back to basics - school tests

[floppybootstomp]

The BBC website magazine has been running a series of very basic school tests to see how bright we all are after leaving school.

There are links to the tests below, some questions are really obvious, others are complete stinkers.

I was surprised at how I done, I was crap at Maths at school, and good at English, yet I done fairly Ok at Maths. Does real life and actually having to use Maths make you better?

See how well you do and post results here.

Of course I realise some of you may be answering this stuff in real life right now as part of school/college but for me it was quite some considerable time ago.

And no cheating, ya hear?

My scores:

English: 16/20
Maths: 17/20
History: 7/12
Physics: 6/10
French: 5/12
Geography: 9/14

I never was any good at French

The tests:

English

Maths

Physics

French

Geography

History

 

[TECHGUNS]

I dont have to take all those classes.

I thought I was better a math and poor with english but now Im in school it really the other way.

I got a B+ in english 115 and a C in algebra.

Really I love to miss-spell stuff.

OOOpppsss I dont like spell check.

 

[ChristopherP]

oops... 7 out of 20 English... Got a double B at GCSE

Maths 10/20 because i couldnt be asked to figure the long ones out... Got a B at GCSE

 

[Becky]

English - 20/20
Maths - 18/20
Physics - 8/10
French - 11/12
Geography - 11/14
History - 8/12

 

[ChristopherP]

Pretty good... Pretty good!

 

[Becky]

Pretty good... Pretty good!

Ta pet

I'm quite suprised at my Geography one - I didn't do that at GCSE, but I got A's in all the rest (and an A* in French)

 

[Quadophile]

English-10/20 English (wonder if it is any good as English is my second language)
Maths - 13/20
Physics - 6/10
French - Did not attempt
Geography - 8/14
History - 7/12

Well, that is the honest truth Looks like I am either forgetting the basics or getting old quicker, maybe both.

I hate Algebra

 

[floppybootstomp]

English - 20/20
Maths - 18/20
Physics - 8/10
French - 11/12
Geography - 11/14
History - 8/12

Woo-hoo! Brains as well as, er, um, well, *cough* you know....

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Chris & Quad: At least you had the bottle to give it a go, good on ya

I don't see many other takers so far

 

[Becky]

Woo-hoo! Brains as well as, er, um, well, *cough* you know....

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Chris & Quad: At least you had the bottle to give it a go, good on ya

I don't see many other takers so far

Aw, you made me blush

 

[Me__2001]

English 15/20
Maths 17/20
Physics 9/10 (damn smoke alarm

)
French i dind't bother with
Geography 9/14
History 8/12

 

[Quadophile]

Let see what Ian and Mucks comes up with

 

[V_R]

English - 13/20
Maths - 11/20
Physics - 6/10
Geography - 6/14

Didn't do the french, i dont need to do a test to tell me i suck at French, i know.

And to think i did Geography for GCSE....

I thought i'd do better on the maths one though...

Sorry but i couldn't be bothered with the history one.

 

[cirianz]

eng - 16/20
math - 15/20
physics - 6/10
French - Never studied
Geog - 6/14
hist - 5/12

Thought I'd do better at eng & worse at maths so that balanced out ok but physics was a real shocker. Was never to great at the long equations but always loved learning the concepts, theories & principals of physics.
Geography was pretty much what I expected, down here our geog lessons were pretty much based around NZ & Australia with a brief nod at the general locations of some European countries. Prety pathetic really. And the history we got taught down here was basically a waste of time BUT I would've still expected to do better that that as I love watching history doco's & would've thought I had absorbed a bit more than that. The battle of hastings one got me... should've read the question properly.

& Bex, thumbs up (sorry, still no non txt smilies) & well done!!! Very impressive!

 

[CITech]

English: 14/20
Maths: 16/20
Physics: 7/10
French: 7/12
Geography: 11/14
History: 4/12

Why couldn't they run a question series on "The best excuses for avoiding detention" - then I would have got 100%

 

[muckshifter]

Let see what Ian and Mucks comes up with

You really want to know ...

English: 4/20
Maths: 2/20
Physics: 2/10
French: 1/12
Geography: 3/14
History: 4/12

... only proves to me how I hated doing 'tests' and was always last. Some papers I would put my name on, hand it in within 30seconds, and leave.


I can read and write and I have a brain.

 

[Ian]

English : 18/20
Maths : 20/20
Physics : 9/10
French : 5/12
History : 6/12
Geography : 11/15

Never done History before, but did French - whoops!

 

[Becky]

English : 18/20
Maths : 20/20
Physics : 9/10
French : 5/12
History : 6/12
Geography : 11/15

Never done History before, but did French - whoops!

Cor! Well, he is a Rocket Scientist after all...

 

[floppybootstomp]

If you two ever have offspring space travel may become a distinct possibility

 

[psd99]

Maths: 18/20

couldnt be asked to do the rest!

thanks for the find Flopps
I understand that you have had some operation.
well get well soon
all the best mate.