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Last Updated: Wednesday, 6 April, 2005, 12:50 GMT 13:50 UK

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Test your election knowledge

Tony Blair has fired the starting gun for the 2005 general election. Test your knowledge of previous poll battles with our election quiz.

Question 1

What was Craig Evans’ claim to fame in the 2001 general election?


	A: He polled the fewest votes of any candidate


	B: He was punched by John Prescott


	C: He stood as an independent candidate campaigning against the closure of his local hospital, and won


	D: He was revealed as Clare Short’s long lost son

Question 2

Which of these television programmes was not pulled from the schedules by the BBC in the run up to a general election?


	A: Newsnight


	B: Not the Nine O’Clock News


	C: That Was the Week that Was

Question 3

When was the last time a general election was not held on a Thursday?


	A: 1931


	B: 1945


	C: Never - elections are always held on Thursdays

Question 4

Which of these people is not standing against Tony Blair in his Sedgefield constituency?


	A: Ex-spy David Shayler


	B: Reg Keys, whose son died in Iraq


	C: Anti-war MP George Galloway

Question 5

Which Lib Dem MP will be defending the smallest parliamentary majority?


	A: Patsy Calton


	B: Sarah Teather


	C: Mark Oaten

Question 6

Only one of these groups is allowed to vote in a general election – but which one is it?


	A: Convicted prisoners


	B: People considered mentally incapable of making a reasoned judgement


	C: Members of the Royal Family

Question 7

Sunderland South has been the fastest constituency to declare a result for the past three general elections. How long did its count take in 2001?


	A: 23 minutes


	B: 43 minutes


	C: One hour and 43 minutes

Question 8

"Any future government which sets out honestly to reduce inflation and taxation will have to make substantial economies" - a quote from a Conservative election manifesto. But which year?


	A: 2001


	B: 1979


	C: 1950

Question 9

"No more dole queues, in order to let the Czars of Big Business remain kings in their own castles" – a quote from a Labour election manifesto. But which year?


	A: 1945


	B: 1979


	C: 1997

Question 10

Which party has won the largest overall majority in House of Commons seats since 1945?


	A: Labour 1997


	B: Conservative 1987


	C: Labour 1945


	D: Conservative 1983

Question 11

Only one of these people would be allowed to stand as a candidate at a general election. Which one?


	A: A serving army officer


	B: A citizen of the Republic of Ireland


	C: An undischarged bankrupt

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