| [GMCnet] OT! A quiz for Americans (HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW YOUR COUNTRY?) [message #289886] |
Tue, 03 November 2015 12:01  |
k2gkk
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A friend passed this on to me and I believe it is worth passing on.
If you are not a US citizen, I don't expect your score would be super high, but I suspect that some of you will do better than a lot of us who were born and "educated" here.
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How well do you know your country? A very interesting test on how well you know your country. The test was designed by Bill O'Reilly and there are no trick questions. The test says you should get at least 15 to pass. I say you should get at least 20 for a passing grade. See how well you do! Country
Knowledge
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| Re: [GMCnet] OT! A quiz for Americans (HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW YOUR COUNTRY?) [message #289891 is a reply to message #289886] |
Tue, 03 November 2015 14:01  |
jhbridges
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25 out of 25. Went to a good high school. My memory isn't so good anymore, but you didn't pass Civics until you could, among other things recite the first part of the Declaration, name the Presidents in order, name the States and their Capitols, 'splain the Monroe Doctrine, and some other stuff people ought to know if they were citizens of Alabama and the U.S. Interestingly, each day the entire school took the first ten minutes of the school day and had spelling class. I mistype much more often than I misspell as a result of that. Starke University School, unfortunately now defunct. Run at the time and owned by Col Edwin R. Carter who was an Episcopal priest (Unfrocked for about twenty years, and then got his collar back), and also was Patton's Chaplain. 'Nother bit or trivia, the guy who started Bass Pro Shops was an alum, as was the President of the First National Bank, who declined to fund the Pro Shops, and later at a reunion noted, one of the duller mistakes he'd made as a banker. I used to could recite The Furniture Problem, it was required memorization, mostly as nostalgia. In the days of Professor Starke, you had to recite it on Friday at the end of First Semester, and got a whipping every week until you could.
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Foolish Carriage, 76 26' Eleganza(?) with beaucoup mods and add - ons.
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I forgive them all, save those who hurt the dogs. They must answer to me in hell
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| Re: [GMCnet] OT! A quiz for Americans (HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW YOUR COUNTRY?) [message #289897 is a reply to message #289891] |
Tue, 03 November 2015 18:08 |
cbryan
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Johnny,
You got a live one on the hook, here. Furniture Problem? Sounds like something my wife could relate to, and the Google search is no help. Please let us know what sort of problem it is.
I don't like the idea of getting whipped for not being able to recite it.
Best,
Carey
Carey from Ennis, Texas
78 Royale, 500 Cadillac, Rance Baxter EFI.
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| Re: [GMCnet] OT! A quiz for Americans (HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW YOUR COUNTRY?) [message #289903 is a reply to message #289896] |
Tue, 03 November 2015 21:14 |
k2gkk
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Don't be so sure about that, Mike!
I truly think you did better than most Americans would do!
I don't think I'd do very well on a Canadian test but hopefully better than most Americans!
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~ ~ Since 30 November '53 ~ ~
~ ~ USAF and FAA, Retired ~ ~
~ Member GMCMI and Classics ~
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~~ k2gkk + hotmail dot com ~~
~ www.gmcmhphotos.com/okclb ~
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> Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2015 19:46:53 -0400
> From: kingsleygmc@gmail.com
> To: gmclist@list.gmcnet.org
> Subject: Re: [GMCnet] OT! A quiz for Americans (HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW YOUR COUNTRY?)
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> Y'all won't be wantin' me...19 :(
> Sorry neighbour !
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> Mike in NS
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> On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 5:57 PM, Pete Smith wrote:
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>> As a British and now American Citizen as well, I got 23.....pursuit of
>> happiness and Nevada let me down.
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>> Of course I had to pass a test that included some of thse question to
>> become a US citizen so that might be an unfair advatage.....
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>> Pete
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>> Cary, NC
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>> No Coach yet but decided it will be wet bath with Sully or 4 bag system.
>> perhaps a 1978 Kingsley....
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> Michael Beaton
> 1977 Kingsley 26-11
> 1977 Eleganza II 26-3
> Antigonish, NS
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> Life is too short to hold a grudge; slash some tires and call it even !
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| Re: [GMCnet] OT! A quiz for Americans (HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW YOUR COUNTRY?) [message #289931 is a reply to message #289886] |
Wed, 04 November 2015 09:30 |
jhbridges
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Carey -
The Furniture Problem was a math problem in fractions. 'A lady bought a table for $45, a bookshelf for $19 and a bureau for $68. What fraction of the cost of the bureau were the shelf and table?" I'm not sure those are the articles and/or the prices, but you had to look at the fractions and recite "$19 is one fourth of $68, and $45 is 45/68th which is..." etc. It took about three paragraphs. I'll try to find a copy.
--johnny
Foolish Carriage, 76 26' Eleganza(?) with beaucoup mods and add - ons.
Braselton, Ga.
I forgive them all, save those who hurt the dogs. They must answer to me in hell
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| Re: [GMCnet] OT! A quiz for Americans (HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW YOUR COUNTRY?) [message #289943 is a reply to message #289886] |
Wed, 04 November 2015 16:53 |
jhbridges
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Uh no. Each as a fraction of it seperately. Done as fractions, no rounding. Anyway, I wrote the 'Fessor's grandson to see if he might have a copy of it. The values I used are for example, I'm trying to get the correct problem.
--johnny
Foolish Carriage, 76 26' Eleganza(?) with beaucoup mods and add - ons.
Braselton, Ga.
I forgive them all, save those who hurt the dogs. They must answer to me in hell
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