Could you be a British citizen?

[Omni314]

I have often heard it commented that many people born in Britain and British throughout would not be able to pass the British citizen test.
So as a British citizen I decided to try it myself and I failed.

How will you do?
http://www.britishcitizenshiptest.co.uk/sample-test.aspx

 

[ParadigmShifter]

I failed with 70%.

 

[ArneHD]

6 out of 10, failed. Not a British citizen obviously. Also, isn't the geordie accent from Liverpool?

 

[ParadigmShifter]

No. Scouse is from Liverpool.

EDIT: I was brilliant at the US army test though, they kept spamming me for months

 

[imperialman]

100%, but I've failed a mock up to the real one before many times.

 

[Silurian]

If you read the book "Life in the UK" it is easy if you understand English.

My wife passed on second attempt, but she said she made some stupid mistakes the first time.

 

[ParadigmShifter]

The problem is the multi answer questions. All my answers were correct, I just didn't know you could pay council tax in 2 instalments (correctly said 1 instalment or 10), and stuff like that.

 

[keli]

7/10 tho I'm not British.

Wrong answers were: 1.Geordie dialect, 2.What options do you have when paying the council tax? (Select 3 answers), 3.Jobcentre plus is run by which of the following?

Btw, why is it important to know where did the geordie dialect come from?

 

[luiz]

Passed with 80%!

Though in fairness I learned here that geordie wasn't from Liverpool, and some of my choices were educated guesses at best.

The two I got wrong were the one on textile factories workers and the one on who runs jobcentre plus.

 

[ParadigmShifter]

7/10 tho I'm not British.

Wrong answers were: 1.Geordie dialect, 2.What options do you have when paying the council tax? (Select 3 answers), 3.Jobcentre plus is run by which of the following?

Btw, why is it important to know where did the geordie dialect come from?

It's because if you hear a man speaking in a geordie accent in a blizzard, and he is wearing a coat, you know he is gay.

 

[Silurian]

The problem is the multi answer questions. All my answers were correct, I just didn't know you could pay council tax in 2 instalments (correctly said 1 instalment or 10), and stuff like that.

Thats why you have to read the book.

You also have to go with the things that are wrong in the book.

 

[bathsheba666]

100% but what silly questions

 

[ParadigmShifter]

I know. No questions about cricket.

 

[Kan' Sharuminar]

100%, but I had to guess a couple of them and hope for the best with others.

 

[Eat_Up_Martha]

7/10, but I got lucky with a lot of guesses. In fact, I only knew two of the answers with any real degree of certainty (MP's and Remembrance Day).

 

[amadeus]

Half right.

 

[ParadigmShifter]

That's a 50% improvement for you on the internet then

 

[Danielion]

8/10.
Result : Passed

Sheer luck I'm telling you.

 

[Mise]

Passed with 100%. Guessed 3 of them.

 

[aelf]

70%. I could have passed if I didn't second guess my answer to the textile workers question. I also thought it was a toss up between "neutrality" and "efficiency" for the civil service question. I just knew that efficiency is not exactly a byword in Britain, but I decided against my initial reaction there as well. Never paid council tax before, so I have no idea what the options are for that question.