
The official Royal Family Twitter account has more than 3 million followers, who are usually treated to tweets about the Royal Family's activities and visitors to Buckingham Palace.
However, a series of tweets posted on Wednesday evening posing a series of cryptic questions have left a lot of people scratching their heads.
The first was posted at 6:49 and asked a question about fungi.
By what physiological peculiarities do Fungi differ from other plants?— The Royal Family (@The Royal Family) 1548874191
The next was about pipes being fitted to a cistern.
A cistern is fitted with three pipes, one of which will fill it in 48 minutes, the other in an hour, and the third… https://t.co/CJbDCP9Uxg— The Royal Family (@The Royal Family) 1548874207
Then came a question about redundant letters in the English alphabet.
How many redundant letters are there in the English Alphabet? What would be the ideal of a perfect alphabet, and ho… https://t.co/1LVtZsKbeH— The Royal Family (@The Royal Family) 1548874221
Lastly, the account asked if you had passed 'the special examination?'
Do you think you’d have passed the ‘special examination’?— The Royal Family (@The Royal Family) 1548874314
While there is a simple explanation for these questions, people were initially very, very confused.
@RoyalFamily Numberwang.— Louisa Bradford (@Louisa Bradford) 1548877302
Some even thought the account had been hacked.
@RoyalFamily I think the account is hacked— marianne_amine (@marianne_amine) 1548875182
However, a little bit of investigation would have revealed that the questions were in relation to a series of tweets posted just moments before.
They made reference to 150 anniversary of women in higher education, with the aforementioned questions being featured in a 'special examination' that women first took at the University of London 1869.
In 1869 nine pioneering women sat the first examination at @UoLondon. Here are some of the questions they were asked...— The Royal Family (@The Royal Family) 1548874176
While some have figured out what the tweets were about, others remain completely perplexed.
indy100 has contacted The Royal Family's web team for comment.
HT Daily Mail