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The King William's College quiz is set by a particular fee paying English school for its pupils every Christmas and published by the Guardian. Its full of Engl
by mattsouth 5y ago
The King William's College quiz is set by a particular fee paying English school for its pupils every Christmas and published by the Guardian. Its full of English cultural references and designed to be hard. I assume the idea is that the pupils take it home for the holidays and work on it with their families. Each section has a theme that connects the answers in that section. My partner's family love wrangling out the odd answer or three between christmas and new year.
- GFlaneur 5y agoKing William's College is located in the Isle of Man, not in England.
- mattsouth 5y agoThanks for the correction.
- blacksmith_tb 5y agoThe background of the test is interesting[1], I feel a little better that I only spotted a handful I knew off the bat if 2 correct is considered 'a common score'. 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_William%27s_College#General_Knowledge_Paper_(GKP) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_William%27s_College#Gener...
- quartesixte 5y agoI like the concept. If anything, it gives a conversation filler/starter for any awkward family dinners otherwise during the Holidays. That being said, the internet has probably made a test like this easier than it has been in the past. Although I dare say many of the answers will require Google-fu/Wikipedia wizardry of a quite high level.