How clever do you think you are? Test yourself with these 14 GCSE questions

FOR most of us school and exams are a distant memory, but this test should reveal if what you learned in the classroom actually sank in.

Taken when most of us were 16, our General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) certificates are probably either framed or at the bottom of a drawer.

For the majority of students subjects such as English, maths and science would have been compulsory.

And grades A-C were considered the range to aim for.

But despite homework, coursework and exams now long-forgotten, how much do we actually remember from our teachers?

Take this quiz of 14 GCSE questions to test your knowledge, with the answers at the bottom of the article.

1. What’s the chemical symbol for silver?

a.K

b. Si

c. Ag

2. Who was the first person to invent a vaccine?

a. Joseph Lister

b. Edward Jenner

c. William Harvey

3. What is the process used to purify copper?

a. Osmosis

b. Electrolysis

c. Purification

4. In Shakespeare’s Othello who is Othello’s betrayer?

a. Iago

b. Desdamona

c. Cassio

5. Which is the oxymoron?

a. Seriously funny

b. Falling short

c. Together forever

6. Which of these processes occurs inside a plant?

a. Transpiration

b. Homeostasis

c. Secretion

7. Which organ produces lipase?

a. Liver

b. Kidney

c. Pancreas

8. When did women over 21 get the right to vote?

a. 1928

b. 1918

c. 1920

9. Which of these is not a type of storage media?

a. Memory Stick

b. DVD-R

c. Actuator

10. Writing to advise is an example of what?

a. Genre

b. Style

c. Purpose

11. Which type of wave causes coastal erosion?

a. Reductive

b. Destructive

c. Accusative

12. What is (13x9)-(4x2)?

a. 110

b. 112

c. 109

13. What term is commonly used to describe the decade of the 1920s?

a. The raging 20s

b. The roaring 20s

c. The rolling 20s

14. Where does the Pulmonary Artery carry blood to?

a. Lungs

b. Brain

c. Kidney

Answers: 1. Ag - silver, 2. Vaccine - Edward Jenner, 3. Purify copper - Electrolysis, 4. Othello's betrayer - Iago, 5. Oxymoron - Seriously funny, 6. Process in a plant - Transpiration, 7. Lipase - Pancreas, 8. Women's votes - 1928, 9. Not storage media - Actuator, 10. Advise - Purpse, 11. Coastal erosion - Destructive, 12. What is (13x9_-(4x2)? - 109, 13. 1920s - Roaring 20s, 14. Pulmonary artery - Lungs.