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as many of you know, alan jamison is desperate (utterly... UTTERLY desperate... it can't said enough) to become english. as a result, i decided to make a test for him to see if he knows jack shit about the united kingdom.
if this is of interest to you, then have at it. if not, then... go away... i guess?
please bold your answer to each of the following irrelevant questions:
1. how do you pronounce military?
a) mill-a-tear-ee
b) mill-a-tree
c) mili-tree
2. how do you pronounce tomato?
a) toe-maw-toe
b) toe-may-toe
c) ta-maw-toe
3. who is entitled to a standard british passport?
a) citizens of great britain + northern ireland
b) citizens of great britain + northern ireland + dependencies
c) noone is entitled to a british passport
4. prior to the introduction of passports, 'safe conduct' documents, usually notes signed by the monarch, were issued to foreigners as well as english subjects in medieval times. what language were they printed in between 1772 and 1858?
a) english
b) latin
c) french
5. what is the title of the minister who oversees finances for the united kingdom?
a) minister of finance
b) chancellor
c) chancellor of the exchequer
6. mp david miliband, representing south shields, currently holds this position in gordon brown's labour cabinet:
a) foreign minister
b) secretary of state for foreign and commonwealth affairs
c) environment secretary
7. what dating method does the british government, as well as british society at large use?
a) mm/dd/yy
b) dd/mm/yy
c) yy/mm/dd
8. queen elizabeth II supports which premier league football club?
a) arsenal
b) chelsea
c) tottenham
9. the mercury prize is awarded annually:
a) for the best album from the united kingdom or ireland
b) to those who've demonstrated extraordinary courage in the face of danger
c) to scientists and their respective organisations who have demonstrated a leading role in discovering effective methods to combat climate change
10. english is the official language of the united kingdom. which regional language is not recognised?
a) cornish
b) gaelic
c) french
11. which is england's third largest city?
a) liverpool
b) birmingham
c) leeds
12. in what year did britain grant canada, australia and new zealand full foreign independence?
a) 1931
b) 1956
c) 1964
13. what does the OBE represent?
a) the order of the best in excellence
b) the order of british excellence
c) the order of the british empire
14. how does one pronounce "status" in posh english?
a) stay-tuss
b) sta-tis
c) stat-ts
15. which of the following british celebrities grew up in south london, and possesses a most unfortunate "sarf landun" accent?
a) ricky gervais
b) amy whinehouse
c) chris martin
16. the engish national team of this sport have returned to india to play:
a) football
b) rugby
c) cricket
17. companies (corporations such as barclays, vodafone, etc.) and bands such as radiohead and massive attack can be discussed using different grammatical methods than those practised in certain other english speaking countries. which sentence is most likely to be heard in britain:
a) vodafone is a company on the rebound.
b) vodafone are a company on the rebound.
c) neither.
18. which of the following samples are british political parties who currently hold seats in parliament?
a) labour, liberal-democrats, tories, scottish national party,
b) labour, tories, christian-democrats, british national party
c) labour, tories, new democrats, green party, liberal party
19. which british-based bank was nationalised and rescued from ruin by the bank of england nearly a year ago?
a) barclays
b) lloyds tsb
c) northern rock
20. which of the following samples are not exclusively british daily newspapers?
a) the guardian, the times, the independent, the sun
b) the guardian, the globe and mail, the daily mail, the telegraph
c) the guardian, the sun, the observer, the times
if this is of interest to you, then have at it. if not, then... go away... i guess?
please bold your answer to each of the following irrelevant questions:
1. how do you pronounce military?
a) mill-a-tear-ee
b) mill-a-tree
c) mili-tree
2. how do you pronounce tomato?
a) toe-maw-toe
b) toe-may-toe
c) ta-maw-toe
3. who is entitled to a standard british passport?
a) citizens of great britain + northern ireland
b) citizens of great britain + northern ireland + dependencies
c) noone is entitled to a british passport
4. prior to the introduction of passports, 'safe conduct' documents, usually notes signed by the monarch, were issued to foreigners as well as english subjects in medieval times. what language were they printed in between 1772 and 1858?
a) english
b) latin
c) french
5. what is the title of the minister who oversees finances for the united kingdom?
a) minister of finance
b) chancellor
c) chancellor of the exchequer
6. mp david miliband, representing south shields, currently holds this position in gordon brown's labour cabinet:
a) foreign minister
b) secretary of state for foreign and commonwealth affairs
c) environment secretary
7. what dating method does the british government, as well as british society at large use?
a) mm/dd/yy
b) dd/mm/yy
c) yy/mm/dd
8. queen elizabeth II supports which premier league football club?
a) arsenal
b) chelsea
c) tottenham
9. the mercury prize is awarded annually:
a) for the best album from the united kingdom or ireland
b) to those who've demonstrated extraordinary courage in the face of danger
c) to scientists and their respective organisations who have demonstrated a leading role in discovering effective methods to combat climate change
10. english is the official language of the united kingdom. which regional language is not recognised?
a) cornish
b) gaelic
c) french
11. which is england's third largest city?
a) liverpool
b) birmingham
c) leeds
12. in what year did britain grant canada, australia and new zealand full foreign independence?
a) 1931
b) 1956
c) 1964
13. what does the OBE represent?
a) the order of the best in excellence
b) the order of british excellence
c) the order of the british empire
14. how does one pronounce "status" in posh english?
a) stay-tuss
b) sta-tis
c) stat-ts
15. which of the following british celebrities grew up in south london, and possesses a most unfortunate "sarf landun" accent?
a) ricky gervais
b) amy whinehouse
c) chris martin
16. the engish national team of this sport have returned to india to play:
a) football
b) rugby
c) cricket
17. companies (corporations such as barclays, vodafone, etc.) and bands such as radiohead and massive attack can be discussed using different grammatical methods than those practised in certain other english speaking countries. which sentence is most likely to be heard in britain:
a) vodafone is a company on the rebound.
b) vodafone are a company on the rebound.
c) neither.
18. which of the following samples are british political parties who currently hold seats in parliament?
a) labour, liberal-democrats, tories, scottish national party,
b) labour, tories, christian-democrats, british national party
c) labour, tories, new democrats, green party, liberal party
19. which british-based bank was nationalised and rescued from ruin by the bank of england nearly a year ago?
a) barclays
b) lloyds tsb
c) northern rock
20. which of the following samples are not exclusively british daily newspapers?
a) the guardian, the times, the independent, the sun
b) the guardian, the globe and mail, the daily mail, the telegraph
c) the guardian, the sun, the observer, the times
Promise me you will wear your big flashers cape like you do in all your videos?
We English are well known for our perseverance and ability to do thankless, menial things.
