Gaffes and howlers: the general election campaign quiz

Can you remember a time before the general election campaign became an all-consuming monster? No, we can’t either.

But how much have you actually been taking in? Not the important policy initiatives and the fact that it feels like a generation-defining election – we mean the heckling, the gaffes, the campaign howlers and the novelty candidates. All the things that make a British general election campaign unique.

Take our general election campaign flashback quiz, and let us know in the comments how you get on …

1. The prime minister was heckled with "You took your time" when he visited flood victims, where...?

   1. Skipton

   2. Slaidburn

   3. Stainforth

   4. Sedburgh

2. Which type of sports club did both Jo Swinson and Nigel Farage visit on the same day this week?

   1. A boxing club

   2. A running club

   3. A yoga club

   4. A netball club

3. Name the politician from their silhouette?

   1. Yvette Cooper

   2. Caroline Lucas

   3. Nicola Sturgeon

   4. Mhairi Black

4. When you want to stand to be an MP, how much is the deposit you need to pay to register as a candidate?

   1. £50

   2. £500

   3. £5,000

   4. £15,000

5. Talking of frivolous candidates, due to a copyright dispute, the man who stood against Theresa May in 2017 as Lord Buckethead is now standing against Boris Johnson under which name?

   1. Marquis de Lard

   2. Duke Pothead

   3. Beyond le Pail

   4. Count Binface

6. On BBC Question Time this week James Cleverly announced he had done what to his wife?

   1. Made her read the whole Brexit withdrawal agreement

   2. Made her a model railway

   3. Made her a Conservative candidate

   4. Made her a cup of coffee

7. The actor Nabil Shaban gave Jeremy Corbyn a copy of his latest DVD: Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor. It's a spin-off from which show?

   1. Doctor Who

   2. Blake's 7

   3. Sapphire & Steel

   4. The Tomorrow People

8. In the Conservative party's election broadcast this week, Boris Johnson was asked his favourite music. He named two bands: the Rolling Stones and which 70s punk band?

   1. The Jam - big hit "Eton rifles"

   2. The Clash - big hit "Should I stay or should I go?"

   3. Crass - big hit "Sheep farming in the Falklands"

   4. Chumbawamba - big hit "Tubthumping"

9. The Liberal Democrat candidate Tim Walker stepped down to avoid competing against the remain-supporting Labour candidate Rosie Duffield. Then the Liberal Democrats selected another candidate to contest the seat anyway. In which constituency?

   1. Canterbury

   2. Chichester

   3. Cannock Chase

   4. Carshalton and Wallington

10. Why was this nurse in the news?

    1. Her contribution from the audience of BBC Question Time went viral on social media

    2. She heckled the health secretary, Matt Hancock, when he visited a hospital

    3. She stood down as a Women's Equality party candidate to help the Lib Dems

    4. Labour had to withdraw a video featuring her when it emerged she was actually an actor

11. After running a series of street demonstrations against her, anti-abortion campaigners are now standing against the pregnant Labour MP Stella Creasy in Walthamstow. But how did they spell the constituency on their first campaign leaflet?

    1. Wilcumstowe

    2. Walfamstow

    3. Withamstow

    4. Walthamstowe

12. Which children's song was Boris Johnson filmed singing at a nursery in Taunton?

    1. The Wheels On The Bus

    2. The Grand Old Duke of York

    3. I'm a Little Teapot

    4. Mary Had a Little Lamb

Solutions

1:C - The disgruntled resident bluntly replied "No, thank you" when the prime minister asked if he needed any help. Perhaps he had already seen Johnson mopping up earlier in the week. , 2:A - They both chose to campaign in boxing clubs on the same day. You can insert your own "The gloves are off now" punchline here if you like., 3:C - Scotland's first minister was pictured looking like a potential new 1st-class stamp during a campaigning visit to a Climate Challenge community project at North Edinburgh Arts, Edinburgh., 4:B - The £500 fee is refunded if you get over 5% of the vote. It is intended to discourage frivolous candidates. Are you going to tell them, or shall we?, 5:D - A Lord Buckethead is also standing in the constituency for the Official Monster Raving Loony party. Count Binface is, of course, an independent. It feels like a bigger and more significant party split than when The Changing Independent Group For Independent Change formed., 6:D - Asked about what politicians were doing to be 'kinder', Cleverly cited making a cup of coffee for his wife, much to the bemusement of the audience, who were possibly expecting some answer along the lines of policy initiatives to relieve the effects of austerity. , 7:A - Shaban is reprising the character he played in two Doctor Who stories during the 1980s. Corbyn is a fan, say insiders. And that picture hasn't been edited – Corbyn did give a speech at the National Coal Mining Museum while clutching the DVD., 8:B - As yet – unlike when Johnny Marr told David Cameron that he wasn't allowed to like the Smiths – none of the surviving members of the band appear to have responded., 9:A - The journalist Tim Walker would have been standing to be an MP for the first time. Duffield's majority is only 187 and it is thought that the split Labour/Liberal Democrat vote will enable the Tories to gain the seat., 10:D - The Labour party in Wales said it hadn't realised the production company had used an actor for the video. The rules on election broadcasts say the “use of reconstructions or actors in a broadcast must be made clear to the audience”., 11:D - As well as wanting to roll back women's rights to the Middle Ages, they appeared to be trying to roll back the spelling of the north-east London district to the Middle Ages too. Wilcumstowe is how the town appeared in the Domesday book. Walfamstow is, of course, how it is pronounced., 12:A - As you imagine, absolutely nobody on social media immediately made a joke about it having £350m emblazoned on the side. It could have been worse, it could have been London (Garden) Bridge Is Falling Down.

Scores

1. 10 and above.

   Excellent job. You've been elected with a landslide

2. 8 and above.

   Great score, but not quite enough to get you elected

3. 0 and above.

   Sorry, you've lost your deposit

4. 4 and above.

   Not bad, but under the first past the post system you aren't a winner