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The Life and Work of Boris Johnson

Can you answer these questions about the life and work of one of the most famous British politicians of recent years?
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Me writing a quiz about Boris Johnson does not indicate I endorse any of his views or actions, simply that he has lived an interesting life.
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Boris was born in which city, in 1964?
New York
What is his actual first name?
Alexander
Who is his father, then a 23 year old student?
Stanley Johnson
His earliest recorded ambition was to be what?
"world king"
What English private school did he attend as a teenager?
Eton College
In his gap year he taught English and Latin in which country?
Australia
He studied Classics at which English university in the 1980s?
Oxford University
While there he joined which private all-male dining club?
The Bullingdon Club
Which fellow student did he marry in 1987?
Allegra Mostyn-Owen
He was fired from which newspaper for making up a quote?
The Times
He later served as which paper’s Brussels correspondent?
The Daily Telegraph
Which childhood friend became his second wife in 1993?
Marina Wheeler
He first appeared on which BBC panel show in 1998?
Have I Got News For You
From 1999 to 2005 he edited which weekly news magazine?
The Spectator
In 2001 he was first elected MP for which constituency?
Henley
What was the title of his first novel, published in 2004?
Seventy-Two Virgins
He was elected to which position in 2008, and again in 2012?
Mayor of London
He was re-elected as an MP in 2015, in which constituency?
Uxbridge and South Ruislip
He campaigned strongly to leave which organisation in 2016?
The European Union
Which cabinet position did he hold from 2016 to 2018?
Secretary of State for Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs
In 2019 he was elected leader of which British political party?
The Conservative Party
Who did he thus replace as Prime Minister of the UK?
Theresa May
His term was dominated by which health emergency…?
The COVID-19 Pandemic
…and the military invasion of which European country?
Ukraine
Which scandal was about breaking lockdown rules?
Partygate
Who became his third wife in 2021?
Carrie Symonds
Who succeeded him as Prime Minister in September 2022?
Liz Truss
And who succeeded her as Prime Minister in October 2022?
Rishi Sunak
In June 2024 he became as a columnist for which paper?
The Daily Mail
As of July 2023, Boris has fathered how many children?
Eight
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