# Now try the UK Citizenship test! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 7, 2008, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-try-the-uk-citizenship-test/455570 "2008-07-07T16:39:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![trustno\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc29f/32.png) [@trustno\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trustno_1)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2008, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-try-the-uk-citizenship-test/455570/1 "2008-07-07T16:39:22Z")
Ok so we’ve tried the Canadian and US tests so lets try the UK one! Im sure there are much better versions of this available online but lets try this [one](http://www.mockcitizenshiptests.co.uk/demo.php) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2008, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-try-the-uk-citizenship-test/455570/2 "2008-07-07T16:45:23Z")
91%. I missed the one on 18 year olds voting. But it was a tricky question, anyway. But I will admit, more than a couple of answers were WAGs. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2008, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-try-the-uk-citizenship-test/455570/3 "2008-07-07T16:47:33Z")
8/12, 66% Missed the ones for voting age, helmet laws, judge versus jury, and location of the Scottish Parliament. Guessed on EU size and the tax question. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2008, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-try-the-uk-citizenship-test/455570/4 "2008-07-07T16:50:15Z")
58%. ☹ I scored better on the U.S. one. (And technically, although I don’t hold a valid passport, I am a Brit, since I was born in Scotland!) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2008, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-try-the-uk-citizenship-test/455570/5 "2008-07-07T16:56:19Z")
The only reason I got the helmet law question right was that I noticed the word “everyone.” Absolutes in MC questions are almost always wrong. ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2008, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-try-the-uk-citizenship-test/455570/6 "2008-07-07T17:32:50Z")
The trial by Jury isn’t true either It can happen when the jury has been intimidated. [http://www.cps.gov.uk/legal/section15/chapter\_q.html](http://www.cps.gov.uk/legal/section15/chapter_q.html) It can happen in terrorism cases too. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2008, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-try-the-uk-citizenship-test/455570/7 "2008-07-07T17:40:40Z")
And since when did setting up a business have to do with citizenship? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2008, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-try-the-uk-citizenship-test/455570/8 "2008-07-07T17:41:05Z")
58%. I guess I’m more than half British. And I do mean “guess.” ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2008, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-try-the-uk-citizenship-test/455570/9 "2008-07-07T17:53:18Z")
83% ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-try-the-uk-citizenship-test/455570/10 "2008-07-08T02:18:05Z")
75%, in spite of a couple of embarrassing blunders. ---
**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 8, 2008, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-try-the-uk-citizenship-test/455570/11 "2008-07-08T02:31:37Z")
58%. My English ancestors shake their heads. ---
**Author:** ![Indistinguishable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/90ced4/32.png) [@Indistinguishable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indistinguishable)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-try-the-uk-citizenship-test/455570/12 "2008-07-08T02:39:25Z")
I got a 95% on the U.S. one and a 58% on this one, which is perhaps understandable, given that I am American, not British. Are you really expected to know Council Tax numeric minutiae and nitpicking exceptions in helmet laws to be a citizen? I can’t think of anything like that on the U.S. tests. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-try-the-uk-citizenship-test/455570/13 "2008-07-08T03:02:30Z")
58%. Apparently I know little to nothing. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-try-the-uk-citizenship-test/455570/14 "2008-07-08T03:32:33Z")
66%. I don’t feel bad- I didn’t miss any that a non-Brit should be expected to know. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-try-the-uk-citizenship-test/455570/15 "2008-07-08T04:08:51Z")
66% I guessed St. George, WRONG The council tax fooled me. The Helmet law and what women had no right to do also got me. I was suprise at the lack of Monty Python based questions. ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-try-the-uk-citizenship-test/455570/16 "2008-07-08T10:14:29Z")
Brit here, only 83% - missed the helmet one (which I probably knew but didn’t think about), and blundered on number of countries in EU. It’s still a lot better than my US test score though! I think a lot of these questions on both tests have very little to do with citizenship, but that’s hardly an original view. ---
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-try-the-uk-citizenship-test/455570/17 "2008-07-08T10:32:12Z")
66% - slightly shameful. I guessed wrong with the crash helmet, council tax (never been in that situation so didn’t even know you got a discount!), saints day (I guess St David) and voting. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-try-the-uk-citizenship-test/455570/18 "2008-07-08T10:42:28Z")
17/18. Woot! I can go live with my parents and sibling! 😉 (missed the turbans. I wonder how well they, um, stack up against a helmet in the head-non-splattering stakes) ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Clanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-try-the-uk-citizenship-test/455570/19 "2008-07-08T10:55:04Z")
75% Some really odd questions there. I only know about the council tax discount because I qualify. Who outside Northern Ireland knows what their holidays are? Number of countries in the EU? Bah. Should have had at least one question where the correct answer is _Mornington Crescent_. ---
**Author:** ![Sal\_Ammoniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-try-the-uk-citizenship-test/455570/20 "2008-07-08T12:24:43Z")
I got 5 of 12, which is pretty funny considering that I _am_ a citizen (never lived there, though). I never had to take a test, just pay gobs and gobs of money. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-try-the-uk-citizenship-test/455570.md?page=2)