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Are you macho?

Are you as macho as the deputy prime minister, John Prescott? Try our quiz to see if you share his manly outlook on life.

Question 1 When would you storm out claiming to be 'gutted'?
 
  When Gordon Brown gets a bigger ovation than you at the Labour party conference
  After Hull City have thrown away a three-goal lead
  When Peter Mandelson eats the last canape at a Downing Street reception
  When an environmental summit on saving the world from global warming is going badly
 
Question 2 What type of car do you own?
 
  Ferrari
  4x4 Shogun jeep
  Ford Capri with furry dice and side flash
  A Jaguar - well, two Jags, actually
 
Question 3 How do you rise above office politics at work?
 
  Bitch about your rival privately to your boss
  Bide your time then stab them in the back
  Bite your lip
  Liken a colleague to a crab in front of the TV cameras
 
Question 4 What kind of architectural features does your home have?
 
  Mock Tudor exterior in Premiership footballer fashion
  Guitar-shaped swimming pool
  Drawbridge
  Turrets
 
Question 5 The skirt-wearing drummer from anarchist rock band Chumbawamba dumps water on you at a music award ceremony. What do you do?
 
  Release a retaliatory anarchist rock single
  Laugh it off
  Drown him
  Glower in rage and admit your instinct was to thump him
 
Question 6 What is your response on winning the post of deputy prime minister and being offered the palatial Whitehall office of your predecessor, Michael Heseltine?
 
  Turn the office down, claiming "I'd feel like a twat"
  Move in but have the stylists from Wallpaper magazine give it the once-over
  Move in, but convert the fireplace into a five-a-side net
  Turn it down and demand an even bigger office
 
Question 7 You are working as an ocean liner bar steward. How do you unwind?
 
  Weightlifting
  Taking part in shipboard boxing matches in front of 2,000 braying passengers
  Writing poetry about your Welsh heritage
  Studying politics and getting drunk in the Pig and Whistle onboard bar
 
Question 8 On the ocean liner, you decide to serve up something special for dessert. What do you do?
 
  Give them a dessert with flaming cherries but accidentally burn off a diner's eyebrows
  Give them nowt. It was good enough for you as a lad
  Serve up a Russian desert in solidarity with your leftwing views
  Give them something hearty with custard
 
Question 9 You're a government minister. What's the best way of getting to Blackpool to turn on the illuminations?
 
  The train, like everyone else
  National Express
  Chauffeur-driven Jaguar
  RAF helicopter
 
Question 10 Someone threatens to smear you and your son. How do you react?
 
  The police are the best people to deal with these things
  Get the SAS on to them
  Declare you would "take a belt" to the culprits
  The best response is dignified silence
 
 


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