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21 Jan 11 - 05:17 PM (#3079659) Subject: BS: High school exit exam From: Louie Roy This was emailed to me and I thought I would share.It only takes 4 correct answers to pass and it is harder than you think. 1--How long did the 100 year war last 2--Which country makes Panama hats 3--Which animal or animals do we get cat gut from 4--In which month do the Russians celebrate the October revolution 5--What is a camel hair brush made of 6--The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what animal 7--What was King George VI first name 8--What color is a purple finch 9--Where are Chineese gooseberries from 10--What is the color of the black box on a commercial airplane |
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21 Jan 11 - 05:20 PM (#3079663) Subject: RE: BS: High school exit exam From: EBarnacle Approximately 100 years Ecuador cats october, tovarisch camel hair dogs don't know purple china It can be either yellow or orange. |
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21 Jan 11 - 05:27 PM (#3079667) Subject: RE: BS: High school exit exam From: GUEST 7 is Albert |
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21 Jan 11 - 05:35 PM (#3079675) Subject: RE: BS: High school exit exam From: GUEST,999 Canary Islands are in the Atlantic. |
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21 Jan 11 - 05:37 PM (#3079676) Subject: RE: BS: High school exit exam From: GUEST,999 Named after wild dogs that lived there. |
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21 Jan 11 - 05:41 PM (#3079678) Subject: RE: BS: High school exit exam From: Dave MacKenzie There is apparently speculation that the dogs referred to are actually monk seals, which would have been sea dogs in Latin. |
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21 Jan 11 - 05:45 PM (#3079680) Subject: RE: BS: High school exit exam From: GUEST,999 Thanks, Dave. I love to learn new stuff. |
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21 Jan 11 - 05:57 PM (#3079689) Subject: RE: BS: High school exit exam From: EBarnacle Nice touch. I blew right by the issue of the ocean. |
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21 Jan 11 - 06:08 PM (#3079691) Subject: RE: BS: High school exit exam From: Dave MacKenzie As for the Hundred Years' War, it lasted for 116 years, including a few periods of peace. |
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21 Jan 11 - 06:09 PM (#3079692) Subject: RE: BS: High school exit exam From: GUEST,999 I saw this quiz many years back. I think that Panama hats are made in South America--but dinged if I recall which country. |
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21 Jan 11 - 06:16 PM (#3079694) Subject: RE: BS: High school exit exam From: Bob the Postman Definitely Equador. I think camel hair brushes are made from badger hair. Purple finches are a pinkish red. Chinese gooseberries come from New Zealand. |
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21 Jan 11 - 06:37 PM (#3079700) Subject: RE: BS: High school exit exam From: Louie Roy You catters done great 1--116 2--Ecuador 3--Sheep or Horse 4--October 5--Squirrel 6--Dog 7--Albert 8--Crimson 9--New Zealand 10--Oramge |
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22 Jan 11 - 05:58 PM (#3080305) Subject: RE: BS: High school exit exam From: Mrrzy I knew dogs... |
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22 Jan 11 - 06:54 PM (#3080329) Subject: RE: BS: High school exit exam From: gnu I had a beagle. Named him Duke after The Beverly Hillbilly's dog. Beagle... stunned as me arse. Chase anything to the death. |
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23 Jan 11 - 01:08 PM (#3080755) Subject: RE: BS: High school exit exam From: Charmion 1--How long did the 100 year war last? Considerably longer than 100 years. 2--Which country makes Panama hats? Ecuador 3--Which animal or animals do we get cat gut from? Sheep 4--In which month do the Russians celebrate the October revolution? November (Julian to Gregorian calendar shift) 5--What is a camel hair brush made of? Squirrel hair 6--The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what animal? The proper name is Islas Canarias, derived from the Latin for "Island of Dogs." 7--What was King George VI's first name? Albert; his wife called him Bertie. 8--What color is a purple finch? Both sexes have brown wings and tailfeathers and a brown-speckled cream-coloured belly. The head and shoulders of the male are red. 9--Where are Chineese gooseberries from? New Zealand; they are more commonly known nowadays as kiwi fruit. 10--What is the color of the black box on a commercial airplane? Red Can I go now? |
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23 Jan 11 - 05:04 PM (#3080957) Subject: RE: BS: High school exit exam From: GUEST,999 I just went, and the bathroom`s free. |
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23 Jan 11 - 08:38 PM (#3081098) Subject: RE: BS: High school exit exam From: The Fooles Troupe Oh dear, Here I sit, brokenhearted, I paid a penny, and only farted... |
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23 Jan 11 - 09:06 PM (#3081111) Subject: RE: BS: High school exit exam From: ragdall I only knew 7, 8 and 9. I guess I'll be stuck in high school forever? Foolestroupe, where did you find a bathroom for only a penny? Even in Hungary it's the equivalent of USA 50 cents. |
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23 Jan 11 - 11:22 PM (#3081170) Subject: RE: BS: High school exit exam From: The Fooles Troupe My grandfather told me that... :-) It's OLD folkllore ... don't remember the rest of it. I can remember back in the 1950s there were a few very old public toilets that I saw with the penny mechanism here in Aust. None around now that I know of - too much trouble and temptation. |
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24 Jan 11 - 08:16 AM (#3081322) Subject: RE: BS: High school exit exam From: Charmion The only price I ever saw charged in Canada was 10 cents. In Germany, it was 20 pfennig. And I haven't seen a pay toilet at all in years and years. |
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24 Jan 11 - 08:40 AM (#3081338) Subject: RE: BS: High school exit exam From: Dave MacKenzie Whatever price they charged, it was always "spend a penny", from the good old pre-decimalisation days when you could find one without a microscope. I remember thinking that one good thing about devaluation when the pound dropped from $2.80 to $2.40 was that now a penny would be the same as a US cent. |
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24 Jan 11 - 09:01 AM (#3081356) Subject: RE: BS: High school exit exam From: wysiwyg One can now get a MED instead of a GED. ;~) ~Susan |