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- Hi, we're Joel and Lia. - And today, we're going
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to be taking a British citizenship test
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to see how British we really are.
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(scatting)
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- I'm fairly confident that we don't know a huge amount
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about technical things about the UK.
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- Or historical dates. - Or historical dates.
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- Because it's the sort of stuff you learn at school
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and then you forget. - Yeah.
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- Okay, let's kick it off: here's the first question.
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Who lives at number 10 Downing Street?
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The Prime Minister, or the Queen?
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- Prime Minister. - Prime Minister.
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(ding) Next question. - Alright.
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So far, we're getting into the UK. (laughter)
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- How many times have the Olympic games
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been hosted in the UK? - I think two?
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- Oh, it's been three. (ding) - 1908, 1948, and 2012.
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- I only remember 2012. - Me too, probably because
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that's when we were alive. - Oh yeah.
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(laughter) That's when we were alive.
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- That's the dumbest thing you've ever said.
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I love when you come out with dumb things,
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like "Do you remember the 1908...
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- 1908.. - 1908 Olympics?
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- Oh, well I wasn't born. - You were not here.
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- King Henry VIII's daughter Mary was known as
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Mary the Terrible, or Bloody Mary?
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Well, actually, it's probably Bloody Mary,
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but that's just cause who's called Mary the Terrible?
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- (laughter) Who's called Mary, the Terrible Mary?
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Bloody Mary, is that where the drink came from?
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- Yeah, I think so. - Is a bloody Mary
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tomato juice and vodka? - I think so.
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How old do you need to be to get into betting shops,
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or gambling clubs? - 21 or 18.
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- So it says 16, 18, 20, or 21.
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- How old do you have to be to get into a gambling...
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- 21! - 21.
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- Yeah, what would you say? - I'd say 21, I think.
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- Okay. (ding) - 18!
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- 18, you have to be... - You have to be 18
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to get into a betting shop, that's bad.
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- Oh that's awful, isn't it? - Alcohol, I think,
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is perfectly fine at 18, but betting and gambling?
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18-year-olds are thick as sh**. (laughter)
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- Okay, what did the Bill of Rights confirm in 1689?
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- I remember learning about this in school.
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In the olden days, the king or queen would rule the country,
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but obviously now that doesn't happen:
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it's the prime minister who does it.
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So maybe the Bill of Rights was like, "The prime minister
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"has more power than the queen or king."
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- More power, or like, it's...
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- I think they make rules, like the queen
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doesn't sit down and make rules to say,
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"This isn't allowed, this is," but she does sort of...
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oversees it. - Correct! (ding)
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- Also, can I just say though, - Yeah.
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- With the freedom of speech thing, Americans always say
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that, "Oh America's the greatest country in the world
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"cause we've got freedom of speech," and I'm like,
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"But everywhere has free speech."
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Okay, not everywhere, but like, the UK has
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freedom of speech, Australia has free speech...
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I just never understand like, why they think
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they're the only country with freedom of speech.
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- You're not. - You're not.
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- So, that's...there you are!
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What was the estimated population of the
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British empire during the Victorian period?
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More than 300 million people, 400 million,
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450 million, or 500 million people?
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- Oh, the British Empire, so that would include
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- Everywhere that they've, yeah.
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I say, 450... - 400.
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(groaning) What's 50 million? - Should we go 400 then?
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- Oh, you got it right, 400 million!
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- I'm so getting into this country!
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So, does Britain have a written constitution?
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What the hell is a constitution?
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- Let's say yes. - No!
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The British constitution is not written down
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in any single document. - And therefore,
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it's described as unwritten; this is because the UK,
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unlike America or France, has never had a revolution
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which led permanently to a totally new system of government.
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That makes sense! - Right!
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- Cause there's never been like, an uprising.
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We're just so chilled out that we're just like,
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"Yeah." - "Yeah, that's just
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"the way it is." (laughter) That's hilarious!
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- That's so funny. - Great, well!
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- Learned something new there.
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- Yeah, we learned something new.
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- Which of the following countries was not part of
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the Allied Powers during the first World War?
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So who wasn't on our side? - Who wasn't on our team.
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So Japan, Serbia, Bulgaria, or France.
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- Oh my God, it must've been like ten years ago
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that I've learned all of this. - Same.
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But is there a difference between
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the first World War and the second World War?
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- So I'll guess, Japan?
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No, they were on our side. - They were on our side.
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- Japan loved us. - Japan loved us.
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- Bulgaria? What is Bulgaria...or Serbia?
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- Should we say that Serbia, well, Serbia
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might not have been on our side.
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(groaning) Bulgaria! - I knew it!
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- You knew it! - I knew it!
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- You knew we couldn't trust them.
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(laughter) Never trust a Bulgarian.
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(laughter) Just kidding, just kidding.
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- Last question: When did the first World War finish?
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- Well, ten PM on a Tuesday! (laughter)
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- Or, was it my beans on toast that night?
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I remember it vividly; it was a Wednesday
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and I just got my feet up. (laughter)
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12 AM, oh there's actually timing!
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- So there's actually times. - Right.
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At 12 AM the 13th of February 1918.
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(ding) Damn it! - I thought I was so right.
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- It was the morning, 11 AM on November 1918.
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- That's us doing it. - I think we did really well.
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- A British citizenship test. - See, we're fully British,
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pretty much, we know a lot about the UK.
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- I'd be interested to see if you know,
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people on the street know the answers to these questions.
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- Oh definitely, I bet most people don't.
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- Yeah, or I bet a lot of students,
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kids that are studying history right now
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will be like, "Yup, I know the answer to that!"
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- Geeks, yeah. - Oh, no!
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Geeks, I didn't know all of those questions
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when I was like, fourteen. - Yeah.
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- Been like, "Pow pow pow," GCSE history.
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- Yeah, that's because you were a geek at school.
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(laughter) All right then. - All right.
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You wouldn't know it, but... - Of course.
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- She's not just a pretty face.
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- Okay guys, let us know if you got any of those right,
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if you were playing along at the same time.
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- Yeah, and let us if you know any useless facts
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about the UK that you think we should know,
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because I love that. - Oh I love useless facts.
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Fun one about America: apparently Kinder chocolate
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used to be banned. - Yeah.
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- So you can buy a gun, you can't buy Kinder.
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- Can't buy Kinder. - Can't buy a Kinder egg.
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So, I don't know how that weighs up with me.
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- America! - Yes! (laughter)
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Okay, thank you for watching this video.
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That's what I just wanted to add from the other day.
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- I thought you were going to say something different.
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- Having a coffee? - Like a nude or something.
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- No, God no! - We might send you
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a picture of us naked. - No!
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We might send you a picture of us,
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like drinking champagne or coffee.
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so as long as you're okay with that...
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- Bye guys! - Bye!