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Could you pass a US citizenship test?

I got 95 percent so there must have been 20 questions. I think the one I got wrong was the Federalist Papers. These weren't very probing questions as I really don't know jack about history and have only put it together by being fairly old.

I almost sympathized when Glenn Beck asked Sarah Palin who were favorite founder was. I think she said, "All of them." I might have gone with George Washington because he chopped down a cherry tree and used it to make wooden teeth.
 
Guybrush Threepwood said:
21/24 although I disagree with one question. Scottish banknotes are not valid throughout the UK, there are any number of places in the South of England and Wales who won't take them. :D
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I thought the thing about Scots is that they don't part with money. Perhaps nobody outside Scotland has ever seen a Scottish banknote.
 
Belz... said:
Damn! I only got 24 on the first one. :(
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As penance you must now do the most normal Canadian activity:

Go to the nearest Tim's;
Buy a coffee/tea/hot chocolate;
Purchase a snack; and
Complain to your companions about the weather AND the government.
 
Border Reiver said:
As penance you must now do the most normal Canadian activity:

Go to the nearest Tim's;
Buy a coffee/tea/hot chocolate;
Purchase a snack; and
Complain to your companions about the weather AND the government.
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I think complaining about the weather and the government are the primary activities of at least 80% of the human population. In Canada, I would think people are usually justified in complaining about the weather. I mean, it's winter 10 1/2 months of the year, and the other 1 1/2 months, the mosquitoes are unbearable, right?
 
Puppycow said:
Has no-one posted the British citizenship test yet?

"You have reached 17 of 24 points, (70.83%) You FAILED the Test!"

Harsh. In my defense, I'm not British.

Here's the one I took, but it seems that there are others:

https://lifeintheuktestweb.co.uk/british-citizenship-test-4/
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I failed. 16/24. Many of the ones I missed are ones that I slapped my head about when I learned the actual answer because I really should have known. Roundheads and Cavaliers, for example. I really shouldn't have got that one wrong. I've got a print of the Laughing Cavalier on my wall at home, which I inherited from my grandparents.
 
CORed said:
I think complaining about the weather and the government are the primary activities of at least 80% of the human population. In Canada, I would think people are usually justified in complaining about the weather. I mean, it's winter 10 1/2 months of the year, and the other 1 1/2 months, the mosquitoes are unbearable, right?
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Blackflies!
 
Back in the 90's in Hawaii my then wife went in for her citizenship test; she was not keen on studying and never could be bothered to remember who the vice president was. I was waiting for her in the car when she came out after the test. I asked how she did; she did poorly, but passed anyway. When I asked for an explanation she said, "the examiner was Filipino too". WTF! :)
 
Border Reiver said:
As penance you must now do the most normal Canadian activity:

Go to the nearest Tim's;
Buy a coffee/tea/hot chocolate;
Purchase a snack; and
Complain to your companions about the weather AND the government.
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That's almost the same as the Aussie penance, few small differences though
Go to the nearest pub
Buy a schooner
Purchase a meat pie; and
Complain to ya mates about the weather AND the government...
:D
 
Puppycow said:
Has no-one posted the British citizenship test yet?

"You have reached 17 of 24 points, (70.83%) You FAILED the Test!"

Harsh. In my defense, I'm not British.

Here's the one I took, but it seems that there are others:

https://lifeintheuktestweb.co.uk/british-citizenship-test-4/
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Several of my colleagues have taken the tests, and I was surprised at how pointlessly obscure a lot of the questions were. I did manage to get them all right, but that's more a reflection of my own rather obscure knowledge than the test. I swear one involved which battles the Duke of Marlborough was famous for winning.
 
Dabop said:
That's almost the same as the Aussie penance, few small differences though
Go to the nearest pub
Buy a schooner
Purchase a meat pie; and
Complain to ya mates about the weather AND the government...
:D
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But not about your lethal fauna?
 
dudalb said:
I think I would do pretty well on a British Citizen ship test.
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I guess you would - and a lot better than many native-born Brits, given the questions I've seen, which my colleagues have asked me.
 
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