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Pointless Yesterday..
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..did anyone catch the round on The Battle of Waterloo...
In which country is the village of Waterloo.....England
What is the date of the Battle of Waterloo......1500s
Contestant didnt try for who commanded the English armies or who was defeated (I cant remember question 5)
I find it astonishing that this historical event was obviously not taught to the young man and even more surprising is that he has never come across it in his entire life....I was secretly waiting for the answer, Abba.
In which country is the village of Waterloo.....England
What is the date of the Battle of Waterloo......1500s
Contestant didnt try for who commanded the English armies or who was defeated (I cant remember question 5)
I find it astonishing that this historical event was obviously not taught to the young man and even more surprising is that he has never come across it in his entire life....I was secretly waiting for the answer, Abba.
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At the time I was about to leave school, in the late 80s, facts like dates etc. weren't taught in history lessons. It was all about learning about how to find things out yourself and whether a document was a primary source or secondary source. Very tedious and I learnt nothing. I suspect history teaching hasn't changed much since then.
Gness, you've reminded me of two of my history teachers. One used to file his nails on a matchbox while making us copy word for word a few pages of a textbook. The other would tell us about his childhood in Wales and the cakes his mother made. No wonder I learned nothing about history, apart from reading since then.
Clover......I know more about our science teacher being gassed.....complete with a demonstration which involved one of us throwing open the window and two others dragging him to it in case it happened again....than I do about science....
But the best was a year with a maths teacher who filled the blackboards with sums and told us to talk amongst ourselves but if anyone came in start doing the sums......☺
But the best was a year with a maths teacher who filled the blackboards with sums and told us to talk amongst ourselves but if anyone came in start doing the sums......☺
there used to be a Waterloo in Hampshire. It's been changed to Waterlooville, but the second answer wasn't far wrong.
As for the date, it is falling further behind us - 50 years further than when I last studied history. Does anyone now remember the dates of the battles of Lexington or Yorktown, or even the ones that the British won in America, like Quebec? They weren't much earlier than Waterloo.
As for the date, it is falling further behind us - 50 years further than when I last studied history. Does anyone now remember the dates of the battles of Lexington or Yorktown, or even the ones that the British won in America, like Quebec? They weren't much earlier than Waterloo.
He was a good Catholic, Clover....that seemed to be all that mattered....
Ael......I'll have you know I never caused an accident in the science labs....and the one involving the new desk, the hair lacquer and the fire in the art room wasn't entirely my fault.....and it did prove to the class that inflammable meant exactly the same as flammable.......☺
Ael......I'll have you know I never caused an accident in the science labs....and the one involving the new desk, the hair lacquer and the fire in the art room wasn't entirely my fault.....and it did prove to the class that inflammable meant exactly the same as flammable.......☺
Didn't see the show yesterday. Coming across something and being enthused enough to go look up and memorise details, are different things. I dropped history at school as soon as I had to make a choice; after all it wasn't science. It was all memorising dates and royals and the multitude of battles so could hardly compete with the attraction of "proper" knowledge. Everyone is interested and memorises different things.
Maybe he did do it at school but forgot. I never remember doing it - we only did Irish history so my English history is self-taught. So what we learn at school is not necessarily relevant.
The question I like is "Who was the last foreign invader successfully to invade Britain?" many get that one wrong, as it isn't widely taught in GB I suspect
The question I like is "Who was the last foreign invader successfully to invade Britain?" many get that one wrong, as it isn't widely taught in GB I suspect
There are quiz questions that I do not know, but I can have an educated guess. The surprising thing about the young chaps answer was not that he got it wrong (plenty of contestants get questions wron), it was how uneducated his guesses were.
I do not know the dates of the Battles at Lexington or Yorktown, but I know my guess will not be more than 300 years wrong.
I do not know the dates of the Battles at Lexington or Yorktown, but I know my guess will not be more than 300 years wrong.
