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[Jane]

Andy wrote: "Jane wrote: "6/10: but can't believe I got the nettles question wrong."

Great minds think alike eh ;)"

Doggone right!! :) Well, I guess I didn't do too bad for a Yank! Being in A&M sure helped, though.

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

10/10 too easy. :)

[Darcy]

Same as Margaret 10/10 :D

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

*high 5's Darcy* :D

[happy]

I acutally guessed right on the nettles question 10/10

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

The nettles were a bugger. :p

[Portia]

Margaret wrote: "I see the MH 370 memes have started. I should be disgusted, but when I get one that has Gilligan, Skipper and The Professor standing beside a Malaysian Airlines 777 I couldn't help but giggle."

Hey Margaret, how many Alzheimer's patients does it take to change a light bulb?

I've been watching the footage of the grieving mother whose son was on the flight.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Mark wrote: "History quizzes

http://m.historyextra.com/quiz/beat-t..."

Damn. 8 out of 10. One was a mistake on my behalf though. :)
For this question: Which English king was known as ‘The Hammer of the Scots’?
(view spoiler)[ I got my Edwards mixed up. They tricked me by throwing the two Edwards in there. :D (hide spoiler)]

The one I just got clean wrong was the first one.
(view spoiler)[
I had no idea about the nettle thing. I was only guessing when I got that one wrong. (hide spoiler)]

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Portia wrote: "Margaret wrote: "I see the MH 370 memes have started. I should be disgusted, but when I get one that has Gilligan, Skipper and The Professor standing beside a Malaysian Airlines 777 I couldn't hel..."

I'm almost scared to say I don't know the answer, cos I expect it's going to be bad. LOL.

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Terri wrote: "Mark wrote: "History quizzes

http://m.historyextra.com/quiz/beat-t..."

Damn. 8 out of 10. One was a mistake on my behalf though. :)
For this question: Which ..."

Am feeling slightly smug about the nettles.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Don't be smug, I bet most of you had a lucky guess. ;D

[Dawn]

Another quiz, much easier this time. Which Dewey Decimal Category are you??

http://content.easybib.com/which-dewe...

I got the 900's - Geography, History, and Biographies! So, you're a social studies buff, huh? When you were a kid, you probably loved gazing at maps and you still do! You enjoy learning about historical events - anything related to wars, catastrophes, civilizations, presidents, you name it, history is your thing!

[Lisa]

Definitely lucky guess for me, lol, Terri. 7 out of 10, I need to read more Kane perhaps. My roman history is a bit sad.

I'm 900's too Dawn, haha.

[Allison]

I'm in the 900 club too!

Although half the answers weren't really me. I had to pick the lesser of 6 evils in most.

[Darcy]

I got the 600s (applied sciences) and the description was completely not me, except the animal lover bit. Like Allie most of the options weren't anything I'd normally pick. The film options for one. I wouldn't watch any of those films.

[Allison]

I couldn't pick a film option either. Yuck.

[Gretchen]

Dawn wrote: "Another quiz, much easier this time. Which Dewey Decimal Category are you??

http://content.easybib.com/which-dewe...

I got the 900's - Geography, History, and Biographies!..."

I got 800s- Literature. Sounds about right. That was so much more fun than the BuzzFeed quizzes my friends keep sending me links to. Except the Batman quizzes. I love Batman.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

The news is saying that they may have found wreckage of the Malaysia plane in the southern Indian Ocean. Satellite found it and the Aussie and US military are sending spy planes there to check it out.

I was hoping the Indian Ocean theory was the wrong one. Wanted the plane to have been stolen, because that means the passengers might be alive. :(

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Darcy wrote: "I got the 600s (applied sciences) and the description was completely not me, except the animal lover bit. Like Allie most of the options weren't anything I'd normally pick. The film options for one..."


I got the 600s too. Some of those questions don't have answers for me. Like darcy, the movie one had nothing I would watch. the music one didn't have anything for me either. I picked REM, but I would rather not listen to that song.
The description is nearly all wrong. I like cooking and yes I would buy my favourite car if I won the lottery (didn't I say as much in the question that asked what would you buy if you won the lottery?), but the rest is off...this bit
"Taking care of your body is important to you and you recognize the benefits of eating well and exercise. You love pets and are a sucker for heading into pet stores to check out the puppies and kittens."

I do see the benefits of exercise and eating well, but I don't spend much time thinking about it unless I feel I am not getting enough exercise and healthy food.
I don't love pets. I love my dogs and my budgie, but that's it. I certainly don't go into pet stores for anything but to see if they have dog snacks on special.

[Jesse]

200's...Religion & Mythology, as a youth minister that seems accurate overall. Here's my description: You are spiritual and believe strongly in religion. You believe in charity and enjoy making the world a better place! Mythology intrigues you and you enjoy the stories of the gods!

[happy]

900s (Geography, History, Biography) for me - about right I think

[Linda]

Last year I commented that I was on my reading bed with my ASUS on one side of me and my NookColor

[Mark]

I got 800 a bookworm.

[Linda]

Hit the wrong button. Sorry. I will finish my story. First part is below.
Second part: Nook on one side and ASUS on other. One of the gentlemen of the group suggested that if I were not careful I would be having little Kobos. I failed to take adequate protection and now have a little Samsung smart phone, born March 18, 2014, two o'clock in the afternoon, weighing six ounces (I made up the weight), eight inches long and blue in color (it's a boy)!
I really wanted a little Kobo, but I am bonding with the Samsung and wouldn't change a thing. I will from now on take better precautions because the reading bed is full of books and gadgets.

[Simona]

Lisa wrote: "Definitely lucky guess for me, lol, Terri. 7 out of 10, I need to read more Kane perhaps. My roman history is a bit sad.

I'm 900's too Dawn, haha."

Me too!

[Jon]

Darcy, same as. Looking after my body and eating well? Yeah right!

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Linda wrote: "Hit the wrong button. Sorry. I will finish my story. First part is below.
Second part: Nook on one side and ASUS on other. One of the gentlemen of the group suggested that if I were not carefu..."

You really do have a lot of technoloy now, Linda. Goodness, when we first met you only had a computer and it irked you day and night. :)

[Andy]

You got 700's - Art and Recreation! You love those leisure activities! You appreciate art and theater and could spend your Sunday either at a museum or seeing a cool show. Your idea of an awesome Friday night is heading to a concert or sporting event with your closest friends. You love watching live and televised sporting events and when it's football season, you get decked out in your team's colors!

Ok to the sport but ART..... Moi! lol

Dream occupation was like....??!!

Defo needed some more options too & did an "Allie" :) mind how could you not pick "crouching tiger, hidden dragon" on the film?!!?

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

I picked Fast and the Furious. :\ I didn't mind the first movie in that series...and when I say 'didn't mind' what I really mean is, compared to the other options, it was the only one that I 'didn't mind'. The rest I did not like at all.

[Allison]

Andy wrote: "You got 700's - Art and Recreation! You love those leisure activities! You appreciate art and theater and could spend your Sunday either at a museum or seeing a cool show. Your idea of an awesome F..."

I've been branded! Trademark pending :P

[Darcy]

Terri wrote: "I picked Fast and the Furious. :\ I didn't mind the first movie in that series...and when I say 'didn't mind' what I really mean is, compared to the other options, it was the only one that I 'didn'..."

I picked the same one for the same reason haha

[Allison]

I picked F&F because its one of my best friends favorites and I picked her so my reasoning seemed perfectly sensible to me :)

[Dawn]

I picked Fast & Furious because I actually liked the movie!! Go figure! :D

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Now the closet F&F watchers are starting to come out of the woodwork.
It is my embarrassing secret that nobody should ever have known. :D

[Allison]

I dont ever intend to watch it.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

I have been watching the news channels the last couple days to keep abreast of the Malaysia plane mystery.
A couple times the American news channels Fox News and CNN have made me giggle with their whoopsies concerning my country.

I even said to my hubby last night that "at least the plane mystery means that America knows where we are now". :) (sorry to my American friends. It is a lighthearted joke and I know YOU GUYS at least know where my country is..:)..).

Then today I see that I am not the only one to have noticed the gaffs.
This story in the Courier Mail - which showed up in my google alerts with this sub headline "AS the world turns its attention to Australia, American news outlets are making all sorts of hilarious errors about the faraway land Down Under." - is our State's major newspaper. (You will see our Aussie humour in alll its glory..special emphasis on the funny captions that go with the images :)..)
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/am...

NB* Ignore the video that is at the top of the article. It is on the plane mystery and not on the article.

[Allison]

Ha! And I can't get a job! I at least know where Australia is lol.

Grr. Makes us look so incompetent. First, not knowing (as journalists!) the facts and secondly, not checking/proof reading reports before going on air. We really are dumb.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

hahaha! It's all so funny.

The story on our bushfires earlier this year with our country engulfed in flames got us all laughing over here at the time. :D

(Maybe you should send Fox News your resume and tell them 'I hear you are desperately in need of a geographical fact checker) ;)

[Allison]

That's a great idea! I will let them know I'm an excellent historical quiz taker too ;)

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

To Year 7 level at least. :D

They just need to not ask questions about Romans and nettles...

[Allison]

I'm pretty sure most here don't know about either!! So I'm safe :D

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

I think half the problem is the fact that only 10% of the population of the USA has passports... this means a staggering 90% of Americans have never left their own country! Not even to visit their nearest neighbours Canada and Mexico.

Somewhere in that 90% are many of America's reporters and news anchors I suspect. :p

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

I'd say you would be safe, Allie.
And if you had to fact check on Australia and nettles, just know that it was the British who came here...not the Romans..and our nettle species are native not introduced. :]

A little bit of useless knowledge you may need for future history quizzes.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Margaret wrote: "I think half the problem is the fact that only 10% of the population of the USA has passports... this means a staggering 90% of Americans have never left their own country! Not even to visit their..."

Hey Margaret, that's is a very cool statistic. Do you also happen to know what percentage of Aussies have passports? I suspect it would be high. Aussies tend to run rampant throughout the world.

[Dawn]

I know 70% of Canadians have a passport.

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Terri wrote: "Margaret wrote: "I think half the problem is the fact that only 10% of the population of the USA has passports... this means a staggering 90% of Americans have never left their own country! Not ev..."

Yup. We're amongst the most traveled and cosmopolitan people of the world. 90% of Australians have a passport. Total inversion of the US statistic.

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/what...

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Fox News is a total joke. It's a fascist news network that is embarrassing to our country. Geez...I'd love to be wealthy enough to have a passport & travel the world. But, there is a huge gap between the haves & have nots in this country. We don't take care of our own. I have been to Mexico, so I guess I'm in the minority...didn't need a passport though. You Aussies & Canadians are so cool. ;)

[Mark]

Also the fox network owner is from australia, wonder if he cares that his reporters and news anchors have made these mistakes.

[Nancy]

Derek is right about Fox News and CNN isn't a whole lot better. But the sad thing is that so many Americans dote on Fox News, watch it all day, and never watch anything else, let alone read a newspaper. When I go into my gym, Fox is always on with lots of people watching. Many Americans consider it cool to be shall we say not very smart. There is little respect for learning and/or intelligence in many sectors. Just remember how popular Sarah Palin was/is. They still have her speak at GOP conferences. I tell you, it's scary. George W Bush was an idiot, and he got elected twice! He made a comment about how even a C- student can be president, of course that wasn't the worst or the most stupid comment, just one that supports my point here ;-). What an example to set for young people. Education has really deteriorated here in the last 20 years. As I said, it's scary as hell. But I do go on, and on, and on. Sorry.