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First submitted | August 2, 2020 |
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Great quiz! Here are a few suggestions:
The television licence pays for the BBC and not for television in general.
The Oyster Card question might be rather dated as, while Oyster Cards are still valid, since 2014, they have been in the process of being phased out in favour of contactless bank cards in the 'TfL' scheme.
In common terminology, 5 November is referred to as 'Guy Fawkes Night' and not 'Guy Fawkes Day'.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes_Night
https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-one
And while yes, according to that link, you do need a TV license for pretty much any live TV or streaming, the vast majority of money is paid to the BBC
https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-one/topics/what-does-your-licence-fee-pay-for-top13
But I finally learn what 'whinge' means.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walkers_Shortbread#:~:text=Walkers%20Shortbread%20is%20a%20Scottish,%2C%20biscuits%2C%20cookies%20and%20crackers.&text=The%20company's%20signature%20pure%20butter,by%20Joseph%20Walker%20in%201898.
Answer % Correct Your %
Americans spell the last letter of the alphabet as "zee". How do British people spell it? Zed
82%
100%
What must British households pay £157.50 per year in order to legally use? Television
70%
100%
On what holiday is it most common for British people to light fireworks? Guy Fawkes Day
60%
100%
What was the profession of Margaret Thatcher's father? Greengrocer
The last was because i thought the first was Grocery Store
good quiz tho
18/21.
(I ran out of time after wasting too much of it typing in different variations of "shortbread biscuits" on the Walkers question, haha.)
Might have to write an Australian version of this quiz.
Just to amend, because Americans get this wrong a lot. You don't need a license for a TV. You pay a fee that helps to fund the BBC's channels, website, and radio.
You need the TV license to watch other channels too (ITV and 4 mostly), but you don't need a license to watch streaming services like Netflix or YouTube, play Blu-rays or video games.
I’d also argue 40 years ago is not that long! Although I’m possibly bias on that one as I was alive when she was prime minister ;)
I understand why there’s more American quizzes as there’s just more American users on the site but this one just meant I could get 100% for once 😂