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Budget 2005 quiz

It's on the tip of his tongue...

As Gordon Brown prepares to deliver a record breaking ninth Budget, how does your economic record measure up? Do you know your Budget facts - or is it all a financial black hole?

Take our quiz and find out.

Question 1

What was the basic rate of income tax in 1905?


	A: 5%


	B: 50%


	C: 75%

Question 2

Who is the longest serving chancellor of the exchequer in modern times?


	A: Nigel Lawson


	B: Gordon Brown


	C: David Lloyd George

Question 3

"The place is geared towards eloquence rather than the pursuit of excellence" - Gordon Brown in 1997. But what was he talking about?


	A: The House of Commons


	B: The United Nations


	C: Labour's National Executive Committee

Question 4

Which voter-friendly measure did Gordon Brown not include in his pre-election 2001 Budget?


	A: 50% cut in duty on small brewers


	B: Abolition of betting tax


	C: Paternity leave

Question 5

How many tax increases has Gordon Brown introduced since 1997, according to Tory shadow chancellor Oliver Letwin?


	A: 66


	B: 22


	C: 130

Question 6

Which of these prime ministers did not serve as chancellor of the exchequor?


	A: John Major


	B: Harold Wilson


	C: Winston Churchill

Question 7

Which of these Budget traditions is regularly broken by Gordon Brown?


	A: Keeping his papers in a red box


	B: Sipping whisky during the speech


	C: Allowing the opposition to respond

Question 8

How much extra tax has Gordon Brown put on a packet of 20 cigarettes since his first budget in 1997?


	A: 53p


	B: �1.34


	C: �2.50

Question 9

Which measure was not included in the Liberal Democrats' alternative budget, unveiled in February?


	A: 50% top rate of income tax


	B: Increase stamp duty thresholds to �100,000


	C: Windfall tax on banks and oil giants

Question 10

How many times did Gordon Brown mention stability in his 2004 Budget speech?


	A: He didn't mention it once


	B: 12 times


	C: 24 times

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