The UK Minister for Sport, Helen Grant, visited her constituency to highlight the Government’s offer of tax breaks for sport clubs around the country, but was stumped when it came to answering questions on the subject.
ITV Meridian asked the MP for Maidstone five sports questions after interviewing her in the Kent town over the weekend, but she was unable to answer any of them.
Questions included naming the current Wimbledon women’s champion, knowing who won the FA Cup this year and naming the England rugby union captain, a spokesman for the regional news channel said.
Mrs Grant also did not know when Maidstone United had left the football league and which Paralympic competitor had won more gold medals than any other.
He said the MP claimed the questions were unfair but he said a test run on a group of young children saw most of them get the majority correct.
Last month, shortly after being promoted to the role of sports minister, she told the Independent on Sunday that sport was in her DNA.
