Non-motoring > How well do you know the United Kingdom?	Miscellaneous
Thread Author: Dog	Replies: 42

New Tue 16 Jul 13 08:44   How well do you know the United Kingdom? - Dog

www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/10176385/How-well-do-you-know-the-United-Kingdom.html 60%! Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 16 Jul 13 08:54   How well do you know the United Kingdom? - Zero

73%, - got all the ones that have anything to do with Northern Ireland wrong. I mean FFS, who decided there was any culture in Londonderry? Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 16 Jul 13 08:56   How well do you know the United Kingdom? - Dog

>> I mean FFS, who decided there was any culture in Londonderry? Well, at least I put Manchester!!! Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 16 Jul 13 10:13   How well do you know the United Kingdom? - Manatee

>> 73%, - got all the ones that have anything to do with Northern Ireland wrong. >> I mean FFS, who decided there was any culture in Londonderry? You should have got that by eliminating the others who have got it before - think barrel scraping. 80%. I didn't know that the Michael Joseph Theatre was in my ertswhile home town of Huddersfield. Nor did I know the date of the Act of Union accurately, or the name of the biggest hillock in Northern Ireland (or recognise any of the names for that matter). Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 16 Jul 13 13:38   How well do you know the United Kingdom? - crocks

>> I didn't know that the Michael Joseph Theatre was in my ertswhile home town of Huddersfield. Don't worry Manatee, it's not. It's in Scarborough. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 16 Jul 13 13:57   How well do you know the United Kingdom? - Manatee

>> >> I didn't know that the Michael Joseph Theatre was in my ertswhile home town >> of Huddersfield. >> >> Don't worry Manatee, it's not. It's in Scarborough. So it is. They must have moved it already. Not in Torquay, anyway. Last edited by: Manatee on Tue 16 Jul 13 at 13:58 Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 16 Jul 13 18:02   How well do you know the United Kingdom? - PeterS

>> >> Don't worry Manatee, it's not. It's in Scarborough. >> I've always thought it was called the Stephen Joseph Theatre and indeed www.sjt.uk.com seems to confirm that... Founded by the son of Michael Joseph though Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 16 Jul 13 08:55   How well do you know the United Kingdom? - CGNorwich

Quite tricky that. 47% Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 16 Jul 13 09:11   How well do you know the United Kingdom? - Slidingpillar

67% but a silly set of questions. Now if you asked me what was the first name of the first person to standardise nut and bolt threads and questions like that, you'd be far closer! Answer - it was Joseph Whitworth Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 16 Jul 13 09:20   How well do you know the United Kingdom? - Fenlander

Once I'd reached as far as question 10 and found there were more I lost interest. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 16 Jul 13 09:24   How well do you know the United Kingdom? - ToMoCo

It only goes up to 15. I got 60% Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 16 Jul 13 09:35   How well do you know the United Kingdom? - Ambo

60%, of which 20% down to guesswork. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 16 Jul 13 09:29   How well do you know the United Kingdom? - helicopter

80% - quite pleased about that..... ......The two I got wrong were the Michael Joseph Theatre and the most northerly cathedral Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 16 Jul 13 10:22   How well do you know the United Kingdom? - Slidingpillar

and the most northerly cathedral I got this one right, but I have been there! Did a trip to Shetlands and Orkneys some years ago in a technical vehicle for the BBC. While I certainly worked for more that 40 hours in a week I was effectively self scheduling so often worked into the evening and weekends and took rather lengthy lunch breaks for sight seeing. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 16 Jul 13 10:36   How well do you know the United Kingdom? - Robin O'Reliant

67%, but I only knew three and guessed the rest. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 16 Jul 13 10:45   How well do you know the United Kingdom? - Bromptonaut

Cannot get it to work properly ATM, pages keep freezing and it's not recording my answers - says 27% but when I review only the northerly cathedral and the wotsit holes were wrong. Will try again later Last edited by: Bromptonaut on Tue 16 Jul 13 at 10:49 Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 16 Jul 13 10:56   How well do you know the United Kingdom? - Zero

Fab excuse. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 16 Jul 13 11:25   How well do you know the United Kingdom? - Bromptonaut

>> Fab excuse. >> IE7 on a work machine!!! Doesn't really cut the mustard anymore. Some sites refuse to treat with it altogether. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 16 Jul 13 11:52   How well do you know the United Kingdom? - DP

87%. Got the culture one wrong (put Manchester), and the Act of Union signature date. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 16 Jul 13 13:33   How well do you know the United Kingdom? - TheManWithNoName

87% for me also, but I guessed on some. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 16 Jul 13 13:34   How well do you know the United Kingdom? - crocks

80% Let down by the Act of Union, NI hills and northern cathedrals. And guessed a few. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 16 Jul 13 14:15   How well do you know the United Kingdom? - Ted

87%...Got the theatre and the cathedral wrong. Smartass ! Ted Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 16 Jul 13 14:34   How well do you know the United Kingdom? - FocalPoint

80%. Guessed a few. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 16 Jul 13 14:52   How well do you know the United Kingdom? - Dog

>>87%...Smartass ! Big headed gyt more like it - what's the betting you blimmin cheated and looked the questions up on Goggle! (*_*) Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 16 Jul 13 17:58   How well do you know the United Kingdom? - CGNorwich

I seem to be the dunce. There's really not much of interest outside Norfolk ;-) Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 16 Jul 13 18:02   How well do you know the United Kingdom? - Zero

nor within.... Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 16 Jul 13 18:46   How well do you know the United Kingdom? - CGNorwich

I could show you some absolutely amazing sugar-beet fields. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 16 Jul 13 19:19   How well do you know the United Kingdom? - RattleandSmoke

Got 60%, I don't think I did too badly I took an educated guess at a lot of the answers. E.g an active volcano being in Edinburgh, there was only one place that could be as the rest of the places on the list are flat. I knew all the questions about Wales. I find I only really learn about places if I visit them though otherwise its just meaningless facts. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 16 Jul 13 21:44   How well do you know the United Kingdom? - Bromptonaut

Using same answers as before 80%. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 16 Jul 13 21:54   How well do you know the United Kingdom? - Zero

yeah right. Sorry your score is timed out. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 16 Jul 13 22:06   How well do you know the United Kingdom? - WillDeBeest

93% but there were two lucky guesses in that (highest peak in NI and Michael Joseph theatre.) Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 16 Jul 13 22:13   How well do you know the United Kingdom? - WillDeBeest

Got 60%, I don't think I did too badly. We'd expect one in twenty to get 6/15 by guesswork alone, Rats, so that gives you a credit score of 3 - 2 if we insist on a 1% significance threshold. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 16 Jul 13 22:03   How well do you know the United Kingdom? - Ted

>> >>87%...Smartass ! >> >> Big headed gyt more like it - what's the betting you blimmin cheated and looked >> the questions up on Goggle! >> >> (*_*) Cheeky young sod ! Your name's gone in my book !! Don't forget, Manchester will always be the capital of culture...in spite of other pretenders. Harrrumph....my village is bigger than your only city...so there ! Ask Ratto. Kiss Kiss. Ted >> Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 16 Jul 13 22:07   How well do you know the United Kingdom? - Dog

>>Cheeky young sod I likes that Teddy - 61 in September :( Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 16 Jul 13 22:31   How well do you know the United Kingdom? - Ted

Still wet behind the lugs....I'm 67. I bet you're still a virgin ! :-) Ted Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 16 Jul 13 22:36   How well do you know the United Kingdom? - Dog

>>I bet you're still a virgin I'll have to ask the missus about that ;) Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 16 Jul 13 22:50   How well do you know the United Kingdom? - rtj70

Only 67% - some difficult questions. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 16 Jul 13 23:14   How well do you know the United Kingdom? - Ted

>> >>I bet you're still a virgin >> >> I'll have to ask the missus about that ;) Not my missus...I hope. Ted >> Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 16 Jul 13 23:22   How well do you know the United Kingdom? - RattleandSmoke

As I said my guesses where not random they were educated guesses by eliminating the other answers. Most of them I got right I knew the answer to anyway. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 16 Jul 13 23:39   How well do you know the United Kingdom? - No FM2R

I didn't know most of them (33%) although I'm not sure that means I don't know the UK. Registration index letters for example? Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 16 Jul 13 23:45   How well do you know the United Kingdom? - Zero

>> I didn't know most of them (33%) although I'm not sure that means I don't >> know the UK. Registration index letters for example? Seem to recall there was only answer with three geographically adjacent counties. Logic dictates that even UK b'crats wouldn't group two adjacent counties with a third that was in another part of the country. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 16 Jul 13 23:48   How well do you know the United Kingdom? - No FM2R

You may well be correct, I didn't read them looking for any logic like that. EDIT: Just checked, you seem to be correct. Last edited by: No FM2R on Tue 16 Jul 13 at 23:51 Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 16 Jul 13 23:41   How well do you know the United Kingdom? - legacylad

73% for me. Three of my correct answers were pure guesses. Anyway, if its outside Yorkshire who cares. Which reminds me of the Hale & Pace sketch about Yorkshire Airlines...talking of which I was chatting with Mr Bennett esq last week. Nice enough bloke, despite coming from West Yorkshire. Reply to this message | Report message