Would You Pass A 1920's SAT Test?
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Are we just gonna ignore the fact that Mitch kept thinking the word "refuge" was "refugee" lol
R R I was hoping someone had noticed that
Just commented the same thing! Lol. Glad someone else noticed!!
R R I mean refugees do seek refuge and when you analyse the context that’s what he mean lmao
R R meant**
I was saying refugee to
The math seems fairly straightforward and maybe even easier than now, but I think many of the English problems were with cultural context and that’s why we don’t understand them now.
Some kids weren't taught higher level math yet at the time cause some was just recently discovered
Honestly they’re pretty easy, it’s probably the American school system’s fault. English isn’t even my first language and I got those ones right.
@@nefrit6584 They're Canadian
@@nefrit6584 Even though it's tempting and often justified to attribute much of what's shown here to the American schooling system being as lackluster as it tends to be, people also have to be held accountable for their own lack of initiative when it comes to their education. At the risk of sounding conceited by using myself as an example, my formal education technically stopped at 9th grade here in the US but I still continued to educate myself via the internet, library, etc. on an ongoing basis and still do so to this day. Laziness and just plain not caring is usually far worse a culprit than poor schooling is in my experience, as people very often DO have the means to educate themselves.
nefrit6 Theyre canadian lmao, trynna finna blame America.
i'm just grateful that ppl with english as their primary language don't know some vocabulary either
I think there's about 400,000 words in the English language (and that probably doesn't even count specialist words, like what you find in medical dictionaries). I doubt anyone knows all of them.
Or grammar generally :D
These words were common knowledge clearly common knowledge back then to anyone attending school. Nobody uses they words anymore lol so I don't blame them.
@Derek
We all know more words than we use. I knew enough to answer those questions.
@@thethegreenmachine there are way more words if you count numbers
I love how there's a cigarette question in there.
MrMonster860 I love how murder and adultery are considered similar
@@MrMctastics wasn't Adultery illegal, heck I believe in every state in the US (I think the US is still the only if not the main country where the SAT is used) you can only be married to one person at a time
John Doe the thing with that answer is that all of them are crimes
@@route2070 I think you're confusing adultery for bigamy. Bigamy is the crime of endeavoring to marry another person when you're already legally married to someone else. But as far as the legality of adultery goes (cheating on your spouse), don't quote me on this but I believe it's technically still illegal in some states but it just isn't enforced anymore like it probably was back in the 1920's. I'll have to look into it further, but with the mores being what they were back at the time this test was created it's no wonder it's considered a crime along with murder and larceny.
I love how 20 cigarettes only costed 15 cents like holy shit man
I'm slightly concerned by how long it took them to answer the 2nd question
Me too.
Also question 3, 5, and 10
Maisie Lynch they were terrible at math. Absolutely useless...
It’s terrifying that they own a science channel and can’t answer these simple questions.
TheGamingAlong what’s terrifying about that? Their channel is based on research they did, it’s not like they come up with the information.
That was pretty easy compared to the modern SAT. Those math problems were just addition and multiplication. Now it include geometry and algebra with formulas and such. I knew all the vocabulary words and they seemed easier than the words they use today.
Well, it makes sense because they didn't have calculators back then.
I wasn't allowed to use a calculator when I took the SAT, and it still had algebra and geometry on it. We were allowed a piece of scrap paper to do calculations on. That was back in the days when you got a lower score for incorrect answers, so you were supposed to leave questions blank if you were unsure of the answer. I had one question on the vocabulary I could not figure out, and it drove me mad. It was one of those "this is to that as such and such is to _____, and I didn't know what 'advent' meant. I will never forget how frustrating that was. I wanted to guess, tried to think of related words like adventure, Advent (preparing for Christmas)...couldn't figure it out. Ugh. I did NOT want to leave that question blank, but I did.
Its because of the Flynn Effect
Those are still easy as I'm asian
Do we know what ages took this test? Has it changed over time? In England, my sister took it in year 9 but that had been abolished well before I got there so I only did the year 6 one
Seems like it is much easier than the current SAT
When the guy said im not smart in the 1920s i was like no youre just not smart😂 wish this was a SAT test today
Cpt. Squirt Tickle ditto lol
wayyyyy way way easier
But you have to do each question in way less than a minute! They might be easy questions but you have to do way to many for the time they give you!
Sarahturtle Yeah it was only 10 but Im in 10th grade and got 7 right
*divides 300 by 6*
"MaYbE I'm A mAtH GeNiuS!"
Is no one about to comment on 97 mins for 315 questions? That's like 20 seconds per question, you can barely read in, not to mention solving! What
Almost all of these are easy though
Why 97 minutes though. Not 100 minutes not 95. No. It had to be 97. Just because.
Maybe they are allowed to skip some questions like we do today?
I See They’re all piss easy though. That’s enough time for me
you might not have been expected to finish... just see how far you could get.
Two types of people
"that's so dark"
"Hahaha that's so 1920s.... I'm gunna say that to a kid on the way home"
*Last time I was this early people believed the earth was round*
Looool
*NASA wants to know your location?*
Now we know the Earth is a Velociraptor...
chuckbrine okay... and why is it retarded?
Haha, well we proved them wrong!
Everyone knows the earth is shaped like a trinagnle lol
Refugee and 'Refuge' are two completely different words!
randomhalofan292 Pretty sure that must have been an error by the video editor, as ‘refuge’ does not make sense as the answer to that questions
Duh
ThePokeGod Refuge makes sense in my opinion: Hospital is for those who feel sick, Asylum for those who seek refuge...
This wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. It's basically the same as a modern SAT but with wording that fits the time period.
Jason N oof if it's the same as modern SAT it seems kidney easy? I got 8/10 and I'm not even at SAT age yet. but I'm not American either so it doesn't matter
@@astersaur the SAT's questions are individually not too difficult but they're designed to make you slip up and do small mistakes which add up. Furthermore they are extremely time limited and so you don't have a lot of time to analyze each question. The math ones can get more complicated and the readings longer. These would be considered the easier questions but that doesn't mean they're the whole test. Same thing applies for act.
Kiersten Penney The math on this sat is extremely simple, the vocab is the only challenging bit to this sat. Newer sats are a lot harder.
Kiersten Penney Trust me they picked the easy questions there are a lot of easy questions on the modern SAT but they word it to where you’d fuck up
DecesTV,
This video does not do justice to the 1926 SAT.
I love Mitch’s little happy gasp every time he got an answer correct lol
"That's horrible. I'm gonna say that to a child on the way home."
My god I'm smart in the 1920s
@Austin Hernandez you overestimate farmtards IQ
Take the test & time yourself. How smart would you have actually been in the 1920s?
apps.washingtonpost.com/g/documents/local/scholastic-aptitude-test-from-1926/940/
My late uncle was born in the 1920s.
I'd like to say I was born in the wrong era cause this test is so easy but it's the 1920s and I'm black so...
Do you guys not know that the T in SAT stands for Test? The title, "Would you pass a 1920's SAT test?", is therefore incorrect.
Scholastic Aptitude Test Test?
You both get a failing grade.
lhl2500 You know who your remind me of? That guy from the doctor who episode with the sontarans. The Sontaran invasion I believe it was. I'm talking about the guy who made ATMOS, and would get very annoyed when somebody called it. 'The atmos system' because the s stood for system. "The s already stands for system! You're essentially saying the System system"
*therefore
@@amandaa.5797 Thanks! 😃
This is like when people here say Chai Tea Latte it’s literally Tea tea Latte, so there’s that lol
I had to take a calculus and O-chem test on the same day last week. Needless to say, I did poorly on one.
I feel yah, genetics and histology on thursday, then biochem and molecular on friday
Dude. We usually have multiple tests a day if we have tests.
Start studying earlier. For neither you should have had to study if ya did your homework
I’ve been in that position, and if it comes to it I just ask one of the professors if I could take it another day. Usually they are reasonable
Me: *reads video title*
_I’m sorry I didn’t pass my year 6 ones_
We Stan Morgan. Meeeeee
We Stan Morgan. What numbers counted as a pass? Weren’t they graded from like 2 to 6?
Sophie W oh gosh no idea! In our country, if we got less than 100 we were below average. 120 was the top mark 🏴
I did..
Diamond d
If you did, why aren’t you smart enough to figure out that it was a jokeeeee?
I had so much fun playing along with you guys. I am happy to say I got them all right. It looks like I would be a good tutor of the 1920s SAT. I am a 2018 SAT tutor on the side (because of course teachers need side jobs), so I guess that tracks.
I love these two. Their podcast is so good! I've been telling everyone about the sand crisis
I'm not american, so I can't really compare it to current SAT tests, but what I can see is that it seems to be based on testing your understanding of things, as opposed to nowadays (at least, in the UK education system), where we we're just tested on an ability to memorise facts
Yeah, American standardized tests are decidedly more about logic and application than memorization. The specific information is far less important than showing you've learned how to learn and problem solve.
Really? I'm English and I wouldn't say they were too dissimilar, though it has been a while. These two once explained that tests will have a question at the end that seemingly covers what has already been covered in the test but phrased in a different way to test that very thing: whether you are applying a learnt ability or a memorised process, at the same time testing your logic in working this out and choosing to apply the appropriate method. This seems to be what you are summarising in their approach, but it definitely rings true of ours too
I love this!! It is so perfect
I like how there’s a cigarette question.
7:02 "Question 10 : A"
Are you serious are "Adultery and church" closely related? Unless you meant the child abuse 😂
Slim shady I would’ve thought that adultery was a commandment of the church, and picked it tbh😂
@@micetails same
I thought that was meant as a jokey way to insult the church...?
Slim shady i thought it was C lol, because larceny doesn’t really correlate with murder unless by coincidence. But larceny will match with delinquency and prison for sure
The key with all the "closely related" questions is to know what they meant. They were talking about part of speech not definition. The correct answer for the sins one, all the words were verbs.
You two make me smile. You’re so cute together! Keep up the great content.
I had an anxiety rush just by watching
Same here, I wonder why
This is hilarious! I love you guys! :)
Happy birthday Greg 😆😆😆 this video gave a smile on my face for some reason
2:35 Good to see UKCAT questions date back to 1920's 😂😂😂
haha, I was just thinking the same! And the rediculously small amount of time per question is also the same :D
Ahhhhh I love you guys❤️
Greg's shirt is actually fantastic
I did the test with and only got 1wrong. This was fun. You should do more of these. It could help people study and learn more.
I love the way they say sorry
What I like about the current SAT is that it still has difficult vocabulary but it gives you context in a passage or within the question, so you’re not answering blindly. If you don’t know the word, you’re not instantly screwed. I like that now they value the skill of reading between the lines rather than simply knowing words
the 2 versions of test takers(at least the one who just bail out and do the test the next week)
Mitch the prepared but still nervous and Greg the one that complains
personally i relate to Greg
You two are great!
As a Catholic school kid, I have heard ecclesiastical too often. For example, determine the difference between the ecclesiastical and classical pronunciations of Latin.
You are so funny and I love this.
I just bought your book yesterday and I read it in three hours! I couldn't put the book down! It was very fun to read and I even memorized what the scientific name is for a brain fart!😂
Before all of you guys comment about them being stupid, y’all need to realize that they havent taken a standardized test for AGES. Besides, failing to do certain questions does NOT negate them being stupid - i mean look at all the research they have done to make this channel a success!! Props to you guys asapscience
Honestly they probably never have taken a test like that. We don't need to take the SATs in Canada.
Larceny means to steal, I though that was common knowledge.
So did I...Honestly, there were I lot of words there I was surprised they didn't know.
Off topic, but I kind of love your profile picture. It's adorable!
It is and there math is really bad like seriously there guessing basic math like cmon $20 per week spend 14 a week how long for 300 6 divided by 300 its basic math
trexxy boi lol its 300 divided by six 😂😉
trexxy boi uk what else is basic. The difference between there and their
Jesus that was easy. 100% yay
I just need to confess this real quick, Mitch's voice is to die for
This was fun!!
Wow, I actually thought it was gonna be hard. Fast brain has not failed me even for 1920s questions! Thank you basic math!
I love Mitch so much
Not seeing the full test in the description...sad. Was kind of curious.
The math part took me like 10 seconds a question though. The math ones are structures like harder problems today causing anxiety but it’s more about knowing what it’s asking and doing a simple operation.
Where's the link to the full test?
OMG "Adultery and church.... let's be real they're pretty similar" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
EEK! 9/10! I switched the one with indolence because I thought they were describing a human quality, and humans can't be "failure," so I chose "dullness" (sigh) forgot this was the old format of the sat oh my goodness so thank god for the switch
Paused the video before they answered each question and got them all right! =D
Happy New Year 🎆🎊
10/10! But where's the rest of the test? It doesn't appear to be in the description below like Mitch said.
i got an 8 out of 10 too. gosh it's wild to think it's been around for almost 100 years.
These questions are easier than modern-day ones, but remember that they had an average of 20 seconds per question.
Intricate means with lots of detail and info. Obvious is just straight to the point and clear
Where and how did you get the old tests? Are there any old archives you managed to get your hands on?
Greg and Mitch are me during exams
"'The burnt child dreads the fire' im gonna say that to a child on my way home" XDD
nine out of ten! That was fun guys! Yeah!
The antonym of intricate is simple, and straightforward, obvious doesn’t seem to be along those lines!
no drinks in the testing area my dude lol 😂
This looks so easy though. Is this really how it works in the US? No reading three A4-pages and then filter out things? Wow.
Um...this is almost 100 years old.
@Austin Martín Hernández Yep. The SAT is super easy. I got a 1550 without prep. You would do fine. anyone who thinks its hard is just making excuses.
Yeah SAT is really easy. Got a 1550 without prepping.
I think the first question would be easy to people of that era, because tuberculosis and typhoid was very common in 1920's
Just in time for my SAT
4:00 wow u just predicted classes in 2020🤭😫😭
I got all of these except for the first one. wow I wish I did that well on current tests
That was fun!
I’m watching this exactly 2 months from when it was posted
Oh my gud! This is so epic!!
I got all answers correctly but what annoys me is the “eachhorse” misspelling at 3:34
Where's the full test? :(
I really wanted to look through it.
Thank you for this entertaining video, but no link to the test?
1:20 NO! Multiple choice is the only reason I made it to HS 🤣
Hey guys can u plz do a video on taking jee or neet exams i guess that will be fun
Wait, these questions are just like the questions of my highschool entrance exam
Hey you guys didn't put the download link for the actual paper in the description box
I literally just searched up intricate and obvious and they are polar friggin opposites like wth Mitch xD
Through a program by the name of Duke Tip, I was given the opportunity to take the SAT or the ACT as a 7th grader to see my true skills. I decided to take the ACT. I received a score of an 18, which is fairly good for a 7th grader
I just took the PSAT today.....there wasn't any cigarette/adultery reference on it tho 😂
I just took the SAT like a month ago and some questions are still really similar to these
5:26 oof it’s weird to think that it wasn’t a game back then 😂
Why does this sound more similar to today's GRE than today's SAT?
Ikr ! The dauntingly grandiloquent words
So, guys, what are your modern SAT scores?
I really hope that the SATs/ ACTs are that easy... I’m a junior and if the math is that easy then I’m good, there wasn’t really any science questions or at least didn’t ask to find something like how many jules it would take to melt ice at an incredibly fast or slow speed
1:42 I solved it in my head it's solo easy
if superfruit was a science channel...THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT IT WOULD BE
wait in america you take your sats in high school? in the u.k. we do our sats at age 11?
Minute 5:25 😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I can't with you 2
3:55 YES I WOULD WATCH THAT THAT IS A BILLION DOLLAR IDEA RIGHT THERE
I’m studying for my SAT.... I wish I could take this one
I test really well, so aced this. There is a typo for Q7, which makes the best answer a) though - refuge instead of refugee.
Got all the math ones right, some of the vocab ones wrong. Similar to when I took the SAT in high school haha
I am 11 and i got all the answers to the questions instantly and got them all right , I am kind of confused why 2 grown men struggled on the questions.
Im gonna say that to a child on the way home 😂
All of that I did in the 5-6th grade minus the word similarity ones
I’ve done problems like this in 6th, damn, have we as a species come so far. Good 4 us