How much do you know about the House of Lords?

Which of these weird and wondful "facts" are actually true

Created by The Sun (User Generated Content*)User Generated Content is not posted by anyone affiliated with, or on behalf of, Playbuzz.com.

On Nov 3, 2015

1 / 10

The Lord Speaker sits on a massive cushion stuffed with wool gathered from Australia, Sierra Leone and Singapore.

2 / 10

Lords’ parliamentary robes have never been worn outside the Palace of Westminster.

3 / 10

Until earlier this year the Lords had a rifle range where peers could let off steam.

4 / 10

A distant relation of the Kaiser’s sits in the House of Lords.

5 / 10

Lords are forbidden from speaking to each other in the Central Lobby and must try to avoid eye contact to prevent any last-minute plotting.

6 / 10

The Lords benches have been kept red for centuries as a nod to the original hides used for the seats which were tanned with the blood of a 1,000 virgins.

7 / 10

When a bill is sent to the Lords it comes gift-wrapped, with a personalised inscription

8 / 10

Lord’s Cricket Ground was named so after playing host to the first ever Lords invitational side, taking on a Royal XI in 1786.

9 / 10

Until relatively recently peers had a right to be tried by their fellow Lords

10 / 10

No member of the public has ever stepped foot in the Lords’ dining room.

Questions left

These are 10 of the World CRAZIEST Ice Cream Flavors

Created by Tal Garner

On Nov 18, 2021