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Tuesday, August 27, 2013

A Stupid Quiz

Gary Larsen

SCIENCE

I got 74% They cheated. They asked questions I didn't know the answers to, but many of my guesses have diplomas. How did you do Rodge?

Celt

Oh yeah! Well whose record for nine shutouts pitched in a single season did Ron Guidry tie in 1978?[Ans]

And whose record of World Series consecutive scoreless inning streak pitched of 29⅔ innings did Whitey Ford break in 1961? [Ans]

And what was the name of Robert E. Lee's horse? Ans

Now, who's the better person? Ladies. who would you rather be marooned on a deserted Island with? Me or someone who scored 100?

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Rodger the Real King of France 8/27/2013 11:10:00 AM 19 Comments

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19 comments:

mostly cajun said...: 90% and stole it.

MC; 8/27/13, 11:46 AM
vanderleun said...: 60 but I wuz robbed!; 8/27/13, 12:13 PM
pdwalker said...: 98% but only because I don't know squat about the names of clouds. I refuse to learn their names.; 8/27/13, 12:32 PM
Rodger the Real King of France said...: I think vanderleun's shows that a broad intellect is not encumbered by minutia better left to geeks toiling in small closets.; 8/27/13, 12:41 PM
Anonymous said...: Yes Rodge, you are right; 8/27/13, 12:42 PM
Anonymous said...: I'm not too good on baseball stats. Gen. Lee had many horses over his lifetime and military service. I assume you mean his favored horse during the War Between the States - named Traveler.

The test is a pain in the ass for someone of little patience, with its "question-then-answer" format, though made easier by being multiple choice.

I only got an 82. I suspect, like all tankers, MC cheated...

jd; 8/27/13, 12:44 PM
pdwalker said...: That's why he creates beautiful writings and I'm a wealth of almost useless trivia.

I'll tell ya something though, my ability to troubleshoot strange problems is almost magical because of the amount of trivia that turns out to have some application to the problem at hand.

you win some, you lose some.; 8/27/13, 12:52 PM
Anonymous said...: Baseball?

During a long rain delay, a baseball color commentator decides to kill some time by sharing a little trivia with the play-by-play announcer.

"I'll bet you don't know who hit the most home runs between 1955 and 1975," the color man says.

"Everyone knows that," says the announcer, "Hank Aaron."

"How about who had the most RBI's between 1955 and 1975?"

"Easy," says the announcer, "Hank Aaron again."

"OK, here's a harder one. Know who got hit on the chin with the most balls between 1955 and 1975?"

"I'm not sure on that one, but I'm guessing Hank Aaron."

"Nope," says the color man, "Liberace."

Tim; 8/27/13, 12:58 PM
TimO said...: 84%, only 8 wrong. But then again I am a geek...; 8/27/13, 2:27 PM
TechnoYid said...: 90%. But I guessed on eleven answers, and got three of the guesses wrong (mostly guessing between 2 or three possibilities -- although I remember at least one question (the clouds) where I had absolutely no idea). That said, I got two wrong that I thought I knew. But it seems that it has been so long since I thought about those subjects that I've forgotten much of what I learned.

This was all done without looking up anything (as a matter of fact, I was websurfing while waiting for their page to load), and is clearly what is left of my mind...; 8/27/13, 3:16 PM
Jon said...: 68% but many were guesses; 8/27/13, 4:38 PM
DougM said...: 94%
Screw you, astronomy!
(Guessed between two best answers on three, guessed wrong on all three. Even I know that probability should'a given me at least one of 'em, but noooooo.); 8/27/13, 7:31 PM
Anonymous said...: 96% - lucky guessed the biochemistry/genetics and gave credit to Einstein instead of Hubble.
Lt. Col. Gen. Tailgunner Dick; 8/27/13, 9:51 PM
Rodger the Real King of France said...: I was just joking. I got 100, er, 99%; 8/28/13, 12:07 AM
pdwalker said...: You are, of course, a model of modesty.; 8/28/13, 1:42 AM
Rodger the Real King of France said...: aw shucks ...; 8/28/13, 8:22 AM
Jason in KT said...: 66% I smacked my forehead a lot when I saw the correct answers--does that count for anything?; 8/28/13, 8:36 AM
Rodger the Real King of France said...: Not one of you lot questioned .''Trigger" being Lee's horse. Ahem.; 8/28/13, 10:30 AM
rickn8or said...: 76. But cut me some slack; when I took Chemistry in High School, there were only four elements: Earth, Air, Fire, and Water.

Besides, that bitch with the test tubes was starting to get on my nerves.; 8/28/13, 1:13 PM

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