New citizenship test

[Francko]

Well I got 10 ........Oh! and the pixies helped me.
What muppet thought Father Christmas comes from Lapland?

Someone who actually went to Lapland and even saw his house.

Go to Finland, it's a beautiful country, women are fast and you will improve your knowledge of geography and fairy tales too.

[Phoenix]

Someone who actually went to Lapland and even saw his house.

And I bet you think it's the same Santa in Selfridges!!
This man was an impostor.....did you pull his beard?
The man was a fake??

There's only one real Santa!
There's only one real Santa!
One real Santa!
There's only one real Santa!

[planetit]

I can't be confident I'd pass the test

It's a tough test

This is a tough test. I would be curious to know the percentage of british folk that get more than 10.

Of course you did all realise that this isn't the actual test? Didn't you?

It's just a series of questions based on the text of a booklet which non of you have read. Just a test of someone’s ability to memorise the content of a booklet. Nothing to do with “Britishness”.

[AtW]

Just a test of someone’s ability to memorise the content of a booklet. Nothing to do with “Britishness”.

It may sound funny but a number of foreigners who became British citizens do not even speak English - heck, some of them rarely live their house futher than few cornershops.

The key to the issue is that its naturalisation -- and I can't see how person who is supposedly naturalised can't speak or read local language and know key things about the country.

[Joe Black]

What muppet thought Father Christmas comes from Lapland?

All the muppets who actually read newspapers and know that for the last how ever many years theres being an ongoing Christmas trade war between the Father Christmas at the North Pole and the one who lives in Lapland over who is the real Father Christmas...

What sort of muppet doesn't read a newspaper?

[planetit]

It may sound funny but a number of foreigners who became British citizens do not even speak English - heck, some of them rarely live their house futher than few cornershops.

The key to the issue is that its naturalisation -- and I can't see how person who is supposedly naturalised can't speak or read local language and know key things about the country.

Look at the first question. Any of the answers COULD be correct, but only one of them IS written in the booklet. Knowing which one it is proves you have read the book, but says nothing about your knowledge of Britain.

[threaded]

No, doesn't prove they've read the book.

[Denny]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4099770.stm

FFS, I only got 8 right!

I got all of them right. God knows how - most of it was guesswork. I guess that Britishness is part of my makeup.

Shame of you chaps that a woman has no trouble answering them. You must be kicking yourself that I know the national voltage rate AND I can throw together a mean spaghetti bolognaise.

Perhaps more woman should be in IT after all now that it's conclusive that we're the most capable sex

[Denny]

Of course you did all realise that this isn't the actual test? Didn't you?

It's just a series of questions based on the text of a booklet which non of you have read. Just a test of someone’s ability to memorise the content of a booklet. Nothing to do with “Britishness”.

Perhaps you're a bad loser. I never memorised any book. I'm just naturally gifted, as most women are.

[AtW]

Knowing which one it is proves you have read the book, but says nothing about your knowledge of Britain.

Bollox. I'd say if some person from remote Pakistani village who came here on arranged married would know for sure things like in what order those Saint days should be or whether invitation for police interview is optional or not, then one may say this person is away of local things, and thus can be called naturalised. The fact that you need to read one book is irrelevant -- they had to be reasonable and compile all required knowledge into one book, this is done for driving tests and I'd say its more dangerous to give some retard a driving license for a car that can kill lots of people than give passport.

Its a good first move from NOTHING (no oath, no english test, no local knowldge test).