to ask you, if you are British born, to answer these six questions without Googling?

[IceLollyMolly]

Just a small experiment. Not a marketing gimmick, but I will explain shortly, once a few people have answered. Or not answered!
If you are British born, can you answer these five questions without Googling or using any other materials for the answers?
(1) Who was the first person to circumnavigate the world without stopping?
(2) What date was the Battle of Boyne?
(3) How many local authorities are there in London?
(4) Which composer composed music for George the I?
(5) What significant event took place in 1284?
(6) Who is the paralympian who won six gold medals over two Paralympic Games?

No idea. But then I did discover recently that I am not 'white British ' dispute being white, having been born here, have only British citizenship and a family I can trace back on one side hundreds of years in britain...

British people don’t need to know this, though, do they? They don’t need to demonstrate commitment and dedication to a new country. This is their country.
(I don’t know the answers to most of these.)

Presumably there are more sensible questions too such as:
At what age is education compulsory from/to
How are you allowed to chastise children
Is it permissible in law to disagree with aspects of different religions
Who/what are The Archers
Should women be allowed to make their own choices on how uncovered / covered up they are in public

Yes

1928 - no googling!

Know 1,4,5 and 6. Knew 2 was end of 17th century but not the exact date. Haven't lived in London for 30 years so have no idea how many LAs there are.

I do agree, however, that these questions for the citizenship test are utterly ridiculous and meaningless.

I thrive on learning random facts.

If anyone gives me a year from 1066 and I can name the monarch

I think this is a fair point 👆🏻
I am a colonial, dual citizen, British via my father and I’ve lived here for several decades. My father had to go through all the study and answer similar questions when he decided to become a citizen of Australia. I couldn’t have answered half the questions he studied, despite growing up there, but it showed he was dedicated to becoming an Aussie.

No 3 that you mention is there in the test. Also a few questions on forced marriages, FGM and the equality of women in marriage.
Hopefully, I get those as I have no memory for dates and numbers.

1936 😉

I can't answer them.

But if I spent time revising I'd pass the test.

I think the questions are fine.

There needs to be hurdles to pass in order to pass get citizenship.

If I was trying to get citizenship in a different country I would also expect to have to jump through a few hoops in order to pass.

Nope, don't know any and I am relatively educated, perhaps not as educated as I thought. I do know that at one point of time or another I have read or been told the answers to all of these but not retained the information. Much like my gcse in spanish, I don't use the information daily so it doesnt stay in my head.
I don't have headspace for general knowledge that I will never use in real life either.
It really doesn't matter to me who circumnavigated the globe.
Ask me questions about David Bowie, Henry the 8th, Magna Carta, ww2 and and how to cook roast dinners and I will be fine though 😂

i can answer some

but if i moved anywhere in the world and wanted to become a citizen I’d make damn sure that 1) I was prepared to answer tests and put in the preparation 2) integrate into that country based on its current set of values

hth

Agree
and I did the test and paid 2k for citizenship

if you can’t even be bothered to read a little booklet and answer 20 questions about life in the UK, why should you get citizenship?

many countries have similar tests, Switzerland has interviews of the whole
family on why you should be a citizen and how you represent the values.

Not to me 🤣🤣

no bloody idea about any of them.

best of luck!!

Agree with this.

I don't need to answer them because I'm already a British citizen by virtue of birth.

If I wanted to become a citizen of somewhere else, I wouldn't expect it to be handed to me on a plate. I'd expect to have to make some effort, even if it doesn't seem particularly relevant.

I didn't say I can't be bothered. I have the booklet. I am paying more.

I just thought this would be an amusing thread. Given all the other news is war war war war...

Also the test is multiple choice! OP didn’t you give you the options.

But so many of the questions DON’T relate to current life in the UK.

Who really cares how many London boroughs there are, or all the random niche sporting questions (I can kind of understand some about football, cricket or Wimbledon)?

I knew 2, 4 and 5. I'd have guessed around 30 for the London boroughs but not with confidence. The answer that leapt incorrectly into my mind for number 1 was Phileas Fogg before it occurred to me he was fictitious 😆I'm not much of a sports fan so no chance of me knowing Olympic medallists for any event.

3+ right answers, but I have just been helping someone study for the Test (although we haven't covered the Paralympics yet). Those aren't the actual questions! Most of them have more of an element of multiple choice.

Not sure what circumnavigation 'without stopping' means - as every sea-based circumnavigation has involved stopping along the way - surely that would only apply to those who fly non-stop? I imagine you wanted us to say Drake but he was only the first English person to complete a circumnavigation, and definitely stopped off multiple times along the way!

I knew the answers to 2, 3, 4 and 5. Thus proving that I like history and live in London.
I had never heard of the answers to 1 and 6. Thus proving I am an equal opportunity hater of sport 😁

(1) Who was the first person to circumnavigate the world without stopping? Robin Knox-Johnston.
(2) What date was the Battle of Boyne? 1690
(3) How many local authorities are there in London? I want to say 33 - 32 boroughs plus the City of London? - but that's a guess.
(4) Which composer composed music for George the I? My first response is Handel, because of Water Music, but I'd guess there would be multiple pieces commissioned from different composers during the reign?
(5) What significant event took place in 1284? Wales was formally annexed and incorporated into England.
(6) Who is the paralympian who won six gold medals over two Paralympic Games? No idea.

I'm now wondering if pp who got them all correct has only recently come to the UK 😅

British born but can only answer two