Aptitude test for Burnley College

[Jason]

APTITUDE EXAMINATION FOR POTENTIAL STUDENTS

1. a) Who won the Second World War ? b) Who came second ?

2. What is a silver dollar made of ?

3. Explain Einstein's theory of Relativity or write your name in BLOCK LETTERS.

4. Spell the following: a ) CAT , b) DOG , c) CARROTS

5. What time is the eight o'clock news.

6. Write the numbers one to ten (marks will be deducted for every number out of sequence).

7. Approximately how many commandments was Moses given ?

8. There have been six kings of England called George. Name the other five.

9. Who invented Stevenson's Rocket ?

10. After whom was the Nelson Mandela Metropole named?

11. Do you understand Newton's law of gravity? (answer YES or NO)

12. Of what country is Dublin the capital ? (Do not use more than 2 sheets of paper for your answer).

13 Name the odd man out:
a) Robert Mugabe
b) Nelson Mandela
c) Thabo Mbeki
d) Patrick Murphy

14. Name the odd man out:
a) Desmond Tutu
b) The Pope
c) Jack the Ripper
d) The Archbishop of Canterbury

15. Name the winning jocky of the 1972 Greyhound Derby.

16. In the 1981 Sheep Dog Trials, how many dogs were found guilty ?

17. In what city is the London Palladium?
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