What are vibrissae anyway?

December 26, 2003 3:37 PM

Welcome to this, the 23rd Annual Xmas Quiz, a holiday tradition in the Bay Area for 23 years. No. 12 is probably too obscure, and No. 14 will inspire rampant pedantry. 16 questions on a wide range of subjects, and answers are here
posted by amberglow (10 comments total)

I got the first one right. Downhill from there.
posted by Frank Grimes at 5:38 PM on December 26, 2003

Here we go:

1: True
2: T
3: F
4: F
5: T
6: T
7: F
8: T
9: F
10: F
11: F
12: T
13: T
14: F
15: F

And yes, 16 is FALSE, no matter what the bible says.
posted by tiamat at 7:09 PM on December 26, 2003

me too Frank--that's why i posted it (i needed to see how others did)

and tiamat : >
posted by amberglow at 10:16 PM on December 26, 2003

More fiendishly difficult questions here

The King William's quiz has a few easy "end of year" ones at the end, so you don't feel completely stupid.

As to the Bay area quiz, ask me again, when all my well educated and more intelligent friends wake up.
posted by fullerine at 1:05 AM on December 27, 2003

Heh heh, the vibrissae question was one of the few that I actually knew. Although the answer they printed was a little off - (SEMI-SPOILER) they're not restricted to cats.
posted by synapse at 11:01 AM on December 27, 2003

I found another--an audio quiz--The Quotes Quiz from the bbc (this is easier, mostly)
posted by amberglow at 4:30 PM on December 27, 2003

Good quiz. Very hard.
For Q6 you could also have Eire.
posted by Pretty_Generic at 8:38 AM on December 28, 2003

Yeah, I thought of Eire too. Anybody come up with another four-letter country name? We had a lot of fun chewing that one over this last couple of days.
posted by languagehat at 9:18 AM on December 28, 2003

Here's the last one.
posted by Pretty_Generic at 7:37 AM on December 29, 2003

smell you, pretty! : >
posted by amberglow at 12:41 PM on December 29, 2003