Can You Answer Oxford University’s Entry Questions?

The entry questions to get into Oxford University are designed to test the minds of the country’s brightest teens and encourage them to stretch their imaginations. In order to find the smartest people in the country, Oxford University asks students questions ranging from the philosophical to the most ordinary ones, including why Coronation Street is important to an English student. Modern Languages Should poetry be difficult to understand? What is language? In a world where English is a global language, why learn French, Chinese or Spanish? Philosophy and Economics Why is income per head between 50 and 100 times larger in America than in countries such as Burundi and Malawi? Physics A ball, initially at rest, is pushed upwards by a constant force for a certain amount of time. Work out the speed of the ball as a function of time, from start to when it hits the ground. Classics Why do you think Dido kills herself in Aeneid 4? Couldn’t she just have gone back to her old life? English Literature Why do you think an English student might be interested in the fact that Coronation Street has been running for 50 years? History Which sort of person in the past would you most like to interview, and why? Is violence always political? Law If the punishment for parking on double yellow lines was death, and therefore nobody did it, would that be a just and effective law? Medicine Why does your heart rate increase when you exercise? Why do we have red blood cells? Biological Sciences Here is a cactus. Tell me about it. Why do many animals have stripes? Ladybirds are red. So are strawberries. Why?