In New York state, you must pass a written exam upon completion of a 10-hour class, after which you are required to buy a small game license and a turkey permit.

BBC: Shooting a Thanksgiving dinner

Of 9, 600 police officers who took the entrance exam in July, only 205 passed the written test.

CNN: LEARNING BY (BAD) EXAMPLE

Alabama has perhaps the strictest licensing requirements in the nation: 750 hours of schooling and a written and practical exam.

WSJ: A License to Shampoo: Jobs Needing State Approval Rise

The alliance has written formally to Ofqual and the exam boards AQA and Edexcel challenging the refusal to regrade GCSE English papers in England.

BBC: English GCSE: Senior exam board figure quits AQA