Poll: UK Citizenship Quiz

[Talshere]

10. And I was born in england. Why is it important to know when the first census was done or how many muslims live in the uk?

I would have said 3% but since 2.7 and 3.4 are both answers I really don't know A more disturbing figure is 10% of the UK prison population Muslim. Go go "Spooks", the source of my profound knowelge in this regard

I would actually argue that the only people that have any business in knowing this number are those interesting in spacial distributions of populations. Religious leaders. MP's generally for issues such as housing as it tells us interesting social tales. And right wing activists campaigning to loudly for closing boarders and expelling immigrants almost like that wouldnt kill the economy.

In this regard I would argue that anyone immigrating to this country SHOULDNT know this statistic as it suggests that its important. To the lay person under true British ideals, nobody cares. Just like noone should really care if women are paid less (which I dont, btw) because the answer should be, "they arnt". If everyone answers this truthfully, then it is true in fact.


Also, am I the ONLY GOD DAMN PERSON who cant read these bloody recapcha quotes

 

[Talshere]

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[winginson]

9 right from a UK citizen

Complete shit though, I mean what does knowing when the divorce act came in or who the royals can marry mean anything to everyday life?

 

[imperialus]

The question where it asked what year was the first census taken was wrong!

it's 1086

Oh and 14 from a Canuck

 

[Bebus]

So, can somebody please tell me what any of those questions actually has to do with living in Britain today? One of the earlier posters got it right, some suitable questions would be along the lines of:

What do you do when somebody jumps ahead of you in a queue?
a) Shout madly at them
b) Call the police
c) Tut
d) Put "lol somebody jst skipped the Q lol" on your Twitter

What do you do when it rains?
a) Nothing, it always rains.
b) Mention to the person across from you at work that you desire to emigrate
c) Loudly exclaim "oh my gawd" when opening the door to inform everybody else of the weather.
d) All of the above, in that order

 

[FamoFunk]

I did this a while back... I fail and I'm fucking British ;_;

 

[Esotera]

The question where it asked what year was the first census taken was wrong!

it's 1086

Yeah a few people said this and I thought it was true. Took a couple of years to actually carry out though, I thought. But nowhere as long a period as the test said.

 

[HKFortyRevan]

8/24, UK citizen. Out of curiosity I took a US citizenship test and got 19/30.

Shows how patriotic I am...

 

[Shadow flame master]

You scored 8 out of a possible 24


Not bad considering I'm literally thousands of miles away and that all of my knowledge of England comes from Top Gear. Put 25 motoring related questions up and I could probably pass it.

Same here, I got 9 out of 24 correct but if it was filled of things about Top Gear, then I would be able to pass with flying colors.

 

[Bebus]

I feel the need to rant further about this. But I will refrain.

Does that give me extra Britishness points?

 

[someonehairy-ish]

I don't know much of Britain's history (our recent history is pretty boring) and I don't know much about politics. Or trivia about an empire that we haven't had for a long time now.

Needless to say, I failed quite badly.


Esotera's test would be much more fair as the official one.

 

[someonehairy-ish]

I feel the need to rant further about this. But I will refrain.

Does that give me extra Britishness points?

If you say 'actually I won't rant about that' and then immediately DO, then yeah you would get some Britishness points. We don't like seeming rude, but we really like complaining so...

 

[hideomgskojima]

You scored 12 out of a possible 24

UK citizen for 20 years and I don't see the point in all of those questions.

Complete and utter tripe I say, now who's up for a pint and a conversation in the Pub?

 

[Audemas]

I'm not from the UK, but I got a 17/24. I only needed one more point.

 

[BeanDelphiki]

Did you get the trick-or-treat question right?

Also post your scores. I failed with 15/24, even though I'm a citizen by birth

I failed miserably... (Canadian here.)

I just wanted to note that I failed the Halloween question simply because, based on my vague understanding that it's not a big holiday in the U.K., I deliberately chose the wrong answer ("call the police") rather than the obviously correct one (candy). In retrospect, that was a silly choice - why assume a trick answer based on culture when the other questions are clearly serious trivia questions meant to be based in hard facts? That was a totally numb attempt to "outsmart" the test. I blame the fact that I'm sick and mentally fuzzy. My excuse, and I'm sticking to it.

But was I wrong to think that some Brits might not know the answer to that one? Genuinely curious here, because I don't see the logic of asking it either way:

a) If I was told the correct thing, and Halloween is not a big holiday in the U.K., how is it relevant to British life anyway? Why would a citizen need to know this?
b) If I was told the wrong thing, this should be a really obvious answer, so how does it make sense to ask this in a quiz full of difficult trivia like this? The quiz seems designed to keep people out, why change that for one dang question?

Can any Brit comment on this?

 

[Lt. Vinciti]

I scored 7/24 Q_Q
I don't live in the UK though, so that's forgiveable.

Ditto...

What the hell was some of that shit...

If the Queen breaks wind on a Saturday and its not raining.... What is the fastest way to kill yourself without using a gun or blocking traffic?

 

[Bebus]

I feel the need to rant further about this. But I will refrain.

Does that give me extra Britishness points?

If you say 'actually I won't rant about that' and then immediately DO, then yeah you would get some Britishness points. We don't like seeming rude, but we really like complaining so...

Ha, the old "I'm not Xist but..." situation. Very British.

 

[Addendum_Forthcoming]

21/24, non-British individual ... but of course some questions as so infeasibly stupid. 'Council of Europe', or the 'Council of the European Union'?

Talk about pedantic...

 

[Esotera]

I just wanted to note that I failed the Halloween question simply because, based on my vague understanding that it's not a big holiday in the U.K., I deliberately chose the wrong answer ("call the police") rather than the obviously correct one (candy). In retrospect, that was a silly choice - why assume a trick answer based on culture when the other questions are clearly serious trivia questions meant to be based in hard facts? That was a totally numb attempt to "outsmart" the test. I blame the fact that I'm sick and mentally fuzzy. My excuse, and I'm sticking to it.

But was I wrong to think that some Brits might not know the answer to that one? Genuinely curious here, because I don't see the logic of asking it either way:

a) If I was told the correct thing, and Halloween is not a big holiday in the U.K., how is it relevant to British life anyway? Why would a citizen need to know this?
b) If I was told the wrong thing, this should be a really obvious answer, so how does it make sense to ask this in a quiz full of difficult trivia like this? The quiz seems designed to keep people out, why change that for one dang question?

Can any Brit comment on this?

Halloween is noticeable over here, you'll see a few groups of children going round the streets as long as you're not in the middle of nowhere. But they'll usually stick to houses of people they know. Not sure how big it is over in Canada in comparison.

It's definitely the worst question. If someone's standing outside your door demanding something from you and won't leave, then police doesn't seem like such a bad option. It's a really rude tradition when you think about it.

If the Queen breaks wind on a Saturday and its not raining.... What is the fastest way to kill yourself without using a gun or blocking traffic?

Everyone knows that we British would commit mass suicide if anything like that happened to dear Elizabeth.

 

[The Diabolical Biz]

Not arguing with you (most of this questions were utter gak-shit) but 21 is correct. The monarchy is prevented from marrying anyone who isn't a protestant (mainly to stop a catholic getting into power).

I thought it was because the King/Queen was head of the Church, since the days of Henry VI, and, the Church of England being Protestant, isn't allowed to marry outside the religion they're head of.

OT: 11/24. What a load of bollocks! I'm as British as...as...PG Wodehouse!