Comment on Migration minister fails UK citizenship test question

blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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).

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  • blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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

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    • GiveOver@feddit.uk ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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.

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      • blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        You did the New York Second

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• bumblefumble@mander.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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.

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  • blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    That NI question keeps on being mentioned for some reason

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• Thordros@hexbear.net ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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

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• PunkMonk@lemmygrad.ml ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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.

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• TIN@feddit.uk ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  23 of 24, my knowledge of NI politics sadly lacking

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  • mannycalavera@feddit.uk ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    my knowledge of NI politics sadly lacking

    Nao nao nao! March march march!

    Something like that probably. 😉

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• blueduck@piefed.social ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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

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• hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I got 46%, and I’m a native Finn

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  • ambitiousslab@feddit.uk ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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

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    • blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Nah.

      Because meme

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• PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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

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• TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  12 of 24 as an American

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• Espitemophiliac@piefed.ca ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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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