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Monday, March 06, 2006

OJ: More examples from the BBC

Just been trying to think of some quizzes I have taken part in online and suddenly remembered two from the BBC.


Citizenship Test


When the BBC reported that there would be a "British Citizenship test", they began linking to their own Citizenship test. For example on stories such as this one: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/UK/4706862.stm, they linked to their test, located at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4099770.stm
I remember taking part in this quiz (and I gather I wouldn't pass the main test) and I remember lots of people talking about the test on the radio, referring to these sample tests online.


Road Signs Quiz


BBC also reported back in March last year that more than half of London's motorists are confused by roadsigns. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/England/London/4353125.stm. They then added a quiz later in the month testing visitors knowledge of road signs. The quiz can be found at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4371971.stm


Now, I might not be able to pass the British citizenship test, but I can pass the road signs test easily :)

Some more examples...

Some other examples from the BBC I have found are:


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4687276.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4700868.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4770098.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/default.stm - A daily 'mini-quiz' can be found on this page

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