[HN Gopher] The King William's College quiz 2021
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       The King William's College quiz 2021
        
       Author : JoachimS
       Score  : 25 points
       Date   : 2021-12-28 12:44 UTC (1 days ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.theguardian.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.theguardian.com)
        
       | kristopolous wrote:
       | This is extremely British. Could anyone across the pond tell me
       | if any of this is general knowledge?
       | 
       | As an American, these questions read like prompts about plot
       | lines in a soap opera I've never heard of.
        
       | cbfrench wrote:
       | I got a handful. (At least, there are a handful of answers I have
       | >85% confidence of being correct.) For an American, that feels
       | like a not-terrible unseen result.
        
       | WalterBright wrote:
       | My score is 0.
        
         | sokoloff wrote:
         | We'll give you a "D" anyway.
        
       | mattsouth wrote:
       | The King William's College quiz is set by a particular fee paying
       | English school for its pupils every Christmas and published by
       | the Guardian. Its full of English cultural references and
       | designed to be hard. I assume the idea is that the pupils take it
       | home for the holidays and work on it with their families. Each
       | section has a theme that connects the answers in that section. My
       | partner's family love wrangling out the odd answer or three
       | between christmas and new year.
        
         | GFlaneur wrote:
         | King William's College is located in the Isle of Man, not in
         | England.
        
           | mattsouth wrote:
           | Thanks for the correction.
        
         | blacksmith_tb wrote:
         | The background of the test is interesting[1], I feel a little
         | better that I only spotted a handful I knew off the bat if 2
         | correct is considered 'a common score'.
         | 
         | 1:
         | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_William%27s_College#Gener...
        
         | quartesixte wrote:
         | I like the concept. If anything, it gives a conversation
         | filler/starter for any awkward family dinners otherwise during
         | the Holidays.
         | 
         | That being said, the internet has probably made a test like
         | this easier than it has been in the past. Although I dare say
         | many of the answers will require Google-fu/Wikipedia wizardry
         | of a quite high level.
        
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