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[foot fairy]

Stuck on these. Any help appreciated. What common food takes its name from an Anglo-Saxon word meaning "mouldy". Who was the only US entertainer to earn more than Steven Spielberg's estimated $105 million in 1989? What year did the GCSE exam supercede O-Level? Thanks in advance.

[josiah]

GCSE's were started in 1986

[Fibonacci]

2 Michael Jackson

[foot fairy]

Thank you very much josiah and Fibonacci.

[novalis]

Just to add to Josiah's answer, the syllabuses/syllabi for GCSE were introduced in 1986. The first exams were held in 1988.

[foot fairy]

Does this mean they were introduced in 1986 or 1988?

[novalis]

Depends on the interpretation of the question.

The first exams were held in 1988 ( I had an examiners' meeting on my birthdayn that year!! ) but GCSE is a two-year course so we started teaching the syllabus in 1986.

[foot fairy]

Thank you novalis. I'll go for 1986 then.

[yapisle]

Old English fynig (�mouldy�) gives us �vinny�, preserved in the cheese name Dorset Blue Vinney