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Could you pass a US citizenship test?

I got 76/96. For someone on the other side of the globe, I think it's decent.

Ones I got wrong were among others geographical, the amount/time of senators and members of congress, and some on US law, like draft. Most of the ones on things like founders, rights and the constitution were right, I guess. We had to memorize all US states and their position in something like grade 7... I managed, but I never kept it up.
 
95 out of 96. Didn't know how many amendments there are in the Constitution.

Agonizing test. Whoever coded that should lose their citizenship.
 
stilicho said:
We forgot to apologise for Shania Twain too. :mglook
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Shania actually lives in Switzerland, but we should also apologize for Nikelback. Sorry.
BTW, I scored 84 out of 96. Not too bad for a non American, or so I thought.
 
Woot! 91 out of 96 and never set foot in North America.

I got the number of amendments to the constitution from "24". I knew there were at least 25 since the 25th amendment is always invoked on TV to relieve the President for incapacity.
 
haha, you fools. The correct way to pass is to turn up two years for a world war and then save the French....
 
Architect said:
haha, you fools. The correct way to pass is to turn up two years for a world war and then save the French....
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Look, we are sorry about that. The next time there is a world war, we promise to wait to join until after the French are destroyed.
 
79. Missed a couple of easy ones, and made a couple of mistakes.

Seems pretty well rooted in history though, and if in doubt, answering 'The President' to pretty much everything would get you quite a good score :)
 
I got 85/96 but this test is nowhere near the caliber of the questions that get asked in facebook's "Are you smarter than a 5th grader?"

You could get a lot of the answers to these questions just by watching the Simpsons - or even old Bugs Bunny cartoons.

Maybe the real test is seeing if you have the stamina to get to question 96. (Now which forum did I see that number?)

BTW not that I expect anybody to be interested but I saved my results in case anybody wants to know which areas my stupidity shines through.
 
For reference, a practice version of the UK test is here - I think it's been linked to before.
 
Worm said:
For reference, a practice version of the UK test is here - I think it's been linked to before.
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Wow, that was much harder. How many hours can a 13-16 year old work in a school week? Waht are 2 other names for the Church of England? What year did women obtain the right to divorce? What two cities does the EU meet in? Speed limit for motorcycles on a single carriageway? Two sources of information in employment disputes?

I, a British Citizen, have failed my practice UK Citizenship Test. (58%) :o
 
Worm said:
For reference, a practice version of the UK test is here - I think it's been linked to before.
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WTF, that is just absurdly difficult. Are 1.9%, 2.6% 3.7% or 4.2% of the UK's population muslim? Seriously? Or whether Ulster Scots is spoken in Northern Ireland? Not to forget the gem; are there 13, 14, 15, or 16 million children and youths up to age 19?

I hope I never have to become a UK citizen.

You have failed the practice citizenship test.

Questions answered correctly: 12 out of 24 (50%)
 
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Carnivore said:
Waht are 2 other names for the Church of England?
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That was one of the easier ones for me, because the alternate names are typically what it goes by outside of the UK. (Here in the US they are Episcopalians)
 
TubbaBlubba said:
WTF, that is just absurdly difficult. Are 1.9%, 2.6% 3.7% or 4.2% of the UK's population muslim? Seriously? Or whether Ulster Scots is spoken in Northern Ireland? Not to forget the gem; are there 13, 14, 15, or 16 million children and youths up to age 19?

I hope I never have to become a UK citizen.

You have failed the practice citizenship test.

Questions answered correctly: 12 out of 24 (50%)
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I got 75% and I'm English. Did the UK citizenship test some time ago and got about 45%. Always assumed tested on you are provided with a booklet which you are subsequently, otherwise it's insanely hard.

On the USA one I kept clicking President Pro Tempore as I thought it must be the answer to something.
 
Keeper said:
On the USA one I kept clicking President Pro Tempore as I thought it must be the answer to something.
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It is kind of like the Speaker of the House but for the Senate. The reason for the odd name is that technically the VP is the President of the Senate. But in practice the President Pro Tempore typically does the actual presiding.
(This is why the VP and the Speaker sit behind the President on the podium during the State of the Union, they are representing their respective chambers of congress)
 
I only know about that stuff because I've watched the West Wing too many times.
 
cwalner said:
It is kind of like the Speaker of the House but for the Senate. The reason for the odd name is that technically the VP is the President of the Senate. But in practice the President Pro Tempore typically does the actual presiding.
(This is why the VP and the Speaker sit behind the President on the podium during the State of the Union, they are representing their respective chambers of congress)
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Thanks...
 
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