Quiz  /  Notable Prime Ministers Quiz

  • 1. 
    Which British prime minister is identified with initiating the policy of “appeasement” toward Germany in the period immediately preceding World War II?

  • Winston Churchill
  • Neville Chamberlain
  • Joseph Chamberlain
  • Benjamin Disraeli

  • 2. 
    Which of these prime ministers of New Zealand served in that role three times?

  • Edward William Stafford
  • Henry Sewell
  • Bill English
  • Jennifer Shipley

  • 3. 
    Who became the prime minister of Britain in 1945?

  • Clement Attlee
  • Stanley Baldwin
  • Winston Churchill
  • Neville Chamberlain

  • 4. 
    Which prime minister rallied the British people during World War II?

  • John Major
  • Neville Chamberlain
  • Winston Churchill
  • Margaret Thatcher

  • 5. 
    Who was the only British prime minister in the 20th century to win three consecutive terms?

  • Margaret Thatcher
  • Tony Blair
  • Winston Churchill
  • Clement Attlee

  • 6. 
    What incident was especially responsible for increasing Margaret Thatcher’s popularity?

  • Falkland Islands War
  • denationalization of the telecommunications industry
  • mining policies
  • handling of the Irish Republican Army

  • 7. 
    Upon which former prime minister’s tomb did Queen Victoria lay a wreath in memory of their friendship?

  • Robert Peel
  • Winston Churchill
  • Benjamin Disraeli
  • William Gladstone

  • 8. 
    Who was the first prime minister of Israel?

  • Golda Meir
  • David Ben-Gurion
  • Chaim Weizmann
  • Levi Eshkol
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