Britishness test
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The Britishness test is a hypothetical list of questions that will be posed to applicants for British citizenship. The concept was recommended in 2003 by Sir Bernard Crick's advisory group on citizenship, and endorsed by the United Kingdom Home Secretary David Blunkett. Applicants will have to demonstrate a certain level of fluency in English, Welsh, or Scottish Gaelic.
According to The Guardian [1] (http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1035146,00.html), typical citizenship test questions (proposed) may look like:
- Who is the prime minister?
- As of 2004, the answer is 'The Right Honourable Anthony Charles Lynton "Tony" Blair, member of Parliament'
- How do you pay a phone bill?
- In the UK, you pay your landline phone bill by either direct debit or filling the slip at the bottom with the payment at a post office (through Girobank) or bank.
- What does it mean to be a good neighbour?
- How did the United Kingdom come about?
- Through the Acts of Union in 1707 (to form the Kingdom of Great Britain) and in 1800 (to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland).
- When was Britain last invaded?
- Identify the political party with each of the following three policy statements ...
Another list of typical questions (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3078690.stm) from the BBC has in addition:
- When was the Act of Union?
"Cricket Test"
Former Conservative minister Norman Tebbit once suggested the "cricket test", also known as the "Tebbit test", where he suggested that people from ethnic minorities in Britain should not be considered truly British until they supported the England cricket team, as opposed to the country of their or their ancestors' birth.