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Title: Magna Carta quizz
Post by: viper37 on January 30, 2015, 12:16:23 PM
http://www.lawsociety.org.uk/quizzes/magna-carta/index.html

I sure ain't not Brit! :P
3/10 :)
Title: Re: Magna Carta quizz
Post by: celedhring on January 30, 2015, 12:20:18 PM
3/10, and only one wasn't a wild guess.
Title: Re: Magna Carta quizz
Post by: Grey Fox on January 30, 2015, 12:20:33 PM
Also 3/10

Everything I know about the Magna Carta I owe to Malthus & a subway conversation.
Title: Re: Magna Carta quizz
Post by: garbon on January 30, 2015, 12:21:07 PM
4/10
Title: Re: Magna Carta quizz
Post by: Maladict on January 30, 2015, 12:27:51 PM
5/10
Title: Re: Magna Carta quizz
Post by: Jacob on January 30, 2015, 12:35:50 PM
7/10 though about half of those were gut instinct guesses.
Title: Re: Magna Carta quizz
Post by: Agelastus on January 30, 2015, 12:39:57 PM
5/10.

I was good on the 12th and 13th Centuries but crap on everything else. :lol:
Title: Re: Magna Carta quizz
Post by: alfred russel on January 30, 2015, 02:40:35 PM
2/10, and 1 of them I knew for certain, and the other I was mostly sure.

Which means I'm an incredibly bad guesser.
Title: Re: Magna Carta quizz
Post by: grumbler on January 30, 2015, 02:48:36 PM
5/10, and an excellent example of the kind of quiz deigned to be easily graded without measuring anything significant whatever.  A score on this quiz says nothing about anyone's understanding of the structure or significance of the Magna Carta.  The best question was the one that asked which obscure reference was "famous."
Title: Re: Magna Carta quizz
Post by: CountDeMoney on January 30, 2015, 02:59:32 PM
Quote from: alfred russel on January 30, 2015, 02:40:35 PM
2/10, and 1 of them I knew for certain, and the other I was mostly sure.

Which means I'm an incredibly bad guesser.

Me too.

And only fussy and snooty tribe like the English would note the difference between signing a document and sealing a document.  Big fucking deal.  Surprised there wasn't a 3rd question for delivery.
Title: Re: Magna Carta quizz
Post by: Razgovory on January 30, 2015, 03:17:34 PM
Quote from: grumbler on January 30, 2015, 02:48:36 PM
5/10, and an excellent example of the kind of quiz deigned to be easily graded without measuring anything significant whatever.  A score on this quiz says nothing about anyone's understanding of the structure or significance of the Magna Carta.  The best question was the one that asked which obscure reference was "famous."

Someone is grouchy about failing a test. :lol:
Title: Re: Magna Carta quizz
Post by: Sheilbh on January 30, 2015, 03:18:16 PM
5/10.
Title: Re: Magna Carta quizz
Post by: Malthus on January 30, 2015, 03:25:22 PM
6/10. I guessed on most of 'em. I mean, who knows off the top how many copies survived?  :lol:
Title: Re: Magna Carta quizz
Post by: Barrister on January 30, 2015, 03:26:08 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on January 30, 2015, 02:59:32 PM
Quote from: alfred russel on January 30, 2015, 02:40:35 PM
2/10, and 1 of them I knew for certain, and the other I was mostly sure.

Which means I'm an incredibly bad guesser.

Me too.

And only fussy and snooty tribe like the English would note the difference between signing a document and sealing a document.  Big fucking deal.  Surprised there wasn't a 3rd question for delivery.

That was perhaps the only question I did in fact know the answer to. :lol:
Title: Re: Magna Carta quizz
Post by: CountDeMoney on January 30, 2015, 03:28:27 PM
Quote from: Barrister on January 30, 2015, 03:26:08 PM
That was perhaps the only question I did in fact know the answer to. :lol:

:rolleyes:  Weirdo commonwealthy types.
Title: Re: Magna Carta quizz
Post by: Sheilbh on January 30, 2015, 03:50:34 PM
Quote from: Barrister on January 30, 2015, 03:26:08 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on January 30, 2015, 02:59:32 PM
Quote from: alfred russel on January 30, 2015, 02:40:35 PM
2/10, and 1 of them I knew for certain, and the other I was mostly sure.

Which means I'm an incredibly bad guesser.

Me too.

And only fussy and snooty tribe like the English would note the difference between signing a document and sealing a document.  Big fucking deal.  Surprised there wasn't a 3rd question for delivery.

That was perhaps the only question I did in fact know the answer to. :lol:
Same Lord Denning was reusable :wub:
Title: Re: Magna Carta quizz
Post by: crazy canuck on January 30, 2015, 04:55:54 PM
6/10, but got lucky on the signing, sealing, etc question - some useless trivia for most of it.

But I did like the Lord Denning reference.
Title: Re: Magna Carta quizz
Post by: dps on January 30, 2015, 07:58:41 PM
5/10, and only 1 of those was a guess.  Though I wasn't entirely sure about 2 of the others.
Title: Re: Magna Carta quizz
Post by: Martinus on January 31, 2015, 02:01:34 AM
Got 5/10 through guess work. :P
Title: Re: Magna Carta quizz
Post by: Martinus on January 31, 2015, 02:02:34 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on January 30, 2015, 02:59:32 PM
Quote from: alfred russel on January 30, 2015, 02:40:35 PM
2/10, and 1 of them I knew for certain, and the other I was mostly sure.

Which means I'm an incredibly bad guesser.

Me too.

And only fussy and snooty tribe like the English would note the difference between signing a document and sealing a document.  Big fucking deal.  Surprised there wasn't a 3rd question for delivery.

Was Magna Carta a "deliverable"?  :hmm:
Title: Re: Magna Carta quizz
Post by: Eddie Teach on January 31, 2015, 02:15:53 AM
Quote from: Barrister on January 30, 2015, 03:26:08 PM
That was perhaps the only question I did in fact know the answer to. :lol:

The only one I knew was the location.
Title: Re: Magna Carta quizz
Post by: Admiral Yi on January 31, 2015, 03:14:00 AM
Jesus man.  The only one I knew was "great charter."  That's a gimme.
Title: Re: Magna Carta quizz
Post by: 11B4V on January 31, 2015, 03:18:42 AM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on January 31, 2015, 02:15:53 AM
Quote from: Barrister on January 30, 2015, 03:26:08 PM
That was perhaps the only question I did in fact know the answer to. :lol:

The only one I knew was the location.

Man, your kind of dumb. I got four right.
Title: Re: Magna Carta quizz
Post by: Eddie Teach on January 31, 2015, 03:22:20 AM
Quote from: 11B4V on January 31, 2015, 03:18:42 AM
Man, your kind of dumb.

It's the right kind.
Title: Re: Magna Carta quizz
Post by: 11B4V on January 31, 2015, 03:25:51 AM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on January 31, 2015, 03:22:20 AM
Quote from: 11B4V on January 31, 2015, 03:18:42 AM
Man, your kind of dumb.

It's the right kind.
A'int no right kind of dumb, there's just dumb.
Title: Re: Magna Carta quizz
Post by: Eddie Teach on January 31, 2015, 03:29:40 AM
Make up your mind, man, are there different kinds of dumb or not?
Title: Re: Magna Carta quizz
Post by: 11B4V on January 31, 2015, 03:33:22 AM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on January 31, 2015, 03:29:40 AM
Make up your mind, man, are there different kinds of dumb or not?
Sure
Title: Re: Magna Carta quizz
Post by: Rex Francorum on January 31, 2015, 01:08:07 PM
7/10.

A few of the good answers were based on luck.
Title: Re: Magna Carta quizz
Post by: Valmy on January 31, 2015, 07:37:32 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on January 30, 2015, 03:17:34 PM
Someone is grouchy about failing a test. :lol:

He is right though.  It is Magna Carta trivia.

Anyway I got 6/10 so I guess I passed but I am not sure having pseudo-memorized the date of the start of John's reign really means I am knowledgeable on the Magna Carta.
Title: Re: Magna Carta quizz
Post by: mongers on January 31, 2015, 07:54:48 PM
Why is anybody surprised that a collective body for lawyers should concentrate on the minutia/trivia rather than the substance of the matter.  :P
Title: Re: Magna Carta quizz
Post by: viper37 on January 31, 2015, 09:40:59 PM
Quote from: mongers on January 31, 2015, 07:54:48 PM
Why is anybody surprised that a collective body for lawyers should concentrate on the minutia/trivia rather than the substance of the matter.  :P
I'm surprised people are surprised ;)
Title: Re: Magna Carta quizz
Post by: Sheilbh on January 31, 2015, 09:44:06 PM
Quote from: mongers on January 31, 2015, 07:54:48 PM
Why is anybody surprised that a collective body for lawyers should concentrate on the minutia/trivia rather than the substance of the matter.  :P
Collective body for solicitors :contract:
Title: Re: Magna Carta quizz
Post by: mongers on January 31, 2015, 09:52:54 PM
Quote from: Sheilbh on January 31, 2015, 09:44:06 PM
Quote from: mongers on January 31, 2015, 07:54:48 PM
Why is anybody surprised that a collective body for lawyers should concentrate on the minutia/trivia rather than the substance of the matter.  :P
Collective body for solicitors :contract:

QED.  :)
Title: Re: Magna Carta quizz
Post by: CountDeMoney on January 31, 2015, 09:53:21 PM
Quote from: Sheilbh on January 31, 2015, 09:44:06 PM
Collective body for solicitors :contract:

Hey now, don't get all puffy and forget where you come from.  We knew you when you was just coming up.
Title: Re: Magna Carta quizz
Post by: Sheilbh on January 31, 2015, 09:57:54 PM
Quote from: mongers on January 31, 2015, 09:52:54 PM

QED.  :)
Quite :P
Title: Re: Magna Carta quizz
Post by: alfred russel on January 31, 2015, 10:41:21 PM
Quote from: Rex Francorum on January 31, 2015, 01:08:07 PM
7/10.

A few of the good answers were based on luck.

Rex! Glad you were able to make it back just in time for the Magna Carta quizz thread!  :P
Title: Re: Magna Carta quizz
Post by: alfred russel on January 31, 2015, 10:43:44 PM
Quote from: Sheilbh on January 31, 2015, 09:44:06 PM
Quote from: mongers on January 31, 2015, 07:54:48 PM
Why is anybody surprised that a collective body for lawyers should concentrate on the minutia/trivia rather than the substance of the matter.  :P
Collective body for solicitors :contract:

What people do is their own business, but please keep solicitation out of my neighborhood.
Title: Re: Magna Carta quizz
Post by: Barrister on February 01, 2015, 01:19:33 AM
Quote from: Sheilbh on January 31, 2015, 09:44:06 PM
Quote from: mongers on January 31, 2015, 07:54:48 PM
Why is anybody surprised that a collective body for lawyers should concentrate on the minutia/trivia rather than the substance of the matter.  :P
Collective body for solicitors :contract:

Fuck I hate those guys. :ultra: