I *AM* the Weakest Link
teerio
I tried out for the "Weakest Link" today in Nashville and I'm a
helluva lot more stupid than I thought. But it was only 20 questions,
and I think I got about 11-12 right. Darn. I didn't make it to the
final 16 to play the "mock" show. G'bye!
I'm going to post a few of the questions that I remember. But we only
got 30 seconds for each question, and if you didn't hear it correctly
the first time, you had to wait until they repeated it 15 seconds into
it. <excuses, excuses> You wrote your answers, but no crossed out
words. It had to be the first and only answer. <excuses, excuses>
The one question I'm really pissed I missed is the 2000 People
Magazine "Sexiest Man Alive", that was the only person to make the
cover twice. Damn! That should be first grade stuff for AGC. lol
<more excuses...>
Okay...paraphrased questions - remember, answer quick!
1) What French Impressionist was known for his paintings of Taiwanese
women?
2) Who's 3rd Theory stated "For every action is an equal and opposite
reaction?"
3) Who plays Buffy in the hit "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"?
4) What country had "Memphis" as a capital in ancient history?
5) Who was People Magazine's 2000 Sexiest Man Alive, the only one to
be chosen for the second time?
6) In the 1979 NCAA playoffs, what college team with the moniker of
"Sycamores" did Larry Bird lead?
7) What sport has a 9 x 5 foot playing area?
8) What do you call a star that has such a massive density that
doesn't even let light escape?
9) In 1960, what was the name of the organization formed to determine
the price regulation of oil producing nations?
10) Who wrote Robinson Caruso?
11) What hollow pasta, cut diagonally at each end, is named for a
writing instrument?
12) Who ruled Jordan from 1960 until his death in 1999?
13) In the TV show and in real life, what does the acronym M.A.S.H.
stand for?
14) Who was the first European explorer to see the Mississippi River?
I can't remember the others right now - they must have been the ones I
really aced. :-)
Violet Blue
>
>I tried out for the "Weakest Link" today in Nashville and I'm a
>helluva lot more stupid than I thought. But it was only 20 questions,
>and I think I got about 11-12 right. Darn. I didn't make it to the
>final 16 to play the "mock" show. G'bye!
>
>I'm going to post a few of the questions that I remember. But we only
>got 30 seconds for each question, and if you didn't hear it correctly
>the first time, you had to wait until they repeated it 15 seconds into
>it. <excuses, excuses> You wrote your answers, but no crossed out
>words. It had to be the first and only answer. <excuses, excuses>
>The one question I'm really pissed I missed is the 2000 People
>Magazine "Sexiest Man Alive", that was the only person to make the
>cover twice. Damn! That should be first grade stuff for AGC. lol
><more excuses...>
>
>Okay...paraphrased questions - remember, answer quick!
>
>1) What French Impressionist was known for his paintings of Taiwanese
>women?
>
Monet?
>2) Who's 3rd Theory stated "For every action is an equal and opposite
>reaction?"
>
Newton?
>3) Who plays Buffy in the hit "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"?
Sarah Michelle Gellar?
>4) What country had "Memphis" as a capital in ancient history?
Greece?
>5) Who was People Magazine's 2000 Sexiest Man Alive, the only one to
>be chosen for the second time?
George Clooney?
>6) In the 1979 NCAA playoffs, what college team with the moniker of
>"Sycamores" did Larry Bird lead?
Indiana?
>7) What sport has a 9 x 5 foot playing area?
Tabble tennis? Billiards?
>8) What do you call a star that has such a massive density that
>doesn't even let light escape?
A dead star?
>9) In 1960, what was the name of the organization formed to determine
>the price regulation of oil producing nations?
OPEC?
>10) Who wrote Robinson Caruso?
Daniel Defoe? Or is it Willem Defoe?
>11) What hollow pasta, cut diagonally at each end, is named for a
>writing instrument?
Penne?
>12) Who ruled Jordan from 1960 until his death in 1999?
King Hussein?
>13) In the TV show and in real life, what does the acronym M.A.S.H.
>stand for?
Mobile Army Sugical Unit
>14) Who was the first European explorer to see the Mississippi River?
Columbus?
Those are kind of tough. I didn't cheat though. Anyone know all the
answers out there?
---
Regards,
Violet Blue (To e-mail remove NOSPAM)
teerio
wrote:
Now now, that's *two* answers. Not allowed. :-)
Violet Blue
Yes, but am I right about any? I'm too tired to go searching the
internet. The only one I'm sure of is Sarah Michelle Gellar playing
Buffy and the acronym MASH stands for.
teerio
wrote:
>Those are kind of tough. I didn't cheat though. Anyone know all the
>answers out there?
2 other questions that the group before me had, but not on my test.
- Who was in love with Pandora?
- What word beginning with "M" describes the geological shifting of
glaciers and land masses?
teerio
wrote:
>Yes, but am I right about any? I'm too tired to go searching the
>internet. The only one I'm sure of is Sarah Michelle Gellar playing
>Buffy and the acronym MASH stands for.
>
>---
>
>Regards,
>
>Violet Blue (To e-mail remove NOSPAM)
Well, if I could tell you if you were right, would I be touting that I
was too stupid to answer most of those questions? lol
Yes you were right and yes you were wrong. :-)
Violet Blue
>Well, if I could tell you if you were right, would I be touting that I
>was too stupid to answer most of those questions? lol
>
>Yes you were right and yes you were wrong. :-)
>
E-mail me. Those questions are tough. I don't think of people as
stupid if they don';t know the answers to hard questions, although you
are right that some others here might. They are tougher than the
questions they ask on TV, from what little I've seen of the show. Why
do you want to go on that show anyway if you are afraid people will
think of you as stupid? That seems to be the sole intent of the show,
for people to look stupid and be ridiculed as such. You should be
glad you weren't picked. Go on Millionaire instead.
Violet Blue
>> 5) Who was People Magazine's 2000 Sexiest Man Alive, the only one to
>> be chosen for the second time?
>
>Brad?
>
>>
>> 8) What do you call a star that has such a massive density that
>> doesn't even let light escape?
>
>black hole
>
I was going to say brad and black hole!
teerio
wrote:
>On Wed, 02 May 2001 03:55:00 GMT, teerio wrote:
>
>
>>Well, if I could tell you if you were right, would I be touting that I
>>was too stupid to answer most of those questions? lol
>>
>>Yes you were right and yes you were wrong. :-)
>>
>
> E-mail me. Those questions are tough. I don't think of people as
>stupid if they don';t know the answers to hard questions, although you
>are right that some others here might. They are tougher than the
>questions they ask on TV, from what little I've seen of the show.
Yes I definitely thought the questions aired on the show focused more
on "pop culture" than the actual questions presented in the quiz. But
when you've got 500-1000 people showing up to audition, it's a good
way to weed out the real dummies. One barely 18 year old chick showed
up next to me and asked "What's this all about? My *agent* sent me
down and told me to audition, that it would be helpful for my career."
Well......alllllrighty then.
>Why do you want to go on that show anyway if you are afraid people will
>think of you as stupid?
Oh hell I'm not afraid people will think I'm stupid. I just got the
wrong set of questions for my group. lol I would have done much
better with the other sets of questions. Right?
> That seems to be the sole intent of the show,
>for people to look stupid and be ridiculed as such. You should be
>glad you weren't picked. Go on Millionaire instead.
I could never go on Millionaire. Too much pressure. I'd rather have
other contestants surrounding me, so when I fuck up I can somehow
shift the blame onto someone else. :-)
Violet Blue
One barely 18 year old chick showed
>up next to me and asked "What's this all about? My *agent* sent me
>down and told me to audition, that it would be helpful for my career."
>Well......alllllrighty then.
Did she make it to the finals? :-) He just wants her to be seen on TV
so some producer or something will see her perhaps.
>I could never go on Millionaire. Too much pressure. I'd rather have
>other contestants surrounding me, so when I fuck up I can somehow
>shift the blame onto someone else. :-)
>
I could never go on a televised game show.
Craig Smith a.k.a. Olaf Mindrimmer
> Okay...paraphrased questions - remember, answer quick!
>
> 1) What French Impressionist was known for his paintings of Taiwanese
> women?
Rousseau.
> 2) Who's 3rd Theory stated "For every action is an equal and opposite
> reaction?"
Sir Isaac Newton.
> 3) Who plays Buffy in the hit "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"?
Sarah Michelle Geller.
> 4) What country had "Memphis" as a capital in ancient history?
Egypt.
> 5) Who was People Magazine's 2000 Sexiest Man Alive, the only one to
> be chosen for the second time?
Clooney, I think.
> 6) In the 1979 NCAA playoffs, what college team with the moniker of
> "Sycamores" did Larry Bird lead?
No idea. I suck at all things sports-related.
> 7) What sport has a 9 x 5 foot playing area?
Ping pong (table tennis). (All right, I guess I don't suck
at *everything* sports-related!)
> 8) What do you call a star that has such a massive density that
> doesn't even let light escape?
Black hole.
> 9) In 1960, what was the name of the organization formed to determine
> the price regulation of oil producing nations?
OPEC.
> 10) Who wrote Robinson Caruso?
Daniel Defoe.
> 11) What hollow pasta, cut diagonally at each end, is named for a
> writing instrument?
Penne. Looks like a fountain pen.
> 12) Who ruled Jordan from 1960 until his death in 1999?
King Hussein. His wife, Queen Noor, was Lisa Halaby from
California.
> 13) In the TV show and in real life, what does the acronym M.A.S.H.
> stand for?
Mobile Army Surgical Hospital.
> 14) Who was the first European explorer to see the Mississippi River?
Hernando de Soto.
Craig
mslinda
>
> I tried out for the "Weakest Link" today in Nashville and I'm a
> helluva lot more stupid than I thought. But it was only 20 questions,
> and I think I got about 11-12 right. Darn. I didn't make it to the
> final 16 to play the "mock" show. G'bye!
>
Linda C.
Leila A
Violet Blue wrote:
>
> On Wed, 02 May 2001 03:14:27 GMT, teerio wrote:
>
> >
> >I tried out for the "Weakest Link" today in Nashville and I'm a
> >helluva lot more stupid than I thought. But it was only 20 questions,
> >and I think I got about 11-12 right.
> >Okay...paraphrased questions - remember, answer quick!
> >
> >1) What French Impressionist was known for his paintings of Taiwanese
> >women?
> >
> Monet?
>
Gauguin. But I had to look it up. I can see his paintings in my mind's
eye but couldn't come up with the answer. 15 years ago this would have
been no problem. I'm losing my marbles...
> >2) Who's 3rd Theory stated "For every action is an equal and opposite
> >reaction?"
> >
> Newton?
>
> >4) What country had "Memphis" as a capital in ancient history?
>
Egypt
> Greece?
>
> >8) What do you call a star that has such a massive density that
> >doesn't even let light escape?
>
> A dead star?
Black hole (??)
>
> >9) In 1960, what was the name of the organization formed to determine
> >the price regulation of oil producing nations?
>
> OPEC?
>
> >10) Who wrote Robinson Caruso?
>
> Daniel Defoe? Or is it Willem Defoe?
Daniel
>
> >11) What hollow pasta, cut diagonally at each end, is named for a
> >writing instrument?
>
> Penne?
Yep
>
> >12) Who ruled Jordan from 1960 until his death in 1999?
>
> King Hussein?
Yep
>
> >13) In the TV show and in real life, what does the acronym M.A.S.H.
> >stand for?
>
> Mobile Army Sugical Unit
>
> >14) Who was the first European explorer to see the Mississippi River?
>
> Columbus?
No no no, he barely hit the Carribbean. Not that I know. Lewis and Clark
is a guess but I think they'd foudn the Mississippi long before their
adventure...
>
> Those are kind of tough. I didn't cheat though. Anyone know all the
> answers out there?
>
I certainly couldn't get 1/2 of them but they aren't tough, really...
Tough would be, I dunno, what was the name of the ruler who followed
Henry the 8th of England?
or some such...
Leila
Leila A
Hey, I was on my school's High IQ team the only year that we lost for a
whole decade.
Leila
and that was my peak for trivia
> Linda C.
Kitty Nakamura
"teerio" <tee...@aol.com> wrote in message
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>
<snipped>
>
>
> Okay...paraphrased questions - remember, answer quick!
>
> 1) What French Impressionist was known for his paintings of Taiwanese
> women?
Gaugin?
>
> 2) Who's 3rd Theory stated "For every action is an equal and opposite
> reaction?"
Newton
>
> 3) Who plays Buffy in the hit "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"?
Sarah Michelle Gellar
>
> 4) What country had "Memphis" as a capital in ancient history?
Greece
>
> 5) Who was People Magazine's 2000 Sexiest Man Alive, the only one to
> be chosen for the second time?
Brad Pitt
>
> 6) In the 1979 NCAA playoffs, what college team with the moniker of
> "Sycamores" did Larry Bird lead?
I hate sports. :-)
>
> 7) What sport has a 9 x 5 foot playing area?
table tennis
>
> 8) What do you call a star that has such a massive density that
> doesn't even let light escape?
black hole
>
> 9) In 1960, what was the name of the organization formed to determine
> the price regulation of oil producing nations?
OPEC
>
> 10) Who wrote Robinson Caruso? --> that's Crusoe.
Robert Louis Steveson
>
> 11) What hollow pasta, cut diagonally at each end, is named for a
> writing instrument?
Penne
>
> 12) Who ruled Jordan from 1960 until his death in 1999?
King Hussein
>
> 13) In the TV show and in real life, what does the acronym M.A.S.H.
> stand for?
Mobile Army Surgical Hospital
>
> 14) Who was the first European explorer to see the Mississippi River?
John Cabot
Kitty Nakamura
"teerio" <tee...@aol.com> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 02 May 2001 03:34:51 GMT, Violet Blue <la...@NOSPAMhome.com>
> wrote:
>
> >Those are kind of tough. I didn't cheat though. Anyone know all the
> >answers out there?
>
>
> 2 other questions that the group before me had, but not on my test.
>
> - Who was in love with Pandora?
Prometheus (he was a Titan)
nerdboy mikey
message news:uv2vetss7kpoda7bq...@4ax.com...
> > 5) Who was People Magazine's 2000 Sexiest Man Alive, the only one to
> > be chosen for the second time?
>
> Clooney, I think.
I thought this was Brad?
> > 6) In the 1979 NCAA playoffs, what college team with the moniker of
> > "Sycamores" did Larry Bird lead?
Indiana State. They actually won a game in this year's tournament too.
mike
i got most of those right. Totally spaced on King Hussein for some reason
tho...
http://members.nbci.com/nerdboymikey
Bird Lady
says...
>
> I tried out for the "Weakest Link" today in Nashville and I'm a
> helluva lot more stupid than I thought. But it was only 20 questions,
> and I think I got about 11-12 right. Darn. I didn't make it to the
> final 16 to play the "mock" show. G'bye!
>
> I'm going to post a few of the questions that I remember. But we only
> got 30 seconds for each question, and if you didn't hear it correctly
> the first time, you had to wait until they repeated it 15 seconds into
> it. <excuses, excuses> You wrote your answers, but no crossed out
> words. It had to be the first and only answer. <excuses, excuses>
> The one question I'm really pissed I missed is the 2000 People
> Magazine "Sexiest Man Alive", that was the only person to make the
> cover twice. Damn! That should be first grade stuff for AGC. lol
> <more excuses...>
>
> Okay...paraphrased questions - remember, answer quick!
>
> 1) What French Impressionist was known for his paintings of Taiwanese
> women?
Taiwanese? Are you sure it isn't Balinese or Tahisian? Then the answer
would be Gauguin.
>
> 2) Who's 3rd Theory stated "For every action is an equal and opposite
> reaction?"
Newton
>
> 3) Who plays Buffy in the hit "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"?
Sarah Michelle Geller
>
> 4) What country had "Memphis" as a capital in ancient history?
Egypt
>
> 5) Who was People Magazine's 2000 Sexiest Man Alive, the only one to
> be chosen for the second time?
>
> 6) In the 1979 NCAA playoffs, what college team with the moniker of
> "Sycamores" did Larry Bird lead?
Indiana State (?)
>
> 7) What sport has a 9 x 5 foot playing area?
Ping-pong
>
> 8) What do you call a star that has such a massive density that
> doesn't even let light escape?
Black dwarf
>
> 9) In 1960, what was the name of the organization formed to determine
> the price regulation of oil producing nations?
OPEC
>
> 10) Who wrote Robinson Caruso?
Defoe
>
> 11) What hollow pasta, cut diagonally at each end, is named for a
> writing instrument?
Ziti
>
> 12) Who ruled Jordan from 1960 until his death in 1999?
Hussein
>
> 13) In the TV show and in real life, what does the acronym M.A.S.H.
> stand for?
Mobile Army Surgical Hospital
>
> 14) Who was the first European explorer to see the Mississippi River?
DeSoto (?)
Swimr1996
>women?
>
Monet?>>
I believe you may have been referring to Tahitian women instead of Taiwanese,
in which case it would be Paul Gauguin.
Josh
Violet Blue
>In article <3AEFA917...@yahoo.com>, Leila A <leil...@yahoo.com>
>wrote:
>
>
>>
>> I certainly couldn't get 1/2 of them but they aren't tough, really...
>> Tough would be, I dunno, what was the name of the ruler who followed
>> Henry the 8th of England?
Henry the 9th? lol
LMORSE1831
> Henry the 8th of England?
>
Edward VI, followed by his older sisters, Mary I, Elizabeth I, and the
Pink Princess. The Tudors are easy. After that it gets all
complicated.
>>
let's not forget Jane Grey, forced in there between Edward and Mary for about a
very short time.
Linda
Myszk
> >1) What French Impressionist was known for his paintings of Taiwanese
> >women?
> >
> Monet?
>
Gauguin. But I had to look it up. I can see his paintings in my mind's
eye but couldn't come up with the answer. 15 years ago this would have
been no problem. I'm losing my marbles...
I thought that Gauguin went to Tahiti not Taiwan??? Because that was my first
answer too. The Taiwan thre me. Myszka in Tokyo
Violet Blue
I think that's because the answer IS Monet. I am going to do a
search for it now.
razz
My thought exactly. It couldn't be Taiwanese because Taiwan was Formosa
then. I liked Robinson Caruso, but I have no idea who wrote the book.
Robinson Crusoe, however, was written by Daniel De Foe.
Was this meant as an example of what was wrong with the show? That some
of the questions and supposed answers were wrong.
I was a Jeopardy finalist and I didn't get all those answers right.
Razz
Violet Blue
I can't find anything on Monet and taiwanese women, all I found were a
couple of paintings pertaining to Japan.
DebbieGrrrl
<la...@NOSPAMhome.com> writes:
>
>>> 5) Who was People Magazine's 2000 Sexiest Man Alive, the only one to
>>> be chosen for the second time?
>>
>>Brad?
>>
>>>
>>> 8) What do you call a star that has such a massive density that
>>> doesn't even let light escape?
>>
>>black hole
>>
>
>I was going to say brad and black hole!
>
>---
>
Aw c'mon, be nice to Jennifer Aniston, she suffers from "I had to be funny cuz
I'm ugly" syndrome, yknow.
Debbie...
I used to have a handle on life, but it broke.
Kent
On Wed, 2 May 2001, teerio wrote:
> 10) Who wrote Robinson Caruso?
Uh, nobody. Perhaps you mean _Robinson CRUSOE_? (Somebody's been listening
to the Gilligan's Island theme song--where they sing it as 3
syllables--too many times!)
Kent
teerio
You're probably right. I was nowhere near knowing the correct answer,
so Taiwanese, Tahitian, Turkish - any of those could have been
interchangeable in my mind. lol Plus the questions were brief and
asked fairly rapidly, and I was trying to remember the questions some
6 hours or so later to post them here.
teerio
wrote:
You went to high school for a decade, and you had the High IQ? lol
I was always on "Quiz Bowl" teams - you know, the nerdy kids on TV
that compete against another team. But I wasn't nerdy. :-)
teerio
LOL - unfortunately, I think you're exactly right on my reference for
pronunciation, hence the spelling. Now if they would have asked a
Gilligan's Island question, I would have rocked!
Violet Blue
Well if you would have said Tahiti I would have known...NOT! 8^)
Kewl Kat
hard pressed to find any human figures by him.
I'm wondering if the original poster confused tahitian with tawainese,
she did say she was quoting from memory.
--
"the only true currency in this world is the stuff you share
when you're being uncool."
Philip Seymour Hoffman as Lester Bangs
"Almost Famous"
Violet Blue
>Violet Blue wrote:
>> >
>> >I thought that Gauguin went to Tahiti not Taiwan??? Because that was my first
>> >answer too. The Taiwan thre me. Myszka in Tokyo
>>
>> I think that's because the answer IS Monet. I am going to do a
>> search for it now.
>>
>I do not recall Monet painting any taiwanese women, in fact you would be
>hard pressed to find any human figures by him.
>
>I'm wondering if the original poster confused tahitian with tawainese,
>she did say she was quoting from memory.
I saw some paintings of Japanese women by Monet. Maybe he meant
Japanese.
Susan Petry
<tee...@aol.com> wrote:
> I tried out for the "Weakest Link" today in Nashville and I'm a
> helluva lot more stupid than I thought. But it was only 20 questions,
> and I think I got about 11-12 right. Darn. I didn't make it to the
> final 16 to play the "mock" show. G'bye!
>
> I'm going to post a few of the questions that I remember. But we only
> got 30 seconds for each question, and if you didn't hear it correctly
> the first time, you had to wait until they repeated it 15 seconds into
> it. <excuses, excuses> You wrote your answers, but no crossed out
> words. It had to be the first and only answer. <excuses, excuses>
> The one question I'm really pissed I missed is the 2000 People
> Magazine "Sexiest Man Alive", that was the only person to make the
> cover twice. Damn! That should be first grade stuff for AGC. lol
> <more excuses...>
>
> Okay...paraphrased questions - remember, answer quick!
>
> 1) What French Impressionist was known for his paintings of Taiwanese
> women?
not cezanne (samoan)
>
> 2) Who's 3rd Theory stated "For every action is an equal and opposite
> reaction?"
newton
> 3) Who plays Buffy in the hit "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"?
SMG
>
> 4) What country had "Memphis" as a capital in ancient history?
>
Greece
> 5) Who was People Magazine's 2000 Sexiest Man Alive, the only one to
> be chosen for the second time?
Clooney
>
> 6) In the 1979 NCAA playoffs, what college team with the moniker of
> "Sycamores" did Larry Bird lead?
dunno-I thought he played for Indiana
>
> 7) What sport has a 9 x 5 foot playing area?
Ping pong
>
> 8) What do you call a star that has such a massive density that
> doesn't even let light escape?
>a black hole
> 9) In 1960, what was the name of the organization formed to determine
> the price regulation of oil producing nations?
OPEC
>
> 10) Who wrote Robinson Caruso?
daniel dafoe
>
> 11) What hollow pasta, cut diagonally at each end, is named for a
> writing instrument?
>?penne
> 12) Who ruled Jordan from 1960 until his death in 1999?
King Hussein
>
> 13) In the TV show and in real life, what does the acronym M.A.S.H.
> stand for?
Mobile Army Service(or Surgical) Hospital
>
> 14) Who was the first European explorer to see the Mississippi River?
>
>
>
> I can't remember the others right now - they must have been the ones I
> really aced. :-)
--
The difference between genius and stupidity
is that genius has limits.
(Einstein)
Her Highness The Pink Princess
>> Tough would be, I dunno, what was the name of the ruler who followed
>> Henry the 8th of England?
>>
>> or some such...
>
>Edward VI, followed by his older sisters, Mary I, Elizabeth I, and the
>Pink Princess. The Tudors are easy. After that it gets all
>complicated.
>
>
Rude! Look at *these* teeth! Any of the three sets, do you *still* imagine I
might be a Brit?
Reigning and Deigning
Pink Wishes
The Princess \^*^*^/
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Her Highness The Pink Princess
>>>doesn't even let light escape?
>>
>
>I think it's a black hole.
No, *that's* Imogen.
Leila A
teerio wrote:
>
> On Tue, 01 May 2001 23:31:11 -0700, Leila A <leil...@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >mslinda wrote:
> >>
> >> teerio wrote:
> >> >
> >> > I tried out for the "Weakest Link" today in Nashville and I'm a
> >> > helluva lot more stupid than I thought. But it was only 20 questions,
> >> > and I think I got about 11-12 right. Darn. I didn't make it to the
> >> > final 16 to play the "mock" show. G'bye!
> >> >
> >> Don't feel bad - I failed the quiz for "Jeopardy" ten years ago. <g>
> >>
> >
> >Hey, I was on my school's High IQ team the only year that we lost for a
> >whole decade.
> >
> >Leila
> >and that was my peak for trivia
> >
>
> You went to high school for a decade, and you had the High IQ? lol
Yeah, that's the kind of twisted sentence I construct in the middle of
the night. Pregnancy related insomnia. Sleep deprivation is definitely
rotting my brain cells...
>
> I was always on "Quiz Bowl" teams - you know, the nerdy kids on TV
> that compete against another team. But I wasn't nerdy. :-)
That's what our Hi-IQ team was. I was a cool cat masquerading as a nerd.
:) Now that the millenium is here, nerds rule, of course....
Anyway, the Hi-IQ team for my high school had a ten year winning streak.
The ONE year I played on it, we lost, badly. I, at least, answered some
of the questions. The rest of us choked...
Leila
FeAudrey
Mouth of the Mississippi -- 1519 -- Alfonso de Pineda (Spanish)
Mississippi R. nr Memphis -- 1539-41 -- Hernando de Soto (Spanish)
Mississippi R. S to Arkansas -- 1673 -- Marquette and Joliet (French)
Mississippi R. S to G of Mexico -- 1682 -- de La Salle (French)
No specific information from the stretch from Lake Itasca to Memphis.
>14) Who was the first European explorer to see the Mississippi River?
--
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Uncle Robbie
>>>>8) What do you call a star that has such a massive density that
>>>>doesn't even let light escape?
>>>A dead star?
>>I think it's a black hole.
>No, *that's* Imogen.
Yes, Princess is the dead star.
=Uncle Robbie
*The romance, excitement and beauty of
RMS Titanic is here! "Meet me under the clock."
http://www.facemakersincorporated.com/titanicclock.html
Uncle Robbie
>>13) In the TV show and in real life, what does the acronym M.A.S.H.
>>stand for?
>Mobile Army Sugical Unit
That would be M.A.S.U.
Her Highness The Pink Princess
>Her Highness The Pink Princess wrote:
>
>>>>>8) What do you call a star that has such a massive density that
>>>>>doesn't even let light escape?
>
>>>>A dead star?
>
>>>I think it's a black hole.
>
>>No, *that's* Imogen.
>
>Yes, Princess is the dead star.
Wishful thinking, ratboy?
Reigning and Deigning
Pink Wishes
The Princess \^*^*^/
(and just as lively as ever)
Uncle Robbie
>>>>>>8) What do you call a star that has such a massive density that
>>>>>>doesn't even let light escape?
>>>>>A dead star?
>>>>I think it's a black hole.
>>>No, *that's* Imogen.
>>Yes, Princess is the dead star.
>Wishful thinking, ratboy?
Painting in the attic, Pinkthuselah?