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Posted by Jay the Obscure (Member # 19) on :

Not to steal the thunder from Daryus, but let's look at the high school level quiz that the US college studens sucked a. Feel free to answer.

Q1. When was the Civil War?
a. 1750-1800
b. 1800-1850
c. 1850-1900
d. 1900-1950
e. after 1950

Q2. Who said "Give me liberty or give me death?"
a. John Hancock
b. James Madison
c. Patrick Henry
d. Samuel Adams

Q3. What is the Magna Carta?
a. The foundation of the British parliamentary system
b. The Great Seal of the monarchs of England
c. The French Declaration of the Rights of Man
d. The charter signed by the Pilgrims on the Mayflower

Q4. The term "Reconstruction" refers to:
a. Payment of European countries' debts to the United
States after the First World War
b. Repairing of the physical damage caused by the Civil
War
c. Readmission of the Confederate states and the
protection of the rights of Black citizens
d. Rebuilding of the transcontinental railroad and the canal system

Q5. Are Beavis and Butthead...
a. A radio show
b. Television cartoon characters
c. A musical group
d. Fictional soldiers

Q6. The Scopes Trial was about:
a. Freedom of the press
b. Teaching evolution in the schools
c. Prayer in the schools
d. Education in private schools

Q7. The Emancipation Proclamation issued by Lincoln stated that:
a. Slaves were free in areas of the Confederate states
not held by the Union
b. The slave trade was illegal
c. Slaves who fled to Canada would be protected
d. Slavery was abolished in the Union

Q8. The purpose of the authors of "The Federalists" papers was to:
a. Establish a strong, free press in the colonies
b. Confirm George Washington's election as the first
president
c. Win foreign approval for the Revolutionary War
d. Gain ratification of the U.S. Constitution

Q9. Sputnik was the name given to the first:
a. Telecommunications system
b. Animal to travel into space
c. Hydrogen bomb
d. Man-made satellite

Q10. The Missouri Compromise was the act that:
a. Funded the Lewis and Clark expedition on the upper Missouri River
b. Granted statehood to Missouri but denied the
admission of any other states
c. Settled the boundary dispute between Missouri and Kansas
d. Admitted Maine into the Union as a free state and Missouri as a slave state

More to come.....

Have at it.

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Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

Oh good, multiple choice. This I can handle.

1.) 1850-1900. Unless you're from the south, in which case it would be 1850-2000.

2.) Patrick Henry.

3.) The foundation of the British Parliamentary system. I guess.

4.) Readmission of the Confederate states and the protection of the rights of Black citizens, I suppose.

5.) I believe they were soldiers in one episode. And they played a mean pair of air guitars. On their television show.

6.) Toothpaste should have been an answer, but the correct one is that evolution thingy.

7.) Slaves were free in areas of the Confederate states not held by the Union.

8.) The purpose of the authors? To ensure the propagation of their genes, I suppose.

But, uh, *cheats*, to gain ratification of the Constitution. (But I cheated in a smart way!)

9.) Man-made satellite.

10.) The Maine/Missouri slave state/free state one. Yeah.

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Posted by Omega (Member # 91) on :

1: 1861-1865, to be specific.

2: I would have said Thomas Paine if it was a choice, but after seeing the name, I know it's Patrick Henry.

3: The Magna Carta was a document that the king (John, of Robin Hood legend, as I recall) was forced to sign giving up his supposed "divine right", thus giving power to the parliment.

4: Reconstruction was the process by which the south was readmitted into the union after the civil war.

5: Beavis and Butthead are two cartoon characters who, for some inexplicable reason, have their own show on MTV. And a movie.

6: The Scopes "Monkey" Trial was about the teaching of evolution in schools. I believe that the teacher Scopes was from Dayton, TN.

7: The Emancipation Proclamation executive order declared that all slaves in states currently in rebellion against the federal government were free. This did not include the slaves in the three slave states that stayed with the union.

8: I've never thought about their purpose, to tell you the truth. But as the federalist papers talk about the purpose of the constitution and bill of rights, I'd say it was to convince the people to ratify the constitution.

9: Sputnik was the first man-made satellite. The meaning of the name escapes me.

10: The Missouri Compromise was the deal by which Missouri could be admitted as a slave state, and Maine would be made a free state, so as to maintain their balance in congress.

Show you how much of a "git" I am...

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Posted by Jeff Raven (Member # 20) on :

Without looking at other's answers...

1. C. Though I hope they are talking about the American Civil War...
2. C.
3. A.
4. C.
5. B.
6. B.
7. A.
8. D.
9. D.
10. D.

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Posted by Jay the Obscure (Member # 19) on :

See, I said that our little group of American posters contained few gits.

As to the rest of the population...well...

The answers to the first 10 followed by the % of students which answered each are:

Q1. When was the Civil War?
a. 1750-1800 - 10%
b. 1800-1850 - 26%
c. 1850-1900 - 60%
d. 1900-1950 - 1%
e. after 1950 - 0%
DK/Ref - 2%

Q2. Who said "Give me liberty or give me death?"
a. John Hancock - 7%
b. James Madison - 9%
c. Patrick Henry - 66%
d. Samuel Adams - 10%
DK/Ref - 7%

Q3. What is the Magna Carta?
a. The foundation of the British parliamentary system - 56%
b. The Great Seal of the monarchs of England - 5%
c. The French Declaration of the Rights of Man - 9%
d. The charter signed by the Pilgrims on the Mayflower - 25%
DK/Ref - 5%

Q4. The term "Reconstruction" refers to:
a. Payment of European countries' debts to the United
States after the First World War - 8%
b. Repairing of the physical damage caused by the Civil
War - 59%
c. Readmission of the Confederate states and the
protection of the rights of Black citizens - 29%
d. Rebuilding of the transcontinental railroad and the canal system - 2%
DK/Ref - 3%

Q5. Are Beavis and Butthead...
a. A radio show - 0%
b. Television cartoon characters - 99%
c. A musical group - 1%
d. Fictional soldiers - 0%
DK/Ref - 0%

Q6. The Scopes Trial was about:
a. Freedom of the press - 7%
b. Teaching evolution in the schools - 61%
c. Prayer in the schools - 14%
d. Education in private schools - 5%
DK/Ref - 14%

Q7. The Emancipation Proclamation issued by Lincoln stated that:
a. Slaves were free in areas of the Confederate states not held by the Union - 26%
b. The slave trade was illegal - 8%
c. Slaves who fled to Canada would be protected - 1%
d. Slavery was abolished in the Union - 63%
DK/Ref - 1%

Q8. The purpose of the authors of "The Federalists" papers was to:
a. Establish a strong, free press in the colonies - 16%
b. Confirm George Washington's election as the first president - 4%
c. Win foreign approval for the Revolutionary War - 17%
d. Gain ratification of the U.S. Constitution - 53%
DK/Ref - 9%

Q9. Sputnik was the name given to the first:
a. Telecommunications system - 1%
b. Animal to travel into space - 7%
c. Hydrogen bomb - 2%
d. Man-made satellite - 89%
DK/Ref - 2%

Q10. The Missouri Compromise was the act that:
a. Funded the Lewis and Clark expedition on the upper Missouri River - 7%
b. Granted statehood to Missouri but denied the admission of any other states - 8%
c. Settled the boundary dispute between Missouri and Kansas - 26%
d. Admitted Maine into the Union as a free state and Missouri as a slave state - 52%
DK/Ref - 8%

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Posted by Curry Monster (Member # 12) on :

Well, please note I'm not a yank, but I'll have a go.

Q1: C
Q2: D
Q3: A
Q4: C
Q5: B
Q6: B
Q7: D
Q8: D
Q9: D
Q10: C

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Posted by Jeff Raven (Member # 20) on :

Jay, that does show that many people misunderstand what the Civil War was about. Even after 140 years, it is still misunderstood.

I can't wait until the real deal comes out for Vietnam.

Posted by HMS White Star (Member # 174) on :

Q1. When was the Civil War?
c. 1850-1900 (actually 1861 to 1865 but who's counting)

Q2. Who said "Give me liberty or give me death?"

c. Patrick Henry

Q3. What is the Magna Carta?
a. The foundation of the British parliamentary system

Q4. The term "Reconstruction" refers to:

c. Readmission of the Confederate states and the
protection of the rights of Black citizens (Actually that isn't completely true Tennesse was never actually part of Reconstruction, it was actually a part of the Union before the reconstruction started. During that period all the southern states weren't states technically weren't states, they were under a military rule first and they under federally protected local government (the Constitution basically didn't apply to during the Reconstruction to those Southern States since they technically weren't states)

Q5. Are Beavis and Butthead...

b. Television cartoon characters

Q6. The Scopes Trial was about:

b. Teaching evolution in the schools

Q7. The Emancipation Proclamation issued by Lincoln stated that:

a. Slaves were free in areas of the Confederate states
not held by the Union

Q8. The purpose of the authors of "The Federalists" papers was to:

d. Gain ratification of the U.S. Constitution

Q9. Sputnik was the name given to the first:

d. Man-made satellite

Q10. The Missouri Compromise was the act that:

d. Admitted Maine into the Union as a free state and Missouri as a slave state

And this is supposted to be hard because...

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Posted by Jay the Obscure (Member # 19) on :

You were wrong on #2 there Daryus...Sam Adams is a beer...and a rather good one at that.

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Posted by Omega (Member # 91) on :

HMS:

It's supposed to be hard because the schools in general are so screwed up that no one learns this stuff any more.

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Posted by Baloo (Member # 5) on :

Q1. When was the Civil War?
a. 1750-1800
b. 1800-1850
c. 1850-1900
d. 1900-1950
e. after 1950

Q2. Who said "Give me liberty or give me death?"
a. John Hancock
b. James Madison
c. Patrick Henry
d. Samuel Adams

Q3. What is the Magna Carta?
a. The foundation of the British parliamentary system
b. The Great Seal of the monarchs of England
c. The French Declaration of the Rights of Man
d. The charter signed by the Pilgrims on the Mayflower

Q5. Are Beavis and Butthead...
a. A radio show
b. Television cartoon characters
c. A musical group
d. Fictional soldiers

Q6. The Scopes Trial was about:
a. Freedom of the press
b. Teaching evolution in the schools
c. Prayer in the schools
d. Education in private schools

Q7. The Emancipation Proclamation issued by Lincoln stated that:
a. Slaves were free in areas of the Confederate states not held by the Union
b. The slave trade was illegal
c. Slaves who fled to Canada would be protected
d. Slavery was abolished in the Union

Q9. Sputnik was the name given to the first:
a. Telecommunications system
b. Animal to travel into space
c. Hydrogen bomb
d. Man-made satellite

Q10. The Missouri Compromise was the act that:
a. Funded the Lewis and Clark expedition on the upper Missouri River
b. Granted statehood to Missouri but denied the
admission of any other states
c. Settled the boundary dispute between Missouri and Kansas
d. Admitted Maine into the Union as a free state and Missouri as a slave state

There. I'm still waiting for my prize from the other thread.

~~Baloo

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Posted by Curry Monster (Member # 12) on :

Prize? Umm, here, have a lollypop.

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Posted by Baloo (Member # 5) on :

LOLLYPOP?!?

Hell, Daryus, you're from Australia! Gimme a Foster's!

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Posted by RW (Member # 27) on :

Lessee..

1c
2d?
3a
4c?
5b (DUH)
6?
7d?
8c?
9d
10c? wild guess :]

And? How did I score for a non-American?

Posted by Curry Monster (Member # 12) on :

Fosters? FOSTERS? Fosters is crap. You don't want fosters. You want Victoria Bitter! *Hands Baloo a VB*.

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Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :

Wow. You've got long arms.

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Posted by Curry Monster (Member # 12) on :

That's why I am in law enforcement.

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