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The REAL UK Citizenship Test...
« on: November 04, 2011, 01:55:57 PM »
David Cameron has recently announced changes to the Life in the UK citizenship test - a test that most UK citizens themselves have said they wouldn't pass. The test below has been devised mostly by Twitter users to more accurately differentiate British citizens from Johnny Foreigner...

http://www.realcitizenshiptest.co.uk/quiz.php?n=1

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Re: The REAL UK Citizenship Test...
« Reply #1 on: November 04, 2011, 03:29:39 PM »
I only got a 4 out of 10, but I'm not surprised. 
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« Reply #2 on: November 04, 2011, 03:33:06 PM »
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Re: The REAL UK Citizenship Test...
« Reply #3 on: November 04, 2011, 03:45:00 PM »
Hee - I guess someone already posted it before when I was away on holiday!  :)
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Re: The REAL UK Citizenship Test...
« Reply #4 on: December 02, 2011, 10:42:09 PM »
lol I got six out of ten x
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Re: The REAL UK Citizenship Test...
« Reply #5 on: May 20, 2012, 08:33:36 PM »
Just found this, my husband and I took it and got 9/10! Quite a chuckle there too!  ;D
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Re: The REAL UK Citizenship Test...
« Reply #6 on: May 20, 2012, 08:50:16 PM »
7/10 - and not a clue what I missed.
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Re: The REAL UK Citizenship Test...
« Reply #7 on: May 20, 2012, 08:54:21 PM »
I took this 7 months ago and got 4/10. I just took it after living here for 8 months and got 7/10. :)  Wish they would tell you which ones you got wrong.
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Re: The REAL UK Citizenship Test...
« Reply #8 on: May 20, 2012, 09:14:33 PM »
I still can't manage more than a 5/10, and I'm due to apply for ILR in October.

Don't tell UKBA!!!!!!!!!   :o
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Re: The REAL UK Citizenship Test...
« Reply #9 on: May 21, 2012, 02:47:22 AM »
I got 8 out of 10........
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Re: The REAL UK Citizenship Test...
« Reply #10 on: September 13, 2012, 02:19:40 PM »
My OH got 9/10 as he didn't know who Ant and Dec were... and he's been in the USA for 24 years. Funny!
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