Uk citizenship test, can u pass muster?

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Crono

Lifer
Aug 8, 2001
23,720
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Questions answered correctly: 11 out of 24 (46%)
Time taken: 03 minutes 13 seconds

I'm sure all the UK members would do far better on a sample U.S. citizenship test.
 

Baked

Lifer
Dec 28, 2004
36,052
17
81
Damn that's hard.

Questions answered correctly: 7 out of 24 (29%)

Time taken: 04 minutes 45 seconds
 

Evadman

Administrator Emeritus<br>Elite Member
Feb 18, 2001
30,990
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You are allowed up to 45 minutes in which to answer 24 questions
All you need is an internet connection and google. If it takes you that long to look up the questions you don't know, then you fail at life. Let's try it without looking anything up.

You have failed the practice citizenship test.
Questions answered correctly: 5 out of 24 (21%)
Time taken: 02 minutes 06 seconds

A 21% correct rate is pretty bad when mathematically a pure "pick anything at random" would net 6 out of 25 questions (some were true/false or select multiple answers which makes it different than 25 questions divided by 4). Let's try looking them up using the all-powerful google.

You have passed the practice citizenship test.
Questions answered correctly: 24 out of 24 (100%)
Time taken: 14 minutes 32 seconds

Apparently, I suck at UK, but rock at google. That should be a skillset for citizenship. It weeds out the idiots.
 

IronWing

No Lifer
Jul 20, 2001
73,155
34,469
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I'm kicking ass at 13/24. Woot! Also, aren't Limies subjects, not citizens?
 

JS80

Lifer
Oct 24, 2005
26,271
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You have failed the practice citizenship test.

Questions answered correctly: 13 out of 24 (54%)
 

Glitchny

Diamond Member
Sep 4, 2002
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Originally posted by: Lonyo
Originally posted by: Glitchny
I failed, but i thought I would since I'm from the US. But I have a question... why is the speedlimit question in MPH? shouldn't it be km? Confused the hell outta me. Also why the hell is census info held as secret for 100 years???

Why would we have our speed limit in km/h?
This is the UK, not mainland Europe.

hmm true, I dunno for some reason I thought the US was the only one using a retarded system of measurement. Didn't realize the UK used a horrible one as well.

also nobody has answered as to why census data is a secret from the public for 100 years. Isn't that a little extreme?
 

0roo0roo

No Lifer
Sep 21, 2002
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Originally posted by: AstroManLuca
Originally posted by: Glitchny
I failed, but i thought I would since I'm from the US. But I have a question... why is the speedlimit question in MPH? shouldn't it be km? Confused the hell outta me. Also why the hell is census info held as secret for 100 years???


In short, it makes the American system look rational and organized by comparison.

oh really..how many stone do you weigh?
 

IronWing

No Lifer
Jul 20, 2001
73,155
34,469
136
Originally posted by: Crono
Originally posted by: ironwing
I'm kicking ass at 13/24. Woot! Also, aren't Limies subjects, not citizens?

Subjects under who/what?

Queenie, of course, you know, her most royal highness, named for a boat?
 

Sumguy

Golden Member
Jun 2, 2007
1,409
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13/24 on the UK test...
12/20 on the US test

Opposite of what I would expect lol
 

phoenix79

Golden Member
Jan 17, 2000
1,598
0
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Got 5 of the UK questions without looking any up

Misssed only 1 of the US questions. It was the one about what form to use for trying to become a citizen...
 

AstroManLuca

Lifer
Jun 24, 2004
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5
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Originally posted by: phoenix79
Got 5 of the UK questions without looking any up

Misssed only 1 of the US questions. It was the one about what form to use for trying to become a citizen...

Yeah, the only reason I got a perfect score on that one was because I guessed right on that question.
 
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SlitheryDee

5/24

There's no way to know most of that stuff without going to school there or specifically studying for the test.