Would you pass the Britishness test? - Britain - Times Online

Would you pass the Britishness test? - Britain - Times Online

Britishness test

Finals proposals for a "Britishness test" have been published by the Home Office. Soon, all immigrants applying for British citizenship will be expected to demonstrate broad knowledge of life in the UK. The proposals set out a wide range of topics they will be expected to know, from the tenets of parliamentary democracy to consumer law; employment issues to shifts in youth culture.

1) Where are Geordie, Cockney, and Scouse spoken?

2) What are MPs?

3) What is the Church of England and who is its head?

4) What is the Queen’s official role and what ceremonial duties does she have?

5) Do many children live in single parent families or step-families?

6) Which two telephone numbers can be used to dial the emergency services?

112, 123, 555, 999.

7) Which of these courts uses a jury system?

Magistrates’ Court, Crown Court, Youth Court or County Court.

8) Your employer can dismiss you for joining a trade union. True or false?

9) Which of these statements is correct?

A television licence is required for each television in a home A single television licence covers all televisions in a home. Answers. 1) Tyneside, London and Liverpool. (And, arguably, for fans of The Archers, Borsetshire.) 2) Members of Parliament. (The post-nominal 'MP', however, is applied only to members of the Commons, who are elected to represent one of the UK's 646 constituencies.) 3) The mother church of the Anglican Communion, originating from St Augustine's mission to Kent in the 6th Century, and consolidated after Henry VIII's schism from the Roman Catholic church in 1534. The Supreme Governor of the CofE is the ruling monarch - use of the term 'Supreme Head' was opposed by clerics. 4) Queen Elizabeth II is the Queen of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Antigua and Barbuda, Belize and Saint Kitts and Nevis. She also holds the titles Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith and Supreme Governor of the Church of England. Her role bridges the legislative and executive processes: making a speech at the Annual State Opening of Parliament and giving Royal Assent to Bills, and officially appointing all ministers. As head of state she often extends hospitality to visiting foreign heads of state. All criminal courts act in her name. 5) In 2002, 13.4 million parents had custody of 21 million children whose other parent lived elsewhere. Around 27.6 per cent of all children under 21 are minus one parent. 6) 112 and 999. 112 was adopted in July 1991 as a universal SOS for all emergency services throughout Europe 7) A Crown Court can use a jury system. 8) False 9) A single television licence covers all televisions in a home.