Poll: UK Citizenship Quiz

[staika]

8/24 I haven't ever been or studied anything on England but I did better then I thought I would

 

[Esotera]

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.

What are the important bits? I've never read the study book so don't know how representative the guardian's version of the quiz is.

I got 50%, and I'm British.

Although some of the questions only apply to England & maybe Wales. For example, nobody pays for prescriptions here, and 13-16 year olds can work up to 4 hours a day. (but only on farms or delivering papers)

This is a good point, they could have put in a bit more about how Scotland and Wales have their own parliaments, and how policy differs. I suspect there are reasons behind that...

 

[wolf thing]

im a scot so anything ran by the English can go fuck its self. in all seriousness this a stupid test and i almost feel guilty that my govermant out immigrants throw this

 

[John the Gamer]

You scored 15 out of a possible 24

You have failed, the pass mark was 75% According to the Life in the UK Test, you have insufficient knowledge of the English language or of life in the UK to remain. What would you change about the test if you could? Head over to our open thread and let us know.

Well...Damn. Not that it bothers me though, we have a similar test over here across the channel. Yay for bureaucracy!

 

[Simon Pettersson]

6/24 Non UK.

He think I need to read up on British history

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[alrekr]

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 Britain as...as...PG Wodehouse!

I think you mean "I'm as British as" just saying.

Also the Royals still are head of the English church and the law was passed to prevent a Catholic getting in and thus changing the country back to Catholic.

 

[Diceman]

That test was fucking ridiculous! I have NEVER come across even half of the stuff on there and I've never lived anywhere but England.
I don't watch the news and don't have anyone tell me these sorts of things... I don't even know if the people I know would know theses.

 

[Perryman93]

I got 50%

 

[Vegetunks9000]

7/24!!!!!!!!!! those questions are insane!!!!!!!!!

 

[karloss01]

from the UK, never even attempted answer these as i really had no idea.

 

[madster11]

Got 13 out of a possible 24

Pretty good considering i guessed half, and the other half i just used educated guessing. I only KNEW the monarch question thing.
I'm Australian. Our cultures are similar enough (fish and chips, cheers mate) that i'm pretty sure i could live in the UK with absolutely no problems at all.
I failed though.

Oh well. Will have to content myself with some fash and chups and move to NZ.

 

[Sam Warrior]

Uk citizen been through all the compulsory education system only got 9 correct, most of those questions are really obscure and/or have very little to do with anything relevant to day to day life in the country.

 

[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!

I think you mean "I'm as British as" just saying.

Also the Royals still are head of the English church and the law was passed to prevent a Catholic getting in and thus changing the country back to Catholic.

I did indeed mean that, well spotted. It's what comes of writing on forums when I really should be going to sleep. And I guess we're saying the same thing, the only difference being they didn't want any other religion to get into power, although obviously the only other main schism of religion at the time in Britain was Catholicism.

 

[Vegetunks9000]

@Robert Ewing. Rip on the NHS all you want. I'd prefer that to the way America does it. Sorry guys and girls across the pond. Nothing harsh meant by it. Just think some people in Britain don't realize how easy we have it sometimes.

 

[Hugga_Bear]

I don't understand how this makes me British or indeed shows any knowledge of the UK. Only a few were actually useful to know, many were incredibly specific, outside the realms of politics as well as common sense.

Honestly, that test is a disgrace, it's relevance is nonexistent. The only thing I can think of is they've cherry picked the questions on offer to a ridiculous extent, however that doesn't negate the presumed fact that those questions are in the test anyway. Just...why...?

 

[Thundero13]

I failed, blah blah blah, don't care, Why is the average hourly rate for women 20% lower? And why is the census kept secret for 100 years? What was up with that Hall'o'ween question? And most importantly: The fuck am I ever gonna need to know any of this?!

 

[KissofKetchup]

4 right. Damn. Seems to be pretty bullshit questions though

 

[chronicfc]

Most history lessons in British schools deal with the empire and the bloody textile industry.

But most of those are ridiculous. Apparently to pass you either have to use google or be more British than the Queen.

15/24, for the record. Every date or statistics based question was a guess.

The disappointing thing is that I can nigh on name every Prime Minister, and their reigning years, from the turn of the century...

And I doubt that The Queen could pass that test

 

[wilsontheterrible]

I'm a U.S citizen and I got, 21 out of 24, but most of mine were law and immigration based and that's kind of in my job description.

Edit: Though I am also one of the few Americans I know that can pass the U.S citizenship test.

 

[ParkourMcGhee]

You scored 9 out of a possible 24. YAY.

Although I'm not sure how this specific kind of information will help you be a better citizen (save perhaps knowing that you need to buy uniforms yourself).

Besides, I'm quite happy having my head in the clouds learning about synthetic life, artificial intelligence, and various forms of mechanics and data processing.