Why is the height of a Ferris wheel on the UK citizenship test?
this post was submitted on 12 Mar 2026
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I saw the headline and was ready to clown on the guy but then I actually read the question and I thought yeah, no. That's fair to not know actually. Why is that on the citizenship test? That's just silly
I kinda assume the reason to clown on him is because he's in some way in charge of what questions there are.
I did think of that after I posted the comment but I didn't feel like editing it
It isn't a Ferris wheel, it's a cantilevered observation wheel. Its height still shouldn't be on the test.
All cantilevered observation wheels are Faris wheels.
Not all Faris wheels are cantilevered observation wheels.
Um, it's Ferris.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_Gale_Ferris_Jr.
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Is this going to uhhhh be in the test too??
Relax, he's American.
And as far as I know he's not on our test either, but I hear ICE hangs out around our test places so you might want to skip that one anyway.
But the 135-metre-high London Eye is a Ferris Wheel.
But it is a ferrous wheel
That would be attractive
Magnetic, even.
Seriously though; most citizenship tests I've seen in my life (on the Internet; I've never changed my citizenship, so have never actually taken one) ask about things like how various governmental institutions work, not the dimensions of randomly selected landmarks. Is this a well known piece of information in the UK?
No. Most of it is irrelevant trivia most Brits do not know. Most Brits would fail. It's just a sucky memory test hurdle to block immigrants. The charges are also scandalous etc.
Our something like, whether a certain action is allowed that might not be in other parts of the world. So simply questions which check if you can integrate into the society.
My parents have taken this test and passed but it is purely a memory test and full of questions that the vast majority of British people would never know. Many of them aren’t even taught in UK schools. I firmly believe that more than 50% of British people would fail this test if they were asked to sit it tomorrow.
You can find many practice tests online by searching Life in the UK test and you will be able to see the absurdity of some of the questions.
I’m pretty sure one of the questions is what day is Christmas Day? I’m not too sure what this has to do with Britain as most countries in the world celebrate it on the 25th but it is a free point!
This is not even mentioning the cost of over £2000 for the citizenship and the mandatory ceremony when you pass.
Because whomever decided which questions are in the test are incompetent as fuck, as are the people who gave them that responsability.
The whole thing has a massive stink of being the indirect result of some posh cunt giving one of his post cunt mates a top position in the part of the Public Service he's responsible for.
The only relevant question I can accept for the UK citizenship would be about the airspeed of an unladen swallow.
Velocity*
Who are you, who are so wise in the ways of science?
European or African?
Uh, I don't know?
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Which to be honest really fits the discussion here. Can't answer the question? Off you go, no UK for you.
Having left the UK some years ago after having lived there for over a decade, I had almost forgotten just how much governments ministers over there tend to be sleazy posh cunts.
Classic Tory move by Labour.
The height of the london eye? Is this a UK citizenship test or a london citizenship test?
Not defending that cunt, but the citizenship test questions are stupid anyway.
Missing one questions doesn't necessarily mean he couldn't pass the test.
.... .the f**k is "London Eye"?? Yank here (obviously). Almost seems like a gag the Britts might be trying to pull on us, similar to our asking airplane newbies to go get some prop wash.
the fuck is a statue of liberty
It's that thing in Paris over the river. I heard it was stolen though, better check if it's still there.