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The quiz: disqualified from sitting

Lord Norton

Congratulations to Jonathan and Jason Lower, who were winners of the previous quiz.  As they and other contributors showed, the House is not short of members with experience of the press.   This time, the questions relate to peers who are not permitted to sit while holding particular offices.   As usual, the first two readers to…

Quiz: The press

Lord Norton

Congratulations to Len and JH who are the winners of the previous quiz.  They offered very full answers.  For this quiz, I have jettisoned the questions I was going to set – I’ll use them next time – and opted instead for a single and somewhat topical question.  Given that the press is now part…

Quiz

Lord Norton

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…

Quiz: medicine and philosophy

Lord Norton

Congratulations to Emmy and Dave H, who were the winners of the previous quiz, and a commendation to danfilson for getting in first with the answer to the first question.  The answers showed the range of choice for identifying peers who have led trades unions and who are ministers of religion.  This week the focus…

Quiz: trade unions and religion

Lord Norton

Congratulations to Anne Marie Cunningham and Jonathan who were the first two readers to supply the correct answers to the previous quiz.  Commendations to all the readers who supplied answers.  That quiz covered the law and medicine.  This one covers trade unions and religion.  As usual, the first two readers to supply the correct answers…