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| Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 1,796 |
| | Posted: | | | | | | | We don't need stinkin' IMDB's errors, we make our own.
Ineptocracy, You got to love it.
"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." - Abraham Lincoln |
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| Registered: September 18, 2008 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 2,650 |
| | Posted: | | | | 23. Not bad for a non-citizen. Some of it is common sense. I put NY down btw.  |
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| Registered: December 10, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 3,004 |
| | Posted: | | | | A few of these answers are oversimplified and #27 is almost assuredly wrong. Ugh for pop-culture history. |
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| Registered: June 3, 2007 | | Posts: 706 |
| | Posted: | | | | Well, turns out I was mistaken on the Impeachment question. My understanding of it was different from the answer. I also miss clicked on 1 and scored a 26 #27 for me was correct, if they didnt mix them up was it the Give me liberty or give me death question ? Also I would be willing to bet they pulled all the data from wiki as we know how accurate that info can be  -R |
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| Registered: May 26, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 2,879 |
| | Posted: | | | | 30, for whatever it's worth. | | | If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
-- Thorin Oakenshield |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 6,744 |
| | Posted: | | | | Your Score is 24
I had wrong:
How many years is a full term for a Representative? - I assumed 4
Which amendment sets the minimum voting age to 18? - I just guessed one
Which of these amendments is a ratified and current amendment? - I just guessed one
How many Presidents were assassinated while in office? - I took the two I knew (Lincoln, Kennedy)
Which of these Presidents was born in Texas? - I just guessed one
How many Presidents have been impeached? - I took the one I knew (Nixon) | | | Karsten
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| Registered: March 20, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,851 |
| | Posted: | | | | 29. OK, but not great.
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| Registered: December 10, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 3,004 |
| | Posted: | | | | #27 is a matter of attributing a line from a book to the real person the character was based on. It's like using Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure to attribute "Party on, dudes!" to Abraham Lincoln. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 3,197 |
| | Posted: | | | | Of course I couldn't resist but not to skew the US statistics I picked PEI, CA as residence. I got 21 btw.  | | | | First registered: February 15, 2002 |
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| Registered: May 20, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,934 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Ace_of_Sevens: Quote:
#27 is a matter of attributing a line from a book to the real person the character was based on. It's like using Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure to attribute "Party on, dudes!" to Abraham Lincoln. This is not correct. While there have been people before Patrick Henry that expressed some of the same sentiment, and others may have said it without it being recorded in history, Patrick Henry expressed this exact statement in the last line of his speech given March 23 1775. Quote:
It is in vain, sir, to extentuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace--but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death! Charlie |
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| Registered: May 20, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,934 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting DJ Doena: Quote:
Your Score is 24
I had wrong:
How many years is a full term for a Representative? - I assumed 4
Which amendment sets the minimum voting age to 18? - I just guessed one
Which of these amendments is a ratified and current amendment? - I just guessed one
How many Presidents were assassinated while in office? - I took the two I knew (Lincoln, Kennedy)
Which of these Presidents was born in Texas? - I just guessed one
How many Presidents have been impeached? - I took the one I knew (Nixon) I wonder how many other people made this erroneous assumption. Nixon was never impeached (Charge (the holder of a public office) with misconduct.). He actually resigned before the house of reps held hearings on impeachment. Bill Clinton and Andrew Johnson were impeached, but when the senate tried the cases, They were e acquitted. Charlie |
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| Registered: December 10, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 3,004 |
| | Posted: | | | | CharlieM: What's the source of that quote? I'll give you a hint: It's not the transcript of the speech Patrick Henry gave. That was never written down. It's from a biography of Henry written by William Wirt and published in 1816. There was no record of him having said those words until forty years later. Wirt relied on the recollections of someone who had been there, but likely wrote most of it himself based on a general outline. How well can you remember the specific words of anythign you heard forty years ago and not since? |
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| Registered: May 20, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,934 |
| | Posted: | | | | While it is correct that it is a historical transcription some 40 years later, to come out and say that he didn't say it could be just as wrong.
While I may not remember everything that I have hear years ago, there are things that I do remember, and who said them. I will not remember full speeches, but may very well remember the sentiment and particular statements.
As far as the transcription, I am sure that a large chunk of it is not word for word, though I would hazard a guess that the meaning is correct. Can you say for sure that he didn't say it?
As far as comparing it to "party on dudes!!!" from a known work of fiction and comparing it to a historical biography was a tad extreme.
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| Registered: October 6, 2008 | | Posts: 1,932 |
| | Posted: | | | | I missed 2:
Last amendment 1992
Ike born in TX |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 6,744 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting CharlieM: Quote:
As far as comparing it to "party on dudes!!!" from a known work of fiction and comparing it to a historical biography was a tad extreme. Are you really trying to stand here and keep insisting that Abe did not utter those immortal words? How dare you, Sir? HOW DARE YOU!  | | | Karsten
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| Registered: October 30, 2008 | | Posts: 1,249 |
| | Posted: | | | | Your Score is 29 I misread #23 (ratified and current amendment) #29 (born in Texas) if not seeming a little too obvious I would have guessed incorrectly as well. I took a best guess instead. History (because it was memorization) was my worst subject in school. It actually wasn't all about a bad memory as it was a bad test taker if that makes sense. Give me the same test via just casual conversation instead of pencil to paper and I always did well. Now that there's no longer any pressure, this stuff is easy  Quoting Ace_of_Sevens: Quote:
A few of these answers are oversimplified and #27 is almost assuredly wrong. Ugh for pop-culture history. It's what I learned in school 20 years ago, so unless they were wrong back then too.... | | | If at first you don't succeed, skydiving isn't for you.
He who MUST get the last word in on a pointless, endless argument doesn't win. It makes him the bigger jerk. | | | | Last edited: by Blair |
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