Margaret Thatcher Quiz - 67 Trivia Questions!

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Take a deep dive into the political career of Margaret Thatcher, the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Explore her policies, leadership, and her impact on British politics.

Which company employed Margaret Thatcher as a geopolitical consultant in 1992?

United Arab Emirates
Microsoft
Philip Morris
Toyota Motor

Who wrote Margaret Thatcher's speech at the Conservative Party Conference in 1980?

Ronald Millar
John Major
Margaret Thatcher herself
Mrs Thatcher

Who led the 1981 hunger strike at Maze Prison in Northern Ireland?

The prisoners
Bobby Sands
Martin Luther King Jr.
Anne-Marie O'Connor

Who was Margaret Thatcher's deputy when she was leader of the Conservative Party?

Whitelaw
David Cameron
Charles Dickens
Mrs Thatcher

Who played Margaret Thatcher in the 2009 film 'Margaret'?

Lindsay Duncan
Sarah Jessica Parker
Jane Goodall
David Beckham

In which English county was Margaret Hilda Roberts born?

Suffolk
Lincolnshire
Yorkshire
West Yorkshire

Who was Margaret Thatcher's challenger for the leadership of the Conservative Party in 1989?

David Cameron
Margaret Thatcher's daughter
John Major
Anthony Meyer

Who succeeded Margaret Thatcher as British Prime Minister in 1990?

Tony Blair
John Major
David Cameron
David Beckham

Who became leader of the Labour Party in 1994?

David Cameron
George Bush
Tony Blair
Margaret Thatcher

Who provided the voice for Margaret Thatcher in the 1979 satirical album 'The Iron Lady'?

Janet Brown
Paul McCartney
John Lennon
David Tennant

Who was the first Soviet leader to be warmly received by Margaret Thatcher?

Putin
Boris Yeltsin
Gorbachev
Kitty Hawk

Which Welsh politician described Margaret Thatcher as 'Marmite'?

David Owen
Rhodri Morgan
David Lewis
Llewellyn Bowen

Which Labour MP was critical of Margaret Thatcher's decision to torpedo the General Belgrano in the Falklands War?

David Cameron
John Howard
Tam Dalyell
John Major

Who was the leader of the National Union of Mineworkers during the 1984 strike?

John Smith
George Williams
John McMahon
Arthur Scargill

Which British Prime Minister was nicknamed 'The Milk Snatcher'?

Margaret Thatcher
Charles Dickens
David Cameron
George W. Bush

Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was Chancellor of which university from 1992 to 1998?

University of Oxford
University of East Anglia
University of Cambridge
University of Buckingham

Who was the Queen's Press Secretary at the time of the Thatcher/Queen rift?

Charles Thatcher
Michael Shea
David Cameron
George Martin

Which country was secretly supplied with military equipment by the UK government since 1981?

Afghanistan
Egypt
South Africa
Iraq

Who was the Irish Prime Minister at the time of the Hillsborough Agreement?

Patrick McLoughlin
Garret FitzGerald
John O'Brien
John O'Sullivan

Who was Margaret Thatcher's first Chancellor?

John Major
Geoffrey Howe
David Cameron
Margaret Thatcher's father

In which year did Margaret Thatcher become British Prime Minister?

1979
1985
1977
1982

Which US President did Margaret Thatcher support in the Cold War?

John F. Kennedy
Ronald Reagan
Jimmy Carter
George Washington

Who was the first former British Prime Minister to receive a state funeral?

Churchill
Sir John Major
George IV
Winston Churchill

Which US President did Margaret Thatcher visit in 1975?

John F.Kennedy
Ronald Reagan
Bill Clinton
Gerald Ford

Which US businessman did Margaret Thatcher meet during a visit to the USA in 1967?

Nelson Rockefeller
John F. Kennedy
George Bush
Charles Dickens

Which former Chilean dictator was arrested in Spain in 1998 and released in 2000 on medical grounds by Jack Straw?

Francisco Franco
Jose Ignacio
Augusto Pinochet
Raul Julia

Which subject did Margaret Thatcher study at Oxford University?

Political science
Mathematics
Chemistry
History

In which British city was Margaret Thatcher threatened by an IRA assassination attempt in 1984?

Edinburgh
York
Brighton
Glasgow

Who was sacked from Margaret Thatcher's shadow cabinet after his 'Rivers of Blood' speech in 1968?

Charles Wilson
John Smith
Enoch Powell
Margaret Thatcher herself

Who was Margaret Thatcher's Chancellor of the Exchequer?

Peter Mandelson
David Keir
David Cameron
Nigel Lawson

In 1975 Margaret Thatcher was the first woman to become a full member of which club?

The Queen's Club
Carlton Club
Royal Club
The Society of Women

In which magazine did Margaret Thatcher define her political philosophy?

Time
The Guardian
Woman's Own
The Daily Telegraph

At which London hotel did Margaret Thatcher celebrate her 80th birthday in 2005?

The Dorchester
Hyde Park Hotel
The Savoy
Mandarin Oriental

What is the name of Margaret Thatcher's daughter?

Helen
Carol
Mrs Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher's daughter.

Which US President did Margaret Thatcher warn against going wobbly when Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990?

George W. Bush
Ronald Reagan
George H. W. Bush
George Washington

What was Margaret Thatcher's first foreign policy crisis?

Afghanistan
Iraq
Britain's invasion of Egypt
China

In 1992, Margaret Thatcher compared the situation in which country to the barbarity of Hitler and Stalin?

The Republic of Korea
Bosnia
Italy
Egypt

What position did George Howe hold in Margaret Thatcher's government?

Prime Minister
Deputy prime minister
Prime Minister of the UK
Secretary of state

Which US President was buried at Andrews Air Force Base in 2004?

President Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Ronald Reagan
George Washington

What was the first name of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher?

Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Hilda

Who was Margaret Thatcher's Defence Secretary?

David Cameron
Mrs Thatcher
David Beckham
Michael Heseltine

What is the title of the 2002 book by Margaret Thatcher entitled ‘Strategies for a Changing World’?

Politics in Europe
Globalization
Statecraft
The World Is Changing

Which think tank was founded by poultry magnate Antony Fisher and attended by Margaret Thatcher?

Policy Studies Institute
Conservative Party
Institute of Economic Affairs
British Academy

Margaret Thatcher became Parliamentary Secretary to which Government Department in October 1961?

Department for Education
Ministry of Finance
Ministry for Pensions
Department of the Environment

What was Margaret Thatcher's biggest confrontation with trade unions?

Trade unions
Miners' strike
The miners' unions
Unions' resistance

Which British political party did Margaret Thatcher lead to victory in three consecutive General Elections?

Liberal Unionist Party
Conservative Party
Unionist Party
Liberal Democrat

Who was the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs during Margaret Thatcher's government?

David Kettle
Charles Dickens
Mr. Thatcher
Lord Carrington

Who was the leader of the Khmer Rouge?

Cambodians
Huey Long
Pol Pot
Khmer Rouge

Who painted a portrait of Margaret Thatcher for 10 Downing Street in 2009?

Charles Ray
Peter Hall
John Byrne
Richard Stone

Who was the leader of the National Coal Board during the miners strike of 1992?

David Beckham
David Cameron
Robert Graham
Ian MacGregor

In which island group is Margaret Thatcher Day celebrated on 10 January each year?

Scottish Islands
Scotland
Falklands
Jersey

"What did Margaret Thatcher promise was ""safe in our hands""?"

The British Empire
National Highways
Government
National Health Service

In 1950, Margaret Roberts became MP for which Kent constituency?

Dartford
Maidstone
Sandwich
Chatham

What was the first name of Margaret Thatcher's husband who died in 2003?

Tony
Denis
Peter
David

Which treaty was ratified by Margaret Thatcher in 1990 to preserve the ozone layer?

The Kyoto Protocol
United Nations Environment Program
Kyoto Protocol
Montreal Protocol

In 1982 Margaret Thatcher was the first British Prime Minister to visit which country?

China
Japan
South Africa
India

At which university did Julia Roberts study?

London
Cambridge
Oxford and Cambridge
Oxford

Who was the Prime Minister of Great Britain between Margaret Thatcher and the 1979 General Election?

John Major
George Osborne
David Beckham
Callaghan

Which treaty was described by Margaret Thatcher as 'A Treaty Too Far'?

The EU
European Union
Maastricht Treaty
Treaty of Rome

Margaret Thatcher supported Britain's membership of which organisation in 1975?

EU
EEC
NATO
European Union

What economic policy was characterized by the sale of state assets and the privatization of public services?

Socialism
Federal Reserve
Thatcherism
The Great Depression

Who is the current First Minister of Scotland?

John Major
The Queen
Alex Salmond
Ian Paisley

Who was the only female member of Margaret Thatcher's shadow cabinet?

Margaret Thatcher
Mervyn Pike
Mrs Thatcher
Anneliese Keating

What is the term for the sale of a company in order to lower its prices and improve its efficiency?

Capitalization
Privatisation
Restructuring
Competition

Who was Chancellor of Germany at the time of the reunification of East and West Germany?

Helmut Kohl
Rudolf Diesel
The German Parliament
Theodore Roosevelt

Who became leader of the Conservative Party in 2001, following the resignation of Margaret Thatcher?

Tony Blair
David Cameron
Iain Duncan Smith
George Osborne

Margaret Thatcher became MP for which London borough in 1959?

West London
Southwark
Finchley
Tower Hamlets
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