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Migration minister fails UK citizenship test question (www.independent.co.uk)
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Migration minister Mike Tapp failed a UK citizenship test question before insisting he is a "proud Brit." Speaking at a parliamentary committee on settlement, citizenship, and integration on Tuesday, 10 March, the Labour MP for Dover and Deal admitted he did not know the height of the London Eye - one of the questions in the official UK citizenship test. "I am confident that I would be able to pass the test, I'm a proud Brit," he added, but promised to "take a keen interest" in knowing the answer "when it comes up again" in the same meeting next year. Chair of the committee, Lord Don Foster, said he will "follow up" on Mr Tapp's word.

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[-] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Here's one that helps people revise, lets see how we do

https://lifeintheuktestweb.co.uk/british-citizenship-test-practice-questions-12/

I got 71% and I'm nativo

[-] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 19 points 2 days ago

20/24 (83%), native Briton.

Some of those questions are stupid though, on terms of day to day knowledge on Britain.

If it was actually going to be useful, it would include things about:

  • Letting someone go in front of you in the shop queue if they've only got a few things and you've got a basket full.
  • Which football teams are "scum" according to supporters of other football teams
  • Which one of PJ & Duncan is PJ and which one is Duncan? (Also known as Ant and Dec)
  • How to apologise for things, even even they're not your fault
  • Why Piers Morgan is a twat
  • What things you can have a "cheeky" one of i.e. pints, Greggses, sausage rolls, Nandoses, and girls (if you're MP Lembit Opik).
[-] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 days ago

How long do you wait before beeping the horn if you're behind a car at the traffic lights and they turn green is another potential one

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 2 points 2 days ago

If it's a mini you might as well be ready to lean on the horn as soon as the other direction turns amber. They never seem to be paying attention

[-] GiveOver@feddit.uk 5 points 2 days ago

I beeped a guy when on holiday in USA once, after a truck didn't set off for a few seconds. The guy stuck a middle finger out of his window and floored it with a great wheel spin.

Not sure if I broke the rule by beeping too early, or the American rule is that you always flip off the guy behind you.

[-] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 days ago

You did the New York Second

[-] GiveOver@feddit.uk 4 points 2 days ago

I'm English It was like 3 seconds!

[-] Thordros@hexbear.net 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

83%. I've never set foot in the country in my life.

Also, the height of the that wheel is irrelevant, since it hasn't been the tallest in the world in decades! point-and-laugh-1point-and-laugh-2

[-] TIN@feddit.uk 6 points 2 days ago

23 of 24, my knowledge of NI politics sadly lacking

[-] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 4 points 2 days ago

my knowledge of NI politics sadly lacking

Nao nao nao! March march march!

Something like that probably. ๐Ÿ˜‰

[-] moderatecentrist@feddit.uk 2 points 2 days ago

I'm British born and bred and I got 88%. Some of those questions are interesting and definitely better questions than asking the height of the London Eye.

Maybe the UK citizenship test should try to select people who support important British principles (rule of law, democracy, religious freedom, legal equality of men and women, etc). But I suppose somebody could pretend to support those things for the purposes of passing a test, and after the test they might decide they don't believe in democracy after all. Also I'm sure there are born and bred Brits who don't believe in democracy.

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 0 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

When it comes to plastic patriots it's the british-born nationals that are more likely to be the problem, the ones that want to immigrate tend to be okay.

Besides I don't think it's possible for anyone to be a bigger prick than Tommy 10 names.

[-] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 days ago

I got 46%, and I'm a native Finn

[-] ambitiousslab@feddit.uk 7 points 2 days ago

67% for me, looks like I'm getting kicked out

[-] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago

Nah.

Because meme

[-] bumblefumble@mander.xyz 4 points 2 days ago

I got 21 and I'm from Denmark. Most of them were not too hard. Some, like British History were a bit harder, but not impossible. The amount of NI parliament members though, that one was a complete shot in the dark.

[-] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago

That NI question keeps on being mentioned for some reason

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Because I don't think anyone in the Northern Ireland assembly could answer that question. I couldn't tell you how many constituencies there are in England, only that there's a lot. Some things aren't worth knowing.

[-] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 5 points 2 days ago

I got 21 of 24. The NI Assembly question threw me for an absolute loop.

[-] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 4 points 2 days ago

12 of 24 as an American

[-] PunkMonk@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Yeah I got 71% too, which is a fail so I guess I am no longer British. Born and raised here btw! What a stupid, racist test, plenty of the questions aren't even objectively factual but subjective or flatout lies spread by the government too.

edit: did a second test and still failed with 67%

[-] blueduck@piefed.social 3 points 2 days ago

21/24, not a Brit but a good student of world history

[-] Espitemophiliac@piefed.ca 3 points 2 days ago

83% as a Canadian. Such a weird mix of questions. Maybe 4-5 that actually dealt with civics and governance.

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