Can you Pass the UK citizenship test?

[anglolawyer]

Ah, I see. UK Magistrates=Australian Justices of the Peace.

Although (obviously) not a lawyer, I worked for the Victorian Justice Department, and Victoria Police, and share this opinion of JPs.

Our lay mags are also justices of the peace and have the letters JP after their names. There are also professional magistrates who are qualified lawyers. They used to go by the splendid name of 'stipendiary magistrate' but are now called 'district judge'. In London they can be found in the more central courts while the outer London courts tend to have lay mags. 'Stipes' sit alone while JPs sit in threes advised by a legally qualified clerk, which is why they take so bloody long about everything. They are always having to 'retire' to consider their decisions (and enjoy the free tea and biscuits).

I have had a few JPs and aspiring JPs among my clients. It seems to be a route for social advancement and some immigrants have noticed this. So, quite apt for this thread.

 

[Matthew Best]

Indeed; I did get 24/24 (though I wasn't convinced it was registering my second answer on those questions that required two).

No questions required two answers. You're another person who did the test without properly reading the instructions.

 

[zooterkin]

No questions required two answers. You're another person who did the test without properly reading the instructions.

Well, a question that starts "Which two..." does seem to require two answers.

You're right, I did miss the caveat, "Due to technical limitations (sic) where the test normally requires you to enter two correct answers per question, we will accept just one correct answer."

 

[Hercules Rockefeller]

Interesting test, I got one wrong and scored 15/24 - tough marking

13.5/24 - but I guessed a lot!

 

[Turgor]

22/24, probably would have been 20/24 if the "Which two" questions worked properly. I'm Dutch. Most of the questions seemed irrelevant to building a life in the UK.

 

[Newtons Bit]

After you pass the test they check your teeth for straightness.

Too straight and you fail.

Dangit, and I was so close to a UKian citizenship...

 

[Nursefoxfire]

I just wanted to expand on the "this isn't the official UK citizenship test" posts (for anyone who may be interested).

When a person moves to the UK they have to go through several steps in the citizenship process. There is an intermediate step that will grant you what's called Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR), similar to a resident alien status in the US (or "green card holder", as it's more popularly known).

The Life in the UK Test is part of the process that grants you an ILR (the other parts being a chain of paperwork establishing your residency for 2 years, financial documents, and finally, a whopping large chunk of money). Once you submit all that you wait for them to review everything and then, presto! You can now go on the dole, vote in [some] elections, etc...

However, you are NOT, at this point, a citizen. A person with an ILR is free to come and go from the UK, but they do not hold a UK passport, can't vote in EU elections, can't stand for some of the higher elected offices, etc... We're like "Citizens Lite", if you will.

There is also nothing requiring us to advance further in the citizenship acquirement process, if we don't want to. Many people choose not to, and stay ILR residents forever. There is no test we'd have to take to advance further, but that final step requires an even bigger amount of money, and two "professional" people who will vouch for our character (i.e. member of the clergy, a member of Parliament, etc...).

 

[SpitfireIX]

22/24. Not bad for a Yank. Of course, I did take five classes on British and Commonwealth history in college.

 

[dudalb]

Passed 22 out of 24. I am a US Citizen who has visited the Uk Twice Admit having taken a couple of colldge courses in British History and a course in the English Novel.
One of the questions I blew was the Soccer question, since I share the usual American disinterest in Soccer.

 

[GlennB]

That would be quite a good English one too. He was bowled out for a duck in his last innings to deny him an average of 100 by an Englishman.

Of course, when we tell the story in England, we omit the fact that this was the first innings of the match and Bradman was denied a chance to improve things in the second innings because England collapsed to an innings defeat (I only found that out myself just now while verifying the story).

Had be batted a second time wouldn't he have needed a modest 'not out' score or an 'out' score of >100 to make up the tiny deficit?

eta: Ed Moses^WP won 122 consecutive races (almost entirely 400mH I presume). Different sports are different, but I have no idea how to compute that in terms of 'standard deviations' vs. the field.

 

[anglolawyer]

Had be batted a second time wouldn't he have needed a modest 'not out' score or an 'out' score of >100 to make up the tiny deficit?

eta: Ed Moses^WP won 122 consecutive races (almost entirely 400mH I presume). Different sports are different, but I have no idea how to compute that in terms of 'standard deviations' vs. the field.

Bob Beaman's long jump was very deviant at the time. Why are we discussing this?

 

[GlennB]

Bob Beaman's long jump was very deviant at the time. Why are we discussing this?

Are you calling Bob Beamon a pervert? I saw that jump on TV; it was righteous.

 

[John Nowak]

21/24, American, no direct British heritage. Missed on drivers licenses, magistrates, and football.

 

[Soapy Sam]

24,but boy is that a silly test!
Is this an actual example?

 

[Rat]

21/24, American, no direct British heritage. Missed on drivers licenses, magistrates, and football.

We don't have drivers licenses. We have licences. If you have one, you are licensed.

 

[Damien Evans]

Had be batted a second time wouldn't he have needed a modest 'not out' score or an 'out' score of >100 to make up the tiny deficit?

eta: Ed Moses^WP won 122 consecutive races (almost entirely 400mH I presume). Different sports are different, but I have no idea how to compute that in terms of 'standard deviations' vs. the field.

Had he batted in the second innings he would have needed 4 not out or 104 out to average exactly 100.

 

[jeremyp]

Had be batted a second time wouldn't he have needed a modest 'not out' score or an 'out' score of >100 to make up the tiny deficit?

Yes, but he was certainly capable of a century. In one of the previous tests in the series, he scored 173 not out.

 

[arthwollipot]

Ah, I see. UK Magistrates=Australian Justices of the Peace.

Although (obviously) not a lawyer, I worked for the Victorian Justice Department, and Victoria Police, and share this opinion of JPs.

Around here, JPs are mostly used for signing statutory declarations. Though they're redundant here as well because a stat dec can be signed by any public servant with more than five years' experience. Needless to say, there are quite a few of those in Canberra...

 

[DallasDad]

USAin here. 22/24. I got the Ashes question right by luck (the only one I'd heard of was the Ashes, and I knew that was associated with cricket because of Douglas Adams). Guessed correctly about the Magistrates, since why else would they ask?

 

[Noztradamus]

23/24 because I didn't know magistrates were unpaid.

Me too.

Pretty much a doddle. It wasn't till the magistratety one that I realized it was marking right/wrong at the time of the answer.