From the price of a loaf to Russia: The questions that politicians have been unable to answer

After sports minister Helen Grant failed to correctly answer any of the five sporting questions during an interview with ITV News Meridian, we take a look at some of the most well known questions that left politicians stumped.

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• Sarah Palin

During an interview with CBS presenter Katie Couric the Governor of Alaska and Vice-Presidential running mate of John McCain struggled to answer several questions.

Mrs Palin could not name any papers or news magazines she regularly read, nor could she explain how living in the northern state helped her foreign policy credentials accept to say that Russia was very close, saying the country was: "right there".

• George W Bush

While running for the Republican nomination for President in 2009 George W Bush struggled when a reporter asked him to name the leaders of four current hotspots. Mr Bush managed a partial answer to just one of the questions. He managed to answer 'Lee' when asked to name the Taiwanese President (Lee Teng-hui).

However he failed to name the leaders of Chechnya, India and Pakistan. However he still went on to win the nomination and two Presidential elections.

• David Cameron

The current Prime Minister admitted last month that he has no idea how much a loaf of bread costs. David Cameron claimed he was ignorant because he baked his own in an electric bread maker.

Despite a loaf of bread costing around 50p Mr Cameron thought: "you can buy a loaf in the supermarket for well north of a pound."

• Gordon Brown

After claiming to be a fan of the Arctic Monkeys, in a 2006 interview with New Woman magazine, the then Chancellor found he was unable to name any of the band's songs. He later claimed to have been mis-quoted in the article.