Comments on: Day off for Citizenship

By: anenglishmum

anenglishmum — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:59:00 +0000

… though apparently I’m completely rubbish at adding smilies to comments!

By: anenglishmum

anenglishmum — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:56:55 +0000

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Well, I guess being British is one thing I don’t suck at then!

By: Jayne

Jayne — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 17:32:15 +0000

Ooops! I never did post the answers, did I?

Here we go!

1. True

2. 1973

3. The four countries combined it’s 8%, or England 9%, Scotland 2%, Wales 2%, and Northern Ireland 1%

4. ~75% call themselves Christians, but of those only 15% attend church.

5. 10% are Catholic UK-wide, but that number is 40% in Northern Ireland.

And yes, the fact that there were so many statistics in the book just goes to show you what happens when you let civil servants design things. LOL

Congrats, AnEnglishMum… this means you get to stay! You did fairly well!

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 16:37:29 +0000

Maybe it is good that I am a Brit living in the States, I’d have to Google to get the answers!

Dang, now they won’t let me back in.

By: Ernie

Ernie — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 16:34:22 +0000

So if the test indicates that you’re not British enough, do they send you to live in France?

By: Groanin' Jock

Groanin' Jock — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 13:51:38 +0000

Damn. I didn’t realise that you needed to know the ethnic breakdown of a country in order to live there. If the Home Office wants to come and get me, I’ll be armed and ready….

By: An English Mum

An English Mum — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:16:34 +0000

Ooh, I love a good quiz! (Must be a British trait!)
Here goes:
1. True
2. 1973
3. Toughie this… er, 15%?
4. Hmm, I’d say 65% say they’re Christian, but probably only 5% go to church.
5. 5%

Am I anywhere close? Oh, and congrat’s on passing!

By: Jayne

Jayne — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 07:54:17 +0000

Oh by the way… I passed the test! So just waiting for one more piece of paper to arrive in the mail before I can send off my citizenship application.

I should be officially Scottish by the end of the year! Yay!

(Oh and a second note to Jock… I would have given you credit if you had been anywhere close on some of those percentages. LOL.)

By: Jayne

Jayne — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 07:50:11 +0000

Sorry, Jock! I won’t post the answers here in case anyone else wants to play along, but you only got 2/5 or 40%.

You have 30 days to mail your passport back to the Home Office.

By: Groanin' Jock

Groanin' Jock — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 13:12:01 +0000

I’ll hazard some probably wildly wrong guesses:

1: True
2: 1973
3: I’ll say about 25% - although obviously much higher in London or Birmingham than in Shetland or Londonderry.
4: I’ll go for 33%
5: Let’s say 33% again!