i got 2 out of 8 right

very hard questions

out of the two i got right, one was a guess

didnt understand most of the questions

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/artic...t_bbc_team=BBC

[divine1966]

Willow these tests don’t mean much

I got 6 out of 8 right and the ones I got wrong were chemistry questions. Air composition and combustion. Science isn’t my thing. I tried to guess those.

[Crazy Hitch]

Those questions are awful 😂

[Nammu]

I got 6 outa 8 too. I thought the questions fair for 1800’s

[lizardlady]

I got 4 out of 8.

[SlumberKitty]

Well I think people back in those times must have been pretty dang smart! Certainly not stuff I learned in school. Although I wonder how much of that stuff was useful. In high school I took a bunch of agriculture classes. At least I could grow stuff if I had to.

[splitimage]

I got 5 out of 8. thought the questions were kind of interesting

[divine1966]

I think majority of these type of tests are measuring how well you can take tests, not exact knowledge of things. Can you use logic and make educated guesses on which of the options can’t possibly be correct kind of thing. There’s no way everyone can know everything.

Originally Posted by divine1966

I think majority of these type of tests are measuring how well you can take tests, not exact knowledge of things. Can you use logic and make educated guesses on which of the options can’t possibly be correct kind of thing. There’s no way everyone can know everything.

i already know i'm stupid ad cant do logic or analyse stuff for crap, don't need the test to remind me of that .........

[divine1966]

Originally Posted by willowtigger

i already know i'm stupid ad cant do logic or analyse stuff for crap, don't need the test to remind me of that .........

You aren’t stupid. You use plenty of logic on this site. And there’s a reason for some tests. If you don’t need or want one, then I recommend not taking it. It’s not like they made you take the test

I took it out of curiosity

Which didnt kill the cat, cause i dont like that expression of killing cats

[*Beth*]

7/8 and I dunno, I thought the questions were interesting.

[Discombobulated]

5 out of 8, thanks for sharing that was interesting. I definitely learned something there.

Glad I didn’t live in Victorian times - for lots of reasons- though.

[Discombobulated]

Originally Posted by willowtigger

i already know i'm stupid ad cant do logic or analyse stuff for crap, don't need the test to remind me of that .........

I think you use good logic.

Actually the questions in this test are all factual - in this way it’s a narrow measure of intelligence. It doesn’t measure creative/original thinking for example.

[divine1966]

Originally Posted by Discombobulated

I think you use good logic.

Actually the questions in this test are all factual - in this way it’s a narrow measure of intelligence. It doesn’t measure creative/original thinking for example.

Even with factual questions, you could apply some logic and common sense to narrow your answers down. Same as SAT and ACT, some people do well and don’t really know all the facts or didn’t even take classes in question

< cannot analyse her way out of a paper bag

[divine1966]

Why are you putting yourself down? What purpose does it serve?

Originally Posted by divine1966

Why are you putting yourself down? What purpose does it serve?

Is it putting myself down if ita literally the truth?

The college i went to a few years ago literally said i cannot analyse anything they wanted me to analyse

[Discombobulated]

Originally Posted by willowtigger

Is it putting myself down if ita literally the truth?

The college i went to a few years ago literally said i cannot analyse anything they wanted me to analyse

But from your posts here I think you might be a creative thinker because you have an ability to look at things differently.

[divine1966]

Originally Posted by willowtigger

Is it putting myself down if ita literally the truth?

The college i went to a few years ago literally said i cannot analyse anything they wanted me to analyse

Well your strength is in something else then. Doesn’t make you dumb

[TishaBuv]

4/8, guessed on all of them, now I feel kinda dumb, too. That article was designed to make everybody feel dumb. Nobody knows those answers anymore. So, if that is what they taught Victorian kids in school back then, that’s what they knew. Whatever. We have google and can look up all the answers if we want, lol.

Willowtigger has a wealth of information that is important to Willowtigger. Victorian kids knew nothing about all the stuff we know these days.

[divine1966]

Originally Posted by TishaBuv

4/8, guessed on all of them, now I feel kinda dumb, too. That article was designed to make everybody feel dumb. Nobody knows those answers anymore. So, if that is what they taught Victorian kids in school back then, that’s what they knew. Whatever. We have google and can look up all the answers if we want, lol.

Willowtigger has a wealth of information that is important to Willowtigger. Victorian kids knew nothing about all the stuff we know these days.

Good point. It’s irrelevant. Music notes? I am tone deaf I don’t play music lol we have google ha isn’t it the truth.

Also I know it’s a stupid comment for laughs, but people died young at that time, they had no antibiotics. So they had to rush learning stuff before they die at 40. We have longer lives to learn things

[mote.of.soul]

4 out of 8 for me. There is hope that I don't wind up in the Victorian slum and the gin palace.

[LiteraryLark]

I thought these questions were interesting...Thanks willow!