British (English) here… scored 21. Deliberately rushed it, so maybe I could have got another 1, possibly 2 if I’d thought hard about the answers. Nothing too surprising there I felt - not on the questions I had anyway.
18 correct, barely squeaked in. A few educated guesses, a couple of wild ass guesses that I got right.
All right, now you have to take me. Right? No? Crap.
21/24
No idea about the Doomesday Book, no idea when Rome left Britain, and I’ve already forgotten the third one I missed.
I did know who founded NHS, Big Ben’s identity and a whole lot of questions about government.
ETA I just realized I can review my answers. I had no idea about Gustav Holst. I think I’ve heard his name mentioned before, but that doesn’t help me know when planet is related to a hymn.
That was one numerical one where I wish that the numbers had been as close as a lot of other ones, since I happened to know it was 410 and have been waiting for a chance to use that knowledge for a long time, but no, the glory of my correct answer was somewhat dimmed by the alternative answers being 3-400 years away from it.
Ooh, there was a Holst question and I didn’t get it?
He’s a composer most famous for a suite with a piece for each planet. “Mars, Bringer of War” is the most famous, but “Jupiter, Bringer of Jollity” gets around, too. The tune is often used for hymns (where it gets identified as “Thaxted”, for some reason).
I didn’t see that one, either, but I could have guessed that it was around 400ish.
I remember that question. If you vaguely remember the themes, you can narrow down which movement might be used for a hymn (probably not Mars…) But if you have never heard of Holst, then you would just be guessing.
And not a single one about Formula One! I woulda Aced those!
Knowing word origins helps. Knowing why a surgery is called that made for a good guess.