Given the speed with which yesterday’s quiz question was answered, here’s a second one. How many former party leaders sit in the House of Lords and who are they?
Second quiz question
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Quiz question
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I thought I would pose a quick and straightforward quiz question. Depending on how quickly it is answered, I may post another over the course of the weekend. How many women have held the post of Leader of the House of Lords? Who are they?
The weekly quiz: who's who?
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Following last week’s quiz, I thought I would pose two more questions based on the Guide to Business. Page 8 of the Guide shows a cross-bencher addressing the House, a Conservative front-bencher speaking from the dispatch box, and a Liberal Democrat speaking from the Liberal Democrat front bench. Question 1: Who are the three peers?…
This week's quiz: identifying the speakers
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This week’s quiz question is different to those of previous weeks and relies on knowledge of peers. The Guide to Business has a number of pictures of the chamber and of peers speaking. If you look at page 6 of the Guide, you will see in the top-left picture a cross-bench peer addressing the House, in…
The weekly quiz
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For this week’s quiz, I thought I would pose questions that are a little different to the type posted in previous weeks. Question 1 What is the relationship between a late distinguished member of the House of Lords and the phrase ‘Bob’s your uncle’? Question 2 When the two Houses of Parliament acquired a settled meeting place,…