How British are you?
Jun 16th 2005, 11:12 pm
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Re: How British are you?
I got 9 right, hubby got 7, not too bad 
Jun 16th 2005, 11:16 pm
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Re: How British are you?
Originally Posted by HappyHammer
I got 10/15. Not too bad I suppose being as I've been is US 9 years now. What I'm more worried about is the American test when I go for citizenship, but that's another 5 years down the road. Even so I don't have a clue. For example I thought General Lee was the car out from the Dukes of Hazzard until someone told me he was one of the main characters in the American Civil War. We never covered American History in O-Level History.
Jun 17th 2005, 1:01 am
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Re: How British are you?
Yay! A big fat s e v e n !
I think they forgot a question:
In order to get anywhere in the UK and not be treated like an idiot, you must:
a. know only what is necessary to know.
b. know someone who knows.
c. know the calendar date of each national saint, draw a Union Flag correctly to the nearest 1/64 inch using correct Pantone colours, know what colour traditionally represents the Piccadilly Line, and be able to demonstrate the correct method of getting one's head chopped off by a tribesman while wearing a red coat in the middle of the desert.
I think they forgot a question:
In order to get anywhere in the UK and not be treated like an idiot, you must:
a. know only what is necessary to know.
b. know someone who knows.
c. know the calendar date of each national saint, draw a Union Flag correctly to the nearest 1/64 inch using correct Pantone colours, know what colour traditionally represents the Piccadilly Line, and be able to demonstrate the correct method of getting one's head chopped off by a tribesman while wearing a red coat in the middle of the desert.
Jun 17th 2005, 4:24 am
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Re: How British are you?
Originally Posted by Bob
And Q11...that's dodgy, UK use's 220 volts now...240V is maximum though...
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USA is 120v and 60hz - this is why your light bulbs burn out quicker and your electrical items are not as efficient. Tesla worked out that the most efficient AC delivery was 240v and 60hz.
BTW 12 out of 15 - in Finland Father Christmas is called the Christmas Goat.
Jun 17th 2005, 4:33 am
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Re: How British are you?
Yikes... http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magaz...15=3&x=12&y=13 Am I in the wrong country or what? 
Jun 17th 2005, 4:54 am
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Re: How British are you?
10 right - not too bad I suppose...
However, I do wonder why *I* need to know that 112 is an alternative for 999 - after all it is apparently meant for foreigners who don't know the British emergency number
However, I do wonder why *I* need to know that 112 is an alternative for 999 - after all it is apparently meant for foreigners who don't know the British emergency number
Jun 17th 2005, 5:29 am
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Re: How British are you?
Originally Posted by DonnaElvira
10 right - not too bad I suppose...
However, I do wonder why *I* need to know that 112 is an alternative for 999 - after all it is apparently meant for foreigners who don't know the British emergency number
However, I do wonder why *I* need to know that 112 is an alternative for 999 - after all it is apparently meant for foreigners who don't know the British emergency number
Jun 17th 2005, 5:32 am
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Re: How British are you?
Originally Posted by DonnaElvira
However, I do wonder why *I* need to know that 112 is an alternative for 999 - after all it is apparently meant for foreigners who don't know the British emergency number
Jun 17th 2005, 5:36 am
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Re: How British are you?
Originally Posted by Patrick
UK uses 240v and 50hz, most of mainland europe is 220v (50h). In some books it is actually quoted as 230v because of fluctuation but it is indeed 240v. Web designer you maybe, electronic engineer you are not. But thanks for playing
"The standard nominal supply voltage in domestic single-phase 50 Hz installations in the UK has been 230 V AC since 1 January 1995 (Electricity Supply Regulations, SI 1994, No. 3021). ..."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_wiring_%28UK%29
Just because it has ±10% and most people state it's 240V, for all intense and purposes it is, but it still 230V supply.
Jun 17th 2005, 5:48 am
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Re: How British are you?
Question 17.
List at least ten synonyms for the word 'asinine'.
List at least ten synonyms for the word 'asinine'.
Jun 17th 2005, 5:54 am
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Re: How British are you?
Here you go....
"The United Kingdom for many years had a standardised supply voltage of 240V ±6% (415V for three-phase) whereas continental Europe had a nominal supply level of 220V (380V). From 1 January 1995 the nominal voltage across Europe has been 'harmonised' at 230V/400V.
This is not a real change, since the former 240V countries, including the UK, have in the first stage of voltage harmonisation a tolerance of 230V -6% to +10% (i.e. 216.2 - 253V) as compared with the 'old' limits of 240V ±6% (i.e. 225.6 - 254.4V). However, the former 220V countries (most of Continental Europe) have limits of 230V -10% to +6% (207 - 243.8V)."
http://www.claudelyons.co.uk/energy_saving.htm
"The United Kingdom for many years had a standardised supply voltage of 240V ±6% (415V for three-phase) whereas continental Europe had a nominal supply level of 220V (380V). From 1 January 1995 the nominal voltage across Europe has been 'harmonised' at 230V/400V.
This is not a real change, since the former 240V countries, including the UK, have in the first stage of voltage harmonisation a tolerance of 230V -6% to +10% (i.e. 216.2 - 253V) as compared with the 'old' limits of 240V ±6% (i.e. 225.6 - 254.4V). However, the former 220V countries (most of Continental Europe) have limits of 230V -10% to +6% (207 - 243.8V)."
http://www.claudelyons.co.uk/energy_saving.htm
Jun 17th 2005, 1:44 pm
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Re: How British are you?
Originally Posted by Patrick
UK uses 240v and 50hz, most of mainland europe is 220v (50h). In some books it is actually quoted as 230v because of fluctuation but it is indeed 240v. Web designer you maybe, electronic engineer you are not. But thanks for playing
Personally I'd choose shooting the quiz designer.
Jun 17th 2005, 4:33 pm
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Re: How British are you?
I am not British, I am English.
Jun 17th 2005, 6:35 pm
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Re: How British are you?
Originally Posted by DonnaElvira
10 right - not too bad I suppose...
However, I do wonder why *I* need to know that 112 is an alternative for 999 - after all it is apparently meant for foreigners who don't know the British emergency number
However, I do wonder why *I* need to know that 112 is an alternative for 999 - after all it is apparently meant for foreigners who don't know the British emergency number
Jun 17th 2005, 6:37 pm
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Re: How British are you?
Originally Posted by Toontje
Here the European Union peeps its head around the corner. In all EU countries 112 is the emergency number.......