New citizenship test

[pap]

All hail the new citizenship test.

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/quiz/2013/jan/27/british-citizenship-test-quiz-new

 

The emphasis is on British achievements and history.

 

What's your score?

[Thedelldays]

10/10

[Colinjb]

10/10

[pap]

Yeah, me too - piece of the proverbial, really.

 

It's as if they want more people to come in

[bridge too far]

10 / 10 - phew

[Pugwash]

10. I'm sure the previous test was a lot longer and more difficult?

[Saintandy666]

10/10 - Not sure what knowing the answer to any of those questions has to do with being British though.

[Turkish]

4 out 10. I hope they dont stop my benefits.

[PhilippineSaint]

10/10 Does that mean I could go home if I wanted to?

[Deano6]

Yeah, me too - piece of the proverbial, really.

 

It's as if they want more people to come in

 

Without meaning to rise to your bait and feed the troll (which of course means I'm going to do exactly that), you would fully expect to get almost all these right if you are a Brit. It's not supposed to be difficult to pass if you've spent your whole life here. The test is for those coming from afar to see how much they know compared to what is standard knowledge in the UK. It's a bit like someone who has been driving for 20 years but hasn't practised for his test be surprised to hear than an examiner would have passed him.

 

Of course you'll still get the odd thickie who is beyond help, and will probably score around 4/10.

 

 

FWIW I got 9/10 (guessed low on the age of jury duty), but then I've not lived in the UK for nearly 4 years so am on the decline.

[Saintandy666]

Without meaning to rise to your bait and feed the troll (which of course means I'm going to do exactly that), you would fully expect to get almost all these right if you are a Brit. It's not supposed to be difficult to pass if you've spent your whole life here. The test is for those coming from afar to see how much they know compared to what is standard knowledge in the UK. It's a bit like someone who has been driving for 20 years but hasn't practised for his test be surprised to hear than an examiner would have passed him.

 

Of course you'll still get the odd thickie who is beyond help, and will probably score around 4/10.

 

 

FWIW I got 9/10 (guessed low on the age of jury duty), but then I've not lived in the UK for nearly 4 years so am on the decline.

 

I tried the old one and failed. Seemed to be full of even more irrelevant stuff than the new one.

[Deano6]

I tried the old one and failed. Seemed to be full of even more irrelevant stuff than the new one.

 

So we're agreed this is a better test than the previous one? Let's give the government some credit for once!

[pap]

Without meaning to rise to your bait and feed the troll (which of course means I'm going to do exactly that), you would fully expect to get almost all these right if you are a Brit. It's not supposed to be difficult to pass if you've spent your whole life here. The test is for those coming from afar to see how much they know compared to what is standard knowledge in the UK. It's a bit like someone who has been driving for 20 years but hasn't practised for his test be surprised to hear than an examiner would have passed him.

 

Of course you'll still get the odd thickie who is beyond help, and will probably score around 4/10.

 

 

FWIW I got 9/10 (guessed low on the age of jury duty), but then I've not lived in the UK for nearly 4 years so am on the decline.

 

I agree that my point was provocative

 

I'm fairly sure that most Brits would do alright on this test, and you're right - it's ingrained in a lot of us and not stuff we're like to forget.

 

I had to guess on jury duty, but went with 18 because these days, you can do pretty much anything at that age.

 

That all said, my point still stands. All of this stuff is easily findable on the Internet, and you can be sure that there will be agencies making a business out of priming people for the citizenship test, which defeats the whole point anyway. Will any citizenship test produce better Brits, or is it just another hoop for determined migrants to jump through? If you're moving to another country, bit of revision won't hurt, will it?

[RonManager]

That all said, my point still stands. All of this stuff is easily findable on the Internet, and you can be sure that there will be agencies making a business out of priming people for the citizenship test, which defeats the whole point anyway. Will any citizenship test produce better Brits, or is it just another hoop for determined migrants to jump through? If you're moving to another country, bit of revision won't hurt, will it?

 

Exactly.

 

What was the point in this. I am sick to the back teeth of having my intelligence insulted by ****ing politicians.

 

I am off to live with the badgers on Exmoor.

[Golac's Cunning Stunts]

Exactly.

 

What was the point in this. I am sick to the back teeth of having my intelligence insulted by ****ing politicians.

 

I am off to live with the badgers on Exmoor.

 

Not so fast... have you passed the badgers of Exmoor citizenship test yet?

 

1. What is the name of the king of the badgers of Exmoor? (etc etc)

[RonManager]

Not so fast... have you passed the badgers of Exmoor citizenship test yet?

 

1. What is the name of the king of the badgers of Exmoor? (etc etc)

 

Cwis Packham.

[Spudders]

8/10 - must try harder

[hutch]

How many languages are the questions printed in?

[Viking Warrior]

10 out of 10 . They shouldn't use multi choice answers . Why not just give them the answer. .and save on ink

[Tokyo-Saint]

9/10 in all seriousness my mrs has to do one of these in march. Looking at her book some of the stuff is quite useful, for exams the education system (what is a GCSE, A level etc) but some of it most of my friends wouldn't know. The large chapter on the house of lords seems a bit pointless as the will probably be changing the whole thing soon.

 

Edit - she is doing a 'Britishness' test for indefinite leave on her visa not exactly this one. As she won't get to vote etc, the house of lords stuff seems even more unnecessary. I bet they just voted that this should be put into the test. Between sleeps of course.

[Gingeletiss]

'tis the Union flag, not Jack, that is only on ships. You'd of thought who ever devised this would know that schoolboy fact!

[dubai_phil]

Oops.

 

Well how the hell was I supposed to know how long the Queen had been in charge?

[jawillwill]

'tis the Union flag, not Jack, that is only on ships. You'd of thought who ever devised this would know that schoolboy fact!

 

 

 

Read the question again.

[Thedelldays]

'tis the Union flag, not Jack, that is only on ships. You'd of thought who ever devised this would know that schoolboy fact!

epic fail

[Whitey Grandad]

'tis the Union flag, not Jack, that is only on ships. You'd of thought who ever devised this would know that schoolboy fact!

 

I think there should be more questions on grammar.

Edited 29 January, 2013 by Whitey Grandad
Ipaddy thingy.

[Wes Tender]

This is a much better test than the previous one. I would be fairly confident in the expectation that around 80% of our indigenous population would have failed the last one, which is ironic in the extreme, that immigrants could only stay here if they knew more about our country than us.

[Viking Warrior]

Which landmark is a prehistoric monument which still stands in the English county of Wiltshire?

 

This could also refer to the amesbury or fibbury rings.

 

The key to the questions, is do people taking the test know where wiltshire is

[Wurzel]

10/10

 

But still trying to work out why they picked 75% as a pass mark when there's only 10 questions

[Deano6]

I agree that my point was provocative

 

I'm fairly sure that most Brits would do alright on this test, and you're right - it's ingrained in a lot of us and not stuff we're like to forget.

 

I had to guess on jury duty, but went with 18 because these days, you can do pretty much anything at that age.

 

That all said, my point still stands. All of this stuff is easily findable on the Internet, and you can be sure that there will be agencies making a business out of priming people for the citizenship test, which defeats the whole point anyway. Will any citizenship test produce better Brits, or is it just another hoop for determined migrants to jump through? If you're moving to another country, bit of revision won't hurt, will it?

 

I disagree. If people coming to this country are prepared to spend a bit of time familiarising themselves with knowledge of the UK history, geography and culture then I'm all for it. Isn't that the point? I'm not sure they are trying to weedle out only those with some innate knowledge of our green and pleasant land (from a previous life perhaps?).

[Hamilton Saint]

Oops.

 

Well how the hell was I supposed to know how long the Queen had been in charge?

 

Simple subtraction: 2012 - 1952 = 60

[Hamilton Saint]

10/10

 

But still trying to work out why they picked 75% as a pass mark when there's only 10 questions

 

It means you have to get at least 8 correct!

 

[Hamilton Saint]

I got 10, but I had to think long and hard about the jury question.

[jjsaint]

10/10 Bang!

[Big Bad Bob]

You scored 10 out of a possible 10

Full marks. That is terrifically British (just so long as you don't boast about it to anyone)

[Bearsy]

Did you think the one bout the paralympic games was odd. Why not the actual lympics?

 

Also i think the questions was a bit technical, it don't really matter if people know that St. David built Stonehenge or whatever. They should use this as opportunity to weed out the "wrong sort" IMO it should be questions like:

 

When you get job at KFC drive through and i come through in my car and order zinger tower meal will you make me park up in my car while you fvvck about backstage watching hollyoaks or will you give me my chicken burger straight away?

[Dimond Geezer]

10/10 Can I stay?

[Tokyo-Saint]

All good points bear.