QUIZ FOR BRITS: must be easy for all of you..!

DutchCrusader



Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 11281

Message Posted:
30/06/2011 12:37

On one of the sites I regularly visit I found this interesting quiz. The quiz is in the English language so it must be easy for most C44 members:

▶ [ http://is.gd/WYWVTQ/keyword_quiz ].

dublinderm


Joined: 26/09/2009
Posts: 538

Message Posted:
30/06/2011 12:47

I just got 10 out of 10 and I am not a BRIT!!!!



I just took me two attempts as well!!



DD

DutchCrusader



Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 11281

Message Posted:
30/06/2011 12:50

@ the non-Britisher...: Sorry, sorry, sorry! The open nerve... In the future: always read for "Brit" "English speaking people".

vincent1


Joined: 20/07/2009
Posts: 212

Message Posted:
30/06/2011 13:03

10 out of 10 for me too Dutchie.



Can't you find something more demanding for the British forum members ?



Even the Dutch could do this one !

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
30/06/2011 15:31

Oops I only got 4 correct, I need to read more!



Chris

vonny


Joined: 25/06/2009
Posts: 476

Message Posted:
30/06/2011 15:39

Ha ha i got 4 right too,i was never any good with authors & the 4 i did get right were guesses :(

Ailletoo


Joined: 24/01/2009
Posts: 1003

Message Posted:
30/06/2011 16:13

Correct!



You answered 10 items out of 10 correctly.



Your score is 100%. Wow! You really know your medieval and Renaissance writers!



And I'm not a Brit either!!!

DutchCrusader



Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 11281

Message Posted:
30/06/2011 16:40

Dear English speaking people please don't forget I can check in the statistics (and I may tell you later in this thread...) who "is not telling the whole truth"... ;-)

Now let's see whether this post gets follow-ups or not...

fiendishpaul


Joined: 18/05/2008
Posts: 1720

Message Posted:
30/06/2011 17:13

3 out of 10 and I guessed 2 of them !! :-(



Ask me one on modern authors



Paul

Scoty


Joined: 23/05/2010
Posts: 846

Message Posted:
30/06/2011 17:19

Amazed myself. I got 10 out of 10 too! I admit that a couple were lucky guesses though.

newscoop


Joined: 23/12/2007
Posts: 2197

Message Posted:
30/06/2011 20:41

Some would say that Ireland is actually a part of the British Isles.

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
30/06/2011 20:55

Who Wrote It?

How well do you know your medieval and Renaissance authors? Here are ten easy questions to test your knowledge.

Correct!

You answered 10 items out of 10 correctly.

Your score is 100%. Wow! You really know your medieval and Renaissance writers!

Ballyboffin


Joined: 25/08/2007
Posts: 903

Message Posted:
30/06/2011 21:07

newscoop,



Ireland part of the British Isles???????



Whale oil beef hooked!!!

rowlo



Joined: 12/10/2008
Posts: 4796

Message Posted:
30/06/2011 22:13

cmon you can do better than that was my score

Jetski


Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 584

Message Posted:
30/06/2011 22:22

10:10 yawn...... hows about something challenging Dutch?..... or at least something I can be bothered with.

newscoop


Joined: 23/12/2007
Posts: 2197

Message Posted:
30/06/2011 22:26

Ballyboffin;



Just letting DC know that Dublinderm may not be a Brit but he is of the British Isles.



As presumably so are you.

Ballyboffin


Joined: 25/08/2007
Posts: 903

Message Posted:
30/06/2011 23:06

newscoop,



You are indeed correct that Ireland is part of 'The British Isles' geographically. It was just my little joke. You would be a brave man to call an Irishman a Brit or even worse, ENGLISH !!! aaaaaaagh........

Ailletoo


Joined: 24/01/2009
Posts: 1003

Message Posted:
30/06/2011 23:34

Yes, Ireland is Part of the British Isles, we are not part of the UK or Great Britain but unfortunately we are part of the Eurozone....:-(

dublinderm


Joined: 26/09/2009
Posts: 538

Message Posted:
01/07/2011 21:16

One kick in the arse reserved for Newscoop.



Britain = so called by the Romans for the tin (latin - pretan) deposits. No tin deposits in Ireland so not a 'pretanic' isle!



Ireland = Hibernia (witnerland) to the Romans = Menapia to the Greeks.



Only became the "British Isles" after the Act of Union 1801.



You are all welcome anytime though.



DD

Jetski


Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 584

Message Posted:
01/07/2011 22:06

Dublin.... Latin for tin is Stannum...... hence the entry in the periodic table 'Sn'

Jetski


Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 584

Message Posted:
01/07/2011 22:10

And there's plenty of tin ore (casiterite) in the Wicklow mountains.