Poll: UK Citizenship Quiz

[ChaoticKraus]

10 out of 24. Bloody hell.

But then again i'm not from the UK and English is my second language. A lot of it seemed to stupid, pointless numbercrunching and/or trivia.

 

[AmrasCalmacil]

Born in the UK and I got 50%.
I do think we should give this test to members of the BNP though. That would be amusing.

Maybe I should go to another EU country.
I've always wanted to live in Bruges.

 

[weker]

23. How might you stop young people playing tricks on you at Halloween?

what!? I really hope this test was not serious as that is pathetic...

 

[ultimateownage]

I'm a UK citizen, and I like being one. Don't take that away from me, tories. =(

I scored 12, so I was 25% away from passing. There is no way this could be an actual thing they do, I know the Conservatives do a hell of a lot of stupid shite but this is a little much.

1) What's wrong?
a) The weather.
b) Definitely not the queues. We love those buggers.
c) The government.
d) All of the above.

Bonus marks for the name of any supermarket other than Waitrose. Or you were elitist about going to Waitrose.

4) Name a quality newspaper.
(Trick question: Any answer is wrong. Except the Guardian, sometimes.)

5) What are the ingredients of a bacon sandwich?

Proper bacon (Back, not that American shite), two doorsteps, brown sauce(HP) Ketchup is acceptable IF it's Heinz. Lose half a mark for lettuce.

6) Seriously, what's wrong?
a) The weather
b) That guy on the news, did you see it? Oooh what a scandal.
c) Those bloody French.
d) All of the above.

7) When should you say sorry?
a) When something is your fault.
b) When something isn't your fault.
c) When something might be your fault.
d) At every possible instance, when there aren't any French nearby.

8) Look, are you sure nothing's wrong?
a) It's OK, I'll cope.
b) It's fine, I'll cope.
c) Well... - Lose 5 marks.
d) No, nothing is wrong.
e) It's those bloody [Welsh / French / Americans / Irish] again.

11) Congratulations, you have passed the test.
a) Sorry.
b) Sorry.
c) In your face, Frenchies.

There fixed it.

 

[Broady Brio]

11/24. British.

We suck. Guess we have to go back to out own countries... I'm sensing a paradox here.

 

[Rule Britannia]

I thought there would have been a lot of history it's all (mostly) politics and shit ¬.¬
I got 25% I did live in England but now I live in Canada. I don't know anything about Canadian stuff either so I doubt I'll be taking the test ever. (I can't take it anyway since I have to have been living here for three years)

 

[Wintermoot]

10/24 (75%)(not from UK)
I doubt the average citizens knows even half of that stuff

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

Is this statement TRUE or FALSE: in the 1980s, the largest immigrant groups were from the West Indies, Ireland, India and Pakistan?

Why the Hell does this even matter?

How many parliamentary constituencies are there?

Not really relevant, and it isn't exactly crucial to citizenship that everyone knows the exact number of parliamentary seats. The number often changes from election to election.

Why were recruitment centres set up in the West Indies in the 1950s?

Pointless trivia, nothing more.

The percentage of people in the UK in 2001 who said they were Muslims was

More number crunching.

Tests like this should focus on testing immigrants' awareness of national laws and traditions, not useless statistics and random facts.

this

i'm not british , got a 11/24, but most of that shit was utterly useless and didn't matter at all, they should be testing on legal laws that might be different or "common sense" type things to get you on your way throughout the UK, not bullshit statistics that mean nothing.

 

[PureChaos]

UK citizen and i got 14 correct though i had to guess most of them

 

[Gavmando]

You scored 13 out of a possible 24

You have failed.

That was hard. I'm from Australia and i'm pretty sure ours is way easier.

 

[AnarchistFish]

9/24 and I'm a UK resident and citizen from birth.
And I only knew 5 for sure

"# You answered incorrectly

9. The number of children and young people up to the age of 19 in the UK is

Correct answer: 15 million
You answered: 14 million"
>.>

"# You answered incorrectly

20. When was the census first carried out in the United Kingdom?

Correct answer: 1801
You answered: 1851"
I was told this the other day as well and I've already forgotten

"# You answered incorrectly

22. What type of constitution does the UK have?

Correct answer: An unwritten constitution
You answered: A written constitution"
I'm pretty sure I'm right. Someone needs to watch more QI

"23. How might you stop young people playing tricks on you at Halloween?

Correct answer: Give them sweets or chocolate"
Well that's objective

 

[6unn3r]

You scored 14 out of a possible 24.

Fortunatly being as i was born in the UK, my parents, grandparents and great grandparents were all born here and i have served in the UK armed forces, i can safely assume that i wont be kicked out anytime soon.

Jemal who lives in my attic with his 4 wives and 7 children might be, but i think it would infringe on his human rights.

And it's not like genocidal maniac's have any place better to go is it?

 

[Jon Shannow]

7/24 from a Brit.
Seriously, who knows all these of the top of there head and how does it help someone be British>

 

[Davih]

13/24. Another failure of a Brit here. Who on earth knows that shit? Bet even the bloody queen doesn't.

 

[Palademon]

Well I'm english and I got 8/24.

A lot of these questions were pointlessly random.

 

[Patrick_FOAD]

10/24 and ive lived here for 19 going on 20 years... YAAAAAAAAAAY

 

[Esotera]

What is wrong with that test? Ask things like the name of the Queen and national day. Not things like that word on q.

7/24 and swedish

The stuff that on that isn't known by the majority of UK residents, and it's not something you'd really need for daily life. Also there's pretty much nothing about the queen or the system of government..which there should be more of in my opinion.

14/24

They don't really educate us on how our electoral system works in schools anyway, so how anyone under the age of 18 is supposed to know how by elections work is beyond me.

This was really visible in the AV referendum earlier this year...everyone seemed to think it was really complicated & less fair than our current system.

23. How might you stop young people playing tricks on you at Halloween?

what!? I really hope this test was not serious as that is pathetic...

:O 23? How?! I'm fairly sure that it's serious, but they're reforming the test. Whether it'll get better or worse is entirely up for debate.

10/24 (75%)(not from UK)
I doubt the average citizens knows even half of that stuff

The maths doesn't add up, 10/24 = 42%