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At the very least I got 41 correct.

This test was much "easier" than what I read about last night. This does not bode well for the low forties.


I guess they're "easy" if you know them...


Best of luck to everyone tonight and tomorrow night.

At most, I got 38. So if I got lucky on a couple of guesses, I may squeak by.

Whew, that goes by quickly.

Congrats, bro!

Methinks you may have whupped my frozen butt this time around...

May the answers be with you. I'm completely stymied how I passed back in 2005. This thing went really fast. And I think the test in person gave you fewer seconds. The cursor had its own mind, but I didn't have all of mine. Oh well, next time.

AD:

Methinks you may have whupped my frozen butt this time around...

Mebbe. Mebbe not. I had three complete blanks: travelers checks, salman rushdie, and now I'm drawing another blank on the friggin' blank!!

Hope you miscounted, mikey. And, hope I didn't!!

ne1410s wrote:AD:

Methinks you may have whupped my frozen butt this time around...

Mebbe. Mebbe not. I had three complete blanks: travelers checks, salman rushdie, and now I'm drawing another blank on the friggin' blank!!

Hope you miscounted, mikey. And, hope I didn't!!

What was the check thing? I'm hoping it was what I thought.

Beebs52 wrote:

ne1410s wrote:AD:

Methinks you may have whupped my frozen butt this time around...

Mebbe. Mebbe not. I had three complete blanks: travelers checks, salman rushdie, and now I'm drawing another blank on the friggin' blank!!

Hope you miscounted, mikey. And, hope I didn't!!

What was the check thing? I'm hoping it was what I thought.

Based on google it is.

What was the check thing? I'm hoping it was what I thought.

I was what you thought. Bank of America was all I could pull from the auld grey matter and I knew that was not it...

I think I got around 40 -- I'll have to wait for the unofficial transcript to be sure. More than 35, anyhow

But I'm not asking my sister in DC to clear off the pullout sofa yet.

But I'm not asking my sister in DC to clear off the pullout sofa yet.

LOL

Last time I rode the train to Chicago, I ended up in the hot seat across from Ms Smellsgood.

I can't remember the year the Travelers' Checks were introduced.....but if it was 1891, it is indeed

Spoiler

American Express.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_E ... l_services

Re: Rhyme Time

Last night's test takers had the EZ Liver Giver....and we get frickin'

Spoiler

Hague Plague?!

LOL

That was one I got with about 1/2 second to spare.

Looks like I failed.

33, by my count.

Written, I think I would have passed; there were at least 3 that I had last-second thoughts on but could not change in time. On paper, I would have been able to salvage them.

And so it goes...

Well I will assume I missed it by one again.

Tonight's test was far easier than last night, at least to me.

I have a good feeling about finally passing the test. This was the 3rd time, two online and one live in LA.

Going by the unofficial transcript (no answers posted yet), I believe I got 39.

What was the flag, Dutch? I said France but I think that was wrong.

Here is the list from the J! site:

CABLE TV
This MTV series has put young people in cities such as Denver, Miami &, most recently, Sydney

WESTERN U.S. CITIES
It's Oregon's third-largest city & its capital

ARTISTS
He painted several views of the Saint-Paul Hospital Garden in 1889

AUTHORS
This Baltimore author of "The Gold-Bug" was buried in an unmarked grave in 1849

BRITISH ROYALTY
Henry VII was the first king of this English dynasty

MOUNTAINS
Also known as Godwin Austen, it's the second-highest mountain in the world

PHYSICS
His first law of motion includes the fact that an object at rest tends to stay at rest

TIME'S PERSON OF THE YEAR
This world leader was named Time magazine's Person of the Year for 2007

SPICES
This spice, closely associated with Hungarian cuisine, was introduced by the Turks in 1526

INTERNATIONAL PRIZES
In 1993, Salman Rushie's "Midnight's Children" won this, the most prestigious British award for novels

MOVIE STARS
In a 2007 film, he plays the "Demon Barber of Fleet Street"

LITERARY CHARACTERS
Regan, Goneril & Cordelia were this character's daughters

SPORTS AWARDS
Florida's Tim Tebow is the first sophomore to win this award in its 72-year history

FROM THE FRENCH
French words meaning "office rule" gave us this word for an official rigidly devoted to rules

WORLD CAPITALS
It's the capital of Canada

TREATIES
This 1853 purchase gave the U.S. parts of Arizona & New Mexico

COMPOSERS
His "Tanhauser" & "Lohengrin" preceded his "Ring Cycle"

POETS
In 1854 he wrote "The Charge of the Light Brigade"

COMMON BONDS
Coral, krait, moccasin

RHYME TIME
A calamity that befalls the Dutch seat of government

BROADWAY
This 2007 Tony winner for Best Musical was based on an 1891 German play about young love

THE MIDDLE AGES
A record of all the land in England, this "Book" was commissioned by William the Conqueror in 1085

BIOLOGY
From the Greek for "change", this one-celled animal consists of protoplasm surrounded by a membrane

BUSINESS BIGGIES
In 1891 this New York financial firm introduced the world's first traveler's checks

2007 NEWS
A short-lived 2007 protest was led by monks in this neighbor of Thailand

COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
Playwright Amiri Baraka, who wrote "The Baptism" & "The Slave", graduated from this D.C. university

LAND ANIMALS
The humpless vicuna is the smallest member of this family

FLAGS
This European nation's flag was originally orange, white & blue; the orange eventually became red

PSYCHOLOGISTS
His "box" tested operant conditioning in animals

BOOKS OF THE BIBLE
With 150 chapters, this is the longest book in the Bible

POP MUSIC
This British soul singer garnered 6 Grammy nominations for 2008, including Best New Artist

PRESIDENTS
He was president when World War I broke out

WORLD CITIES
Opened in 1973, this city's opera house has 2 sail-like roofs made of overlapping shells

MATHEMATICS
Meaning inversely related, in math is describes what 2/3 is to 3/2

HEADLINES
Former senator George Mitchell headed the investigation into the use of these

EUROPEAN HISTORY
Donatello was born in this city, where he assisted Ghiberti in finishing the bronze doors of the baptistery

LITERARY PLACES
In a Dickens novel, Esther is the ward of Mr. Jarndyce & lives with him at this title residence

THE BEAUTIFUL SEA
The Danube eventually empties into this sea

STARTS WITH "S"
It can mean transparently thin, or perfectly vertical, like a cliff

"UN" WITH WORDS
The order to which hooved mammals belong

BOOKS TO MOVIES
This Khalid Hosseini novel about 2 boys in Afghanistan was made into a 2007 film

RADIO PERSONALITIES
"All Things Considered", she's NPR's award-winning legal affairs correspondent

THE LAW
Latin for "produce the body", so far this right has been denied to the Guantanamo detainees

AUTHORS
This "Water-Method Man" played by "The Cider House Rules"

U.S. HISTORY
The golden spike at Promontory in this state, marked the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad

AROUND THE WORLD
Ubud is considered the cultural center of Bali, in this island nation

WORLD AUTHORS
His "Just So Stories" came shortly after his "Kim"

NAMES IN THE NEWS
In 2007, Carlos Slim Helu overtook this man as the richest man in the world

PARTS OF SPEECH
This part of speech usually ends with "LY"

LAST HURRAHS
His last concert was at Indianapolis Market Square Arena on June 26, 1977

VAdame wrote:What was the flag, Dutch? I said France but I think that was wrong.

Did a Google and yes, it looks like it was the Netherlands.

One of "those three" for me...

I bombed this bigger than a nuclear strike based on going back.

I can officially enter the dumber than bricks group.

I got 35 right. Please tell me that's enough.

I'm annoyed w/ myself for the Names in the News (rich guys) answer. I started to type Gates, then realized I was being pretty darned Ameri-centric & changed it to the frickin' Sultan of Brunei!

Shoulda stuck with Gates 'cause he was it

On looking at the trancript they asked The Capital of Canada!!!!!

Shoot! I wish that I took the test tonight.

Unfortunately, I was putting the girls to bed at the time.

Appa23 wrote:Shoot! I wish that I took the test tonight.

Unfortunately, I was putting the girls to bed at the time.

Try for tomorrow -- 8 PM PST so just adjust for your time zone.

I am suffering from Jeopardepression.

As best I can tell, after looking up many answers and suffering brain farts for stuff I've known for years and years, I scored 34. I could name the college attended by LeRoi Jones (under whatever name he's now using) but my brain went black after typing Real, when I've watched that show since the first one in NYC. I didn't mess up on the President questions or the Shakespeare questions, which have been a source of frustration for me in years past; I got sports questions I actually knew; and I typed "ungulates" before I ever noticed the category -- but I couldn't add "Runner" to "The Kite...."

Frigging, freaking, bleeping 34 -- again! Frigging, freaking, bleeping again!




I just recounted. I was worse. I had 33, not counting at least five for which I remembered the right answer too late to enter. Frig. Freak. Bleep.

I admire you all.

I admire people who think they can pass this thing.

I admire your ability to recall and access stuff.

My hat is off to all of you who tried - no matter what your final number is.

Nuts. Would have done much better on this one than the first night's. Drew blanks this morning on some that should have been easy (the coffee hasn't taken hold yet), but definitely would have been in contention. So it goes.