[Congressman Billybob]

Thank you for the link. Just read the questions and took a crack at them. Missed one. (I didn't recall that Waterloo was fought in Belgium.) In 15 minutes I've planned next week's column, unless events overwhelm me and I have to go with something else.

Thanks for both posts.

Billybob

[GATOR NAVY]

I got them all right now, but I'll be honest-I'm not sure if I knew Waterloo was in Belgium when I graduated H.S. in 1980.

I do know that if you had asked me then "Where was Napoleon finally defeated?" I would have answered Waterloo.

[brownie]

While I have always believed that most of today's colleges (i.e. general admission state schools that end up teaching a majority of its students to read and write) are little better than yesteryear's (is this a word?) high schools, I don't believe that these 12 questions prove anything. It seems to me that s scientific study would need to have a much more significant number and scope of questions to truly compare these things.

Among other problems I can easily see with this poll, a high school senior may have been more apt to remember these things because he/she recently learned about them, while a college grad might not have studied any of this since high school, making it more likely that he/she cannot recall it on the spot.

[okie01]

"Missed one. (I didn't recall that Waterloo was fought in Belgium.)"

Beatcha.

Being a Class of '56 guy, I suppose I'm representative of the control group.

[Spiff]

Thank you for the link. Just read the questions and took a crack at them. Missed one. (I didn't recall that Waterloo was fought in Belgium.) In 15 minutes I've planned next week's column, unless events overwhelm me and I have to go with something else

You and me both. I only missed the Belgium one too. I knew of the Battle of Waterloo but was never taught - beyond that it was in Waterloo - where the battle actually happened. Besides, since then there's been a number of name and border changes to the nations in Europe. My European History is a little rusty.