A little quiz

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3600829.stm

I got 6/10

[farmgirl]

You got 10 right!
0-4: The Battle of what?....... 5-8: Blenheim - isn't that Posh and Becks' little boy?....... 9-10: I was defeated, you won the war

Yeah.... not just a pretty face...... ;)
(okay... I guessed on two.... but I knew the rest)

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which 2?

[Salty Dog]

4/10... :oops:

[California Joe]

9: dammit

[Vance]

4/10... :oops:

[farmgirl]

which 2?


I wasn't certain that all the quotes were Churchill's, and I wasn't sure which PM came first.

[Salty Dog]

4/10... :oops:

you got the same?

[Fox2]

I got 8 right. :D

The ones I got wrong: Question 4 on Churchill's quotes and Question 5 on the "I don't know why anyone complains" quote

[California Joe]

I missed the PM one.

[Salty Dog]

not sure how us american kiddos could know anything about engkish PMs but whatever

[Ratamacue]

8/10.

[Salty Dog]

8/10.

yeah freakin right! :P

[Ratamacue]

No joke man. I guessed on a bunch anyway though.

[Salty Dog]

No joke man. I guessed on a bunch anyway though.

lucky guesses! :P

[Ratamacue]

No joke man. I guessed on a bunch anyway though.

lucky guesses! :P

Yup. :)

[Operation Ivy]

5 :|

[MEGR]

8/10, 80%, 4/5, .8

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not sure how us american kiddos could know anything about engkish PMs but whatever

nor do we, they aren't exactly the best known ones

and how can anyone know question 2? and I got the robin hood one wrong but only because I saw a programme not so long ago that prooved that there was a historical (or more than one) known as robin hood.


got 'em all right second time round though. :P

[Flagg]

What's with number #10?


The answer was B
A recent - although not widely-held - view is that America might have been named after 15th Century Bristol merchant Richard Amerike, who funded a voyage by the Italian navigator John Cabot.

I was taught it was named by Italian Amerigo Vespucci.

Hmmmmm.....Pommie BBC poll......Pommie attribution....funny that.....now I'm confused

[Vance]

What's with number #10?


The answer was B
A recent - although not widely-held - view is that America might have been named after 15th Century Bristol merchant Richard Amerike, who funded a voyage by the Italian navigator John Cabot.

I was taught it was named by Italian Amerigo Vespucci.

Hmmmmm.....Pommie BBC poll......Pommie attribution....funny that.....now I'm confused
Read the question again, Flagg.

[farmgirl]

not sure how us american kiddos could know anything about engkish PMs but whatever

nor do we, they aren't exactly the best known ones

and how can anyone know question 2? and I got the robin hood one wrong but only because I saw a programme not so long ago that prooved that there was a historical (or more than one) known as robin hood.


got 'em all right second time round though. :P


Number 2 is widely known. We talked about it in more than one media class in college. That was an easy one. Now #10 was more difficult, because it is widely taught that it was Vespucci. I had a recent discussion with a history teacher, or I would have missed that one. Some of the others I got, because I teach Brit Lit, and it's in the background information leading into the eras we study. Nontheless...... 10/10 ;)

[James]

7/10

I missed 1,9,10

Too bad... I don't know English history so well...

[Fox2]

and how can anyone know question 2?



Question 2

Some thought fictional events had actually taken place. Which of the following did most believe really happened?

A: Martian invasion of Earth, from War of the Worlds
B: Earth taken over by apes, from Planet of the Apes
C: Battle of Helm's Deep, from The Two Towers
D: Battle of Endor, from Return of the Jedi

(Spoiler but what the hell) The answer is A. In 1938, Orson Welles made a broadcast on American radio as if the Martians had really just invaded Earth. It was based on his book, War of the Worlds. People actually believed that Earth had been invaded, all across the country, and went absolutely bonkers.

The other three are simply events from various films. Only crazy people would believe that any of those actually happened. p-)

The difference is, answer A really was documented to be believed by people on a large scale, much more so than the other three could ever be. So unless there is documentation stating that an entire nation was, for the slightest instant, led to believe that apes had taken over the earth, A is the most logical answer. :D

[Fox2]

Farmgirl and Flagg, regarding question #10;

As Vance said, read the question again. (C'mon farmgirl you should know better than this :P )


There are many and various theories as to how America got its name. Pick the possible namesake who was a Briton.

[mocking_loudly_died]

7/10

This is poor form from the greatest of intellects on this forum.
My loss surely does make the worlds virgins weep and pray for a new hero.

[farmgirl]

Farmgirl and Flagg, regarding question #10;

As Vance said, read the question again. (C'mon farmgirl you should know better than this :P )


There are many and various theories as to how America got its name. Pick the possible namesake who was a Briton.

As I said.... Vespucci was what we were taught in school, but we had this discussion just the other day in the teachers lounge. Our high school history teacher had a book that was giving the reasons why it is thought that this was incorrect, and that the actual name sake was a Briton. That's why I answered correctly. :D

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and how can anyone know question 2?



Question 2

Some thought fictional events had actually taken place. Which of the following did most believe really happened?

A: Martian invasion of Earth, from War of the Worlds
B: Earth taken over by apes, from Planet of the Apes
C: Battle of Helm's Deep, from The Two Towers
D: Battle of Endor, from Return of the Jedi

(Spoiler but what the hell) The answer is A. In 1938, Orson Welles made a broadcast on American radio as if the Martians had really just invaded Earth. It was based on his book, War of the Worlds. People actually believed that Earth had been invaded, all across the country, and went absolutely bonkers.

The other three are simply events from various films. Only crazy people would believe that any of those actually happened. p-)

The difference is, answer A really was documented to be believed by people on a large scale, much more so than the other three could ever be. So unless there is documentation stating that an entire nation was, for the slightest instant, led to believe that apes had taken over the earth, A is the most logical answer. :D

Oh yeah I forgot about that, I thought when they said recent poll it would be different.

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which 2?


I wasn't certain that all the quotes were Churchill's, and I wasn't sure which PM came first.

how did you know the first one? because of churchill?

[farmgirl]

which 2?


I wasn't certain that all the quotes were Churchill's, and I wasn't sure which PM came first.

how did you know the first one? because of churchill?


Brit Lit

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bah! too easy for you.. bleinheim near where I was born, Churchills ancestoral home and duke of marlborough his ancestor.

[Hullebullen]

I got a 5 :(...

...stupid british-biased test...

...still I have my results from the university tests (kinda like SAT's?) that say I belong to 5% of the population who's most gifted...


...yeah, I know, even those who know me have a hard time figuring out how that is possible... ;)