Life in the United Kingdom
Jul 6th 2009, 3:40 am
#31
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Re: Life in the United Kingdom
Well that was an interesting set of questions about esoteric trivia that only a really bored civil servant could possibly imagine were in any way relevant to life in the UK ... 
(I only got 14 right ...)
(I only got 14 right ...)
Jul 6th 2009, 4:22 am
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Re: Life in the United Kingdom
10/24 
... I never had the desire to apply for a British passport but I guess I wouldn't have gotten one anyway...
... I never had the desire to apply for a British passport but I guess I wouldn't have gotten one anyway...
Jul 6th 2009, 7:34 am
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Re: Life in the United Kingdom
13 out of 24. 54% and a fail. Oh well. Just as well I don't need to pass a test to stay in the UK. Would fail it on purpose if I did! 
Jul 6th 2009, 7:51 am
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Re: Life in the United Kingdom
I've failed miserably before I've even started as I can't get the link to open!
Jul 6th 2009, 8:35 am
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Re: Life in the United Kingdom
12/24, Fail. What a collection of useless trivia and esoteric statistics. You'd have to be a real nerd, an overzealous civil servant or plain lucky to do well on that test.
Jul 6th 2009, 9:38 am
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Re: Life in the United Kingdom
14/24
Aw crap, I guess that means I'm not really British!
Aw crap, I guess that means I'm not really British!
Jul 6th 2009, 1:50 pm
#37
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Re: Life in the United Kingdom
12/24
Agree most questions were unreasonably obscure or irrelevant. I'm guessing the thinking was - what benefits related information would someone new to the UK need to know, but let's throw in some silly difficult questions so most applicants fail. Complete travesty of a citizenship test.
Agree most questions were unreasonably obscure or irrelevant. I'm guessing the thinking was - what benefits related information would someone new to the UK need to know, but let's throw in some silly difficult questions so most applicants fail. Complete travesty of a citizenship test.
Jul 6th 2009, 1:55 pm
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Re: Life in the United Kingdom
I got 12/24 in 8mins...sad thing is, I got the more obscure ones correct....though the first one, that should have been obvious but I did get that one wrong 
Jul 6th 2009, 2:07 pm
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Re: Life in the United Kingdom
10/24..oops..better hope the GC comes through soon then !! Then I'll start working on my US citizenship test...plenty of time to sort that one out!
Jul 6th 2009, 2:52 pm
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Re: Life in the United Kingdom
Bit of a dumb test. I got 15/24 and mostly guesswork/deduction/elimination. Then again the US one is mostly based on remembering names, places and dates (old test).
Jul 6th 2009, 3:04 pm
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Re: Life in the United Kingdom
13/24, though, like many others, this is neither the kind of stuff you learn at school, nor by playing pub quizzes, or reading the Sun, so I highly doubt anyone who actually grew up in the UK would know all these answers. Unless you read the guide to citizenship they've published, you're pretty much screwed, and when you finally get there, would be considered such a bore that no one would want to know you anyway.
Jul 6th 2009, 3:10 pm
#42
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Re: Life in the United Kingdom
17 & failed. Looks like I must have gone native.
Jul 6th 2009, 4:24 pm
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Re: Life in the United Kingdom
12/24........And I have only been away from the U.K. 7 years!!
Jul 6th 2009, 5:16 pm
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Re: Life in the United Kingdom
i also got 12 and have to agree that the questions are a poor representation of what it means to be a british citizen.
Jul 6th 2009, 7:00 pm
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