I'm a clever rabbit!


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On 25/08/2016 08:09, Tim Lamb wrote:
I'm a clever rabbit!


Well done!

I got 6/7 - having misunderstood the French question!

Are *all* GCSE questions multiple choice these days? If so, that's not a
proper test of *real* knowledge since it's easy to know enough to be
able to pick the most likely answer without having a clue if no answers
were provided.

Wasn't like that in my day!
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On 25/08/2016 08:09, Tim Lamb wrote:
I'm a clever rabbit!


Well done!

I got 6/7 - having misunderstood the French question!

I got 6/7 because I know nothing about Greek and Latin literature (the
language (*) and the culture bores me rigid) so I had to guess about the
queen in the Aeniad. That was one of those "you either know it or you don't"
questions, whereas all/of the others could be worked out by applying a
little knowledge and extending it or by using a technique that you have
learned rather that dredging up a fact that you have learned.

The French one was sneaky because the correct answer was inferred from what
was said whereas one of the incorrect ones was more or less an exact
translation of part of the French wording but with the crucial word
("reduce" instead of "increase") changed to reverse the sense.


(*) I think one of the main reasons that I found Latin so hard was because I
couldn't distinguish nouns from adjectives from verbs in Latin. And that's
because Latin has no redundancy - no little helper words like articles (the,
a), no pronouns (he, they) and no defined word order. And in the languages
I've learned (French and German) you rely on these - anything followed by a
pronoun or person's name is likely to be a verb; anything immediately before
or after a noun is going to be the adjective that's associated with it;
anything following an article is a noun (and German even helpfully
capitalises these!). And you usually get all the words for one clause next
to each other, whereas I remember my Latin teacher going into raptures about
some weird "chi-rhoic form" in which the words from one clause are
deliberately mixed up with those from another (so "the red cat sat on the
blue mat" might put "blue" next to "cat" and "red" next to "mat", with only
the adjectival agreement - assuming it's not ambiguous - allowing you to
untangle the sentence.

In message , Roger Mills
writes
On 25/08/2016 08:09, Tim Lamb wrote:
I'm a clever rabbit!


Well done!

I got 6/7 - having misunderstood the French question!

Ah! I cheated on the binary number. Had to be even and there was only
the one:-)

Are *all* GCSE questions multiple choice these days? If so, that's not
a proper test of *real* knowledge since it's easy to know enough to be
able to pick the most likely answer without having a clue if no answers
were provided.

Agreed.

Wasn't like that in my day!

Nor mine. My wife needed *O* level maths as a mature student. Looking
over her shoulder, I found some of that very difficult.

--
Tim Lamb

On 25/08/2016 09:57, Tim Lamb wrote:

Ah! I cheated on the binary number. Had to be even and there was only
the one:-)

That's not cheating. That's understanding binary.

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F

On 25/08/2016 10:46, F wrote:
On 25/08/2016 09:57, Tim Lamb wrote:

Ah! I cheated on the binary number. Had to be even and there was only
the one:-)

That's not cheating. That's understanding binary.

There are 10 types of people...

Cheers
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Syd

On Thu, 25 Aug 2016 10:59:52 +0100, Syd Rumpo wrote:

On 25/08/2016 10:46, F wrote:
On 25/08/2016 09:57, Tim Lamb wrote:

Ah! I cheated on the binary number. Had to be even and there was only
the one:-)

That's not cheating. That's understanding binary.

There are 10 types of people...


Only 25% (1 in 100) have heard of binary.


--
Peter.
The gods will stay away
whilst religions hold sway

Roger Mills Wrote in message:
On 25/08/2016 08:09, Tim Lamb wrote:
I'm a clever rabbit!


Well done!

I got 6/7 - having misunderstood the French question!

Are *all* GCSE questions multiple choice these days? If so, that's not a
proper test of *real* knowledge since it's easy to know enough to be
able to pick the most likely answer without having a clue if no answers
were provided.


No, most aren't multiple choice.

Most subjects probably don't have them at all. I think DD1 only
really had them in science and maybe geography. Even then they
are only part of the total mark (about 25% I think).

SWMBO had some in her med school exams, but they were negatively
marked, (you lost marks for wrong answers)



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"Roger Mills" wrote in message
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On 25/08/2016 08:09, Tim Lamb wrote:
I'm a clever rabbit!


Well done!

I got 6/7 - having misunderstood the French question!


Didn't have Scooby about the classics question

Had never even heard of the three queens I was supposed to choose from
(except in the sense of other people with the same name).

My knowledge of the subject was such that if you'd asked me if they were all
real classical queens I still wouldn't have a clue.

(and FWIW I consider my knowledge of ancient history to be above average for
the population)

Do they really do this as a standard subject at school? Or is is just
something that the smart arse Humanities biased students do, just like, as a
smart arsed science student, I did AddMaths - and the token maths question
in the test was trivial by comparison, I'd expect a 12 year old to get it
right.

tim

On Thursday, 25 August 2016 14:47:34 UTC+1, tim... wrote:
"Roger Mills" wrote in message
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On 25/08/2016 08:09, Tim Lamb wrote:
I'm a clever rabbit!


Well done!

I got 6/7 - having misunderstood the French question!


Didn't have Scooby about the classics question

Had never even heard of the three queens I was supposed to choose from
(except in the sense of other people with the same name).

My knowledge of the subject was such that if you'd asked me if they were all
real classical queens I still wouldn't have a clue.

(and FWIW I consider my knowledge of ancient history to be above average for
the population)

Do they really do this as a standard subject at school? Or is is just
something that the smart arse Humanities biased students do, just like, as a
smart arsed science student, I did AddMaths - and the token maths question
in the test was trivial by comparison, I'd expect a 12 year old to get it
right.

tim

But how can yuo tell a male rabbit from a female one ?
What if one believes it's in the wrong body ?

"tim..." Wrote in message:

"Roger Mills" wrote in message
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On 25/08/2016 08:09, Tim Lamb wrote:
I'm a clever rabbit!


Well done!

I got 6/7 - having misunderstood the French question!


Didn't have Scooby about the classics question

Had never even heard of the three queens I was supposed to choose from
(except in the sense of other people with the same name).

My knowledge of the subject was such that if you'd asked me if they were all
real classical queens I still wouldn't have a clue.

(and FWIW I consider my knowledge of ancient history to be above average for
the population)

Do they really do this as a standard subject at school? Or is is just
something that the smart arse Humanities biased students do, just like, as a
smart arsed science student, I did AddMaths - and the token maths question
in the test was trivial by comparison, I'd expect a 12 year old to get it
right.

No Classical Civilisation isn't a standard subject, though I'm
sure some schools will offer it, more likely private schools I'd
imagine. Bit of an odd question to put in there really.


As it happens I read the Aenid last year, so happened to know the
answer. DD1 did Classical Civ GCSE last year (homs educated, so
not at school) and I read it with her.

Though, having done most of her GCSE's and being too young for
sixth form yet, she is probably goign to do Further Maths or
something next year. Does that just make her a general smart
arse:-)
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On 25/08/2016 09:25, Roger Mills wrote:
I got 6/7 - having misunderstood the French question!

I understood the French one perfectly. Then debated which wrong answer
to pick. _None_ of them matched the French properly.

They weren't that hard really.

Andy

In message , Vir
Campestris writes
On 25/08/2016 09:25, Roger Mills wrote:
I got 6/7 - having misunderstood the French question!

I understood the French one perfectly. Then debated which wrong answer
to pick. _None_ of them matched the French properly.

They weren't that hard really.

Clearly aimed at Rabbits:-)

Presumably a sight challenged person suffering from St. Vitus Dance
could have got 33.33r?

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Tim Lamb

On 27/08/2016 08:50, Tim Lamb wrote:
Presumably a sight challenged person suffering from St. Vitus Dance
could have got 33.33r?

Out of 7?

In message , Vir
Campestris writes
On 27/08/2016 08:50, Tim Lamb wrote:
Presumably a sight challenged person suffering from St. Vitus Dance
could have got 33.33r?

Out of 7?

I forgot the % sign:-)

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Tim Lamb

In article ,
Vir Campestris wrote:
On 27/08/2016 08:50, Tim Lamb wrote:
Presumably a sight challenged person suffering from St. Vitus Dance
could have got 33.33r?

Out of 7?

when I took one of my A-Level maths papers (nearly 60 years ago), I got 252
out of 250 - a classmate got 254! (he became a judge)

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On Thursday, 25 August 2016 08:09:28 UTC+1, Tim Lamb wrote:
I'm a clever rabbit!

I got 3/7 but I couldn't be bothered at this time in the morning to actually think about the answers.

Owain

On 25/08/2016 08:09, Tim Lamb wrote:

I'm a clever rabbit!

That's two of us then.

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F

On Thursday, August 25, 2016 at 10:49:59 AM UTC+1, F wrote:
On 25/08/2016 08:09, Tim Lamb wrote:

I'm a clever rabbit!

That's two of us then.


Three.

I did guess at the Greek question, although I then recalled the opera named after the two main characters.

On 25/08/16 10:59, Halmyre wrote:
On Thursday, August 25, 2016 at 10:49:59 AM UTC+1, F wrote:
On 25/08/2016 08:09, Tim Lamb wrote:

I'm a clever rabbit!

That's two of us then.


Three.

I did guess at the Greek question, although I then recalled the opera named after the two main characters.

I guessed it but vaguely remembered having read the Aeneid years ago and
that name sounded familiar


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Adolf Hitler

On 2016-08-25, Jethro_uk wrote:
On Thu, 25 Aug 2016 02:59:15 -0700, Halmyre wrote:
On Thursday, August 25, 2016 at 10:49:59 AM UTC+1, F wrote:
On 25/08/2016 08:09, Tim Lamb wrote:

I'm a clever rabbit!

That's two of us then.

Three.

I did guess at the Greek question, although I then recalled the opera
named after the two main characters.

But the Aenied is written in Latin ... it's a *Roman* classic ...

But the question is about an English translation, and includes the words
"We are the few left alive by the Greeks". If you aren't familiar with Virgil
and are trying to work out what it's about just from the question, that it's
about Greek history/legends/mythology isn't unreasonable.
(It's a Roman classic about a time hundreds of years before Rome was founded.)

On 25/08/16 10:49, F wrote:
On 25/08/2016 08:09, Tim Lamb wrote:

I'm a clever rabbit!

That's two of us then.

Just got enzyme wrong.

:-0

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How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't think.

Adolf Hitler

On Thursday, 25 August 2016 11:20:05 UTC+1, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
Just got enzyme wrong.

I can still remember "An enzyme is an organic catalyst..." but I don't remember the rest of the essay (which was learned by rote for later reproduction in the exam).

Owain

On Thursday, 25 August 2016 08:09:28 UTC+1, Tim Lamb wrote:
I'm a clever rabbit!


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Tim Lamb

But of which gender.

Tim Lamb wrote:
I'm a clever rabbit!


Me too, but I wouldn't have done so well at school age. I read The
Aeneid in my early twenties, but would have shuddered at the thought at
age 16 :-) I guessed the one about the village.

In article , Dan S. MacAbre
scribeth thus
Tim Lamb wrote:
I'm a clever rabbit!


Me too, but I wouldn't have done so well at school age. I read The
Aeneid in my early twenties, but would have shuddered at the thought at
age 16 :-) I guessed the one about the village.


Managed 7/7 which is err, rather surprising;!...


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Tony Sayer

"tony sayer" wrote in message
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In article , Dan S. MacAbre
scribeth thus
Tim Lamb wrote:
I'm a clever rabbit!


Me too, but I wouldn't have done so well at school age. I read The
Aeneid in my early twenties, but would have shuddered at the thought at
age 16 :-) I guessed the one about the village.


Managed 7/7 which is err, rather surprising;!...


--
Tony Sayer

So did I, but I chose Dido for The Aeneid as the only one I'd heard of, and
guessed "Commuter village" as being some current fad description that should
never have been required to be learnt and regurgitated.
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Dave W

On Friday, August 26, 2016 at 2:37:07 PM UTC+1, Dave W wrote:
"tony sayer" wrote in message
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In article , Dan S. MacAbre
scribeth thus
Tim Lamb wrote:
I'm a clever rabbit!


Me too, but I wouldn't have done so well at school age. I read The
Aeneid in my early twenties, but would have shuddered at the thought at
age 16 :-) I guessed the one about the village.


Managed 7/7 which is err, rather surprising;!...


--
Tony Sayer

So did I, but I chose Dido for The Aeneid as the only one I'd heard of, and
guessed "Commuter village" as being some current fad description that should
never have been required to be learnt and regurgitated.


Yes, I've never heard the expression either.

Halmyre wrote:

Dave W wrote:

guessed "Commuter village" as being some current fad description

Yes, I've never heard the expression either.

See also: Dormitory village.

In article , Halmyre
wrote:
On Friday, August 26, 2016 at 2:37:07 PM UTC+1, Dave W wrote:
"tony sayer" wrote in message
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In article , Dan S. MacAbre
scribeth thus
Tim Lamb wrote:
I'm a clever rabbit!


Me too, but I wouldn't have done so well at school age. I read The
Aeneid in my early twenties, but would have shuddered at the thought
at age 16 :-) I guessed the one about the village.


Managed 7/7 which is err, rather surprising;!...


-- Tony Sayer

So did I, but I chose Dido for The Aeneid as the only one I'd heard of,
and guessed "Commuter village" as being some current fad description
that should never have been required to be learnt and regurgitated.


Yes, I've never heard the expression either.

perhaps you have to live in one (or near one) to know the expression

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from KT24 in Surrey, England