UK Citizenship Test

Via AngryMob I quickly took the UK Citizenship Test. The pass mark is 75% so for 24 questions you need to answer at least 18 correctly - I got 15.

Now to be fair I'm supposed to have read the "Life in the United Kingdom: A Journey to Citizenship - the Official Publications" book a snip at £9.99; oddly enough I haven't.

So:

1. Immigrant group - Incorrect; damn I did know this.
2. Constituency seats - Correct; as I've mapped them all.
3. CofE - Correct; though with some thought as to the second name.
4. Education - Correct; knowledge via moaning parents
5. Job Applicants - Correct; though I wouldn't be surprised if the others became obligatory.
6. Ulster Scots - Correct; wrenched from the back of my brain.
7. Divorce - Incorrect; who the hell knows this beyond a lawyer or feminist historian?
8. EU Parliament - Correct; because why have just one office.
9. Prescriptions - Correct; I took a common sense approach rather than a Daily Mail one.
10. New Deal - Incorrect; what the hell is "New Deal"?
11. Children - Correct; again statistic wonk to the rescue.
12. Muslims - Incorrect; but not far off I think I was mixing it up with minorities.
13. Quango - Correct; though you could be forgiven for thinking it something else.
14. Hospital - Incorrect; excuse me? P*** off!
15. Training opportunities - Correct; again common sense applied.
16. Census - Incorrect; I was wavering here.
17. Voting - Incorrect; majorly so, though I now realise I misinterpreted one of the answers.
18. Schools - Incorrect; really? Knock me down with a feather.
19. Advice - Correct; good old common sense.
20. Minutes - Correct; wonk.
21. Speed - Correct; though it seems most don't bother.
22. By-election - Correct; wonk.
23. Under-age work - Incorrect; pathetic choice of answers, 10 or 12? Big effin difference.
    
24. EU body - Correct; wonk.

So I note that of the questions I answered incorrectly at least 4 I wouldn't expect to have any knowledge on without prior study and of some that I answered correctly I doubt many others would unless they too had been delving into population stats and minutiae of Parliaments.

Except wouldn't you expect a test to determine 'UK-ness' to consist of questions that every current UK citizen should get right? 'Which side of the road do you drive on?', ' Takeaway fish and chips are normally wrapped in?' Instead this test appears to be a 'How well can you read and regurgitate the Citizenship book' which should at least knock out all those who can't afford the tenner to buy it.

[Update - Jim passed with 18, in his own words "I guessed a lot of them" see lucky people that's also the type of people we want in this country]