North west passes quiz testing parents on core GCSE subjects with flying colours
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Sending the nation back to school, stationary supplier Ryman's now have the results, with some 2,155 parents tested on a set of 10 school subject questions, including queries on maths, English, science, Spanish, French, ICT, art, music, geography, and history.
The North West as a region came second in the Facebook quiz, with an average score of 60% correct answers, pipped only by the Midlands, who narrowly topped the pile with an average score of 61%.
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Hide AdOn average, men got 58% of questions right, compared to 57% for women, while - surprisingly - more UK residents knew the answer to the Spanish question than to the English one.
At the opposite end of the spectrum to the brain-boxes in the North West were the unfortunate quizzers from the North East, who propped up the table with an average of 54% of questions answered correctly.
The specific breakdown of results can be viewed at http://www.ryman.co.uk/back-to-school/results, while readers can test themselves by taking the quiz on at http://www.ryman.co.uk/back-to-school/quiz.