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- Degree-Level Examination Paper for Irishmen.
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- (Time allowed - Three Fortnights)
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- 1. What language is spoken by French Canadians?
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- 2. Discuss the important characteristics of the ancient Babylonian
- Empire with particular reference to Architecture, Literature, Law
- and Special Conditions - OR - Give the first name of one of the
- Beatles.
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- 3. What religion is the Pope? Jewish, Catholic, Hindu or Anglican.
- (Underline ONE only).
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- 4. Would you ask the Playwright William Shakespeare to build a bridge,
- sail the ocean, lead an army or WRITE A PLAY?
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- 5. What is a SILVER DOLLAR made of?
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- 6. What time is it when the big hand is on TWELVE and the little hand
- is on ONE?
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- 7. How many Commandments was Moses given? (approximately)
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- 8. Spell: LONDON, DUBLIN, BRADFORD, SUSSEX, BORRIS-IN-OSSORY.
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- 9. What country is the Queen of England queen of?
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- 10.What are the people who live in England's NORTH called?
- A) Easterners
- B) Westerners
- C) Southerners
- D) Northerners? (ONE ONLY).
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- 11.Six Kings of England have been called George, the last being
- George 6th. Name any three of the previous five.
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- 12.What does SYSOP stand for? (Get this one wrong and you could have
- some answering to do!!)
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- A) Stupid Young Son Of Paddy
- B) Sympathetic Soprano
- C) Sophisticated Yorkshire Standard Operating Procedure
- D) Systems Operator
- E) Systems Sophist (dictionaries provided).
- F) Sorry You're Sitting On Packet
- G) Send YAXPAK your Shillings Or Pennies.
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- 13.Who won World War II?
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- 14.Who came second?
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- 15.Where does rain come from?
- A) Supermarkets
- B) Harrods
- C) U.S.A.
- D) The sky
- E) BBSs.
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- 16.Who invented STEPHENSON'S ROCKET?
- A) Winston Churchill
- B) Fanny Craddock
- C) Kenny Everett
- D) STEPHENSON.
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- 17.Can you explain Einstein's theory of Relativity? YES or NO.
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- 18.The song "O Canada" is the National Anthem of which country?
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- 19.Either explain Le Chataliers principle of dynamic equilibrium
- forces, or spell your last name in block capitals.
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- 20.What is a Coat Hanger?
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- 21.Where is the basement in a three-storey building?
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- 22.When operating on ham radio, is it normal practice to speak into
- the front or the back of the microphone?
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- 23.Which holiday falls on 1st January?
- A) Christmas Day
- B) New year's day
- C) Good Friday
- D) Thanksgiving
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- When you have finished, hand in your answers to your sysop and
- put a chalk mark on the screen to get his attention.
- If sysops have trouble marking answer papers, then pass them on
- to me and I will refer to my Irish Special Edition of Encyclopaedia
- Billtannica for help.
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- De Billy G1WRG, (@ G4CLI) in Bradford, M.A. Hons in the above exam.
- (Ex G5MVH & EI2VEL).
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- Original source unknown.