28-05-2005, 21:19
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Test the nation
All gone quiet here all of a sudden  Is everyone racking their brains to try and remember what happened last century?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/testthenation/
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28-05-2005, 21:23
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Re: Test the nation
Yes - as well you know - and I bet I beat you!
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28-05-2005, 21:30
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Re: Test the nation
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Try the online version of the test. For those of us old enough it's fairly straighforward.
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28-05-2005, 22:07
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Re: Test the nation
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Yes.
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28-05-2005, 22:14
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Re: Test the nation
34/70 for me.... not bad considering i was only alive for 16 years of the 20th century!
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28-05-2005, 22:22
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Re: Test the nation
Got my score, just waiting for how it translates for my age group.
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28-05-2005, 22:29
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Re: Test the nation
Good old fashioned pen & paper here - so no result yet.
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28-05-2005, 22:31
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Re: Test the nation
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34/70 for me.... not bad considering i was only alive for 16 years of the 20th century!
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Same score but i was not paying attention in them days
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28-05-2005, 23:29
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Re: Test the nation
64/70!
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28-05-2005, 23:36
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Re: Test the nation
48/70
Not bad considering I was only alive for 19 years of the 20th century.
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28-05-2005, 23:37
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Re: Test the nation
Yeah - 45 / 70
(48 using their adjustment).
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28-05-2005, 23:40
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Re: Test the nation
Ooh, I had to adjust my score and add 11 points, so I have 59/70
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28-05-2005, 23:41
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Re: Test the nation
56/70 - middle section screwed me with 8 wrong in that.
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28-05-2005, 23:47
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Re: Test the nation
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56/70 - middle section screwed me with 8 wrong in that.
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Snap, 20th Century Icons blew me out. Still top 20% though
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28-05-2005, 23:54
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Re: Test the nation
Well I got a big fat zero
but then again I didn't do it I was watching Big Brov.
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