Jason Bay will soon be an American citizen. He aced his U.S. Citizenship exam, and as soon as he learns the secret American handshake and receives his key to the workout room, it will be a done deal.Matt Snyder already posted a few (easy) citizenship exam questions. Plenty more are divulged in Saturday's Dugout, after the jump.
The Dugout
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**OnlineHost** Welcome to Citizenship Test Chat! |
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TheBayBoy: why do i have to take a test? can't i just be like, "here is all the money i have, please take a cut of it and use it to build prisons, now give me a flag and open the freaking gate" |
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**OnlineHost** Sorry. It doesn't work like that. |
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**OnlineHost** There are two ways to become a citizen. Either you can fall out of an American womb like a gumball in some sort of arbitrary gumball machine, or you can take a test that demonstrates your knowledge of who did or did not invent the cotton gin. |
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TheBayBoy: eli whitney |
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**OnlineHost** Congratulations! You have just answered the first 16 answers correctly. |
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TheBayBoy: this is stupid |
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**OnlineHost** Come on, be a sport! We have to be certain that you will be an upstanding American citizen, just like Pat Sajak and the baby who was born in Cedar Rapids ten minutes ago. |
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TheBayBoy: alright, fine |
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**OnlineHost** QUESTION #17: There are three things or ideas that the United States has yet to declare war on. Name them. |
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TheBayBoy: um those stupid barbed-wire arm tattooes, fig newtons, hubris |
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**OnlineHost** Correct! |
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**OnlineHost** QUESTION #18: If this major American city were to magically disappear one day, not a single person would notice. |
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TheBayBoy: indianapolis |
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**OnlineHost** Correct! |
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**OnlineHost** QUESTION #19: Rank the following American Presidents from the most times murdered by John Wilkes Booth, to least times murdered by John Wilkes Booth: John Adams, Jimmy Carter, John Quincy Adams. |
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TheBayBoy: john adams, jimmy carter, john quincy albums (tie) |
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**OnlineHost** What? Oh okay, wait, no, you're right. |
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**OnlineHost** Correct! |
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**OnlineHost** QUESTION #21: What is your reaction to this photo?
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TheBayBoy: SOMEONE STOP THAT MAN |
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**OnlineHost** QUESTION #22: What is your reaction to this photo?
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TheBayBoy: sorry gotta run, i have to pick up my kid from soccer practice |
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**OnlineHost** Wow, you are acing this test. |
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TheBayBoy: you pick up the nuances pretty well once you're here for a few years |
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**OnlineHost** QUESTION #23: What is Canada? |
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TheBayBoy: sigh |
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TheBayBoy: america's silly hat |
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**OnlineHost** Correct! |
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**OnlineHost** QUESTION #24: In the Presidential order of succession, the Vice President is first, and the Speaker of the House is second. Who is 201,926th? |
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TheBayBoy: ummmmmm umumumummm oh god i know this |
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TheBayBoy: jerry don gleaton! |
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**OnlineHost** QUESTION #24: Correct! |
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**OnlineHost** Last one. |
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**OnlineHost** QUESTION #25: What does "being an American" really mean? |
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TheBayBoy: /shrug |
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**OnlineHost** CONGRATULATIONS! You have received a perfect 100% score. You are now officially an American citizen. Go get 'em, slugger! |
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TheBayBoy: thanks /exits to waiting room |
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IWouldFloat500Maels: oh hello |
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IWouldFloat500Maels: my name is maels rodriguez, i made it to america by fording the freaking gulf of mexico via a crudely-constructed raft |
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TheBayBoy: oh cool |
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TheBayBoy: i drove across the border in a 1995 nissan with a power sunroof |
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IWouldFloat500Maels: high five |
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TheBayBoy: high five |








