Remember those school days when chemical elements and algebra problems were your daily bread? Many adults confidently claim they'd breeze through their old schoolwork, but how would you really fare when put to the test?
Put Your Knowledge to the Test
We've compiled a challenging 10-question quiz designed to separate the A-students from those who might need to hit the textbooks again. This isn't your average pub quiz - these questions span multiple disciplines from science and mathematics to literature and history.
The challenge covers everything from chemical etymology to biblical prophets, ensuring a comprehensive assessment of your retained knowledge. Whether you left school last year or decades ago, this test will determine if your academic prowess has stood the test of time.
Diverse Questions Await
Starting with science, the quiz asks which chemical element derives its name from the Greek word for green. Is it the metallic sheen of copper, the disinfectant power of chlorine, the colourful properties of chromium, or the rare quality of caesium?
Mathematics makes an appearance with an algebraic puzzle: If Y multiplied by 2 minus 4 equals 10, what value does Y represent? The options of 3, 6, 7, or 10 might have you reaching for that long-forgotten BODMAS rule.
Literature enthusiasts will appreciate the question about a wonderfully descriptive passage: 'Intoxicated? The word did not express it by a mile. He was oiled, boiled, fried, plastered, whiffled, sozzled, and blotto.' Was this the work of Graham Greene, P.G. Wodehouse, Ian Fleming, or Virginia Woolf?
From Spices to Space and History
The quiz continues with questions about the natural world, including which precious spice comes from a type of crocus flower. Your options are turmeric, cardamom, saffron, or paprika.
Astronomy buffs will need to identify the term for the boundary around a black hole beyond which nothing can escape. Is it the event horizon, photon sphere, accretion disk, or singularity?
Historical knowledge is tested with the question of when China's Communist Party came to power - was it 1921, 1935, 1949, or 1950?
Geography makes an appearance too, asking which country produces the most bananas annually. The choices are China, Peru, India, or Brazil.
Religious studies come into play with the identification of the 'weeping prophet' from the Old Testament - Micah, Ezekiel, Elijah, or Jeremiah?
Art history features with a question about whose work was infamously included in the Nazis' Degenerate Art exhibition of 1937. Was it Cezanne, Kandinsky, Da Vinci, or Monet?
Finally, nutrition knowledge is tested by asking for another name for Vitamin B2. The options are thiamine, biotin, riboflavin, or niacin.
How Did You Measure Up?
Once you've attempted all ten questions, it's time to check your answers against the correct ones: 1b, 2c, 3b, 4c, 5a, 6c, 7c, 8d, 9b, 10c.
Scoring all ten correctly means your school knowledge remains impressively intact, while anything below five might suggest it's time for a refresher course. Whatever your result, this quiz serves as a fun reminder of the diverse knowledge we accumulate during our education and how much we retain into adulthood.
