How Brit are you?

koan · Post by **koan** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 5:18 pm

Warning, this quiz contains bad language

I only got 11 out of 20

I've only been here a couple of weeks, after all.

Post by **Betty Boop** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 5:28 pm

Obviously not very, I only got ten!

Chookie · Post by **Chookie** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 5:29 pm

What in the name o the wee man is a "Brit"?

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 5:31 pm

koan;445542 wrote: Warning, this quiz contains bad language

I only got 11 out of 20

I've only been here a couple of weeks, after all.

Damned thing too all my answers and then wouldn't grade me!

BTW, where was the bad language - worst I saw was tosser!

koan · Post by **koan** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 5:32 pm

I think I got the Wimbledon ones right. I haven't looked. I want to take it again in another week.

koan · Post by **koan** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 5:33 pm

Bryn Mawr;445560 wrote: Damned thing too all my answers and then wouldn't grade me!

BTW, where was the bad language - worst I saw was tosser!

it was in the translation option for wanker.

hmm. my spell checker just underlined that. I thought it was on UK settings.

koan · Post by **koan** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 5:34 pm

Pinky;445564 wrote: Oh man, that's so funny!!!

Lucky I know all the slang!

Surely everyone knows what a proctologist does?

That makes for a great insult, haha!

I expect you got 20.

koan · Post by **koan** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 5:34 pm

I found the test looking to find out where Big Ben is. I still don't know.

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 5:43 pm

koan;445568 wrote: I found the test looking to find out where Big Ben is. I still don't know.

At the top of the tower of the Palace of Westminster.

koan · Post by **koan** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 5:45 pm

Where's Scotland Yard?

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 5:46 pm

koan;445577 wrote: Where's Scotland Yard?

At the end of Whitehall 1212

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 5:47 pm

Well, I only got 6, I guess I flunked..........................:wah:

koan · Post by **koan** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 5:48 pm

Bryn Mawr;445578 wrote: At the end of Whitehall 1212

this is why I get lost

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 5:50 pm

koan;445577 wrote: Where's Scotland Yard?

New Scotland Yard is on the embankment but has not been Fuzz since the 60s.

Scotland Yard (the new one) is on the Broadway - behind St James's Park tube station

koan · Post by **koan** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 5:52 pm

Where is the one Sherlock Holmes worked for. And where is Sherlock Holmes house?

And why do your phone numbers have so many numbers?

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 5:55 pm

koan;445583 wrote: Where is the one Sherlock Holmes worked for. And where is Sherlock Holmes house?

And why do your phone numbers have so many numbers?

Sherlock would have seen New Scotland Yard built in 1888 on the Embankment but he never worked for them - he was consulted privately.

His rooms were at 221a Baker Street (first floor)

koan · Post by **koan** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 5:57 pm

Bryn Mawr;445585 wrote: Sherlock would have seen New Scotland Yard built in 1888 on the Embankment but he never worked for them - he was consulted privately.

His rooms were at 221a Baker Street (first floor)

Is Baker St near Baker Street Sta? :yh_pray

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 6:01 pm

koan;445588 wrote: Is Baker St near Baker Street Sta? :yh_pray

Yes - turn north and it's 100 yerds on the west side (just across the road from Regents Park

koan · Post by **koan** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 6:03 pm

You're a good chap.

Final question... why is there a giant, metallic pineapple in Whitechapel?

ARgi · Post by **ARgi** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 6:04 pm

only 9

koan · Post by **koan** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 6:04 pm

ARgi;445592 wrote: only 9

Do you even get through customs with that?

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 6:06 pm

koan;445591 wrote: You're a good chap.

Final question... why is there a giant, metallic pineapple in Whitechapel?

It's an Erotic Gherkin - popularly known as the Swiss Re building

and it's in the City.

Because it's there?

koan · Post by **koan** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 6:08 pm

Bryn Mawr;445597 wrote: It's an Erotic Gherkin

Ah, it all makes sense now

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 6:10 pm

koan;445598 wrote: Ah, it all makes sense now

I'm glad it does to you.......

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 6:21 pm

Yeah well, I've been there before...

:sneaky:

Rapunzel · Post by **Rapunzel** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 6:27 pm

koan;445583 wrote: Where is the one Sherlock Holmes worked for. And where is Sherlock Holmes house?

He lived at 221b Baker Street. It's currently an Abbey National Building Society, but if you go upstairs to the 1st floor there is a Sherlock Holmes museum.

If you come out of Baker Street tube station you're on the crossroads of Baker Street and the Marylebone Road. As Bryn said, head north to Regents Park, 221b is about 100 yards away on the opposite side of the road. FYI, that's alo the tube you need if you want to visit Madame Taussaud's or the Planetarium.

There is also a really nice Sherlock Holmes pub near Charing Cross, that is well worth a visit and has a room on the 1st floor decorated to look like Holmes' study.

Here's a pic of the pub at: 10-11, Northumberland St, London, WC2N 5DA

Here's some gumph on it:

Originally called the Northumberland Arms, in the late 50's this pub became the home of the Sherlock Holmes exhibition that was previously part of the Festival of Britain (the pub itself stands on the site of the Northumberland hotel that featured in certain novels, hence the Holmes connection). It is also close to the old Scotland Yard police station. The horseshoe shaped interior has walls littered with Sherlock Holmes memorabilia, Victorian artifacts, business cards, letters, stamps, police whistles, magnifying glasses, prints and pictures from TV and stage performances and of course, the iconic Sherlock Holmes pipe. There is even the stuffed head of the Hound of the Baskervilles! Upstairs, the restaurant offers views into a faithful recreation of Holmes study complete with a wax model Sherlock. A short stroll from Charing Cross and Trafalgar Square, the pub is worth a visit, especially if you are a Holmes enthusiast, but then if you are, you have probably already been here. One last bit of trivia â€“ this apparently used to be a regular watering hole for Jimi Hendrix.

Sheryl · Post by **Sheryl** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 7:13 pm

I got 10

Erinna1112 · Post by **Erinna1112** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 7:26 pm

I got sixteen...not too shabby for a Yank who's only dreamed of seeing the Tower of London (but hey, I know "Big Ben" is the bell, not the clock itself) *wink wink*

Uncle Kram · Post by **Uncle Kram** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 1:13 am

Thought I'd got most of them but 12 was a pretty poor showing

chrisb84uk · Post by **chrisb84uk** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 3:27 am

Well I got 14, but some of those were pretty darn tough!

Bill Sikes · Post by **Bill Sikes** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 4:50 am

Pinky;445574 wrote: Yup. I'm such a girlie boff, haha!:wah:

You got the one about the "pink bits" right? I thought it was rather out-of-date

(the answer, that is) I didn't get No. 16) Jerry Springer is:, either. Isn't he some

sort of gossip-monger, or something?

Yavanna · Post by **Yavanna** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 6:23 am

I got 13. I'm English. I've lived here all my life.

Chookie · Post by **Chookie** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 3:18 pm

Well, I tried your quiz, but, being a Scot, I was licky to get 11.

And I repeat WTF is a Brit?

koan · Post by **koan** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 3:39 pm

Chookie;447028 wrote:

And I repeat WTF is a Brit?

You'll have to ask someone who passed the test

Post by **spot** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 3:43 pm

19 out of 20. I'm puzzled that anyone's having problems, and I've no idea why they marked me wrong about Jerry Springer - my answer was obviously right.

annie58 · Post by **annie58** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 2:34 pm

Hi peeps

Really bad on this one! Only 13 out of 20. Go to the back of the classroom. As I was born in Bermondsey in London you would have thought I'd have known all the answers. Oh well!

Love, light & blessings

Annie

beautyful · Post by **beautyful** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 2:11 pm

11 out of 20!!

I have only lived in Britain all my life! Admittedly only 21 years but...you'd expect me to know more than i do :S

koan · Post by **koan** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 2:38 pm

I got 13 on my second try and finally looked at the answers.

While I'm in this thread, I'm around Notting Hill area tomorrow. Anyone know any good, free thing to do in that area?

Post by **spot** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 12:08 pm

koan;461670 wrote: While I'm in this thread, I'm around Notting Hill area tomorrow. Anyone know any good, free thing to do in that area?It's an area notorious for casual street prostitution and snatch-and-grab muggings. Neither are free, exactly. Some people profit from their visit to the district, others come away affected by those they've met in passing.

benna · Post by **benna** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 1:09 pm

17/20. New to these forums and never been out of Britain in my life. They got the answer to the Jerry Springer question wrong.

aviendha · Post by **aviendha** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 3:09 pm

Heh...I got 10....suppose it could be to do with being Scottish as other other half would! :wah:

Musiclover89 · Post by **Musiclover89** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 2:16 am

I got 45% so its good for me

:guitarist

crazygal · Post by **crazygal** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 9:53 am

So, how Brit were you?

Questions you got right: 17 out of 20

Questions you got wrong: 6, 12, 15,

Percentage: 85%

Your Score:

1-5: You'll not get past immigration.

5-10: That 400 metre taxi ride is going to take you all round town...

10-15: Gorblimy, you're better than Dick Van Dyke in 'Mary Poppins'

15-19: You've been here before haven't you?

20: The next round is on you!