Curious...

[la_marquise]

I had a go at this:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/quiz/2009/mar/27/gcse-science-quiz

mainly out of curiosity, as it is many years since I did my O'levels. I'm not a scientist at all and I haven't studied science since I was 15. I found that when it came to these questions, mostly I was answering based on what seemed most likely to me, rather than based on knowing the answer. I was expecting to do badly.
I scored 7/8.
I'm not sure what that says about me. Radio 4 listener, maybe?

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Dumb?

[themis1.livejournal.com]

Also 7 out of 8 - and I didn't sit Physics or Chemistry O-levels (which would have been in 1969, so long before this 'dumbing down' started) because I failed both mocks (I got 13% for physics!)- I did manage to pass biology, but I think that was a, hm, I was going to say fluke, but that would be altogether too appropriate ...!