AVB
Jesus of Cool, I'm bad, I'm nationwide
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Yesterday was my 13th anniversary which only goes to show I'm mellowing out since you guys haven't banned me yet. In honor of hanging out for that length of time I have a little quiz for you.
Rules.
1. Member for at least 6 months and have 100 posts
2. Not be an asshat
3. 2 chances per day
4. I will only tell you how many you got correct not which ones.
5. If no one gets all 10 correct the one who comes closest will get a prize
6. Anthony already won so you're fighting for second place.
Good Luck
Question 3 is discarded due to conflicting information
Q1. How much did Jack and Jill have to drink before they went up the hill?
Q2. How much did they have to drink after they came down the hill?
A. The gill is sometimes spelled jill. There is an explanation of the nursery rhyme:
Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water.
Jack fell down and broke his crown and Jill came tumbling after.
When Charles I scaled down the 'jack' from a 2.5 to a 2 ounce measure so as to collect higher sales taxes, the jill, by definition twice the size of the jack, was automatically reduced also and 'came tumbling after.' Therefore Jack had 2.5oz going up the hill while Jill had 5oz and on the way down Jack had 2oz and Jill had 4. It didn’t last as Parliament changed it back a few years later and had Charles I beheaded.
2 Jacks – 1 gill
5 fluid Imperial ounce = 1 gill
4 gills = 1 pint
Jack-2oz. Jill-4oz
Q3: Discarded
Q4. He was the only man to attain the rank of Field Marshall in a Foreign Service and General in the US Army
A: Douglas MacArthur
Q5. If you have a 418 area code where in the US do you live exactly?
A: Estcourt Station, Maine
Q6. This exact same item was “played” on the Beatles' Revolver and Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon albums.
A: The cash register on Yellow Submarine was the same one used for Money
Q7. Who are the only people in Springfield known to have a higher IQ than Lisa Simpson?
A: John Frink IQ:197, Jeff Albertson (The Comic Book Guy) IQ:170, Martin Prince IQ:216
Maggie is not as explained here <click me
Q8. Louis Armstrong’s version of “Hello Dolly” was in the Hot 100 for 22 weeks eventually making it to #1. Who did he bump out of that spot?
A: The Beatles
Q9. Japan is at war with this country.
A: Russia. Because of a dispute over the Kuril Islands Russia has never signed the peace treaty with Japan ending WWII
Q10. The first and only time a mother and daughter competed in the same Olympic sport, in the same event at the same time was in what sport?
A. Golf. In the 1900 Olympic Games Margaret Abbott and her mother Mary Ives Abbott competed with Margaret winning the Gold.
Rules.
1. Member for at least 6 months and have 100 posts
2. Not be an asshat
3. 2 chances per day
4. I will only tell you how many you got correct not which ones.
5. If no one gets all 10 correct the one who comes closest will get a prize
6. Anthony already won so you're fighting for second place.
Good Luck
Question 3 is discarded due to conflicting information
Q1. How much did Jack and Jill have to drink before they went up the hill?
Q2. How much did they have to drink after they came down the hill?
A. The gill is sometimes spelled jill. There is an explanation of the nursery rhyme:
Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water.
Jack fell down and broke his crown and Jill came tumbling after.
When Charles I scaled down the 'jack' from a 2.5 to a 2 ounce measure so as to collect higher sales taxes, the jill, by definition twice the size of the jack, was automatically reduced also and 'came tumbling after.' Therefore Jack had 2.5oz going up the hill while Jill had 5oz and on the way down Jack had 2oz and Jill had 4. It didn’t last as Parliament changed it back a few years later and had Charles I beheaded.
2 Jacks – 1 gill
5 fluid Imperial ounce = 1 gill
4 gills = 1 pint
Jack-2oz. Jill-4oz
Q3: Discarded
Q4. He was the only man to attain the rank of Field Marshall in a Foreign Service and General in the US Army
A: Douglas MacArthur
Q5. If you have a 418 area code where in the US do you live exactly?
A: Estcourt Station, Maine
Q6. This exact same item was “played” on the Beatles' Revolver and Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon albums.
A: The cash register on Yellow Submarine was the same one used for Money
Q7. Who are the only people in Springfield known to have a higher IQ than Lisa Simpson?
A: John Frink IQ:197, Jeff Albertson (The Comic Book Guy) IQ:170, Martin Prince IQ:216
Maggie is not as explained here <click me
Q8. Louis Armstrong’s version of “Hello Dolly” was in the Hot 100 for 22 weeks eventually making it to #1. Who did he bump out of that spot?
A: The Beatles
Q9. Japan is at war with this country.
A: Russia. Because of a dispute over the Kuril Islands Russia has never signed the peace treaty with Japan ending WWII
Q10. The first and only time a mother and daughter competed in the same Olympic sport, in the same event at the same time was in what sport?
A. Golf. In the 1900 Olympic Games Margaret Abbott and her mother Mary Ives Abbott competed with Margaret winning the Gold.
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