Answers to the New Statesman Christmas quiz
Politics
1. c
2. b (the name for his Western Isles constituency)
3. d
4. c It was used by the shadow chancellor, George Osborne. The other attributions are:
a Anonymous source, but variously ascribed to Peter Mandelson, Alastair Campbell or Tony Blair
b Charles Clarke
d Peter Hain
5. b (and there are four in the shadow cabinet)
In the news
1. b
2. All except d
3. b
4. c
5. b
Online and technology
1. c
2. d (after the site was vandalised by readers of the Guido Fawkes blog)
3. b
4. b
5. a
Books
1. a
2. b
3. b
4. b
5. c
International affairs
1. c
2. All except c
3. All of them
4. d
5. d
Television
1. a
2. c
Bonus.d
3. c
4. b
Arts
1. a
2. a
3. c
4. b
5. c
Fashion and style
1. c It's a reusable bag made out of parachute silk that anyone who is anyone is now using
2. d It's a Japanese hair-straightening system
3. c
4. b It's greeny blue
Climate change
1. d
2. a
3. c
4. a
5. d
Media
1. a
2. d
3. d
4. a
5. c
Sport
1. b
2. b
3. c
4. b
5. d
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