# Could you pass the latest US citizenship test? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 2, 2008, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-latest-us-citizenship-test/455117 "2008-07-02T23:26:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-latest-us-citizenship-test/455117/81 "2008-07-04T04:37:32Z")
85%, and some of those because it was multiple choice. Where do I collect my welfare cheque? šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hypnagogic_jerk/32/4252_2.png) [@Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypnagogic_Jerk)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-latest-us-citizenship-test/455117/82 "2008-07-04T04:53:37Z")
90%. Not bad for a non-American. I didnā€™t know the first words of the Constitution, and I guessed wrong on the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. (To be honest, I couldnā€™t tell you who is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada either. :eek: ) ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-latest-us-citizenship-test/455117/83 "2008-07-04T05:54:12Z")
100%. I wouldnā€™t feel bad for them if a citizen got 80%. Some, like the year of the Constitution and # of amendments, are pretty hard. Feel ashamed if you donā€™t remember the 13 stripes, the # of Justices, 3 branches, Louisiana Purchase, Jeffersonā€™s authorship, and who Susan B Anthony is. I had to ask 4 women about her before I found one that knew who she was. Thatā€™s embarrassing. Disclaimer: Iā€™m a Poli Sci major. Some of this stuff I didnā€™t know til last year. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-latest-us-citizenship-test/455117/84 "2008-07-04T11:52:07Z")
Canadian here. 100%. I didnā€™t find any of the questions terribly hard, but I do have a way of remembering numbers, and the numbers ones were the toughest parts of the quiz, it would seem from the consensus of this thread. [QUOTE=Autolycus] I agree with you totally. I didnā€™t expect foreigners to do so well either. Now I feel kinda ashamed of my general knowledge of other countryā€™s histories. In turn, my knowledge of Canada, chronologically speaking, is something like: beavers, maple syrup, hockey, War of 1812, lacrosse, liberal, Kids in the Hall, universal health care, possible discrimination against Newfies. [/QUOTE] Youā€™ve got it sort of right, but a little out of order. Here it Everything You Need To Know About Canadian History in 20 Bullet Points: - Beavers - Maple Syrup - Conquest (just ask a Quebecois) - War of 1812 - Rebellions - Confederation - More rebellions - Hockey - World War 1 - Depression - World War 2 - Newfies - Health Care - Bilingualism - HENDERSON SCORES FOR CANADA! - Separatists - Wayne Gretzky - Free Trade - PC Party dies - Current events Note: ā€œIndians Get Screwedā€ applies universally to most of these items. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-latest-us-citizenship-test/455117/85 "2008-07-04T12:03:37Z")
[QUOTE=Shagnasty] You know who is the Supreme Commander of Canada? The Queen of England. [/QUOTE] I think ā€œhead of stateā€ would be a more accurate description of that position. It would be like describing George W. Bush as the ā€œSupreme commander of the United States.ā€ ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-latest-us-citizenship-test/455117/86 "2008-07-04T12:04:28Z")
I only got 45%, which is embarrasingly poor. It would have been 50% but I thought the question said ā€œWorld War IIā€ not Iā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-latest-us-citizenship-test/455117/87 "2008-07-04T12:31:21Z")
Ha! This Canuck got 100%! All your bases are belong to us! ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-latest-us-citizenship-test/455117/88 "2008-07-04T12:43:42Z")
[QUOTE=RickJay] [QUOTE=Shagnasty] You know who is the Supreme Commander of Canada?The Queen of England. [/QUOTE] I think ā€œhead of stateā€ would be a more accurate description of that position. It would be like describing George W. Bush as the ā€œSupreme commander of the United States.ā€ [/QUOTE] **Shagnasty** has the terminology wrong, but heā€™s got the concept right. The Queen of the United Kingdom and Canada is the Commander-in-Chief of the Canadian Armed Forces. See the [Constitution Act, 1867](http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/const/c1867_e.html#executive): > [@](#): > > **Command of Armed Forces to continue to be vested in the Queen > 15.** The Command-in-Chief of the Land and Naval Militia, and of all Naval and Military Forces, of and in Canada, is hereby declared to continue and be vested in the Queen. ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-latest-us-citizenship-test/455117/89 "2008-07-04T12:51:55Z")
100% with ā€œeducated guessesā€ on 2, 4, 7, and 9. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-latest-us-citizenship-test/455117/90 "2008-07-04T14:27:03Z")
75%. Not bad for a grubby unwashed foreigner. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-latest-us-citizenship-test/455117/91 "2008-07-04T14:29:42Z")
[QUOTE=22 Kilometers East] 100% šŸ˜› Oh! Yes! 22KE [/QUOTE] Welcome to the board, 22KE! What are you 22 km east of? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-latest-us-citizenship-test/455117/92 "2008-07-04T14:32:48Z")
[QUOTE=Hypnagogic Jerk] 90%. Not bad for a non-American. [/QUOTE] Same here: 90%. Pretty darn good, Iā€™d say. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-latest-us-citizenship-test/455117/93 "2008-07-04T14:35:45Z")
[QUOTE=Northern Piper] **Shagnasty** has the terminology wrong, but heā€™s got the concept right. The Queen of the United Kingdom and Canada is the Commander-in-Chief of the Canadian Armed Forces. [/QUOTE] Well, technically, the Queen of the UK isnā€™t the Commander-in-Chief of the Canadian Armed Forces; only the Queen of Canada is. The Crowns are separate, even though they are vested in the same person. (More trivia I picked up on the SDMB.) ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-latest-us-citizenship-test/455117/94 "2008-07-04T14:40:34Z")
100%, no sweat. The only question I guessed on was the number of amendments to the constitution, and I was pretty sure it was more than 23. ---
**Author:** ![Cowboy8467](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5e925/32.png) [@Cowboy8467](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cowboy8467)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-latest-us-citizenship-test/455117/95 "2008-07-04T15:00:12Z")
90% correct :smack: . I got the first two wrong in quick succession and then I didnā€™t have to guess on any of the rest of them. Iā€™m not sure what that says about me. I must admit I am kind of surprised that so many people donā€™t know who the chief justice of the Supreme Court isā€¦ I guess I just pay more attention to the court by virtue of where I live. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-latest-us-citizenship-test/455117/96 "2008-07-04T15:00:48Z")
I managed 85%. I got 2, 9, and 11 incorrect. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-latest-us-citizenship-test/455117/97 "2008-07-04T15:14:15Z")
100%. IN YOUR FACE, other subjects Iā€™m not as good at (Iā€™m looking at you, _math_ . . . ) ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-latest-us-citizenship-test/455117/98 "2008-07-04T15:25:12Z")
This Canadian got 85%. Missed on the number of amendments, Maine not being among the original colonies, and the name of the chief justice. ---
**Author:** ![ASAKMOTSD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@ASAKMOTSD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASAKMOTSD)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-latest-us-citizenship-test/455117/99 "2008-07-04T15:25:50Z")
Whoo hoo - I got them right. I are a citizen! ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-latest-us-citizenship-test/455117/100 "2008-07-04T15:30:24Z")
85%. I spaced on the number of amendments, couldnā€™t remember the exact dates of presidents (I guessed Harding instead of Wilson), and got confused between recent Supreme Court appointees. Oh well. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-latest-us-citizenship-test/455117.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-the-latest-us-citizenship-test/455117.md?page=6)