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.TestECull said:
Poll: UK Citizenship Quiz
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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.
Needless to say, I failed quite badly.
Esotera's test would be much more fair as the official one.
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...Bebus said:
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?
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?
I failed miserably... (Canadian here.)Esotera said: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 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?
Ditto...DasDestroyer said:
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?
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...
Talk about pedantic...
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.BeanDelphiki said:
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.
Everyone knows that we British would commit mass suicide if anything like that happened to dear Elizabeth.Lt. Vinciti said:
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.alrekr said:
OT: 11/24. What a load of bollocks! I'm as British as...as...PG Wodehouse!
On a more serious note, that something like this passes for a British citizenship test is genuinely scary. You could train an animal to pass a test like this one.
Citizenship in Britain should not come from knowing obscure trivia about irrelevant subjects. It should come from an understanding of what the natives of the country you want to emigrate to actually desire; how they think. I work in an office building which has a company in whose business is to help immigrants pass this test. They sell books with the answers in, and the people you see going in there who can barely speak English and are clearly not here for the Fish and Chips honestly make me worry about what is going on with my country.
A better method of testing would be one on one interviews with trained immigration officers. Questions would be asked, questions with no right answer such as "you hear a scream coming from your neighbour's flat, what do you do", and the reasoning behind the answer should count more than the answer itself. This might take longer but with something as important as this, it is worth it.
Citizenship in Britain should not come from knowing obscure trivia about irrelevant subjects. It should come from an understanding of what the natives of the country you want to emigrate to actually desire; how they think. I work in an office building which has a company in whose business is to help immigrants pass this test. They sell books with the answers in, and the people you see going in there who can barely speak English and are clearly not here for the Fish and Chips honestly make me worry about what is going on with my country.
A better method of testing would be one on one interviews with trained immigration officers. Questions would be asked, questions with no right answer such as "you hear a scream coming from your neighbour's flat, what do you do", and the reasoning behind the answer should count more than the answer itself. This might take longer but with something as important as this, it is worth it.
Lets submit some correct questions. Anyone failing this test should be shot, then deported.
1) Why is it important for a small island nation with limited space and finite resources impose strict immigration and border control laws?
A) It is not - we should welcome all who want to be here!
B) Because we already have too many people, too few houses and too few jobs, and thus by way of simple COMMON SENSE we must seek to instigate population control by the least draconian and most liberty-respecting method possible - to whit, closing borders to all save those whose entry significantly benefits the whole.
2) What is more important; having respect for the communities and individuals that are already present and established within Britain and adjusting your behaviour in order to BE respectful toward them (ie: adopting a "do unto others" mentality), or being a self-centred twat?
A) Being a twat.
B) Do unto others.
3) Is a Hoody acceptable attire in any situation where it is not freezing cold and/or pissing it down?
A) Yes.
B) No.
4) The police are here...
A) To protect us.
B) To serve the politicial interests of the government.
5) Murdering a politician is...
A) A crime.
B) To be encouraged.
If you answer A to any of these questions, please enter below what size coffin you would like, and where we should send your corpse.
1) Why is it important for a small island nation with limited space and finite resources impose strict immigration and border control laws?
A) It is not - we should welcome all who want to be here!
B) Because we already have too many people, too few houses and too few jobs, and thus by way of simple COMMON SENSE we must seek to instigate population control by the least draconian and most liberty-respecting method possible - to whit, closing borders to all save those whose entry significantly benefits the whole.
2) What is more important; having respect for the communities and individuals that are already present and established within Britain and adjusting your behaviour in order to BE respectful toward them (ie: adopting a "do unto others" mentality), or being a self-centred twat?
A) Being a twat.
B) Do unto others.
3) Is a Hoody acceptable attire in any situation where it is not freezing cold and/or pissing it down?
A) Yes.
B) No.
4) The police are here...
A) To protect us.
B) To serve the politicial interests of the government.
5) Murdering a politician is...
A) A crime.
B) To be encouraged.
If you answer A to any of these questions, please enter below what size coffin you would like, and where we should send your corpse.
23. How might you stop young people playing tricks on you at Halloween?
What the fuck is this shit? The correct answer is apparently giving them chocolate or sweats. Yeah, that's what people do on Halloween, give kids treats and such, but they shouldn't be fucking playing tricks on you to begin with. I don't care if that's part of the little jingle "Trick or treat!", I'd call the fucking cops. Oh yeah, and how is this a question for gaining citizenship?
Also, that can't be right... it says woman are on average payed 20 percent less than men. Holy crap.
What the fuck is this shit? The correct answer is apparently giving them chocolate or sweats. Yeah, that's what people do on Halloween, give kids treats and such, but they shouldn't be fucking playing tricks on you to begin with. I don't care if that's part of the little jingle "Trick or treat!", I'd call the fucking cops. Oh yeah, and how is this a question for gaining citizenship?
Also, that can't be right... it says woman are on average payed 20 percent less than men. Holy crap.
Interesting, thanks.Esotera said:
OT, but for the sake of comparison:
In Canada, the few people who don't celebrate it generally leave as many lights off around the front of the house as they can to indicate "not here, please," and may just go out for the night. Otherwise, trick-or-treating can start early in the day for very little ones (the trend where I live right now is for parents to bring them to the shopping mall as a "safe" place, and stores give out candy during the day), and go very late for older children. Many people decorate the outside of their house at least a bit (and some a LOT), and there's always a few people who run their own "haunted house" out of their home. Adults may throw parties or go to various events - one year I worked as an actor at Project X, which was then a two-story paid haunted house run out of old army barracks. There was a top-floor ("less scary" stuff) matinee version for kids (with their parents), and the two-floor version that started at 5 or 6 was 13+ or something like that, and ran until 3 in the morning.
As for treating. The general idea is to cover as much ground as you can - every house for blocks and blocks, so kids will be ringing your bell continuously for hours. Generally, people don't "trick," (unless they're complete jerks), but when I was a kid, there was the occasional person who invited us to "trick" them in order to get candy - once a friend of mine and I completely wrapped a man up like a mummy in the rolls and rolls of toilet paper we had on hand.
I guess it is rude...? But I wouldn't usually think of it that way. I would really only consider people rude if they try to grab more than their fair share of candy, and it is also really rude to persist (knock more than once or twice, really) at a home where no one responds. (If you have a reason to think that someone is there giving out treats - decorations, lights on - then not leaving might be okay, as the person giving out candy and manning the door might have run off and will be back. If that's not the case though, you should assume people don't celebrate it and leave without fuss.) Otherwise, it's not considered rude for that one night. I guess everyone understands it as a tradition, so the usual rules of behaviour don't apply.
As for treating. The general idea is to cover as much ground as you can - every house for blocks and blocks, so kids will be ringing your bell continuously for hours. Generally, people don't "trick," (unless they're complete jerks), but when I was a kid, there was the occasional person who invited us to "trick" them in order to get candy - once a friend of mine and I completely wrapped a man up like a mummy in the rolls and rolls of toilet paper we had on hand.
I guess it is rude...? But I wouldn't usually think of it that way. I would really only consider people rude if they try to grab more than their fair share of candy, and it is also really rude to persist (knock more than once or twice, really) at a home where no one responds. (If you have a reason to think that someone is there giving out treats - decorations, lights on - then not leaving might be okay, as the person giving out candy and manning the door might have run off and will be back. If that's not the case though, you should assume people don't celebrate it and leave without fuss.) Otherwise, it's not considered rude for that one night. I guess everyone understands it as a tradition, so the usual rules of behaviour don't apply.
I really don't get the hatred for hoodies. As in, the item of clothing. It just baffles me this negative reaction have to what is, essentially, just a jumper with a hood stitched onto it. The clothing isn't what you need to be opposed to, it's the violent fuckhead wearing it you need to worry about.Wargamer said:
I mean fuck, I wear hoodies and I literally have, on numerous occasions, helped people across the fucking street. Both grandmas and little children.
Only 11 out of 24. Damn, and I'm actually British. I'd hate to be actually applying for British citizenship