How many answers can you get right?

[french frank]

I do take issue with the Scottish banknotes question This issue came up a few times when I was at work and we were told by the banks themselves that Scottish notes are valid unless they are Bank of Scotland notes. If they are Royal Bank of Scotland they are ok but not Bank of Scotland.

Nor those of the Clydesdale Bank, presumably. I got that wrong too - having worked in Scotland for years. But the term 'valid' which they use is confusing. Does it mean 'legal currency' (I would have said True, but they are not 'legal 'tender')? I knew traders in England sometimes refused them, and were within their rights (they can accept or refuse whatever they like).

[Cockney Sparrow]

An East European Family we have known for 20 years have been through the process, over the years. They tell me you just cram for it - I wonder of there is a set of exam. prep. books (Letts or whoever published these days) for sale?

[teamsaint]

I’ve often thought that it would save a lot of mental arithmetic if consumption rates on cars sold in the UK quoted miles per litre.

Isn’t mental arithmetic good for a person?
In moderation of course.......

[cloughie]

Isn’t mental arithmetic good for a person?
In moderation of course.......

It is indeed - I still check my sums this way - don’t trust calculators!

[subcontrabass]

An East European Family we have known for 20 years have been through the process, over the years. They tell me you just cram for it - I wonder of there is a set of exam. prep. books (Letts or whoever published these days) for sale?

See: https://www.officiallifeintheuk.co.uk/shop

[Leinster Lass]

Here are some example questions from the kind of tests for UK citizenship.

Who cares about the height of the London Eye? As for the curry house - needless to say the answer is somewhat surprising.

What a joke!

https://inews.co.uk/news/uk/two-thir...don-eye-831594

I didn't know you had a general election every 5 years...did somebody forget to tell Boris Johnson?

[Petrushka]

Nor those of the Clydesdale Bank, presumably. I got that wrong too - having worked in Scotland for years. But the term 'valid' which they use is confusing. Does it mean 'legal currency' (I would have said True, but they are not 'legal 'tender')? I knew traders in England sometimes refused them, and were within their rights (they can accept or refuse whatever they like).

As I was working in Derby, we rarely saw Scottish banknotes but on those occasions that we did it was a case of checking with the bank. Scottish banknotes had to be banked separately.

[Leinster Lass]

As I was working in Derby, we rarely saw Scottish banknotes but on those occasions that we did it was a case of checking with the bank. Scottish banknotes had to be banked separately.

Wasn't Derby the southernmost point of Bonnie Prince Charlie's incursion in 1745?

[Petrushka]

I didn't know you had a general election every 5 years...did somebody forget to tell Boris Johnson?

Fixed term Parliaments Act 2011 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixed-...ments_Act_2011

It was in the Conservative manifesto in 2019 that this Act would be repealed.

[french frank]

I didn't know you had a general election every 5 years...did somebody forget to tell Boris Johnson?

Having been much involved in politics (before all the Fixed Term Parliaments legislation), I got that wrong anyway. Also which was the last successful invasion, which I misread as 'least successful' and was a bit stumped so said Romans as they didn't get too far, didn't settle and packed their bags and went home.Also said Chris Hoy was a rower as I thought he was one of those who rowed the Atlantic.

[teamsaint]

There is a guaranteed point on question 26, as all four answers are correct.

[Petrushka]

Wasn't Derby the southernmost point of Bonnie Prince Charlie's incursion in 1745?

Indeed it was. Apparently, he couldn't muster sufficient support and had to return to Scotland.

[teamsaint]

Having been much involved in politics (before all the Fixed Term Parliaments legislation), I got that wrong anyway. Also which was the last successful invasion, which I misread as 'least successful' and was a bit stumped so said Romans as they didn't get too far, didn't settle and packed their bags and went home.

Romanes eunt domus ....

[french frank]

Romanes eunt domus ....

In 410. Should add they didn't even leave their language behind. Et non linguam in Brittania relinquunt

[vinteuil]

Also which was the last successful invasion, which I misread as 'least successful' and was a bit stumped so said Romans as they didn't get too far, didn't settle and packed their bags and went home.

.... hmmm. Some might say the Romans were here from 43 - 410, some 367 years. The British were in India from 1640 - 1947, a mere 307 years.

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