How many of us are there?

You are having a party this evening. One of your guests telephones and says that some friends have come to visit her, and can they come to the party too. What do you say?
1. Yes, of course. How many of you are coming?
2. Yes. How many you come?
3. Yes. You stay at home please.
You are writing a report for your boss at work, but you have not finished yet. Your boss phones and asks you:
1. How many of it have you written?
2. How much of it have you written?
3. Finish it today, or you are fired!
The first British census asked:
1. How many people lived in Britain.
2. How people travelled to work.
3. What sort of central heating people had.
Why was the government in 1801 interested in the number of young men in the country?
1. Because it needed to know how many schools and colleges to build.
2. Because it wanted to know if the population was increasing or decreasing.
3. Because they wanted to know how many men could be conscripted into the army or the navy.
The census in 1801 examined:
1. Church records of births, marriages and deaths.
2. How many people were in prison.
3. How many people were out of work.
The census in 2011:
1. asks where we go on holiday.
2. asks if we come from Mars.
3. asks whether we speak English.
The census asks us how we would describe our national identity. Only one of these would be OK as an answer. Which one?
1. British
2. Martian
3. Muslim
The census asks us some questions about the house we live in. Which of these questions does it ask?
1. How many bathrooms does your house have?
2. What colour is your house?
3. What sort of central heating does it have?
Why do some people want us to tick the "no religion" box on our census forms?
1. Because they do not like Muslims.
2. Because they think that religious groups have too much influence.
3. Because "Jedi Warriors" is the fourth largest religious group in Britain.
Why might this be the last census in Britain?
1. Because many people will forget to complete their census forms.
2. Because many people say that their religion is "Jedi Warrior".
3. Because it is expensive, and there may be better and cheaper ways of collecting information about the population.

How many of us are there?

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