| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Which day of the week was the election held on? | Thursday | 95%
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| How many seats did Labour win in Scotland? | One (Edinburgh South) | 91%
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| Name a party that won JUST one seat in Parliament | Green Party, Alliance Party of Northern Ireland | 83%
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| Did Boris Johnson increase or decrease his personal majority in his own constituency of Uxbridge and South Ruislip? | Increase | 75%
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| Which party leader lost their seat (East Dunbartonshire)? | Jo Swinson (Liberal Democrats) | 75%
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| Which party suffered the greatest loss in national popular support? | Labour | 74%
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| Which former PM intervened against the Tories a week before polling day - only to see his former seat unexpectedly switch to the Tories | Tony Blair (Sedgefield) | 74%
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| Which type of prejudice dogged Jeremy Corbyn and Labour during the election (for which he repeatedly refused to apologise)? | Antisemitism | 73%
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| Which party's Westminster leader was ousted by the Mayor of Belfast? | DUP (Nigel Dodds) | 72%
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| Which institution did Labour erroneously claim the Conservatives would attempt to 'sell' when they won the election? | NHS | 65%
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| Where did our esteemed PM hide to avoid a grilling by a certain notorious breakfast TV presenter on polling day morning? | In a fridge | 62%
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| Which party leader announced during their constituency acceptance speech that they would not lead their party into the next election? | Jeremy Corbyn (Labour) | 62%
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| Boris Johnson's PR team had him parody a scene from a famous Christmas love movie - which one? | Love Actually | 56%
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| And finally, how many seats did Boris Johnson's Conservatives win? | 365 | 53%
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| What is the name of the Conservatives' controversial Chief Special Advisor? (he also led the VoteLeave campaign) | Dominic Cummings | 53%
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| Which controversial new industry did the Conservatives put a moratorium on for the election campagin after fears it triggered an earthquake in Lancashire? | Fracking | 49%
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| When was the last time that Labour's seat tally was as low as in 2019? | 1935 | 46%
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| Which interviewer did Johnson notoriously dodge an interview with? | Andrew Neil | 41%
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| Name one of the most senior MPs to (stand for and) lose their seat | Dominic Grieve, Frank Field, Dennis Skinner, Mike Gapes | 36%
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| Which constituency was the first to swing on Election Night? (clue: it was a traditional Labour seat that went to the Conservatives - and it was the fourth to be declared) | Blyth Valley | 31%
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| What was the 'Russia Report,' over which Johnson and the Tories were much derided, about? | Russian meddling in the 2016 EU Referendum | 27%
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| If the election was held under proportional representation, how many seats would the LibDems have won? (they won 11 in the actual election) | 75 | 25%
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| Which was the last constituency to declare? (at 3pm on the 13th) | St Ives | 15%
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| Which institution did Johnson claim was 'beyond reproach' in the first Leaders' Debate? | The Monarchy | 12%
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| Which Tory Minister's aide did the media briefly - and wrongly - claim was punched by a Labour activist; leading to allegations of media bias | Matt Hancock (Health Secretary) | 10%
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| Who did Boris Johnson claim were his favourite bands in a Tory election broadcast? (name one) | The Clash, The Rolling Stones | 10%
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| Which national treasure shouted at Corbyn to 'JUST APOLOGISE' on live television? | Phillip Schofield | 6%
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| What was the name of the electoral pact between the Green Party, the Liberal Democrats and Plaid Cymru that covered about 80 seats? | Unite To Remain | 5%
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| Instead of a manifesto, what did Nigel Farage and The Brexit Party name their document of stated objectives in Government? | His 'Contract With The People' | 4%
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| What was the problem with the document that Corbyn provided to prove this claim? | It only mentioned the NHS four times in over 400 pages, it was from the previous government, it was almost entirely redacted | 4%
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