Kingdom of Fife Film School . . . April

Here is the ninth installment of the Kingdom of Fife Film School. These are the films Dudeboy watched during April with his ratings.

• Young Sherlock Holmes 8 stars [1985; US; watched 4.22.11]
• An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge 9 stars [1962; FR; watched 4.21.11]
• Duck Soup 9 stars [1933; US; watched 4.15.11]
• Art21 Season 4 4 Episodes 8 stars [2007; US; finished 4.15.11]
• Michael Palin: Around the World in 80 Days 7 Episodes 9 stars [1989; UK; finished 4.12.11]
• Proteus 9 stars [2004; US; watched 4.11.11]
• Hellboy 9 stars [2004; US; watched 4.10.11]
• Gone With the Wind 7 stars [1939; US; watched 4.4.11]

Africa Retake Due . . .

The scores for the geography retake of the Africa quiz (the fourth retake) are due today. The results from the last retake (Europe) continue to show vast improvements, with an average increase of just over 28 percentage points. This is the greatest percentage gained thus far. The next test will be the Middle East retake, and it will be due May 13th. And I beg you . . . if you no longer want to participate, please just send me a quick note stating so, and I will remove your name from the list.

Image of The Size of Africa from Strange Maps blog . . .

Purple People Eater

Dudeboy is half way to black belt . . .

Europe Retake Due

The scores for the geography retake of the Europe test (the third retake) are due today. The results from the last retake still show vast improvements. For the people who retook the Central American & part of Caribbean quiz, there was an average increase of 18 percentage points. And there was an average increase of 25 percentage points for those who retook the South American quiz.

Image of "Europe in 1870" from the Strange Maps blog . . .

Kingdom of Fife Film School . . . March

Here is the eighth installment of the Kingdom of Fife Film School. These are the films Dudeboy watched during March with his ratings.

• Citizen Architect: Samuel Mockbee and the Spirit of the Rural Studio 8 stars [2010; US; watched 3.27.11]
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 8 stars [1920; US; watched 3.26.11]
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 8 stars [2007; UK/US; watched 3.24.11]
• Around the World in Eighty Days 8 stars [1956; US; watched 3.13.11]