With the success of the English test, here is another older test from the BBC, which tries to simulate the infamous 11+.

This is the divisive test that was used to grade children and that was at heart of some of the bitterest discussions about education.

Essentially it was an intelligence test that tested future potential. Pass it and you want to the "best" schools, fail it and you get taught woodwork

This one is timed, via a pair of buttons, and will give you a grade at the end. Good luck ...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7773974.stm

I did it when it was first published and I can't remember my score but I remember that I passed.

I passed it when I took it for real as well.

Grammar beckons!
You've scored 10 out of 15.

I guessed the number ones and got most of them wrong!


Shame it was so short, then again any more of that and I would have won the dunces hat!!

It is a tough one in that if you don't just "get" a certain category, it can be very hard to answer all of them in that section.

The length is determined by an optimal "recreational" period that the BBC feels is suitable for such things, I believe.

Glad to hear the BBC understand that I have the attention span of a goldfish!

I can't remember what I got, but nevermind. It's the taking part that counts

I had a look at it, but the first two questions made my brain hurt, so I didnt even try!


I'm feeling rather stupid...
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I got 10. Did I need to score 11 to pass?

This test isn't really about being great, passing or failing but instead a chance to consider the 11+ via a sampler of what it was it was like.

As a kid I was trained for it by being taught the kind of things that it would throw at me. I did this while I had chicken-pox and so was off school too.

In the same vein if you ever find out that you'll have to take an IQ test get yourself an IQ testing book from the library or bookshop to brush up on the principles that the test will be based on. They're not bad puzzles, those tests, can be fun to do.

I got 13

I admit i guessed 2 and got 1 right aswell though...

WooHoo 13/15 quite chuffed with, havent used my brain in a while

took me 9 minutes and 50 seconds but i got 15/15 that's my achievement for the month.

shit! i only got 5, but i must admit iwas surprised i got that, i most be honest and admit i guessed all the answers, the questions themselves confused me .. i must be well thick