History quiz
UK prime ministers since 1900: mystery order
Ten of the 28 prime ministers since 1900, dealt one at a time. Slot each in by when they first became prime minister.
- Format
- Put them in order
- Items
- 10 to sort
- Limit
- None
- Level
- Hard
- Checked
- 2026.10.03
- Entries
- 10 of 28, drawn fresh each round
- Sort by
- First took office
- Time limit
- None
- Fair play
- Range shown, one move, no sudden death
- Entries arrive one at a time. Put each into the slot it will hold in the final order, without seeing what is still to come.
- The first and last value of the set are shown from the start. Once per game you may move a placed entry or swap two.
- Nothing ends the game early: it is marked like any order quiz when every slot is full. Keys 1 to 9 and 0 pick a slot.
- Pause whenever you like (Esc). The board hides while the clock is stopped.
About this quiz
A placing game over the 28 people who have been prime minister since 1900, each at their first term.
- Baldwin, MacDonald, Churchill and Wilson each came back for another term; only the first one counts here.
- Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak both took office in 2022, Truss first.
Sources
- [1]GOV.UK. Past Prime Ministers.
- [2]GOV.UK. Prime Minister.
Note on the data. Prime ministers and their years are those of Ribbia's quiz on UK prime ministers since 1900, which follows GOV.UK's list of past prime ministers (read on 3 October 2026).
Last checked October 3, 2026
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