Yikes. I'm at the bottom of the heap. I demand a socialistic redistribution of grades. Where's anon1252 when I need him to back me on this important social justice initiative? Oh, yeah. He's out tramping on Canada's grassy knoll, looking for evidence of a second phoner).
I got 9 right. I was born in England during the war and also served in Germany with the Cdn Forces during the cold war on two occasions and am a bit of a history nut. I'm surprised I didn't do better.
Bubba -- I knew about the dog, too. But, then the Ball Bounces reasoned that killing a dog wouldn't be an adequate test of killing a human. I over-thought the issue.
As for redistributing grades... that's the last thing I'd advocate. I'm a student! Naturally we want redistribution of money so that we can afford to go to school to receive unevenly distributed grades...
I got 7 right. I found the last question about The Lost Division surprising.
ReplyDeleteI got five right, and guessed on every single answer.
ReplyDeleteGot 8 right
ReplyDelete4 I knew
4 I guessed
Got wrong 1,3,8,12
Cheers,
Gaijin
I got 6 right mostly by guess
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Only a little better; 7.
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I got 6; now I will get my wife to do it, she is British and one of her degrees is in History of which she studied WWII.
ReplyDeleteAnd she got 8 right. She says it's been a lot of years since she had to do any of this.
ReplyDeleteLost Division -- surprising indeed. Where were all the Hollywood movies on this?!
ReplyDeleteYikes. I'm at the bottom of the heap. I demand a socialistic redistribution of grades. Where's anon1252 when I need him to back me on this important social justice initiative? Oh, yeah. He's out tramping on Canada's grassy knoll, looking for evidence of a second phoner).
ReplyDeleteI do know about Hitler's flatulence, if that counts for anything -- a mercy point, maybe?
ReplyDeleteEnkidu -- stop rubbing it in.
ReplyDeleteI got 9 right. I was born in England during the war and also served in Germany with the Cdn Forces during the cold war on two occasions and am a bit of a history nut. I'm surprised I didn't do better.
ReplyDeletegot 11 right I knew Hitlers dog was killed never knew it was to test the cyanide.
ReplyDeleteI am a history buff.
Cheers Bubba
Bubba -- I knew about the dog, too. But, then the Ball Bounces reasoned that killing a dog wouldn't be an adequate test of killing a human. I over-thought the issue.
ReplyDelete8 of 12. Never heard of the "Lost Division".
ReplyDelete10 of 12, guessed at a few though.
ReplyDeleteI only got 5 right.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if they were the same ones.
As for redistributing grades... that's the last thing I'd advocate. I'm a student! Naturally we want redistribution of money so that we can afford to go to school to receive unevenly distributed grades...
9-- was going to pick all of the above for Hitler/Eva but thought it was too obvious, dumb
ReplyDeleteI got six right.
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