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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-14-04 08:11 AM
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Not all americans are stupid.. Take the test
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meegbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-14-04 08:17 AM
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1. 15 out of 20
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rooboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-14-04 08:17 AM
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2. 16 out of 20... n/t
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-14-04 08:18 AM
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3. NO fair I am the product of a failing education system
14

I knew some of the ones I missed and didn't know some of the one's I got right.
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beawr Donating Member (358 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-14-04 08:20 AM
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4. I got 18 right
They said I should emigrate, I just might if the son of a Bush is granted the presidency again.
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-14-04 08:20 AM
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5. 15/20 with one stupid mistake made.
Not bad.
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KCDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-14-04 02:12 PM
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28. yeah, not bad for a blonde
:evilgrin:

Hey, I'm a blonde, too, so I'm allowed to poke fun. :hi:
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BlueJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-14-04 08:23 AM
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6. Well, I got 18 right but something tells me..
....the average person in our country would get about 10.
I hope I'm just being pessimistic.
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beawr Donating Member (358 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-14-04 08:45 AM
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13. Americans 12.76 Rest of World 13.32
The have the results posted and continuously updated.
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-14-04 08:23 AM
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7. 15 out of 20. Not bad. eom
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arwalden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-14-04 08:32 AM
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Same Here. 75%... I Ought To Have Done Better
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demnan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-14-04 08:24 AM
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8. 12
but after I hit a couple I knew they were wrong. I haven't had my caffine yet this morning give me a break.
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notadmblnd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-14-04 08:25 AM
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9. here's my score
17 of 20

You have an impressive understanding of the world for an American. It is likely that you feel intellectually isolated in your home country, and often have to hide your opinions from others. Deep down, you realise that your country is the single biggest threat to world peace in modern times, but you have not yet summoned up the courage to emigrate.

It's a fun quiz
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jogi1969 Donating Member (139 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-14-04 08:28 AM
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10. 15 out of 20
n/t
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kayell Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-14-04 08:32 AM
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11. 16/20
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Kamika Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-14-04 08:40 AM
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12. I got 12
Edited on Wed Jan-14-04 08:56 AM by Kamika
I blame society though.


It was actually 13 but one was only a lucky guess
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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-14-04 08:49 AM
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14. 16/20
With a couple panic mistakes...
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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-14-04 08:50 AM
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15. Wonder what the Freepers would get...
2s, 3s maybe:)
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beawr Donating Member (358 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-14-04 10:14 AM
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20. I LOVE the graphic
n/t
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nickgutierrez Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-14-04 03:12 PM
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37. Good call
"Amurkins are nt mrobedly obiese!"
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Sperk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-14-04 08:52 AM
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16. 13 out of 20, with some good guesses. I better READ more!
:spank:
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Rabbit of Caerbannog Donating Member (742 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-14-04 09:17 AM
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17. WOO HOOO! 17 outa 20
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Chef Donating Member (453 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-14-04 09:29 AM
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18. 19/20
Bronze. Couldn't think fast enough.
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CivilRightsNow Donating Member (646 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-14-04 06:23 PM
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60. 19/20
Tin and copper :)

I have no idea who invented dynomite tho, Im fairly sure it wasnt Marie Currie.
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Crunchy Frog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-14-04 08:17 PM
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62. Alfred Nobel
for whom the peace prize is named.
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LWolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-14-04 09:35 AM
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19. You answered 17 questions correctly out of 20.
You have an impressive understanding of the world for an American. It is likely that you feel intellectually isolated in your home country, and often have to hide your opinions from others. Deep down, you realise that your country is the single biggest threat to world peace in modern times, but you have not yet summoned up the courage to emigrate.
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Lydia Leftcoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-14-04 11:24 AM
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21. I got 20/20!
It helped that most of the questions were in geography, history, and literature, areas that I'm strong in.

If they'd been about sports, I'd have gotten 0/20.
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Vitruvius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-14-04 07:54 PM
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61. 20/20 also.
But I had to guess one of them.
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peekaloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-14-04 11:35 AM
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22. 19/20
"You have an impressive understanding of the world for an American. It is likely that you feel intellectually isolated in your home country, and often have to hide your opinions from others. Deep down, you realise that your country is the single biggest threat to world peace in modern times, but you have not yet summoned up the courage to emigrate."

:evilfrown:
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camero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-14-04 12:44 PM
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23. 17/20
No, I have not summoned the courage to emigrate. :)
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ronnykmarshall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-14-04 01:20 PM
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24. 13
My highest marks were in world history.
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KCDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-14-04 01:55 PM
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25. 15/20
The time bar thingy made me nervous... I clicked a few and instantly knew I made a mistake. Sigh.
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KCDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-14-04 02:11 PM
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27. retook the test 3 times
(what can I say... I'm bored, and DU is too damn slow today!)

The questions change a bit. Once, I only got 10/20. Once, 19. I did well on the geography ones and anything having to do with Russia, but not so well on some of the others. Sigh.

I found the whole thing to be rather offensive, though.
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denverbill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-14-04 03:13 PM
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40. I was robbed.
I was doing it at work and people walked in on me the first two times, and of course, I only had answered 2 questions one time and about 10 the next.

After that, I took it twice and got 18, then 20, but I only got 20 because of a repeat question.
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Cuban_Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-14-04 02:10 PM
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26. 19/20
:)
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Kathy in Cambridge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-14-04 02:13 PM
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29. 19/20: Got the Beatles Question Wrong
Cave/Cavern! :grr:

You have an impressive understanding of the world for an American. It is likely that you feel intellectually isolated in your home country, and often have to hide your opinions from others. Deep down, you realise that your country is the single biggest threat to world peace in modern times, but you have not yet summoned up the courage to emigrate.
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mlawson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-14-04 06:20 PM
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58. What Beatles question?
We must have had different quizzes.
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AlGore-08.com Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-14-04 02:17 PM
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30. 18 out of 20 here
eom
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VOX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-14-04 02:32 PM
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31. 20/20. At last, the benefits of a liberal arts education fully realized!
Took it again, got 19/20 (flubbed the capital of Australia, of all things)-- it scrambles the questions around a bit.

:toast:
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-14-04 02:35 PM
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32. I ain't no dummy!
17/20. :D
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5thGenDemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-14-04 03:00 PM
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33. 20 out of 20
Edited on Wed Jan-14-04 03:03 PM by 5thGenDemocrat
On the first try -- regardless of the snotty little comment at the end of the quiz. I'm one of the smartest people I know (of course -- I'm a DEMOCRAT!), not that that's saying much any more.
John
Proud graduate, Delta (Community) College (MI), A.A., 1991.
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jimbo fett Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-14-04 03:07 PM
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34. 14. But I resent being timed.
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brainshrub Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-14-04 03:07 PM
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35. 15 out of 20
"For an American, your knowledge of the world and its history is surprisingly good. About the same as the average school-age person in any other country. If you are at school, congratulations. If you are an adult, try harder. Read books, visit other countries, and watch less television. Learn to understand the world better and you could become an ambassador for your country, demonstrating that Americans are not all stupid."

Running is an adverb! I knew that! Also, I thought the Spanish civil war was in 1933.
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lastliberalintexas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-14-04 05:04 PM
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50. Actually, running is a participle or gerund
Sorry! :)
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nickgutierrez Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-14-04 03:11 PM
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36. I got 15
"For an American, your knowledge of the world and its history is surprisingly good. About the same as the average school-age person in any other country. If you are at school, congratulations. If you are an adult, try harder. Read books, visit other countries, and watch less television. Learn to understand the world better and you could become an ambassador for your country, demonstrating that Americans are not all stupid."
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CrownPrinceBandar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-14-04 03:13 PM
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38. 16 out of 20 n/t
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NoPasaran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-14-04 03:13 PM
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39. 18/20
Can't say I care much for this remark though:

You have an impressive understanding of the world for an American. It is likely that you feel intellectually isolated in your home country, and often have to hide your opinions from others. Deep down, you realise that your country is the single biggest threat to world peace in modern times, but you have not yet summoned up the courage to emigrate.

To where would am I supposed to emigrate? Where will I find all the peace-loving brainiacs? And are any of them single women?
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Lindacooks Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-14-04 03:15 PM
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41. 16 out of 20
eom
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-14-04 03:18 PM
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42. 18/20
You answered 18 questions correctly out of 20.
A very good score. You obviously know a lot about the world and its history.

I failed the Beatles question and the Tallest Building question.
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slackmaster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-14-04 03:27 PM
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43. 15
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Orangepeel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-14-04 03:30 PM
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44. You have an impressive understanding of the world for an American.
:-)

You answered 17 questions correctly out of 20.

You have an impressive understanding of the world for an American. It is likely that you feel intellectually isolated in your home country, and often have to hide your opinions from others. Deep down, you realise that your country is the single biggest threat to world peace in modern times, but you have not yet summoned up the courage to emigrate.
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bikebloke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-14-04 03:38 PM
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45. 19 out of 20
I wonder which one they screwed up on.

Once upon a time I played Trivial Pursuit online. The other player kept bitching and moaning, accusing me of playing so much I had memorized the questions. Only she could see my stats I'd only played about 10 times. Her own showed a couple thousand plays (wow, what a life!) I said I read, finally leaving the game never to return.
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cosmicdot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-14-04 03:50 PM
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46. 18
You answered 18 questions correctly out of 20.

You have an impressive understanding of the world for an American. It is likely that you feel intellectually isolated in your home country, and often have to hide your opinions from others. Deep down, you realise that your country is the single biggest threat to world peace in modern times, but you have not yet summoned up the courage to emigrate.
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SmileyBoy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-14-04 03:54 PM
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47. 18 out of 20. that's pretty damn good!!!
I am so smart!! S-M-R-T... I mean, S-M-A-R-T!!!!
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TreasonousBastard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-14-04 04:00 PM
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48. 19
Slipped on the capital of friggin New Zealand.

Dumb!
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slackmaster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-14-04 04:51 PM
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49. It's too bad the authors don't distinguish between stupidity and ignorance
The term stupidity describes an inherent inability to reason or to learn. Ignorance results from a failure to learn whatever has been arbitrarily defined as important to know.
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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-14-04 05:08 PM
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51. LOLOLOL 20/20..and boy, do these people get hateful about it
Funny...but hateful. LOLOLOL


If you are American, the only way you got this score is by doing the quiz 50 times, and memorizing the correct answers. You need to approach the world in a less aggressively competitive way and learn to live with your inadequacies, rather than seeking to feel through bigotry and false national pride.
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BiggJawn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-14-04 05:16 PM
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52. Yeah, they told me to watch less television...
Edited on Wed Jan-14-04 05:17 PM by BiggJawn
I hate timed tests. what do they think that was, "Jeopardy"

I don't watch TV.
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guitar man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-14-04 05:20 PM
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53. 19

Missed an art question,something about the Birth of Venus or something like that.

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Padraig18 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-14-04 05:23 PM
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54. 20/20
"You answered 20 questions correctly out of 20."

If you are American, the only way you got this score is by doing the quiz 50 times, and memorizing the correct answers. You need to approach the world in a less aggressively competitive way and learn to live with your inadequacies, rather than seeking to feel through bigotry and false national pride."

What bloody cheek! :P
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Breezy du Nord Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-14-04 05:27 PM
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55. 14/20
Said not bad for a school age person. Well, that's who I am, I guess. :)
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bubblesby2002 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-14-04 05:30 PM
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56. 17 out of 20
But I'm Canadian, so it doesn't really count. I really wanted to get them all right so maybe I'll go back and do it again!
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beyurslf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-14-04 06:04 PM
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57. 17 out of 20.
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mlawson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-14-04 06:21 PM
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59. 18 out of 20.
I missed the Mona Lisa question, and one other.
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baldguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-14-04 08:19 PM
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63. Philo T Farnsworth was the inventor of the electronic television.
A Scotsman invented the MECHANICAL television earlier, but how many of you have mechanical televisions, hmmmm?

I think the answer they gave is wrong.

btw, I got 15/20.
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Crunchy Frog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-14-04 08:24 PM
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64. 19 out of 20
Not perfect, but I still feel pretty good about it.:bounce:
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curse10 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-14-04 08:32 PM
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65. 18/20
I didn't know who ordered Jesus' death and I was a retard and mixed up the Bronte sisters.
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