topcat(The most tip top) Posted February 19, 2018 Author Share Posted February 19, 2018 What if you're Muslim? Why would you need to know pub opening times? It should be questions about laws and democracy and values. The UK is run by absolute belters top to bottom, this is just the latest evidence. Not all Muslims are teetotal and for that matter not all teetotaller are MuslimAnd both Muslims and teetotallers may work in licensed premises There was a question in there about the age of Big Ben and another about the Bronze Age but you chose one that actually is about life in the UK to get annoyed about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerberus Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 I got the question wrong about where people who lived during the Bronze Age buried their dead. I chose graveyards like a filthy, Britain hating, halal loving, job stealing, foreigner that I am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arabdownunder Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 21/24 Do I have to move back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaboz Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 First one got 17,tried another got 14. Bunch of bullshit, I don't fucking care who mapped Australia or when the English went to enslave Native Americans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thistle_do_nicely Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 19 on my first attempt. Should probably just fack off back to my home town. Which is, er, Shrewsbury. Brings back fond memories of me learning to pass my theory test, which amounted to doing an ungodly amount of practice tests on the DVD in the run up to the real thing until I was at the point where I could pass the test reliably. Not-so-fond memories of failing my first theory attempt by 1 mark, purely by clicking too often on the one hazard perception question which had the two hazards in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baxter Parp Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 21/24 I'm as British as it gets, clearly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renton Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 How is Roast beef not traditional in the other three? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renton Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 The actual f**k? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renton Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 I get that in the US, whether it works in practice or not, the idea behind such questions is to establish a collective narrative for everyone who lives there, a kind of mission statement about their history and their common goals. I'm not sure that these pub quiz questions are in any way useful to doing the same for wannabe Britons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Imagine actually wanting to move to the UK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 16. If the pubs in Gorgie didn't open until 11 there would be a riot. Knowing the name of a Westminster organist would mark you as a definite OFTW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swello Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Just did the test and got 23/24 but the one that I got wrong - the small claims court one - was (a) England-only and (b) one of the few that was of any practical use to the folk that have to do these things. It also seems to make the classic English mistake that the UK has existed for longer than it really has - eg, Bill of Rights question (if my school history memory is right, Scotland has a separate document (Claim of right??) that predated the 1707 union and still applies). I honestly wasn't aware these tests existed outside of Daily Telegraph editorials and to put it mildly, I'm not sure that making immigrants learn by rote a bunch of disconnected trivia and some subjective opinions thrown in for good measure will prepare them for life here in any way or point to their suitability - it seems like a half-arsed copy of the type of stuff US Immigrants have to go through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRob72 Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Think the Op is right, it makes for a better pub quiz than a Citizenship Test. Some of the questions are just bizarre for a newcomer to these shores! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pull My Strings Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 1 hour ago, renton said: The actual f**k? Is it the environment one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted February 19, 2018 Author Share Posted February 19, 2018 Think the Op is right, it makes for a better pub quiz than a Citizenship Test. Some of the questions are just bizarre for a newcomer to these shores! Although I do think the pub quiz is one of the greatest parts of our shared culture combining convivial socialising, intellectual endeavour, friendly yet fierce competition, crap puns in team names and an excuse to get tipsy on a school night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 2 hours ago, Pull My Strings said: Is it the environment one? Currently, as the Tories are in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williemillersmoustache Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 18/24 Deport me and 5.4 million of my countrymen from the UK immediately please. How old is big ben and when was the bronze age? Pish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Oh shit. Looks like I'll have to leave. When will they come to get me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finch road Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 I got 17, was not able correctly answer how old Big Ben is, how long the Romans remained in Britain or who Henry Purcell was, but I do know when a pub opens. I could virtually write the same. Better get packing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 I'm just thinking of all those people in those camps in Calais who are being denied access to the UK because they thought the UK had hosted the Summer Olympics four times. Stupid idiots. Should have researched the matter first before attempting the test. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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