Conservative Party Quiz Rowena Hammal

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Conservative Party QuizRowena Hammal
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How to do this quiz

• Use a pen and paper to record your answers.
• Once youve finished the quiz, go through the
  answers and give yourself one mark for each
  correct answer.
• Add up your total score and see how you did.

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Questions 1 Leaders

• Which Conservatives took on the leadership of
  their party in the following years?
• 2005
• 2003
• 2001
• 1997
• 1990
• 1975

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Questions 2 Parliamentarians

• Who said this in 1968? As I look ahead, I am
  filled with foreboding like the Roman, I seem to
  see the River Tiber foaming with much blood.
• Who said this of interest groups in 1986? They
  are serpents that strangle efficient
  government.
• Who made the news in November 2014 for sneaking
  rude words into a speech to Parliament, in order
  to honour a Navy dare?
• What proportion of Conservative MPs are female?
• What have Conservative MPs done more times in the
  201015 parliament than in any other?

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Questions 3 Policies

1. Which policy area has been the most divisive
   within the Conservative Party over the past 40
   years?
2. What new type of schools were introduced by the
   Conservatives as part of their 201015 coalition
   government?
3. What was the name of the controversial NHS
   reforms introduced by health secretary Andrew
   Lansley?
4. Which of the following taxes has not been reduced
   by Conservative chancellor of the exchequer
   George Osborne income tax, value-added tax
   (VAT), stamp duty, green levies on energy
   companies?
5. Which controversial reforms has Conservative
   minister Iain Duncan Smith been responsible for?

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Questions 4 Voters and elections

1. Which party won two by-elections against the
   Conservatives in 2014?
2. Which Conservative leader secured the biggest
   Conservative majority in the last 50 years?
3. Which high-profile Conservative will be running
   as the candidate for Uxbridge and South Ruislip
   in 2015, with the hope of returning to Parliament
   after an absence of some years?
4. In which postwar election did the Conservatives
   famously fail to win the popular vote but yet
   manage to win the most seats?
5. In which part of the UK have Conservatives seen a
   sharp decline in recent decades, currently only
   having one MP?

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Answers 1 Leaders

• Which Conservatives took on the leadership of
  their party in the following years?
• 2005 David Cameron
• 2003 Michael Howard
• 2001 Iain Duncan Smith
• 1997 William Hague
• 1990 John Major
• 1975 Margaret Thatcher

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Answers 2 Parliamentarians

• Who said this in 1968? As I look ahead, I am
  filled with foreboding like the Roman, I seem to
  see the River Tiber foaming with much blood.
• Enoch Powell MP made this notorious speech
  against immigration. You can read the whole
  speech here. Powell was sacked from the shadow
  cabinet by leader Edward Heath, and his speech
  continues to be a source of controversy for
  Conservatives to this day.
• Who said this of interest groups in 1986? They
  are serpents that strangle efficient
  government.
• Home secretary Douglas Hurd. His actual words
  were slightly more elaborate, referring to
  serpents emerging from the sea to strangle
  Laocoön and his sons in their coils, a reference
  to a classical Greek sculpture.

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Answers 2 Parliamentarians (cont.)

• Who made the news in November 2014 for sneaking
  rude words into a speech to Parliament, in order
  to honour a Navy dare?
• Conservative MP for Portsmouth North, Penny
  Mordaunt. She initially got away with her prank,
  but confessed to having done it some months
  later, which sparked a controversy. Read more and
  watch her speech here.
• What proportion of Conservative MPs are female?
• 16. This is a longstanding problem for the
  party. For most of the 201015 parliament, there
  have been more Old Etonians than women in
  Cabinet. Read articles on women and the
  Conservatives here and here.
• What have Conservative MPs done more times in the
  201015 parliament than in any other?
• Rebelled. Watch a short video clip about the
  Conservatives most rebellious MP here.

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Answers 3 Policies

• Which policy area has been the most divisive
  within the Conservative Party over the past 40
  years? Europe
• What new type of schools were introduced by the
  Conservatives as part of their 201015 coalition
  government? Free schools
• What was the name of the controversial NHS
  reforms introduced by health secretary Andrew
  Lansley? Health and Social Care Act 2012

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Answers 3 Policies (cont.)

• Which of the following taxes has not been reduced
  by Conservative chancellor of the exchequer
  George Osborne income tax, value-added tax
  (VAT), stamp duty, green levies on energy
  companies?
• VAT. This consumption tax was raised by the
  coalition from 17.5 to 20. This move was
  criticised by Labour as VAT is paid by everyone,
  including the poor, unlike income tax, which is
  progressive.
• Which controversial reforms has Conservative
  minister Iain Duncan Smith been responsible for?
• Welfare reforms, including a cap on total
  benefits of 26,000 per annum for families,
  changing the benefits system for disabled people,
  introducing Universal Credit. Read more here.

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Answers 4 Voters and elections

• Which party won two by-elections against the
  Conservatives in 2014? UKIP, winning the Clacton
  by-election in October 2014, and the Rochester
  and Strood by-election in November 2014. Both
  winning candidates were the former Conservative
  incumbents who each defected to UKIP.
• Which Conservative leader secured the biggest
  Conservative majority in the last 50 years?
  Margaret Thatcher, with a majority of 144 in
  1983, following her Falklands War victory.
• Which high-profile Conservative will be running
  as the candidate for Uxbridge and South Ruislip
  in 2015, with the hope of returning to Parliament
  after an absence of some years? Boris Johnson.
  Johnson was an MP from 2001 to 2008 before
  becoming mayor of London. He has been tipped as a
  possible leader of his party.

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Answers 4 Voters and elections (cont.)

• 4. In which postwar election did the
  Conservatives famously fail to win the popular
  vote but yet manage to win the most seats? 1951.
  Conservative leader Winston Churchill removed
  Labour from power by winning 7 more seats,
  despite receiving less votes in total.
• 5. In which part of the UK have Conservatives
  seen a sharp decline in recent decades, currently
  only having one MP? Scotland. During the 2014
  independence referendum campaign, Nationalists
  jibed that Scotland had more giant pandas than
  Tory MPs.

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Results

• 1820 Congratulations, a Thatcher-like victory!
• 1517 Well done. Like John Major, you are a safe
  choice.
• 1014 Not terrible, not amazing. Reminiscent of
  David Camerons 2010 election result.
• 59 Clearly more work needs to be done, just as
  Michael Howard recognised when he resigned as
  leader following the 2005 general election.
• 04 Better hit the books or, like the
  self-styled quiet man Iain Duncan Smith, you
  wont have much to say for yourself in the exam!