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What are vibrissae anyway?

amberglow — Fri, 26 Dec 2003 15:37:30 -0800

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

By: Frank Grimes

Frank Grimes — Fri, 26 Dec 2003 17:38:53 -0800

I got the first one right. Downhill from there.

By: tiamat

tiamat — Fri, 26 Dec 2003 19:09:23 -0800

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.

By: amberglow

amberglow — Fri, 26 Dec 2003 22:16:58 -0800

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

By: fullerine

fullerine — Sat, 27 Dec 2003 01:05:00 -0800

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.

By: synapse

synapse — Sat, 27 Dec 2003 11:01:49 -0800

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.

By: amberglow

amberglow — Sat, 27 Dec 2003 16:30:52 -0800

I found another--an audio quiz--The Quotes Quiz from the bbc (this is easier, mostly)

By: Pretty_Generic

Pretty_Generic — Sun, 28 Dec 2003 08:38:32 -0800

Good quiz. Very hard. For Q6 you could also have Eire.

By: languagehat

languagehat — Sun, 28 Dec 2003 09:18:11 -0800

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.

By: Pretty_Generic

Pretty_Generic — Mon, 29 Dec 2003 07:37:17 -0800

Here's the last one.

By: amberglow

amberglow — Mon, 29 Dec 2003 12:41:30 -0800

smell you, pretty! : >