British Citizen Test
Jul 8th 2009, 4:55 pm
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Re: British Citizen Test
Originally Posted by newshoney
But the point of the test is not to determine how British you are, or whether you can marshal random statistical data. The point is to deter frivolous applications by requiring a little bit of application. There are crib sheets (or practice tests) freely available and a bit of homework suffices to pass.
BTW - I failed, first test I have failed in a very long time.
Jul 8th 2009, 5:58 pm
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Re: British Citizen Test
Thank God I failed!! 14/24 so that means they can't send me back to that god forsaken dump as I clearly wouldn't be able to converse with such intelligent Citizens, I knew that excuse for an education would pay off eventually 
Jul 8th 2009, 7:18 pm
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Re: British Citizen Test
Originally Posted by Oink
Are you saying I need to apply myself? 
There'd be no reason to memorise all that stuff UNLESS you knew it would be tested.
Jul 8th 2009, 9:34 pm
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Re: British Citizen Test
Originally Posted by newshoney
Not really. I'm assuming this thread is a jokey reference to the fact that native-born Brits (of whatever ancestry, colour or religion) would not automatically know such a varied assortment of facts (or factoids?).
There'd be no reason to memorise all that stuff UNLESS you knew it would be tested.
There'd be no reason to memorise all that stuff UNLESS you knew it would be tested.
Jul 9th 2009, 2:00 am
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Re: British Citizen Test
Failed: 17/24
But, as others have pointed out, what relevance is there to citizenship in knowing obscure facts like the percentage of Muslims or the EU governing body.
I took my Citizenship test here in Mexico - six questions (but you had to get them all correct). They were general knowledge eg: What do we celebrate on 20th November? Who was the first President? What is the country's primary economic resource? What is the official name of this country? What is the capital of the state of Nuevo Leon? Who was the President before the current one?
That sort of stuff - relevant to testing whether you are sufficiently interested in the country and its history to offer it your allegiance if needed.
(for those interested in the answers: Anniversary of the 1910 Revolution; Guadalupe Victoria; oil; The United Mexican States; Monterrey; Vicente Fox Quesada)
But, as others have pointed out, what relevance is there to citizenship in knowing obscure facts like the percentage of Muslims or the EU governing body.
I took my Citizenship test here in Mexico - six questions (but you had to get them all correct). They were general knowledge eg: What do we celebrate on 20th November? Who was the first President? What is the country's primary economic resource? What is the official name of this country? What is the capital of the state of Nuevo Leon? Who was the President before the current one?
That sort of stuff - relevant to testing whether you are sufficiently interested in the country and its history to offer it your allegiance if needed.
(for those interested in the answers: Anniversary of the 1910 Revolution; Guadalupe Victoria; oil; The United Mexican States; Monterrey; Vicente Fox Quesada)
Jul 9th 2009, 3:13 am
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Re: British Citizen Test
Originally Posted by AdrianR
That sort of stuff - relevant to testing whether you are sufficiently interested in the country and its history to offer it your allegiance if needed.
Jul 9th 2009, 3:36 am
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Re: British Citizen Test
Big fat fail for me.
8/24... must try harder.
8/24... must try harder.
Jul 9th 2009, 3:47 am
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Re: British Citizen Test
23/24. I got the doctors letter for the ER wrong.
Jul 9th 2009, 3:49 am
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Re: British Citizen Test
Originally Posted by dingbat
23/24. I got the doctors letter for the ER wrong.
Jul 9th 2009, 6:17 am
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Re: British Citizen Test
Originally Posted by AdrianR
Failed: 17/24
But, as others have pointed out, what relevance is there to citizenship in knowing obscure facts like the percentage of Muslims or the EU governing body.
I took my Citizenship test here in Mexico - six questions (but you had to get them all correct). They were general knowledge eg: What do we celebrate on 20th November? Who was the first President? What is the country's primary economic resource? What is the official name of this country? What is the capital of the state of Nuevo Leon? Who was the President before the current one?
That sort of stuff - relevant to testing whether you are sufficiently interested in the country and its history to offer it your allegiance if needed.
(for those interested in the answers: Anniversary of the 1910 Revolution; Guadalupe Victoria; oil; The United Mexican States; Monterrey; Vicente Fox Quesada)
But, as others have pointed out, what relevance is there to citizenship in knowing obscure facts like the percentage of Muslims or the EU governing body.
I took my Citizenship test here in Mexico - six questions (but you had to get them all correct). They were general knowledge eg: What do we celebrate on 20th November? Who was the first President? What is the country's primary economic resource? What is the official name of this country? What is the capital of the state of Nuevo Leon? Who was the President before the current one?
That sort of stuff - relevant to testing whether you are sufficiently interested in the country and its history to offer it your allegiance if needed.
(for those interested in the answers: Anniversary of the 1910 Revolution; Guadalupe Victoria; oil; The United Mexican States; Monterrey; Vicente Fox Quesada)
Are there many former Brits in Tamaulipas? Hope you are not too affected by H1N1.
Jul 9th 2009, 7:21 am
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Re: British Citizen Test
failed 14/24, dingbats 23/24 was good!
Jul 9th 2009, 12:26 pm
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Re: British Citizen Test
Originally Posted by newshoney
Hijole Adrian... I was going to have a go at answering those (having lived in 'el distrito federal' for four years back in the late 70s) then saw the spoiler.
Are there many former Brits in Tamaulipas? Hope you are not too affected by H1N1.
Are there many former Brits in Tamaulipas? Hope you are not too affected by H1N1.
BTW - the current test uses six questions from a pool of 100 and they are MUCH harder - see this thread: http://www.cancuncare.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=40237 at the 'Cancun Care' forum.
Jul 9th 2009, 2:26 pm
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Re: British Citizen Test
Just failed too, 11/24, 42%...
Jul 9th 2009, 6:03 pm
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Re: British Citizen Test
Failed 14/24 - but I did the actual test 2 years ago, and am pretty confident I got 100% (they don't tell you) and I finished in under 5 minutes.
All the information is provided in a book (and in fact is only in 3 chapters of the book, so you don't even need to read all of it). I was very disappointed that I didn't have to explan the off-side rule or list the winners of Big Brother for the past 5 years....
All the information is provided in a book (and in fact is only in 3 chapters of the book, so you don't even need to read all of it). I was very disappointed that I didn't have to explan the off-side rule or list the winners of Big Brother for the past 5 years....
