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Jon Aird | 14:15 UK time, Thursday, 24 February 2011

How Colin Firth Are you? While it might look effortless, not everyone has what it takes to beat the Americans at their own game and yet remain quintessentially British.

Take our exclusive personality test below and find out where you score on the Firthometer.

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  • 1. At 7:21pm on 24 Feb 2011, CelticLady51 wrote:

    It was a difficult choice between Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility. I love both. Dumb and Dumber isn't even a Jane Austen pic and it is just plain daft! What little I saw of it just made me knackered! I hated it.

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  • 2. At 08:43am on 25 Feb 2011, Neil Tarrant wrote:

    re: CelticLady51
    You are on the *comedy* website...

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  • 3. At 4:17pm on 25 Feb 2011, gavinthegromit wrote:

    I got 50% but where's the screen assessing my scores telling me what I got right and wrong?! Livid!

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  • 4. At 4:28pm on 25 Feb 2011, godofwine wrote:

    Dumb and Dumber? That was Shakespeare wasn't it? The chaps who got sent to England in Hamlet?

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  • 5. At 4:55pm on 25 Feb 2011, Thais wrote:

    94%, oh yeahhh!

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  • 6. At 4:58pm on 25 Feb 2011, Angela Williams wrote:

    Well I'd like to have a go but the quiz isn't working in IE, Firefox or Chrome!!!

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  • 7. At 5:26pm on 25 Feb 2011, saeco wrote:

    You need to click on the '>' button. This should be auto submit rather than clicking '>'. Poor design and usability.

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  • 8. At 5:34pm on 25 Feb 2011, Sasuke_nffc wrote:

    29%.....not sure I can think of a better place to put the oscar or where else to look when talking to Natalie Portman...

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  • 9. At 5:41pm on 25 Feb 2011, Mandyfab wrote:

    Aaahhh, the Firth is strong with me. Thank Lord!

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  • 10. At 5:55pm on 25 Feb 2011, keithyd wrote:

    *ahem* 100 percent Firth. I rest my case.

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  • 11. At 5:57pm on 25 Feb 2011, Barry wrote:

    I can't make this work on my Mac(10.6.6)?? which is disappointing

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  • 12. At 6:30pm on 25 Feb 2011, Hyder Ali Pirwany wrote:

    I can't move after clicking on A

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  • 13. At 6:37pm on 25 Feb 2011, Trojan666 wrote:

    6. At 4:58pm on 25 Feb 2011, Angela Williams wrote:

    Well I'd like to have a go but the quiz isn't working in IE, Firefox or Chrome!!!
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    Try allowing bbcimg.co.uk in your script blocker!

    I got 94% too, is this the Firthiest score possible?

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  • 14. At 7:04pm on 25 Feb 2011, Barry wrote:

    This does not work in Safari . . . . which is really poor isn't it

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  • 15. At 7:25pm on 25 Feb 2011, pete wrote:

    This comment was removed because the moderators found it broke the House Rules.

  • 16. At 7:45pm on 25 Feb 2011, lancer01 wrote:

    Look, idiots, it doesn't work - what happens when you answer the first question??

    The answer is nothing .... no Next button, no switch to question 2.

    For God's sake, employ some decent web programmers, will you (rates very reasonable, if you care to ask).

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  • 17. At 7:57pm on 25 Feb 2011, simil666 wrote:

    good article for a laugh, for the others try clicking on your answer and then click the arrow forward, worked for me

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  • 18. At 8:06pm on 25 Feb 2011, wordy wrote:

    It doesn't work on IE or Firefox....

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  • 19. At 8:20pm on 25 Feb 2011, JoSammy wrote:

    Yay 94%. Is this really the bbc?????????

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  • 20. At 8:41pm on 25 Feb 2011, Hairy wrote:

    Who the hell thought this up? What a load of codswallop!

    The hysteria surrounding this film just reminds me of Notting Hill all over again. The film is ok but nothing brilliant. I am sick of reading about it and hearing the self indulgent lovvies fawning all over Colin Firth. He is the Hugh Grant of 2011...without the hookers (so far).

    How ironic that this film gets so much exposure when George VI was such a shy man.

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  • 21. At 8:50pm on 25 Feb 2011, Tom wrote:

    It took me about 20 seconds to realise there was a > button. Either make it easier to find or make it automatic. Quite a funny test, but poor design.

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  • 22. At 9:31pm on 25 Feb 2011, Gillian Benjamin wrote:

    Lady Catherine probably wouldn't like boasting in a Lady so I will modestly announce my score of 93% and go off and watch the whole acclaimed TV series adaptation of Pride & Prejudice yet again!

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  • 23. At 12:20pm on 26 Feb 2011, pete wrote:

    What a complete waste of time this meaningless quiz is - surely our licence fee is better spent on something more useful. Give the graduate trainee web site designers something productive to do - like making coffee

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  • 24. At 3:02pm on 26 Feb 2011, tgw123 wrote:

    @ CelticLady51

    Madam, you obviously don't know your Jane Austin from your Emile Bronte. Dumb And Dumber is one of Austin's finest works, though eclipsed in my view by her sequel to it, Dumb And Dumberer.
    #ClassicsOfEnglishLiterature

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  • 25. At 5:21pm on 26 Feb 2011, Nicola wrote:

    67% I just couldn't resist shoving the oscar up Hugh Grant's arse. Don't tell me you all wouldn't do the same!

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  • 26. At 5:32pm on 26 Feb 2011, keithkettlewell wrote:

    Dum and Dummer was/is a compltely assinine film . After 15 minutes of this irritating absurd childish rubbish I could not stand more of it and just had to walk out of the cinema before it drove me up the wall .

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  • 27. At 6:20pm on 26 Feb 2011, btrekker wrote:

    98%!! Would love to know which question I got wrong - Natalie Portman perhaps?! Really enjoyed the quiz - let's have more like this.

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  • 28. At 8:00pm on 26 Feb 2011, spurs4years wrote:

    100% ye-haw!

    Are you saying he is a stereotype?

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  • 29. At 8:25pm on 26 Feb 2011, Vivien wrote:

    100%. This is perfect.

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  • 30. At 10:23pm on 26 Feb 2011, catfordkid wrote:

    I think the clue is in the presentation - the way the questions are phrased, the illustrations, the graphics, everything. It's not a serious quiz; it's a bit of a laugh. Yes, it's true! Some contributors who've gone all sour and self-righteous about it might not have noticed, but that's the reality.
    I scored 100%, not because I'm Colin Firth, or King George VI, or clever, or any good at history and films and actors, but because I figured what the person who wrote the thing wanted as answers.
    Really, folks!

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  • 31. At 10:55pm on 26 Feb 2011, theacepg wrote:

    The Oscars and Colin Firth are very fine but there would be a more patriotic relevance in an 'How Chris Ashton are you' questionnaire, notwithstanding that the young man had a modest game today, by his and our expected standards.

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  • 32. At 10:20am on 27 Feb 2011, Daniel Earwicker wrote:

    I'm not going to post my result until Colin Firth takes this test and gets 100%. Until then, we just don't know if it's really an accurate test.

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  • 33. At 12:39pm on 27 Feb 2011, singh86 wrote:

    This comment was removed because the moderators found it broke the House Rules.

  • 34. At 9:08pm on 27 Feb 2011, CASTELLAN wrote:

    Why upon this mortal coil would I wish to want to surpass a trifling 64 percent? Does the remainder please you as it would please a fool?

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  • 35. At 9:40pm on 27 Feb 2011, Bushpig wrote:

    94% Colin Firth.... not surprised :)

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  • 36. At 11:38pm on 28 Feb 2011, Chris_Page wrote:

    I'm more Peter Firth (when he was in The Double Deckers - showing my age!) than Colin Firth. If I improve my score can I kiss his missus at least once?

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  • 37. At 6:10pm on 01 Mar 2011, charlene wrote:

    I was 100% colin Firth!!! Yeahhhh

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