American takes British General Knowledge Quiz

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[Jeni]

Ryan, look for an actual British test. That one was made by an American with little to no knowledge of Britain.

[kevins]

What a stupid quiz.
In most cases there was only one possible answer

[michaelprobert]

Canada is a commonwealth of Britain are just words that don't mean anything. No country is a " commonwealth of Britain "

[Langstrath]

The quiz author is obviously not British. She does not understand that the term Commonwealth (of Nations) refers to a collection of nations which chose to be in association with the UK after the British Empire ended. She also does not understand the difference between the Commonwealth of Nations and the Commonwealth Realms (the former British Empire nations which retain the UK monarch as head of state).

[t.a.k.palfrey]

HK was a colony until 1997, my oldest son was born there! Bermuda is still a colony (overseas territory) today. Technically, the USA was never a colony. The 13 original states were each colonies. The US only came into being after independence.

[daniellemaines]

I like that you called Sunak (what sounded like) “Arse-Sack”. I think I’m going to call him that from here on out.

[annedunne]

Mary Shelley was married to Percy Bysshe Shelley, the English poet and her writing of " Frankenstein" was a sort of competition or game she and the other writers engaged in on holiday in italy I think. I remember when Hong Kong reverted back to China from the UK in 1999. And King Richard the third's body was found under a car park by historians working out where the church where he was buried would have been in his day.

[theninjabird]

These questions could be hard if the multiple choice made sense, even if you didn’t know the first pm you could work it out from the other braindead options

[davestainer]

After Charles, William is next in line.

[petebeatminister]

Well, saying that Mary Shelley wrote Huckleberry Finn was a bit of a blunder - it was written by Mark Twain, probably the most famous American writer ever.
But its true, a lot of the answering option in the quiz are really stupid. Seems they tried to make up for that with a record number of adverts.

[trevorlsheppard]

There is a difference between French Fries and Chips in the Uk, French fries are what you get at McDonald's, chips are bigger, thicker, steak Fries.❤.

[marcoosx]

Really ? Who the hack has made this quiz ??? I mean..., female prime minister of Britain and you have to choose between ' Angelina Jolie, Madonna and Cher against Margaret 'the wicked witch' Thatcher ' ???? WTF ? If anyone had that one wrong than help us all and go back to school and stay in there as long as possible. And in general..., anyone who failed on most of the questions shouldn't be allowed to take part of society, not in Europe, not in the States of America or anywhere else. Most of the questions were much too obvious. Failing it is not allowed ! And NO, I'm not British.

[scragar]

6:13 A few points:
1. The law that people cite for this is meant to give state funerals to people acting in an official capacity who die in royal palaces, and technically the houses of parliament are royal palaces.
2. That means it's not illegal
3. It also means there's no restriction against the houses of parliament being listed as a place of death
4. The law itself was repealed almost immedoately after enacting because it caused confusion(did official duties to the crown mean the janitor gets a state funeral? How does that work if the family want a private funeral? Does the law by codifying it exclude the royal family since they're not working? Etc).

[trevorlsheppard]

Hong Kong was leased from China, when the lease ended in the 1990 s the Uk had to hand back control to China ❤ .

[keithhurst]

Huckleberry Finn was written by American author Mark Twain. You should, Know that as an American!

[nolajoy]

'Huckleberry Finn' was written by the great American writer Mark Twain. One of my favourite books in primary school. 😊

[Tinkyrs]

I'm Dutch, read the news and I wouldn't be able to write down the UK prime minister's name either. They had like 4 the past 8 years. His face and name are just starting to sink in a bit.

[nicksykes]

You did fine Ryan, even if a lot of the questions left little ambiguity. Fun fact for you, Big Ben & The Liberty Bell were both cast by the same firm, "The Whitechapel Bell Foundry".

[samenjaimy]

Since you didn't know about Hong Kong and since Hong Kong has a really interesting history, it would be really nice if you did a reaction to the history of Hong Kong!

[Steffe]

Ha, you need to read a few novels Ryan.