How British Are You? (A Different Quiz)

[David In Indy]

Here is another quiz CoyotePiper found on the Internet...




How British Are You?
As the Government unveils a new quiz to test would-be Britons on their knowledge of British culture, we throw down the gauntlet with a quiz that could baffle most Britons. Dare to test yourself?

 
You got 12/18 questions correct
You're going to have to do much better than that to get your UK passport.

http://www.tiscali.co.uk/community/how-british-are-you.html



Ooops! I think I flunked it!

I guess I'm just an American dummy.     

[David In Indy]

Here is Alex's quiz results....

How British Are You?
As the Government unveils a new quiz to test would-be Britons on their knowledge of British culture, we throw down the gauntlet with a quiz that could baffle most Britons. Dare to test yourself?

 


You got 18/18 questions correct
Fantastic, well done. You're as British as a plate of kippers.

http://www.tiscali.co.uk/community/how-british-are-you.html


...and it took him about 60 seconds to answer it!

Geez, what a show off!        

Way to go, Alex!!

[Ellemeno]

11/18.  But I got the last one right. 

[David In Indy]

I'm bumping this one back up!

Some of our British/Australian/Canadian members should take this quiz! 

[delalluvia]

As much as I love the UK, I'm not a footballer or know much about marriage or dogs.  7/18 

[Kerry]

As much as I love the UK, I'm not a footballer or know much about marriage or dogs.  7/18 

I'm with you, Delalluvia! I took this quiz and failed big time! (I'm too embarrassed to post my miserable result!) And I'm a real Anglophile!!!   

Ask me any question about the UK TV program, "The Bill," and I'll get 100%   

[David In Indy]

I'm with you, Delalluvia! I took this quiz and failed big time! (I'm too embarrassed to post my miserable result!) And I'm a real Anglophile!!!   

Ask me any question about the UK TV program, "The Bill," and I'll get 100%  

What was it Kerry? What was your score?

[David In Indy]

Kerry isn't gonna tell us,  is he ya'll?

Come on Kerry!! Tell us what you got!!

[Kerry]

Kerry isn't gonna tell us,  is he ya'll?

Come on Kerry!! Tell us what you got!!

I got 8/18 David!   

How's that for a wretched result?   

Pathetic!   

[lachlan]

Just as I imagined it would be, this "quiz" is overwhelmingly Anglocentric; folk here in Argyll couldn't care less about cricket or "toad-in-the-hole" (? How many folk in Kent know what sowens or skink are?) and - with no TV reception in our community - we cannot be expected to follow tacky English TV programmes. I was born in the US in 1948 - in a Gaelic-speaking Scottish family. My early schooling was in Canada, but I returned to Scotland at 13. I was never allowed British citizenship - even to this day, although I must pay my taxes to the British Exchequer and get harrassed weekly for not having a TV lisence (I don't have a TV; there's no reception here anyway). I was not allowed to continue my education for credit after the age of 17 nor to apply for a salaried job. I was made to leave the UK and re-enter at my own expense every year until, in my 30's, the EU agreed that I had Unrestricted Right of Domicile within Scotland. This is on account of the overwhelming dominance of England over Scotland; well over 90% of the directorships of "Scottish National" institutions are of English origin, and the same goes for officers in the "Scottish" regiments. Indeed, here our local museums and tourist boards are entirely staffed by English people and not a one of them speaks any Gaelic let alone any European language. Thus I work every year in the eastern Europe where I am free of Angolcentricity. Come on the day when Scotland can be an independent member of Europe and not England's silent servant.

[ednbarby]

I did damn well considering I guessed at most of them:

"You got 11/18 questions correct
You're going to have to do much better than that to get your UK passport."

[David In Indy]

I got 8/18 David!   

How's that for a wretched result?   

Pathetic!   

Kerry, the only reason I got 12 of them correct is because I have been listening to Alex talk about England. If it wasn't for him, I'm sure my score would have been much lower.

It's difficult to know many of those answers without actually living over there. 

[saucycobblers]

You got 14/18 questions correct
You're going to have to do much better than that to get your UK passport.


What What WHAAAAAT??

Citizen's Advice Bureau my arse! The Dog & Duck down the road gives far superior advice! Seriously though, whatever the question, there's always someone down the local who knows bout it... or did it... or knows someone who knows someone whose cousin did it...

[David In Indy]

You got 14/18 questions correct
You're going to have to do much better than that to get your UK passport.


What What WHAAAAAT??

Citizen's Advice Bureau my arse! The Dog & Duck down the road gives far superior advice! Seriously though, whatever the question, there's always someone down the local who knows bout it... or did it... or knows someone who knows someone whose cousin did it...

LOL

That sounds like a good place to catch up on all the latest gossip! 

[saucycobblers]

LOL

That sounds like a good place to catch up on all the latest gossip! 

You better believe it David!

[Kerry]

You better believe it David!

The pub on the corner of my street is called The Victoria, built during the reign of Queen Victoria. It's a wonderfully atmospheric inner-city pub here in Sydney, that serves the best counter lunch and icy cold beer. And yes, Saucy & David, it's a great place to catch up on the latest gossip! 

[David In Indy]

The pub on the corner of my street is called The Victoria, built during the reign of Queen Victoria. It's a wonderfully atmospheric inner-city pub here in Sydney, that serves the best counter lunch and icy cold beer. And yes, Saucy & David, it's a great place to catch up on the latest gossip! 

Sounds like my kind of place! 

[saucycobblers]

The pub on the corner of my street is called The Victoria, built during the reign of Queen Victoria. It's a wonderfully atmospheric inner-city pub here in Sydney, that serves the best counter lunch and icy cold beer. And yes, Saucy & David, it's a great place to catch up on the latest gossip! 

Tsk, tsk... one does not serve beer icy cold! That, dear boy (and the rest of the world, who also always get it wrong), is what we call lager. Beer and ale should be served at room temperature with a head on it! 

[Kerry]

Tsk, tsk... one does not serve beer icy cold! That, dear boy (and the rest of the world, who also always get it wrong), is what we call lager. Beer and ale should be served at room temperature with a head on it! 

I dare you to make that announcement over the microphone, to a stadium full of at-home Aussie supporters, at the the next Ashes cricket test! I daaaare you!!!        

[David In Indy]

I dare you to make that announcement over the microphone, to a stadium full of at-home Aussie supporters, at the the next Ashes cricket test! I daaaare you!!!       

The who at the what during the what?

Alex where are you? I need a translation!

Ya'll got my yankee ass CONFUSED!!! 

  

[saucycobblers]

I dare you to make that announcement over the microphone, to a stadium full of at-home Aussie supporters, at the the next Ashes cricket test! I daaaare you!!!        

  Nicky (full of bravado and trying to stop her pommy ass from shaking...):

Yeah, I'll take y'all on!! Your precious VB is little more than fizzy gnat's water (dunno if that saying translates or not) and y'all wouldn't know a real ale if it came and bit y'all on the ass!!

(Nicky surveys the crowd...)

Sheeeeeeit!!!!!!

(Nicky looks hurriedly for the nearest exit...)

[saucycobblers]

The who at the what during the what?

Alex where are you? I need a translation!

Ya'll got my yankee ass CONFUSED!!! 

  

Good grief David! Have you yanks never heard of the Ashes Series in cricket?? For your delight and delectation, my dearest...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashes_Cricket_Test

I guess it's the cricket equivalent of the Superbowl or something like that? (Nicky waits to get shot down in flames after that one... )

[Kerry]

Nicky (full of bravado and trying to stop her pommy ass from shaking...):

Yeah, I'll take y'all on!! Your precious VB is little more than fizzy gnat's water (dunno if that saying translates or not) and y'all wouldn't know a real ale if it came and bit y'all on the ass!!

(Nicky surveys the crowd...)

Sheeeeeeit!!!!!!

(Nicky looks hurriedly for the nearest exit...)

Yee-Haw! You go girl! That's the spirit that made the Empire great!  

Having said that, however, I fear you may be suffering from some kinda death wish, Nicky! If I were you, I'd demurely resume my seat and quietly sip on my warm beer (through a straw!), trying not to bring attention to myself.  

An Aussie cricket crowd, baying for Pommie blood, ain't a pretty site!  

Hey Nicky, when are your lot going to let us Aussies keep the Ashes? I mean, we won it! How come you've got it?  

Sorry David, I've probably just lost you again!      

[saucycobblers]

Yee-Haw! You go girl! That's the spirit that made the Empire great!  

Having said that, however, I fear you may be suffering from some kinda death wish, Nicky! If I were you, I'd demurely resume my seat and quietly sip on my warm beer (through a straw!), trying not to bring attention to myself.  

hahahahahahahahaHAAAAAAAAAAA!!! Seriously, Kerry, you do make me LMAO 

Hey Nicky, when are your lot going to let us Aussies keep the Ashes? I mean, we won it! How come you've got it?  

That's the Empire spirit at work again I fear. We're apt not to let things go until they're wrestled from our sticky little loser fingers, usually well after the appointed time and when the rest of the world has already moved swiftly on 

Seriously, have we not given it back yet?? That's outrageous!! And the English are supposed to be such good sportsmen too!

[Kerry]

Seriously, have we not given it back yet?? That's outrageous!! And the English are supposed to be such good sportsmen too!

   Sad but true, Nicky. Ricky Ponting and his mighty band of Immortals thrashed the English tourists in every single game of the Ashes Series, and yet the urn still returned to England in the end.         

[Kerry]

As well as playing the world's best cricket, we Aussies also have the world's cutest cricketers!     

Here's our Captain, Ricky Ponting:

I rest my case! 

[David In Indy]

Alex played Rugby for a number of years. Not professionally though. He really got banged up playing that game! 

[Kerry]

Alex played Rugby for a number of years. Not professionally though. He really got banged up playing that game! 

One of my brothers (I've got 3) used to play first grade Rugby League here in New South Wales. He even captained a touring team once. He used to get really beat-up on the field. When I was a little boy, I remember seeing him all covered in mud and blood, after a "game." It's a tough game, and that's for sure.

[David In Indy]

One of my brothers (I've got 3) used to play first grade Rugby League here in New South Wales. He even captained a touring team once. He used to get really beat-up on the field. When I was a little boy, I remember seeing him all covered in mud and blood, after a "game." It's a tough game, and that's for sure.

Rugby makes American Football look like Barbie dolls. I hate to say it but it's true. Alex has told me horror stories of what happened to him when he played Rugby.

Not again. He won't play it again, as long as I have something to say about it. 

[Kerry]

Rugby makes American Football look like Barbie dolls. I hate to say it but it's true. Alex has told me horror stories of what happened to him when he played Rugby.

Not again. He won't play it again, as long as I have something to say about it. 

Broadly speaking, David, there are two types of Rugby. They play Rugby Union in the UK, and Rugby League in the eastern states of Australia. Rugby Union is also played internationally by the Australian team, the Wallabies. Both are pretty rough-house games, but IMO Rugby League is rougher than Rugby Union. It was Rugby League that my brother played. He died from a cerebral haemorrhage in his early 40s. Whether or not it was as a result of all the biffo he was subjected to when he played Rugby, will never be known for sure.