Question Time 8 March 2009
Questions
1. Who told Harriet Harman that 'this was her chance' to seize the Labour leadership?
( )David Miliband ( )William Hague
( )Gordon Brown ( )George Osborne
2. Gordon Brown met which international leader in the USA?
( )Barack Obama ( )George W Bush
( )Nicholas Sakozy ( )Ian Paisley
3. Which minister accused the ONS of "playing politics" with population figures?
( )Lord Jones ( )Harriet Harman
( )David Miliband ( )Phil Woolas
4. Which high ranking Conservative was asked to pay back £9,600 of claimed Commons expenses?
( )George Osborne ( )Ed Vaizey
( )Caroline Spelman ( )David Davis
5. MPs said that which government department lacks the skills to do its job?
( )The Department for Communities ( )The Foreign Office and Local Government
( )The Home Office ( )HMRC
www.tutor2u.net 6. Sadly, which party leader had to attend a funeral last week?
( )Ian Paisley ( )Alistair Darling
( )Nick Clegg ( )David Cameron
7. It was revealed that the Government would prop up firms building schools under which scheme?
( )Private Finance Initiative ( )Private Funding Intelligence
( )Popular Finance Initiative ( )Proper Funding Initiative
8. The Scottish Parliament announced plans to tackle what last week?
( )Salmon poaching ( )Gun crime
( )Rodent infestation ( )Alcohol abuse
9. Which, now infamous, figure was revealed as having a pension amounting to £703,000?
( )Sir Alan Sugar ( )Sir Alan Thompson
( )Sir Fred Goodwin ( )Sir Fred Astaire
10. How did environmental campaigner Leila Deen hit the headlines last week?
( )She hit Lord Mandelson with some ( )She lay down on Heathrow's main green custard runway
( )She chained herself to David ( )She hacked into John Prescott's new Cameron's bike blog
www.tutor2u.net Answers
1 William Hague
2 Barack Obama
3 Phil Woolas
4 Caroline Spelman
5 The Department for Communities and Local Government
6 David Cameron
7 Private Finance Initiative
8 Alcohol abuse
9 Sir Fred Goodwin
10 She hit Lord Mandelson with some green custard
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