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That one word said it all, didn't it?

I've made that connection before. There is a definite correlation but I think Napper was joking, right? edit. Actually, having looked at his post history, it seems I may have given too much credit.

I think what he means is back in his day all the kids could recite their times tables and chant the names of kings in chronological order whilst the teacher beat them round the head with a metal bar.

The period I was at school then, more or less. I remember a fairly broad curriculum. Off the top of my head, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, The Romans, The Vikings, The Aztecs, The Mayans, The Normans, the War of the Roses, The Tudors, The Stuarts, The Elizabethan era, Cromwell, The Victorian...

How many people have you asked basic history questions? Most people would probably struggle with a lot of questions about things they learnt at school anyway. When were your kids at school?