I got 85% too - went down on a couple of the USA questions and wasn't
sure if a turtle is reptile or amphibian! (I know now, it's a reptile).
I wouldn't get many questions about New Zealand or Australia right -
particularly, I don't think many people in the UK know the capital of
Australia.
85% seems to be about par. I scored that too - wrong
on a couple of the US questions (could a US Arachne
enlghten us about Four Corners). But I'm ashamed to
say I got the prime number question wrong as well!
Always thought I was good at maths, certainly get very
impatient with people who aren't.
I got 60% on this trivia quiz on the USA, and likemany others would not
score much higher on a similar quiz on Australia.
However, it did lead to a quiz at home on capitals of the world, which
were drilled into me at school by rote learning. Many borders have
changed over the years, so on some
On Apr 22, 2007, at 5:20, Hazel Smith wrote:
85% seems to be about par. I scored that too - wrong
on a couple of the US questions (could a US Arachne
enlghten us about Four Corners).
I went splat on Four Corners myself -- never heard the term. My husband
-- Virginia born (83yrs ago g) and
Hi All, I see no one else has written about the 4 Corners yet. It's in the
Southwest and I will check the map to get the states right G. It's where
Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona meet. I got it wrong because I put
Nevada in place of Arizona. It is part of my family lore because we have
On 4/21/07 8:38 AM, Agnes Boddington wrote:
. . . . Actual dialogue of a former WordPerfect Customer
Support employee. (Now I know why they record these
conversations!):
As a rule of thumb, don't believe any story that could
survive on its literary merits.
I believe this one has been
This puts me in mind of the incident that happened -- twice -- to my
SO. He works in HR (Human Resources [Personnel]) on the second floor of
a hospital campus building. The same building also contains various
offices, and physician offices. A female (yes, blonde!) came in looking
a bit
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Hi All, I see no one else has written about the 4
Corners yet. It's in the
Southwest and I will check the map to get the states
right G. It's where
Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona meet. I got
it wrong because I put
Nevada in place
FYI - 4 corners in the US is Utah, Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico.
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I know Helen Bell of Colorado would have been the first to tell anyone
where the Four Corners is, as there was a photo of her sitting on the
intersection of the state borders making lace on her travel pillow in a
recent IOLI Bulletin.
How many people who tried the quiz about Estonia got all 12
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