Trivia - May 2007

Please answer honestly, no googling (like you need to. lol).

Answers to follow tommorow at 21.00hrs (24hrs)


1) How long did the Hundred Years' War last?

2) Which country makes Panama hats?

3) From which animal do we get catgut?

4) In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution?

5) What is a camel's hair brush made of?

6) The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what animal?

7) What was King George VI's first name?

8) What colour is a purple finch?

9) Where are Chinese Gooseberries from?

10) What is the colour of the black box in a commercial airplane?

2007-05-22 09:07:37 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-22 08:32:50 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-22 08:06:01 · 13 answers · asked by Bighorn 4

20 years ago you hardly ever saw Canadian geese in the mid and north Atlantic states. Now they're on every patch of green in parks and along highways Anybody know why?

2007-05-22 06:44:06 · 2 answers · asked by hairypotto 6

2007-05-21 23:59:23 · 6 answers · asked by prettymama 5

2007-05-21 23:18:17 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-21 22:49:23 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

The jump should be upward and not downward.

2007-05-21 22:44:29 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-21 16:26:54 · 3 answers · asked by Angelina 1

I was watching specials on the war in the Pacific and saw the sea burials, then read about burials at sea, what happens to the remains? Are they weighted down. are they just wrapped in the cloth, have there been any problems, reports of bodies washing up or being recovered?

2007-05-21 15:21:27 · 7 answers · asked by michaelstrek 1

2007-05-21 13:44:07 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

does anyone know

2007-05-21 11:39:09 · 5 answers · asked by nani g 1

Where did the "y" come from in "Gay-y"?...random question I know but I was curious:)

2007-05-21 11:07:20 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-21 11:01:12 · 12 answers · asked by LARRY E 1

Like: "I'm so glad I never brag about myself!" The person is bragging right there.
Or: "I want patience and I want it now!!"

2007-05-21 09:59:19 · 26 answers · asked by brittanysbryant@sbcglobal.net 2

2007-05-21 09:43:31 · 9 answers · asked by Monique L 2

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2007-05-21 04:57:27 · 5 answers · asked by j_woodsie 2

What it took to get an 8th grade education in 1895


--Remember when grandparents and great-grandparents stated that they only had an 8th grade education? Well, check this out. Could any of us have passed the 8th grade in 1895?
This is the eighth-grade final exam from 1895 in Salina, Kansas, USA. It was taken from the original document on file at the Smokey Valley Genealogical Society and Library in Salina, KS, and reprinted by the Salina Journal.

8th Grade Final Exam: Salina, KS -1895
Grammar (Time, one hour)

1. Give nine rules for the use of capital letters.
2. Name the parts of speech and define those that have no modifications
3. Define verse, stanza and paragraph
4. What are the principal parts of a verb? Give principal parts of"lie,""play," and "run"
5. Define case; Illustrate each case.
6 What is punctuation? Give rules for principal marks of punctuation.
7 - 10. Write a composition of about 150 words and show therein that you understand the practical use of the rules of grammar.

Arithmetic (Time, 1.25 hours)

1. Name and define the Fundamental Rules of Arithmetic.
2. A wagon box is 2 ft. deep, 10 feet long, and 3 ft. wide. How many bushels of wheat will it hold?
3. If a load of wheat weighs 3942 lbs., what is it worth at 50cts/bushel, deducting 1050 lbs. for tare?
4. District No. 33 has a valuation of $35,000. What is the necessary levy to carry on a school seven months at $50 per month, and have $104 for incidentals?
5. Find the cost of 6720 lbs. coal at $6.00 per ton.
6. Find the interest of $512.60 for 8 months and 18 days at 7 percent.
7. What is the cost of 40 boards 12 inches wide and 16 ft. long at $20 per metre?
8. Find bank discount on $300 for 90 days (no grace) at 10 percent.
9. What is the cost of a square farm at $15 per acre, the distance of which is 640 rods?
10. Write a Bank Check, a Promissory Note, and a Receipt.

U.S. History (Time, 45 minutes)
1. Give the epochs into which U.S. History is divided.
2. Give an account of the discovery of America by Columbus.
3. Relate the causes and results of the Revolutionary War.
4. Show the territorial growth of the United States.
5. Tell what you can of the history of Kansas.
6. Describe three of the most prominent battles of the Rebellion.
7. Who were the following: Morse, Whitney, Fulton, Bell, Lincoln, Penn, and Howe?
8 Name events connected with the following dates: 1607, 1620, 1800, 1849, 1865.

Orthography (Time, one hour)

1. What is meant by the following: Alphabet, phonetic, orthography, etymology, syllabication
2. What are elementary sounds? How classified?
3. What are the following, and give examples of each: Trigraph, subvocals, diphthong, cognate letters, linguals
4. Give four substitutes for caret 'u.' (HUH?)
5. Give two rules for spelling words with final 'e.' Name two exceptions under each rule.
6. Give two uses of silent letters in spelling. Illustrate each.
7. Define the following prefixes and use in connection with a word: bi, dis, mis, pre, semi, post, non, inter, mono, sup.
8 Mark diacritically and divide into syllables the following, and name the sign that indicates the sound: card, ball, mercy, sir, odd, cell, rise, blood, fare, last.
9. Use the following correctly in sentences: cite, site, sight, fane, fain, feign, vane, vain, vein, raze, raise, rays.
10. Write 10 words frequently mispronounced and indicate pronunciation by use of diacritical marks and by syllabication.

Geography (Time, one hour)
1 What is climate? Upon what does climate depend?
2. How do you account for the extremes of climate in Kansas?
3. Of what use are rivers? Of what use is the ocean?
4. Describe the mountains of North America
5. Name and describe the following: Monrovia, Odessa, Denver, Manitoba, Hecla, Yukon, St. Helena, Juan Fernandez, Aspinwall and Orinoco.
6. Name and locate the principal trade centers of the U.S.
7. Name all the republics of Europe and give the capital of each.
8. Why is the Atlantic Coast colder than the Pacific in the same latitude?
9. Describe the process by which the water of the ocean returns to the sources of rivers.
10 Describe the movements of the earth. Give the inclination of the earth.

Notice that the exam took FIVE HOURS to complete. Gives the saying "he only had an 8th grade education" a whole new meaning, doesn't it?! Also shows you how poor our education system has become... and, NO... I don't have the answers, and I failed the 8th grade test!!

2007-05-21 02:05:30 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-21 00:48:44 · 19 answers · asked by andykpln 4

2007-05-20 20:18:19 · 6 answers · asked by rougerocker 3

2007-05-20 14:34:02 · 6 answers · asked by Mopar Maniac 2

2007-05-20 14:32:34 · 5 answers · asked by Mopar Maniac 2

im bored

2007-05-20 14:17:58 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

I ask alot of peopel this simple elementary question and they fail to answer it.. whoever gets the right answer first gets 10 points!

2007-05-20 13:14:12 · 10 answers · asked by Lkfire 2

ok i have this thing for social studies i have to ask 250 people what there faverite color is????and see the recent color

2007-05-20 10:31:49 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-20 10:26:34 · 5 answers · asked by rock on 1

my best discription:
imagine a shovel, but the head is square and flat, and cut horizontally a couple times... ive seen it, but dont know what it is, or what its for...

2007-05-20 09:56:18 · 6 answers · asked by korn freak 2

i'm just asking...

2007-05-20 09:39:39 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

In my passport there is not any place for middle name, Just Name and Family name (every body must fill name and middle name in one place), but I have filled my application documents with the format Name, Middle name and Family name and my I-20 is issued in this format (since my name contain 2 words), but the spellings and sequences are all correct. Does this make a problem for me in US embassy?

2007-05-20 09:32:17 · 6 answers · asked by sasaan_ma 1

I have approx 30 people's answers - I need 70 more to host a family fued game! Any help would be appreciated:-)

1. What is the most popular commandment of the 10 commandments?
2. Besides a church name a place where a person is baptized?
3. Name the most popular animal that boarded Noah's Ark?
4. What is the significance of the white christening outfit?
5. Name the most popular game for a baptism party?
6. Who plays the most important role in a persons Baptism?
7. What is the most popular story in the bible?
8. What is the most popular color for guests to wear at a baptism?
9. Name something that the parents almost always forget to do before a baptism?
10. Name something the priest does at a Baptism?

2007-05-20 08:05:08 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous