Wanna try the UK Citizenship test?

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See how well you do!

I am a Disgrace - I only got 12/24 - good job I've already left the country!

Oh, and when you've done it, click on Show Answers to see what you should have said :)

I was going to ask FlyingPirates that, Hula - there had to be a handbook to go with this poxy test to give you the information!

Money is also a treat. I sometimes give bits of silver or a pound if I am feeling generous and have run out of sweets. The children seem to be more appreciative of that than they do a mini bag of Haribo.

13/24... will have to practice another 4 years before I can take it and actually become a British Citizen then

Some questions were a bit ridiculous though

I got 17, oops! And I really had to think about the days in school question ( I'm a teacher!!)

14/24.

Stupid questions!

12/24.

Having been a legal resident (and tax payer) in this country for over 25 years now I think that's a bit disappointing. Ah well, I'll bugger off back to my own country, shall I?

16/24 but I guessed most of the stats questions. Pretty sure I got the others right. Not quite sure why I need to know the exact percentage of children in the UK or when the first census was held. Does this make me a bad citizen?

16/24. Guess I'd better not come back then....

14! How are some of those questions relevant to life in the UK? Ok hospitals and schools, etc. But some of them...unnecessary.

Oh I know guising = Scottish and trick or treat = American, but was just pondering whether I'd dreamt Halloween being Scottish. It was sort of apropos of nowt. Sorry, been in hospital for the last 24hrs with ds and my brain's turned to mush.

I've failed!

Why does an immigrant need to know when the first ever census was held? Why do they need to know what the reports from the House of Commons are called? Most people don't care about this shit. The questions should focus more on rights and responsibilities rather than arcane trivia.

ah well when I did the official one, I had 21/24!

14/24 I obviously need some serious practice and you don't get more 'British' than me really.
They are the sorts of thing that it's easy to learn in order to take the test though so I guess if you are keen enough to read the massive tome handbook on all things Brit then I guess it wouldn't be too taxing.

15/24 here too and I consider myself to be a well-educated British citizen who keeps (fairly!) up-to-date with current affairs.

This thread needs to be sent to the Immigration Department to prove that this test is a load of nonsense. There were only a couple of questions on there that were relevant, such as the speed limit one. By all means test people on what's legal in this country, what's culturally acceptable and so on but when was the first census?! How is that relevant to living in the UK today?

12/24 bollox! and I wasn't born in this country (hides...)

14 - despite a politics degree and working in local government. All the ones I got wrong were number guessing.

We should write a more relevant questionnaire.

How much is a pint of milk?

Are frootshoots a suitable drink for your pre-schooler?

What are the chances of your child being offered a place at your preferred school?

In order to impress the school gate mums should you buy clothes from a; Asda, b; Topshop or c; Boden?

Think I'm the worst so far- 8/24!! Deport me immediately.

Total balls.

15 right here. I dont think the ones I got wrong mean I dont know about life in the UK. For eg, I'd never heard of Ulster Scots being a NI dialect. That doesn't mean I don't know that NI is Ulster. I put no because I'd never heard of the dialect not because I am stupid at geography.

Also, the question about women and divorce, what's that all about? Surely knowing it is now legal and that it was not legal until many years after a man could divorce his wife is enough?
Bah!

Where shall we all go to then? We need somewhere that doesn't have a citizenship test, obviously. But hopefully somewhere nice and sunny.

I am British, politically minded to point of being tedious and can name all our kings and queens from 1066. This test is absolute pants and tells you nothing about our culture or history.

Also, the school uniform one doesn't make sense even though I got it right. Schools cannot enforce school uniform at primary level so neither answer is correct.

14/24 born and brought up in England and 2 degrees from Univ of london oh dear I would fail this citizenship test!!!!

I think they need to change the test questions. How many decent upright people have any clue when the first census was?

More relevant questionnaire is a good idea!

Is greggs a suitable snack for your toddler?
How much of your wages will you lose in extortionate fuel costs trying to get to work?
How many years will you need to save for in order to be able to afford to travel from one end of the country to the other on the railway?