.
2) Lord Kerr of Kinlochard (Foreign Office), Lord Bichard (Education and Employment) and Lord Crisp (Department for Health).
1. In no particular order:
Lord Norton of Louth
Lord Rees of Ludlow
Baroness Greenfield
Lord Darzi of Denham
Lord Hennessy of Nympsfield
Lord Plant of Highbury
Lord Woolf,
Lord Collins of Mapesbury
(the latter two if visiting posts are included)
2. Lord Jay of Ewelme
Lord Burns
Lord Levene of Portsoken
Lord Bichard
Don’t forget about Baron Bhattacharyya!
Too many Professors.