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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: aldo_14 on June 16, 2005, 08:48:12 am
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4099770.stm
I got 5.
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I got 11. I got 1, 2, 7 and 15 wrong. I'm not sure how to feel...
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Woot! I just covered some European history!
The Pub questions were a cinch...
I got an 8.
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I got 9.
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I got 8, too, but I'm not British....
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I got 7... >.>
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I got a 10 and i live in Texas?
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Question 3 is very anglo-centric, incidentally.
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A bit obscure in places - I got 9
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I got 9
How many volts does electricity need to be British?
:lol:
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6.
Pretty stupid questionairre if you ask me.
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I got 9, and I've never been to Europe. :D
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Woohoo, got an 8 :) My favorite, though, was where it adviced you to as what you should do if you knock over someone's beer :D
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I got 7. I don´t get the pub questions though. I fought the guy in the car park, i wasn´t about to pay him a new pint. He should have looked where he was going.
OK, so I´m a cheap scate!
:p
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6 :nervous:
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13
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7...shows how much a random Canadian knows about the mother country...
:nervous:
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9. Seems we're all doing better than Aldo. Time to form the lynch mob and head up to Scotland :D
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7...
"Those three-pin socket things in the wall. How many volts does electricity need to be British?"
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240, of course... :rolleyes:
It seems aldo is unpatriotic....
I'll get me pitchfork.
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4, this test was totaly arbitrary.
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Originally posted by karajorma
9. Seems we're all doing better than Aldo. Time to form the lynch mob and head up to Scotland :D
I reckon he's jealous 'cos he's in Scotland where its' always cold 'n' rainin'
*scarpers* :drevil:
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15.
*conspires to overthrow British royalty*
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Originally posted by aldo_14
Question 3 is very anglo-centric, incidentally.
And is also an incredibly watered down version of the truth ;)
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I got 10. I don't think it is bad for someone who has never been to the Great Britain.
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[color=66ff00]I got eleven but I had to make an educated guess at two of them and a blind guess at another two. :)
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I got five, same as Aldo..by randomly clicking. XD
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Most of them are completely irrelevant, useless memorization, and having nothing to do with integrating into British culture. Like the order of the holidays, the origins of "Father Christmas" and the English:Scottish ratio. I doubt too many people would be able to answer these questions when applied to their own country.
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Heh, I got 11, but Rictor is right, theres practically nothing relevant there, as far as I'm aware, if you spill someones drink in anywhere in the world, it's considered to be only manners to offer to buy a replacement, I don't think that's a trait which is endemic to the UK even with our 'You spilled my pint!' culture ;)
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Originally posted by Rictor
Most of them are completely irrelevant, useless memorization, and having nothing to do with integrating into British culture. Like the order of the holidays, the origins of "Father Christmas" and the English:Scottish ratio. I doubt too many people would be able to answer these questions when applied to their own country.
And that Magna Carta question.... tsk tsk tsk.... not what we need anywhere.
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Originally posted by pyro-manic
240, of course... :rolleyes:
It seems aldo is unpatriotic....
I'll get me pitchfork.
I've got a 4 1/2 foot longsword* - come on!
Oh, and as an aside - Father Christmas is the english name; Scots call him Santa Claus. Minor, but confusing to any newcomers to these shores.
*it's too heavy to lift, of course, but I could strap it to the bonnet of the car or something.....
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Originally posted by TopAce
And that Magna Carta question.... tsk tsk tsk.... not what we need anywhere.
I said most. :p :p
Actually, there ought to be more such questions, about democracy, laws and so forth. You know, the important stuff. Also, every immigrant ought to know the difference between "Bollocks" and "Dog's bollocks".
Originally posted by aldo_14
I've got a 4 1/2 foot longsword* - come on!
*it's too heavy to lift, of course, but I could strap it to the bonnet of the car or something.....
Too heavy to lift!? Ah lad, if ye ancestors had had the same mentality, you'de be speaking Cockney right now. William Wallace must be spinning in his grave, his kilt flying every which way. Ye've shamed ye ancestors, and your children, and their children, and their...
...OK, I'm done.
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My ancestors didn't have nuclear subs, though.
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lol!
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Originally posted by TopAce
I got 10. I don't think it is bad for someone who has never been to the Great Britain.
Same here, TopAce. Though I have an unfair advantage, I'm part of the Commonwealth. ;)
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Oh, and as an aside - Father Christmas is the english name; Scots call him Santa Claus. Minor, but confusing to any newcomers to these shores.
I always thought the idea for "Father Christmas" and "Santa Claus" came from the Dutch......
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6
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5
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9... I'm on the District Council.
The joy.
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Originally posted by Kosh
I always thought the idea for "Father Christmas" and "Santa Claus" came from the Dutch......
Father Christmas is english/British, Santa is dutch. I don't know why we seem to use Santa ahead of Father Christmas.
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How does it sound that 'Father Christmas is coming to town', instead of 'Santa Claus is coming to town'?
Anyway, the dutch would be Santa Klaus, right? (seriously)
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Sinterklaas. I believe it's derived from 'Saint Nicholas' (the original inspiration).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_klaus
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Got ten aswell.
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I got a 4.:p
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Being an American...
You got 7 right!
0-5: Seat in Heathrow arrivals.... 6-10: Seat on the district council......11-14: Seat in Parliament.....15: Seat on the throne
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Originally posted by Kosh
I always thought the idea for "Father Christmas" and "Santa Claus" came from the Dutch......
Indeed, Sinterklaas. The Dutch celebration is waay different from the US/UK Christmass, though.
Over here, we give small gifts (mostly), with funny, somewhat teasing poems attached to them. You often create a large 'surprise', intresting packaging. For instance, back when I was known for carrying a huge backpack in school, a girl made me a gigantic (1*1*1m) backpack, filled with shredded newspaper, and my gifts scattered inside, so I'd have to search.
Our christmass is generally spending time with your family, staying at home, and that kind of stuff.
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I got seven, kind of a bad quiz if you ask me. If you went around and asked half the british people these questions most would answer wrong :rolleyes:
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Judging from the stats it appears as if the British are actually more likely to get things wrong than foreigners.
Probably something to do with being too close to the problem.
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I'm Pennsylvania born and bred, never left my home country or even my time zone, and I still managed to get eight. For shame, aldo. Now that I know that, what's a district council? :p
P.S. Considering that I know the feast day of my patron saint, Andrew, and St. Patty's Day is easy, that question wasn't that hard to figure out. :)
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You got 15 right!
0-5: Seat in Heathrow arrivals.... 6-10: Seat on the district council......11-14: Seat in Parliament.....15: Seat on the throne
w00t! :cool:
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8...though methinks I got a higher score than our good-for-nothing local MP
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Aldo, of course you're not British. You're a Scot.
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the British = the English. the Scots, the Welsh and the North Irish.
So aldo, IS a British
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Originally posted by TopAce
the British = the English. the Scots, the Welsh and the North Irish.
So aldo, IS a British
Only in semantics.
Which is the point ngtm1r was making. I hope.
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It is indeed.
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Originally posted by aldo_14
Only in semantics.
Which is the point ngtm1r was making. I hope.
Very well, I accept it. You better know it.
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The English (which includes me) have a very bad history with the other countries of the Union, that's why there's lots of castles all over the UK...
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Damn straight. More castles for a given area than anywhere else in the world here in Wales. We've given you a fair bit of aggro over the centuries. ;)
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Really? Where in Wales? Cause I'm from Kent and if you're beating us I'll be impressed :)
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I got the stat off a documentary (I think it was one of the Dan Cruickshank ones), but we've got stacks of 'em (into the hundreds IIRC). There are three major ones within five miles of my house.
This ("http://www.castlewales.com/") might help. I haven't looked through it properly, but it seems to have a big list of buildings and sites. Also look at the CADW website (www.cadw.wales.gov.uk) - they're the ones who look after most of them.
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They only marked the major ones so as a result they don't seem to have that impressive a number of them. A search on CADW's website turned up 44 castles while the Kent tourist boards website turned up 20 or so (And Kent is much smaller of course).
Not saying your wrong but if Wales has the most Kent can't be far behind :)
Thing is my girlfriend loves visiting castles and when she had a couple of weeks off last month we must have visited around 10 or so within an hours drive.
So a weekend in Wales is starting to sound like a good idea :)
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Aye, if the weather's nice it's beautiful. I'd recommend Caernarvon (Northwest), the castle is huge and it's right on the coast. Also worth checking out are Raglan, Caerphilly (huge, moat, crazy leaning tower), and some others. Hell, you've got all the pictures on the CADW site - see for yourself. :)
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I've always wanted to visit Caerphilly actually. :D