Greenhill Grammar school, Oldham

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Examination for idiots and other people
of similar sub-standards.

Examiner  Brain  Priceless  N.U.T.   (Oxon).

 

Answer Questions 1 and 2 and any other questions.

The low-rate oxidisation of relative thermo-nuclear accentuated thyroxin calcium-sulphide di- cremellated gerophnalthia is directly variable to and against the variable contrary constant of millenium controlled utipossidetis exophthelmic degenerated acromegaly. This activates creeping syphon double barrel amenuensis reaction in the decelerated malvaceous counter-sunk sostenuto.
(a)   In  not  more  than  eight  words  summarise  the  meaning  of the passage.
(b)   Describe the state of mind of the author before he was certified.
(c)   Use one word to explain the meaning of the following:
(i) Gerophnalthia, (ii) variable, (iii) of, (iv) acromegaly.

(d)  Explain why you would like to go on to the next question.
 2. Write not more than 250 words and not less than 10,00 words on any 2 of the following:
(a)   Why I approve (or disapprove) of Hungarian tap dancing in the Hebrides.
(b)  The Mafia in Britain.
(c)   Why I should miss my heart.
(d)  A country holiday when it rained (or snowed) all the time.
(e)  Will the gavotte replace the twist?
 3. (a)  Give the tense, mood and voice of the following.     Use  a separate page for each.
(i) but, (ii) Although, (iii) battery, (iv) hope, (v) une femme. (b) Make one complex sentence, consisting of not more than two paragraphs, of the following:
Adolphus entered the room and having kicked the dog out of the chair, sat down on the rushes of the sawdust floor.
 4.   
(a)  Describe  the causes, events  and results of the Reformation from Martin Luther to the Bishop of Woolwich.
(b) Illustrate by a graph the state of mind of Louis XVI after his execution
(c) Why  did the French  Revolution help to destroy cricket as Russia's national sport.
(d) Give the dates of the following: (i) 1066, (ii) 1494, (iii) the diet of worms, 1521, (iv) King Charlie of Rome (1922-1805).
      
 5. Match the following titles with the
correct authors.

"Famous  Boxing  Champions."
"My Political Career" Vol I to X..
"Why Britain is Great."
"The Life of lan Macleod."
"A History of the Church of England." 
"Democracy is the Best Form of Government."
"A Short History of America."
"Favouritism in Politics is Wrong."
 


Lady  Summerskill                          
Jo Grimond, M.P.
General de Gaulle
Nevill Chamberlain
Pope Pius XII
Adolf Hitler

Henry Ford
President Kennedy