Wednesday, July 2, 2008

How tough is this?

Questions:
1. Which is the correct spelling: skillful, skilful, skilfull, skillfull?

2. Which is the playwright Shakespeare’s first name?
3. What is the capital of Sweden?
4. Which is the longest river in Great Britain?
5. How many sides does a heptagon have?
6. What is the cube of 2?
7. What are the dates of World War II?
8. Which monarch was on the throne in 1900?
9. What is the medical term for your skull?
10. Which is the planet is the nearest to the Sun?

These questions were taken from the school curriculum for 7 to 11-year-olds, however, majority of the adults in Britain struggle to answer the questions. Only 1 in 20 adults was able to answer all the 10 questions correctly.


Try it and see if you can fare better than the Briton...
Check my blog again at the end of this week for the answers.

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