A random survey of 1000 adults in Britain found that more than half failed a test that is given to 11-year-olds in this country. I tried it and got 8 out of 10 (enough for “top marks”). How well do you do?
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i scored the same, flunking the whole Roman Empire section.
Confession: I guessed on the Roman Empire ones. I bombed on the magnetism.
I got 8. Bloody Newtons…
Yeah, I screwed that one up to. I thought that maybe the distance between the two things figured into it, so I thought meters might be involved. I hate physics.
Damn Romans! I’m sure if I’d been asked these questions *when I WAS 11* I would have scored perfect. There’s only so much information people can retain, gawd
*insert smugness here* Well, I got 9. The last question was a nasty left hook outta nowhere.
Snookums got ’em all right AND complained that the “Newton” one was wrong. (He says it’s measured in Teslas.) Damn smartypants. 🙂
they named a scientific unit after a crappy 80’s metal hair band?
That’s what I said! 🙂
Signs, signs, everywhere signs…