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List of prime ministers of the United Kingdom - Quiz
List of prime ministers of the United Kingdom
  • 1. Who was the last Chancellor of Scotland?
A) Charles Townshend
B) Earl of Chatham
C) Robert Walpole
D) James Ogilvy, 1st Earl of Seafield
  • 2. Which department was responsible for the Great Seal in the Kingdom of Scotland?
A) The chancery
B) The court of session
C) The privy council
D) The Treasury
  • 3. What event in 1714 led to the commission of lords of the Treasury becoming permanent?
A) The succession of George I
B) The resignation of Robert Walpole
C) The death of Queen Anne
D) The end of the Seven Years' War
  • 4. Who headed the government for three years following 1714?
A) James Stanhope
B) Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend
C) Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland
D) Robert Walpole
  • 5. Which two men ran the government jointly after Townshend?
A) Robert Walpole and the Earl of Bath
B) George I and James Ogilvy
C) Lords Stanhope and Sunderland
D) The Earl of Chatham and the Marquess of Salisbury
  • 6. In what year did James Stanhope die?
A) 1746
B) 1721
C) 1714
D) 1757
  • 7. When was the title 'prime minister' officially recognised?
A) 1707
B) Victorian era
C) Edwardian era
D) 1721
  • 8. Which two individuals are the only exceptions to the convention that the prime minister holds the office of first lord?
A) The Earl of Chatham and the Marquess of Salisbury
B) William Pulteney and James Waldegrave
C) James Stanhope and Charles Spencer
D) Robert Walpole and Charles Townshend
  • 9. Who was invited to form a ministry in 1746 after Henry Pelham resigned?
A) William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath
B) Robert Walpole
C) James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl Waldegrave
D) William Pitt the Elder
  • 10. How long did William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath, attempt to form a government before stepping down?
A) Three years
B) Two months
C) Four days
D) Two days
  • 11. How long did James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl Waldegrave, attempt to form a government before stepping down?
A) Four days
B) Three years
C) Two months
D) Two days
  • 12. Who dominated the affairs of government during the Seven Years' War?
A) Henry Pelham
B) James Waldegrave
C) William Pitt the Elder
D) William Pulteney
  • 13. What is the modern academic consensus on William Pulteney and James Waldegrave?
A) They were the first two prime ministers
B) They were the only prime ministers before 1721
C) They held the office but were not recognised
D) They did not hold the office of prime minister
  • 14. What was a primary responsibility of the Chancellor of Scotland?
A) Leading the Seven Years' War
B) Presiding at meetings of the privy council
C) Confirmining land titles via the Treasury
D) Managing foreign affairs
  • 15. What office does the prime minister usually hold by constitutional convention?
A) Secretary of State
B) Lord high treasurer
C) Chancellor of Scotland
D) First lord
  • 16. Who is considered by historians to be the first prime minister of the Kingdom of Great Britain?
A) Henry Campbell-Bannerman
B) William Pitt the Younger
C) Robert Walpole
D) Benjamin Disraeli
  • 17. In what year did the office of prime minister officially become a title?
A) 1878
B) 1905
C) 1922
D) 1805
  • 18. Who was the first prime minister to use the title in an official act?
A) William Pitt the Younger
B) Benjamin Disraeli
C) Robert Walpole
D) Henry Campbell-Bannerman
  • 19. Which prime minister was the first to be officially referred to as such in the order of precedence in 1905?
A) Henry Campbell-Bannerman
B) Andrew Bonar Law
C) Stanley Baldwin
D) Benjamin Disraeli
  • 20. Who was the first prime minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 1922?
A) Andrew Bonar Law
B) William Pitt the Younger
C) Stanley Baldwin
D) Robert Walpole
  • 21. Who was the serving prime minister when the country was officially renamed in 1927?
A) Benjamin Disraeli
B) Andrew Bonar Law
C) Stanley Baldwin
D) Henry Campbell-Bannerman
  • 22. During which decade was the term 'prime minister' regularly used by Robert Walpole?
A) 1710s
B) 1720s
C) 1740s
D) 1730s
  • 23. In what year was the term 'prime minister' first used in the House of Commons?
A) 1880
B) 1805
C) 1905
D) 1730
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