I thought I'd posted this last night, after my final attempt to qualify, but I must have fumble-fingered the submission. Figures.
Q1 Arrange these historical events in chronological order, starting with the earliest:
1. Caesar crosses the Rubicon
2. Columbus crosses the Atlantic
3. Lindbergh crosses the Atlantic
4. Washington crosses the Delaware
1-4-3-2.
Q2 Arrange these celebrities in order by height, starting with the tallest:
1. Clint Eastwood
2. Danny DeVito
3. Julia Roberts
4. Shaquille O'Neal
4-1-3-2. Shaq and DeVito made easy bookends, wasn't 100% sure that Eastwood is taller than Roberts, but was correct that he is.
Q3 Arrange these poets in order by the year of their birth, starting with the earliest:
1. Maya Angelou
2. T.S. Eliot
3. Edgar Allan Poe
4. Emily Dickinson
3-4-2-1. Poe was easily the oldest, I thought Emily Dickinson was mid-late 19th century (but she turned out to be earlier than I thought), I knew T.S. Eliot's life spanned parts of the 19th and 20th centuries, and I knew Maya Angelou was all 20th. I held my breath and punched Dickinson in 2nd, and was gratified to be called correct. The actual years are: Poe (1809), Dickinson (1830), Eliot (1888) and Angelou (1928).
Q4 Arrange these fashion designers in order by the year of their birth, starting with the earliest:
(
Really, Fred? You have to do
this to me, with all the trouble I've been having with this game so far?)
1. Laura Ashley
2. Edith Head
3. Mary Quant
4. Stella McCartney
The correct answer, per Wikipedia, is 2-1-3-4. That is not what I entered. What I did enter, I have no clue. I did guess correctly that McCartney was the most recent, but I couldn't tell you what order I punched the others in. Anyway, they were: Head (1897), Ashley (1927), Quant (1934), McCartney (1971).
And thus endeth my attempt to qualify.
-Mike
If Nietzsche is right, "That which does not kill me makes me stronger", I'm due to be fitted for a coffin or a cape any day now....