Who could answer this lot now - let alone when you were 11 years old...
26 November 2004, 02:45 PM
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Who could answer this lot now - let alone when you were 11 years old...
26 November 2004, 02:51 PM
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Thankfully, my job (and indeed, life) requires me to know absolutely none of that - but I'll take on any Victorian 11 yr old in IT skills...
Thankfully, my job (and indeed, life) requires me to know absolutely none of that - but I'll take on any Victorian 11 yr old in IT skills...
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Originally Posted by ajm
Where are the science questions??? 
Im an expert
PS whos naffin about with the replys?!
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Originally Posted by Freak
lol
I did latin for 3 years
Total nightmare- and i remember none of it....
I did latin for 3 years
Total nightmare- and i remember none of it....
1st year exam - 75 (ish)%
2nd year - 55%
3rd year - 35%
(thought it best to give up then!)
all I can remember is Eram, eras, erat, eramus, eratis, erunt - vital information which has helped me out in loads of tight-spots....
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Originally Posted by Taff107
Same here....total nonsense to me!
Eram, eras, erat, eramus, eratis, erunt - vital information which has helped me out in loads of tight-spots....
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I'll observe that "2. Where are silver, platinum, tin, wool, wheat, palm oil, furs and cacao got from? " is in the Geography section, and not the grammar section...
As for results - you'll be pleased to hear that anyone who passed these was probably a colonel or general in WWII, or a senior governmental civil servant in the 50s
As for results - you'll be pleased to hear that anyone who passed these was probably a colonel or general in WWII, or a senior governmental civil servant in the 50s
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Originally Posted by ajm
Where are the science questions???
26 November 2004, 03:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Brendan Hughes
They are from 1898. The "science" questions came in the "philosophy" section, and would probably have included "For what crackpot theory was the heretic Darwin burned?"
... and "Name three ways to determine a witch"
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Originally Posted by Dr Nick
... and "Name three ways to determine a witch"
26 November 2004, 04:18 PM
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Semper in faecibus, non solum profundum variat! etcetera, etcetera,
Some of those questions are I suspect related to some sort of curriculum that should've been taken in the preceeding year.
Matt
Some of those questions are I suspect related to some sort of curriculum that should've been taken in the preceeding year.
Matt
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Its an eye opener alright, its not the content that is revealing so much as the required depth of knowledeg about the subjects concerned. Doubt that scientific knowledge was that high on the syllabus at that time.
Questions requiring essay type answers are far more searching of a candidate's actual knowledge and intelligence for that matter.
if you have a basic knowledge of Latin, it helps you to learn other languages especially those with their roots in that language.
I think that if that standard of exam questioning was in use today, the result sheets would be very different, unless they drop the pass marks even lower than now.
Les
Questions requiring essay type answers are far more searching of a candidate's actual knowledge and intelligence for that matter.
if you have a basic knowledge of Latin, it helps you to learn other languages especially those with their roots in that language.
I think that if that standard of exam questioning was in use today, the result sheets would be very different, unless they drop the pass marks even lower than now.
Les
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