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03 Jan 06 - 02:23 PM (#1640494) Subject: BS: USA History Quiz From: Ebbie Please excuse me if this has gone 'round before. I didn't find it by filter. It's not a trick quiz, for which I'm glad. I scored 26 but there were a couple of questions in which I just plain goofed- knew better but clicked the wrong one. www.toast.net/games/Independence/page1.asp Hmmmm. The URL works but the clicky doesn't. |
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03 Jan 06 - 02:25 PM (#1640496) Subject: RE: BS: USA History Quiz From: Peace http://www.toast.net/games/Independence/page1.asp |
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03 Jan 06 - 02:37 PM (#1640504) Subject: RE: BS: USA History Quiz From: pdq Oh, Ebbie. I got 27. Missed two questions on the 'number of ammendments' to the US Constitution. Also the Patrick Henry quote. I said Nathan Hale. |
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03 Jan 06 - 02:44 PM (#1640507) Subject: RE: BS: USA History Quiz From: Rapparee 27, and I should have done better. |
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03 Jan 06 - 02:46 PM (#1640510) Subject: RE: BS: USA History Quiz From: DMcG 24, but as I'm from the UK, I think that's not too bad! |
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03 Jan 06 - 02:57 PM (#1640516) Subject: RE: BS: USA History Quiz From: jeffp 28 |
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03 Jan 06 - 03:00 PM (#1640518) Subject: RE: BS: USA History Quiz From: frogprince Oops, just 24; found out I don't know beans about the amendments beyond the bill of rights. |
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03 Jan 06 - 03:21 PM (#1640541) Subject: RE: BS: USA History Quiz From: Dead Horse 20. Another Uker bites the dust........ Probably do even worse on the inevitable follow up one on Britain. |
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03 Jan 06 - 03:34 PM (#1640548) Subject: RE: BS: USA History Quiz From: alanabit I got twenty-two, which is not good, but probably better than many Americans! |
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03 Jan 06 - 03:44 PM (#1640554) Subject: RE: BS: USA History Quiz From: Alaska Mike 27 for me Ebbie. I need to study the amendments a bit more. Thanks for bringing this to our attention. |
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03 Jan 06 - 03:50 PM (#1640560) Subject: RE: BS: USA History Quiz From: artbrooks 28, and I fell down on the amendments as well. |
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03 Jan 06 - 03:57 PM (#1640563) Subject: RE: BS: USA History Quiz From: Seamus Kennedy Oooh. 24. I've forgotten some of the stuff from my citizenship test. Mostly the amendment thingies. Seamus |
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03 Jan 06 - 04:05 PM (#1640570) Subject: RE: BS: USA History Quiz From: MMario yup - the amendments got me as well. |
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03 Jan 06 - 04:18 PM (#1640582) Subject: RE: BS: USA History Quiz From: Nigel Parsons 21 from a UK perspective Trick question about who was President during the civil war, It was either Lincoln or Jefferson Davis depending on which faction you followed! CHEERS Nigel |
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03 Jan 06 - 04:34 PM (#1640593) Subject: RE: BS: USA History Quiz From: Ebbie Not really, Nigel. The question was Who was president of the United States. Davis never was. One of the two questons I goofed on was on who declares war- sheesh. On the other two I didn't know the answers. I'd love to see a United Kingdom quiz. My guess is that I could answer perhaps 10- and they would have to be the general knowledge type. |
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03 Jan 06 - 04:45 PM (#1640600) Subject: RE: BS: USA History Quiz From: Nigel Parsons Not quite Ebbie. I've put up a few quizzes here, so I'm careful about wording. The question was: Who was the President during the civil war? The title of the quiz was Independence Day, so there was no reason to insist that Lincoln was the expected answer. CHEERS Nigel |
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03 Jan 06 - 05:04 PM (#1640614) Subject: RE: BS: USA History Quiz From: gnu Who was the President during the civil war? George Bush? Oops... that's the next Civil War. (27) |
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03 Jan 06 - 05:07 PM (#1640618) Subject: RE: BS: USA History Quiz From: curmudgeon I got them all right. But I did teach U.S. History and government for well over a decade. Overall, the test was a bit simplistic - Tom |
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03 Jan 06 - 05:10 PM (#1640619) Subject: RE: BS: USA History Quiz From: Ebbie True, true, Nigel. There is a button to push if one questions any answer. I didn't go there, but it might be interesting. |
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03 Jan 06 - 05:15 PM (#1640622) Subject: RE: BS: USA History Quiz From: Ebbie Simplistic isn't so much the word I would use, Tom, as 'factual'. I kept expecting some element of trickery but it stayed true to its format. It feels like a school quiz. |
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03 Jan 06 - 09:49 PM (#1640823) Subject: RE: BS: USA History Quiz From: John on the Sunset Coast In 8th grade US History I missed a test question regarding the number of amendments to the U.S. Constitution; I missed by one, forgetting that the term limit amendment for President had recently passed. That was the only question I missed on this test, tonight. If nothing else, I am at least consistant. John |
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03 Jan 06 - 10:03 PM (#1640834) Subject: RE: BS: USA History Quiz From: Bill D 25...and I simply read too fast on one. Like several others, my specific knowlege of the amendments is shaky. |
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03 Jan 06 - 10:32 PM (#1640845) Subject: RE: BS: USA History Quiz From: Amos I got a 27, which is a passing grade. at least; I found some of the questions kind of obscure, and got them wrong. Shoulda done better. A |
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03 Jan 06 - 10:56 PM (#1640856) Subject: RE: BS: USA History Quiz From: Bobert 28.... Okay, the official lamguage got me and Ike, the Texan got me... Okay, I still shouldhave known there wasn;t an official language,,, Hey, I do know that.... Bobert |
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04 Jan 06 - 03:26 AM (#1640942) Subject: RE: BS: USA History Quiz From: Hrothgar 25 - not bad for a furriner. |
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04 Jan 06 - 03:45 AM (#1640946) Subject: RE: BS: USA History Quiz From: Hrothgar 25 - not bad for a furriner. |
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04 Jan 06 - 09:54 PM (#1641562) Subject: RE: BS: USA History Quiz From: kendall I knew that majoring in American history would come in handy some day. |
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04 Jan 06 - 11:07 PM (#1641668) Subject: RE: BS: USA History Quiz From: Deda Only 26. I'd do better on a quiz about ancient Rome. I didn't know which one was born in Texas (knw that Bush wasn't), wasn't clear about the term of a senator. Mea culpa, mea culpa. But I imagine most "average" American voters do very badly on this. |
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05 Jan 06 - 04:36 AM (#1641796) Subject: RE: BS: USA History Quiz From: The Walrus 22 But then, I'm on t'other side of the pond. W |
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05 Jan 06 - 04:53 AM (#1641806) Subject: RE: BS: USA History Quiz From: Paco Rabanne I scored 0. But that's probably because I haven't done the quiz. |
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05 Jan 06 - 08:22 AM (#1641880) Subject: RE: BS: USA History Quiz From: DMcG Then how do you know you haven't answered a question correctly by accident? |
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05 Jan 06 - 11:39 AM (#1642033) Subject: RE: BS: USA History Quiz From: Charmion I blew the questions about amendments, and thought Abilene (birthplace of Gen Eisenhower) is in Kansas. Score 22 -- adequate for a Canadian! |
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05 Jan 06 - 04:36 PM (#1642280) Subject: RE: BS: USA History Quiz From: Folkiedave I'd love to see a United Kingdom quiz. My guess is that I could answer perhaps 10- and they would have to be the general knowledge type. There is the King William's Test here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,1673168,00.html You might find it a bit more difficult than the American one though!! In fact if you can get ten out of 180 without research you are doing well! Rembemer USA citizens this is for school pupils!! |
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05 Jan 06 - 05:51 PM (#1642348) Subject: RE: BS: USA History Quiz From: Claymore Got a 28 and wouldn't have missed those if I had read the comments above: I too thought Eisenhower was born in Abilene (Pretttiest Town I've Ever Seen) and thought English was our official Language..Damn! Gonna have to work to change that... Bobert and I think alike... Double Damn! Gonna have to change that!!! And Chamrion... you should have consulted your husband...;} And if you look at the total results of the quiz, the mode occurs at 21 correct, with a classic bell curve running from 14 right to 30 right answers. Not bad, and far better than those street quizes they give people in New York... |
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05 Jan 06 - 07:28 PM (#1642425) Subject: RE: BS: USA History Quiz From: Les from Hull The thought of a similar UK quiz fills me with horror. Most of our own citizens couldn't produce an accurate representation of our own flag! (It's a bit tricky, with that counterchange of saltires) I got 23 on the US one. |
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05 Jan 06 - 08:55 PM (#1642498) Subject: RE: BS: USA History Quiz From: Joe Offer 27, and I'm ashamed. The amendments got me, and that's to be expected. Numbers keep changing. What bothers me is the one about English not being the official language. I knew that one, but flubbed it anyhow. I just finished my homeschooling duties for the day, and my mind is mush (and my stepson's mind is mushier). -Joe Offer- |