I scored 11, a seat in Parliament.
Posted by Blue Battler on :
I got 6, seat on the district council.8-)
Posted by Fat Cramer on :
7 - I guess I'll stay where I am. Don't have much taste for a District Council seat (there or here).
Posted by Gay-lipso on :
I got 12, but some of those won't be in the actual test because the history stuff has all been removed. The questions that they have published though are pretty bloody stupid (where do the Geordie, Scouse and Cockney accents come from? Stuff like that). There are questions about the Church of England, which I think implies that they expect you to be CofE to count as a proper citizen, and the question about who is the head of the Church of England has caused major ructions because the answer on the quiz apparently is the Monarch but the Palace and parts of the Church have said it's actually Christ (fair enough) another part of the Church has said it's the Archbishop of Canterbury and the government officials have um-ed and ah-ed about it without being sure of the right answer. All very stupid.
Posted by thor2168 on :
I'm a dumb American, and should stay that way. A four.
Posted by Tamper Lad on :
Has the UK citizenship law been changed to conform with the European Human Rights Code? My understanding of the old law is that there is only one "citizen" of the UK. The rest of you are subjects to that persons whims.
Posted by KidChaos on :
quote:Originally posted by Tamper Lad: Has the UK citizenship law been changed to conform with the European Human Rights Code? My understanding of the old law is that there is only one "citizen" of the UK. The rest of you are subjects to that persons whims.
As a Canadian, you are too. Posted by MLLASH on :
Wow, I got 8 right, and I'm a stupid American pig (SAP for short).
Posted by Tamper Lad on :
quote:Originally posted by KidChaos:
quote:Originally posted by Tamper Lad: Has the UK citizenship law been changed to conform with the European Human Rights Code? My understanding of the old law is that there is only one "citizen" of the UK. The rest of you are subjects to that persons whims.
As a Canadian, you are too.
Nope our citizenship has been changed. We are Citizens of Canada, not subjects of the Crown. We only swear loyalty to Her Majesty, her heirs and successors.
Posted by Gay-lipso on :
I think they dropped the bit about swearing loyalty to the crown and the Church and just have an allegience to the country. Of course those of us already born as citizens don't have to do any of the test or swearing any kind of allegience or... well, anything, to prove that we're worthy of being citizens. We just have to live here and pay taxes. Watching the news yesterday where they were asking some of the questions on the test of regular people on the street if they were anything to go by (and my answers to the questions in the papers) almost everyone who already lives here wouldn't pass the test. I find the whole thing a bit ridiculous to be honest, and I think quite a few other people feel the same way as well.
As to the status of us actually being citizens... haven't got a clue. I don't feel any loyalty to the crown and I'd be seriously pissed off if anyone tried to make me swear any kind of allegience to it or to the flag. I don't 'serve' any country or head of state. I pay my taxes and vote as is m duty and all that sort of stuff but I don't feel any particular allegience to a notion of state or country.
Posted by Reboot on :
Yep. I'd burn a Union Flag before swearing loyalty to it or "The Crown"
Posted by STU on :
7!
I guess I'm not as much of an anglophile as I used to be.
(But I bet I'd score higher on the Canadian citizenship test...)
Posted by Tamper Lad on :
I did ten questions and got eight right on the Canadian one. I was quite pleased with that, and I think the only one I actually guessed (the one about the Bill of Rights) was one of the ones I got wrong. It has to be said though if the questions I got are representative of all of the ones in the test it does seem slightly more relevant than the ones in the UK test.
Posted by Nightcrawler on :
Well I failed the other tests miserably, but I did ace this test (100%) - U.S. Citizenship Test.
Posted by Lightning Lad on :
If that were a real test it would explain a lot of things.
It needs updating anyway, at least for question #10.
Posted by STU on :
"What is Canada's system of government called?
a. Dictatorship. b. Parliamentary government. c. Military Rule. d. Communism."
Posted by Fat Cramer on :
Trick question. We all know Canada's a kleptocracy.
The U.S. test seems to be state specific. I got questions about the mayor and governor of North Carolina - which I just guessed (wrong).
Posted by Nightcrawler on :
quote:Originally posted by Lightning Lad: If that were a real test it would explain a lot of things.
It needs updating anyway, at least for question #10.
Which question was it? It's different everytime Kabir and I use it.
Posted by Tamper Lad on :
quote:Originally posted by Fat Cramer: Trick question. We all know Canada's a kleptocracy.
Such a quaint notion of propriety we Canadians have, eh? The Prime Minister spends a few thousand dollars to monogram a few dozen golf balls and the nation cries plunder.
In the land of our southern neighbours, A senator adds an amendment to a transportation bill to build a bridge to nowhere at a cost of $230 million and no one even bats an eye. (I wonder which hometown construction company is getting that contract?)
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