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Started by Martinus, July 05, 2012, 06:43:02 AM

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Martinus

July 05, 2012, 06:43:02 AM

Viking

#1
July 05, 2012, 07:13:55 AM
1 - the English Law in Wales question was actually hard.
2 - The Great Britain question was misleading
3 - The Walpole question was wrong. Walpole was never Prime Minister, he acted like later people who called themselves Prime Minster, but he did not hold that title and never considered himself one. It was particularly annoying since the first man to call himself Prime Minister was included as an option in the poll.
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First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

Habbaku

#2
July 05, 2012, 07:25:17 AM
Quote from: Viking on July 05, 2012, 07:13:55 AM
2 - The Great Britain question was misleading

No it isn't.
The medievals were only too right in taking nolo episcopari as the best reason a man could give to others for making him a bishop. Give me a king whose chief interest in life is stamps, railways, or race-horses; and who has the power to sack his Vizier (or whatever you care to call him) if he does not like the cut of his trousers.

Government is an abstract noun meaning the art and process of governing and it should be an offence to write it with a capital G or so as to refer to people.
-J. R. R. Tolkien

Habbaku

#3
July 05, 2012, 07:25:42 AM
Got 11 right.  :yeah:
The medievals were only too right in taking nolo episcopari as the best reason a man could give to others for making him a bishop. Give me a king whose chief interest in life is stamps, railways, or race-horses; and who has the power to sack his Vizier (or whatever you care to call him) if he does not like the cut of his trousers.

Government is an abstract noun meaning the art and process of governing and it should be an offence to write it with a capital G or so as to refer to people.
-J. R. R. Tolkien

Martinus

#4
July 05, 2012, 07:30:17 AM
I failed the Great Britain one, the carpenters one (idiotic question for that kind of test btw), and the English law in Wales one.

garbon

#5
July 05, 2012, 07:31:52 AM
Quote from: Martinus on July 05, 2012, 07:30:17 AM
I failed the Great Britain one, the carpenters one (idiotic question for that kind of test btw), and the English law in Wales one.

I'm sad to say the same.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Valdemar

#6
July 05, 2012, 07:39:51 AM
Quote from: Martinus on July 05, 2012, 06:43:02 AM
History questions:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/blog/quiz/2012/jul/05/uk-citizenship-test?fb=native

I got 12 right so passed.  :lol:

to which the obvious question is.. how do you justify your google search?

V

garbon

#7
July 05, 2012, 07:42:03 AM
Quote from: Valdemar on July 05, 2012, 07:39:51 AM
Quote from: Martinus on July 05, 2012, 06:43:02 AM
History questions:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/blog/quiz/2012/jul/05/uk-citizenship-test?fb=native

I got 12 right so passed.  :lol:

to which the obvious question is.. how do you justify your google search?

V

What's obvious about that question?
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Valdemar

#8
July 05, 2012, 07:55:21 AM
Quote from: garbon on July 05, 2012, 07:42:03 AM
Quote from: Valdemar on July 05, 2012, 07:39:51 AM
Quote from: Martinus on July 05, 2012, 06:43:02 AM
History questions:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/blog/quiz/2012/jul/05/uk-citizenship-test?fb=native

I got 12 right so passed.  :lol:

to which the obvious question is.. how do you justify your google search?

V

What's obvious about that question?

The poles aren't bright enough to know it, hence he googled, hence he needs to justify it - obviously  :P

nah, I'll stop.. one poluted thread must be enough.. I briefly considered going rounds making remarks on his intelligence in all the threads.. but really I do not have THAT much free time on my hands... nor the patience, it would be the works of sisyphos..

V

Martinus

#9
July 05, 2012, 07:57:54 AM
Quote from: Valdemar on July 05, 2012, 07:39:51 AM
Quote from: Martinus on July 05, 2012, 06:43:02 AM
History questions:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/blog/quiz/2012/jul/05/uk-citizenship-test?fb=native

I got 12 right so passed.  :lol:

to which the obvious question is.. how do you justify your google search?

V

What google search?

Martinus

#10
July 05, 2012, 07:59:47 AM
Quote from: Valdemar on July 05, 2012, 07:55:21 AM
Quote from: garbon on July 05, 2012, 07:42:03 AM
Quote from: Valdemar on July 05, 2012, 07:39:51 AM
Quote from: Martinus on July 05, 2012, 06:43:02 AM
History questions:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/blog/quiz/2012/jul/05/uk-citizenship-test?fb=native

I got 12 right so passed.  :lol:

to which the obvious question is.. how do you justify your google search?

V

What's obvious about that question?

The poles aren't bright enough to know it, hence he googled, hence he needs to justify it - obviously  :P

nah, I'll stop.. one poluted thread must be enough.. I briefly considered going rounds making remarks on his intelligence in all the threads.. but really I do not have THAT much free time on my hands... nor the patience, it would be the works of sisyphos..

V

Pro tip: if you want to make someone look stupid, it's not a good idea to attempt doing it by making incoherent posts. Or perhaps it's your multiple sclerosis acting up or something?

Valdemar

#11
July 05, 2012, 08:01:41 AM
Quote from: Martinus on July 05, 2012, 07:57:54 AM

What google search?

Are you really that dense?  :unsure:

read my reply to Garbon

V

jimmy olsen

#12
July 05, 2012, 08:03:28 AM
14 Correct!

Got the Welsh question as wrong as possible.
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

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Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
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Duque de Bragança

#13
July 05, 2012, 08:04:14 AM
13 out of 15 with some calculated guesses and a wrong where I actually knew the answer.

Martinus

#14
July 05, 2012, 08:04:20 AM
Quote from: Valdemar on July 05, 2012, 08:01:41 AM
Quote from: Martinus on July 05, 2012, 07:57:54 AM

What google search?

Are you really that dense?  :unsure:

read my reply to Garbon

V

I guess I am - I have no idea what you are talking about in both of these posts.
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