Well, I failed UK citizenship test. Can you pass it?

[Mosaic]

http://www.guardian.c...citizenship-test-quiz

[boxtops]

Megaman, the days of people smuggling themselves in on meat lorries are well over (they get in other ways, but the scanners on lorries are very effective these days!).

Btw folks, I've delayed sailing so I can squeeze a few more on.... ;-)

[Bobbisox]

you have my proper ID now boxy :-)

[Buenchico]

Like it or not, Bob, you'll probably find out what 'trick or treat' has to do with the UK in 8 days time when your evening's relaxation will be constantly disturbed by kids banging on your door!

. . . unless, like me, you go out for the evening and then spend much of the following day scraping congealed egg from your doors and windows ;(

[Maydup]

Wait for me boxtops, I scored 13/24 and need to be squeezed onto your boat. Anyone left here?

[craft1948]

lol lol I only scored 12....................

[Noraq]

Question 12.

I was under the impression that Britain did not have a Constitution, am I wrong?.

[boxtops]

There are still a few stragglers, maidup...

Chris, you need one of these, like what I have, LOL http://www.kent.polic...orry%20No%20cards.pdf

[marval]

Oops, only 9 out of 24, any more room on the boat

[bobthefisherman]

They've never bothered me Chris, I'm usually working, and any kids belong to the customers.....
To be honest though, I do get into the spirit of it and provide some silly games etc, I'm not always anti-fun.

[New Judge]

I got 20 correct. But how many of them relate to knowledge required to be a decent citizen of the UK is quite beyond me.

[modeller]

If these had been set like the GCSEs or votes on EU treaties you could have have retaken them until you achieved the pass mark. In fact everyone taking this test is given the questions in advance to ensure they get through.

[sandyRoe]

Failed. 16 correct and I needed 18. Where could I get someone to sit the resit for me?

[flobadob]

I failed it, got 63% or something. But what kind of dumbass question gives the options of 13m, 14m, 15m, and 16m as answers?

[Buenchico]

Agreed, Flobby!

Please see my post at the bottom of page 5 of this thread for my views on the stupidity of the test! It appears to have been created by a civil servant in his tea break, whereas such an important test needs to be properly compiled by a team of people with several year's continuous experience of testing and assessment. We've got examination boards packed with people with such experience but civil servants and politicians don't seem to recognise that compiling tests that have meaningful results requires a great deal of skill and experience.

[tinkerbell23]

Oh f$&k i got 9!!!

[flobadob]

Yeah Chris. Also, under what circumstances would you ever come across any of these facts? They are far from the common knowledge of probably 95%+ of the population. Obviously the guy who compiled these questions had the correct answers on a sheet of paper or whatever and just ever so slightly modified them to pan it out to multiple choice. As Debra from Everybody Loves Raymond might remark, Idiot.

[jno]

failed: 17/24. (I ticked one wrong answer by mistake; on the otehr hand, I guessed several.) A lot of those questions are pretty pointless, though: who cares how many teenagers there are, or what to do at Halloween? (Incidentally - I ticked 'hide from them', which I still think is correct, they can't play tricks on you if you're not there.)

[jno]

blimey, tinkerbell, you're going to be tried for treason at that rate

[jomifl]

I got 13 out of 24, but thats OK I live in France.