What Kind Of Brit Are You / Could You Be?

by Englishman 6 Replies latest jw friends

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  Englishman

  There are no right or wrong answers. This is to discover what sort of Brit you are / could be. 1. Name the Queen of England: a) Elizabeth II b) Graham Norton c) We really shouldn’t have a monarchy in 21st century Britain! 2. Name your favourite Briton: a) Winston Churchill b) Ali G c) Tony Blair 3. Your favourite Briton (female): a) Maggie b) Jordan c) Cherie 4. When you hear, “We shall fight them on the beaches” do you think of: a) Churchill b) Saturday night in Faliraki c) Eurosceptics 5. Oliver Twist once said, “Please Sir, can I have . . .” a) Some more b) Ten pints of lager and a packet of crisps c) Access to the internet 6. Your ideal vision of Britain is: a) Long shadows on cricket grounds, warm beer, old maids bicycling to holy communion b) Birds/blokes, booze, boobs, bonks c) a beautiful Tuscan villa 7. Sellar and Yeatman wrote which British classic? a) 1066 and All That b) My Old Man’s a Dustman c) Things Can Only Get Better 8. The most famous couple in British history are: a) Victoria and Albert b) Victoria and Becks c) Vic and Bob 9. Which British national hero said, “I hate the French most damnably” a) Lord Nelson b) Eddie The Eagle c) Really, this sort anti-French sentiment has no place in modern Britain 10. What I admire most about the British: a) Their belief in tolerance and fair play b) Their belief in getting their clothes off c) Their belief in themselves 11. The Magna Carta is a: a) a document created in 1215 b) a gangster film starring Michael Caine c) Look, we really need to focus more on our future in Europe 12. Writing of Richard Burton, Melvyn Bragg noted: “There’s nothing the British like better than a bloke who comes from nowhere, makes it and then gets . . . a) Beaten up b) Pissed (drunk) c) Behind the Labour party 13. Which of these is a masterpiece of British cinema? a) Lawrence of Arabia b) Debbie Does Dallas c) The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover 14. Britpop is: a) A type of fizzy drink b) A type of pop music c) Something we can all be terribly proud of 15. Which of the following songs best sums up what it means to be British? a) Land of Hope and Glory b) We are the Champions c) Anything by Billy Bragg 16. The Scots Are famous for: a) Their kilts b) Their fists c) Their economic prudence 17. Dylan Thomas, the Manic Street Preachers and Catherine Zeta-Jones are: a) Welsh b) Bloody crap c) Look, it's up to the Welsh people to make decisions like that! 18. When having sex I like to lie back and think of: a) England b) I’ll lay anything, me! c ) Gordon Brown 19. Which of these sums up Britain for you? a) BBC b) FCUK c) NHS 20. My idea of the perfect British meal is: a)Roast beef and two veg b) Kentucky-fried-curried-egg- sausage-chips-beans-kebab-vindaloo to go, cheers c) Christ, there are people starving in the world YOUR SCORE. Mostly As: Congratulations you’re a real old-fashioned Brit boffin who knows everything about your country. You’ve won the right to British citizenship. Mostly Bs: Oh dear. You may be having lots of fun but it’s time to stop reading Loaded and digest a little bit of your history. You’ve won the right to remain silent. Mostly Cs: Your view of British history seems to begin with the Labour victory in 1997. Time to take a look at the big picture or you’ll get left behind now Tony’s on his way out. Englishman.
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  Simon

  1. Name the Queen of England:

  c) We really shouldn’t have a monarchy in 21st century Britain!

  2. Name your favourite Briton:

  a) Winston Churchill

  3. Your favourite Briton (female):

  a) Maggie

  4. When you hear, “We shall fight them on the beaches” do you think of:

  a) Churchill

  5. Oliver Twist once said, “Please Sir, can I have . . .”

  a) Some more

  6. Your ideal vision of Britain is:

  a) Long shadows on cricket grounds, warm beer, old maids bicycling to holy communion

  7. Sellar and Yeatman wrote which British classic?

  Dunno !!

  8. The most famous couple in British history are:

  a) Victoria and Albert

  9. Which British national hero said, “I hate the French most damnably”

  a) Lord Nelson

  10. What I admire most about the British:

  a) Their belief in tolerance and fair play

  11. The Magna Carta is a:

  c) Look, we really need to focus more on our future in Europe

  12. Writing of Richard Burton, Melvyn Bragg noted: “There’s nothing the British like better than a bloke who comes from nowhere, makes it and then gets . . .

  a) Beaten up

  13. Which of these is a masterpiece of British cinema?

  a) Lawrence of Arabia

  14. Britpop is:

  b) A type of pop music

  15. Which of the following songs best sums up what it means to be British?

  a) Land of Hope and Glory

  16. The Scots Are famous for:

  d) Drinking

  17. Dylan Thomas, the Manic Street Preachers and Catherine Zeta-Jones are:

  b) Bloody crap

  18. When having sex I like to lie back and think of:

  3b

  19. Which of these sums up Britain for you?

  a) BBC

  20. My idea of the perfect British meal is:

  b) Kentucky-fried-curried-egg- sausage-chips-beans-kebab-vindaloo to go, cheers

  YOUR SCORE.

  Probably means "mixed up & confused"
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  nilfun

  I so love Graham Norton.
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  WildHorses

  LOL looks as if I am in the wrong country. I score 11 A's Mostly As: Congratulations you’re a real old-fashioned Brit boffin who knows everything about your country. You’ve won the right to British citizenship.
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  teejay

  I answered mostly Cs.

  tj ~ who, if a Brit, would leave and go live in the U.S.
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  czarofmischief

  Hm...

  I'm a Churchill!

  CZAR
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  shera

  Mostly As: Congratulations you’re a real old-fashioned Brit boffin who knows everything about your country. You’ve won the right to British citizenship