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[raywilb]

on tonights "who wants to be a millionaire " a young guy didnt know the answer to the question which monarch was at the signing of the magna carta so he elected to phone a friend . his friend wasnt sure. as it was the contestant guessed and chose the correct answer. jeremy clarkson did ask why he chose the friend in question to try for the answer. the contestant replied " because he has a history degree

[ronnyd]

Are you surprised? 

[Viral_Jim]

Meh, it all depends on what was on your syllabus at school.

I notched up an A at history GCSE and a decent enough academic record since and had to Google the answer. My long term memory is pretty good and I'm 90-95% sure it was never formally taught to me.

Realistically, the ability to recall facts is fack all use outside of a game show. Particularly in the real world where facts are freely available to anyone with thumbs.

[Doctor Gollum]

on tonights "who wants to be a millionaire " a young guy didnt know the answer to the question which monarch was at the signing of the magna carta so he elected to phone a friend . his friend wasnt sure. as it was the contestant guessed and chose the correct answer. jeremy clarkson did ask why he chose the friend in question to try for the answer. the contestant replied " because he has a history degree

I want to say John, but it's easily 30 years since I last read anything about it

[biggriffin]

I know it was signed at the bottom, in Runnymede.

[Varche]

That is spot on Jimmy about recalling facts outside a gameshow being useless.

Now everything is available at the touch of a finger.  We live in a new world.

[Sir Tigger KC]

King John at Runnymede.         In 12... something or other... 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

1215.

[Doctor Gollum]

1215.

Beer o'clock

[STEMO]

There are lots of googlers clever people on here 

[Terbs]

There are some thick sods, too

[dave the builder]

There are lots of googlers clever people on here 

no , Opti was there ,he lent them the pen to sign it 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

There are lots of googlers clever people on here 

no , Opti was there ,he lent them the pen to sign it 

I was very young though.

[Sir Tigger KC]

There are lots of googlers clever people on here 

no , Opti was there ,he lent them the pen to sign it 

I was very young though.

Yet already a Baron. 

[Lizzie Zoom]

1215.

Yes, but that Magna Carta only remained a legal document for three months, when the Pope Innocence III denounced it, making it null and void, as it had been signed by King John under duress.

It was the 1225 version that came into law, signed by boy King Henry III in return for tax concession.  He re-issued a shortened version when he reached adulthood in 1227, and it was parts of that which was the first to be recognised in English law.  However, it is the 1297 version, signed by King Edward I that has parts still recognised by current English Law.

Therefore, if the question asked during Who Wants to be a Millionaire was simply "who signed the Magna Carta?", and not "What King signed the first Magna Carta in 1215?", then various answers would be valid!

[TheBoy]

When I did history at school, back before the turn-up-and-you'll-pass GCSEs came along, history seemed to be more about geography, and I can honestly say I cant remember learning about kings and queens and battles in secondary* school


*although my secondary school seemed to be more about learning how to take a hot muffin.

[Lizzie Zoom]

When I did history at school, back before the turn-up-and-you'll-pass GCSEs came along, history seemed to be more about geography, and I can honestly say I cant remember learning about kings and queens and battles in secondary* school


*although my secondary school seemed to be more about learning how to take a hot muffin.

That was a shame TB

As I have said before on the forum, I was lucky enough to first have a father who loved history and enjoyed bringing it to life, then I had two history teachers in succession that had a passion for the subject and got great pleasure in teaching / explaining it to us lesser mortals

Geography was always a separate subject, that was also blessed by teachers who also thoroughly had a passion for their subject

[raywilb]

on tonights "who wants to be a millionaire " a young guy didnt know the answer to the question which monarch was at the signing of the magna carta so he elected to phone a friend . his friend wasnt sure. as it was the contestant guessed and chose the correct answer. jeremy clarkson did ask why he chose the friend in question to try for the answer. the contestant replied " because he has a history degree

  the actual date & location was mentioned in the question , so john as one of the options i assumed some one that has a uni degree in history would know the answer.

[Lizzie Zoom]

on tonights "who wants to be a millionaire " a young guy didnt know the answer to the question which monarch was at the signing of the magna carta so he elected to phone a friend . his friend wasnt sure. as it was the contestant guessed and chose the correct answer. jeremy clarkson did ask why he chose the friend in question to try for the answer. the contestant replied " because he has a history degree

the actual date & location was mentioned in the question , so john as one of the options i assumed some one that has a uni degree in history would know the answer.

In that case you would have thought so