Poll: UK Citizenship Quiz
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Only scored nine but as the test is desgined to make sure foreigners stay out it serves it's purpose. As most of these tests are for a lot of countries.
Im not British, but in all fairness, the questions are way to specific. Statistical data about % of declared Muslims in a country? The hell, i don't know how many of each religious groups are in my country... i simply don't care about such detail.TheVioletBandit said:
Go out on street in your town and ask similar questions to random people. I'm pretty sure majority will have no idea about such things. It's something a normal, sane person will not pay attention to unless it is somehow tied to their job and/or interests.
Maybe it's a reverse test? Who scores the highest is just locked in asylum?
Failed, UK Citizen.
I have always been a vehement oppugnant of multiple-choice answers that are close numbers. Even if you are an expert on the subject, it's easy to confuse small increments. For instance:
What is the population density of Oregon, U.S.A.?
· 39.6 people per square mile
· 39.2 people per square mile
· 41.2 people per square mile
· 39.9 people per square mile
See? Pointless. Even the Governor of Oregon wouldn't know that unless he specifically memorised the number (39.9), and in any case; what does that prove, other than "John Kitzhaber has above-average memory retention in terms of numerical recall"?
i.e. it tells us nothing. Memorising numbers without application is a pointless task and it does not gear anybody up to become a citizen of whatever country they want to become a part of.
I have always been a vehement oppugnant of multiple-choice answers that are close numbers. Even if you are an expert on the subject, it's easy to confuse small increments. For instance:
What is the population density of Oregon, U.S.A.?
· 39.6 people per square mile
· 39.2 people per square mile
· 41.2 people per square mile
· 39.9 people per square mile
See? Pointless. Even the Governor of Oregon wouldn't know that unless he specifically memorised the number (39.9), and in any case; what does that prove, other than "John Kitzhaber has above-average memory retention in terms of numerical recall"?
i.e. it tells us nothing. Memorising numbers without application is a pointless task and it does not gear anybody up to become a citizen of whatever country they want to become a part of.
I would try and think of a witty answer to this, but the fact is that there isn't one, and knowing this would only help you function in society if you were sat in a pub, reeling off useless trivia over a night's worth of beers.Dabono said:
Well i got 12 out of 24, and my degree level knowledge of British history barely helped me out at all in a quiz which u'd have thought would have been pretty much all about British history and culture...and NOT pointless shit about what form goes with a bicycle replacement order or whatever
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Uk citizen got 10 right.
That quiz has got sod all to do with everyday life - how would testing whether someone knew that stuff be beneficial in any way?
Pub quizzes maybe?
That quiz has got sod all to do with everyday life - how would testing whether someone knew that stuff be beneficial in any way?
Pub quizzes maybe?
British, 15/24, FAIL by three.
Got the actual answers and can't see how I would be expected to know at least six of the ones I got wrong, or indeed why / how it would be relevant / how picking the wrong choice of two would be considered a NEGATIVE thing when it's actually erring on the side of care and caution without any realistic negative fallout.
Already been dissing it out on facebook, not least with a guy I know who's a labour councillor. Madness.
There is a study book available though, so much like the driving theory test, there's a lot to learn and most of it is irrelevant bollocks (with a few unexpected, actually quite important bits mixed in), but it's perfectly possible to gen up on it, beat the test, then forget it all again. So it's not a sudden, throw-you-in-at-the-deep-end exercise in cold guesswork as an alternative to just putting up a "COUNTRY CLOSED" sign and summarily deporting anyone without a British passport.
Got the actual answers and can't see how I would be expected to know at least six of the ones I got wrong, or indeed why / how it would be relevant / how picking the wrong choice of two would be considered a NEGATIVE thing when it's actually erring on the side of care and caution without any realistic negative fallout.
Already been dissing it out on facebook, not least with a guy I know who's a labour councillor. Madness.
There is a study book available though, so much like the driving theory test, there's a lot to learn and most of it is irrelevant bollocks (with a few unexpected, actually quite important bits mixed in), but it's perfectly possible to gen up on it, beat the test, then forget it all again. So it's not a sudden, throw-you-in-at-the-deep-end exercise in cold guesswork as an alternative to just putting up a "COUNTRY CLOSED" sign and summarily deporting anyone without a British passport.
7/24
Those questions are stupid? How is anyone supposed to know those things without having a doctor's degree in history and social science?
Well I was thinking UK was a nice place compared to rest of the world in general - in my opinion. But I think I'll just skip moving there for any reason and stay in cold and depressing Finland...
Honestly, that is fuck'd up!
Those questions are stupid? How is anyone supposed to know those things without having a doctor's degree in history and social science?
Well I was thinking UK was a nice place compared to rest of the world in general - in my opinion. But I think I'll just skip moving there for any reason and stay in cold and depressing Finland...
Honestly, that is fuck'd up!
I'm Scottish through and through, studying Politics at university and got an A in Higher History and I only got 11/24. When sitting these tests, do you get a handbook like for a theory test? Otherwise all immigrants to the UK are Rain Man and I claim my £5.
I'll just have to rely on my apologetic, pessimistic demeanour, crooked teeth and meteorological obsession to pass for British.
Pass the tea old bean.
I'll just have to rely on my apologetic, pessimistic demeanour, crooked teeth and meteorological obsession to pass for British.
Pass the tea old bean.
10/24 = FAILED and I am from the uk, well there is nothing for it I shall pack my bags now and look for pastures new.....
but really those questions are silly and mostly outdated but I wouldnt mind a correct but harsh test to get into the uk as that way only people who really want too and have something about them will hopefully pass and get in
but really those questions are silly and mostly outdated but I wouldnt mind a correct but harsh test to get into the uk as that way only people who really want too and have something about them will hopefully pass and get in
I have absolutely no clue about most of these questions. I am British by Birth, a lot of them are completely irrelevant to anything.
I'm 30 years old how the hell am I going to know what a recruitment centre was doing in the west indies in the 1950's...
I'm 30 years old how the hell am I going to know what a recruitment centre was doing in the west indies in the 1950's...