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ForsakenCM: 1765!

Proud former captain of the FHS quiz bowl team. Only got 1264. My skills must be getting pretty rusty.

1435. Not too shabby.

Now I want to reread Assassination Vacation.

1278. Damn. And I also did Quizbowl- well actually in New Hampshire it's called Granite State Challenge. We came in 3rd in the state my year; the next team won. I was so damn jealous we only did it every other year so I was only able to do it once in high school. But woohoo trivia!

956. Not the top of the dog pile, but not the bottom of it either. Gotta say, being more than a decade removed from the lessons where this shit was crammed down my throat once a year for a week, I'm kinda proud I remembered as much as I did. Most of my memorization for school was for regurgitation and NOT comprehension. Regurgitation was easier.

576. I'm not worthwhile.

But I seemed to get the ones most people got wrong right.

We Canadians are so backwards.

First time around: 435.

Second time around: 1478!

I pride myself on my memory skills, if nothing else. :)

Which, not that you care but I'm telling you anyway, is how I passed my Series 7 exam. Now run away from your stock broker as fast as possible.

901

Another Canadian here. I think I would've gotten higher but I jumped at Agnew on the first question without even seeing Ford there.

What I'm most proud of is the fact that being able to answer the bachelor President question means that those years of watching Welcome Back Kotter have finally been validated.

Under a thousand, but I went to elementary school in the 90's where we didn't learn history, we learned how to take standardized tests. (Not a joke, we had a class where we took "practice" standardized tests to prepare us for the real thing.)

Still, I should probably read up on past US presidents.

983, and pissed. Me no likey the online quiz thingy. This is the third one in a row where the 2x2 placement of the buttons has confounded me. I guess I'm very much a serial -- and Occidental -- processor of information, so having to perform a mental "carriage return" really fucks my reflexes up...that's my excuse, anyway, for why I keep hitting the wrong buttons even when I'm staring at what I know to be the right answer.

....doesn't that header picture look like Bushy is getting ready to receive the money shot?

Totally. He looks like he just told someone to cum on his tits.

Admin11, he kinda looks like an obliging girlfriend who's instructing "Ok, you can try it in there, but do it slowly."

I disagree becks, if your going to go that route it looks more like Cheney telling George to "quit crying and take it like a man."

Wow, that is a sexy thought.

14 hundred something on my first try...I mis-clicked one as well. I've always been a fan of Presidential trivia (Pierce and Polk were bastards), and I recently saw an excellent play called "43 Plays For 43 Presidents," which probably helped refresh my memory.

I was a quiz bowl guy myself, but our school didn't really do much to encourage or fund the team. We had about one random invitational tournament per year, and that was it.

Incidentally, I proudly except the mantle of romantic comedy champion, as this is no doubt a title that I can use to get at least a few dates. (Any takers? I'm the grand champion of the Pajiba romantic comedy quiz! C'mon, ladies...) However, admittedly that high score was NOT achieved on my first try.

Oh, dear Godtopus -- what is this about multiple attempts? Doesn't anyone play anything straight anymore? I would accept nothing less than a perfect score on a second attempt at a quiz like this...well, if the buttons were rearranged to run entirely left-to-right or top-to-bottom (see my earlier post).

1191, and that's because I blanked on Assassins for a second and clicked the wrong button.

I also learned that Bill Clinton is left handed today. Good to know.

I proudly except the mantle of romantic comedy champion.

Posted by: DarthCorleone

By "except", do you mean to say that you won't accept it and let the second-best score win the t-shirt? Because in that case, I owe Dustin an e-mail. Oh, and I scored that high on my FIRST try, thank you very much.

Sofia>> My brain is falling apart. I never thought I'd see the day when homonyms would give me this much trouble typing, although really I'm not sure "accept" and "except" even qualify. Sure - I'll cede the prize to you if you scored 1950+ on your first try. The only reason I did it a second time in the first place was because I missed that they gave you the correct answers in green and wanted to find out what they were. Can I safely assume that all on future quizzes all Pajibans will bow to the honor system and only take the quiz once?

on all future quizzes, that is

DarthCorleone,

When I said "my first try" I meant "my first twenty tries."

Nah, just kidding. It's okay. But thanks for being such a gentleman. Does this mean you also open doors for ladies and not-so-ladies? If so, are you single? If you're not, are you looking for a female slave? And if it's none of the above and you're a homosexual, will you be my bestest friend ever who also opens doors for me?

Needy? Nah... just overly friendly... I think.

833. I'm unimpressed with myself. The timed thing screws me up, because sometimes I click on one, and then have a DOH!! moment, because I actually knew the right answer.

685...I should be ashamed, but I'm Canadian, never was a history buff, and have absolutely no interest in politics.

In other words, I'm shameless.

928
hmph
i suck at trivial knowledge concerning my president's handedness

Knowledge is power, Marra. That makes you a superhero. I'm sure you can come up with a kick-ass costume for yourself.

Just remember: knowing a lot of stuff doesn't make you a loser. It means you're not ignorant.

SOFIA / BIG-ASS HANDS '12

Mini-Diversion: how many of us were members of our high school quiz teams? Former captain, here.

But history totally wasn't my thing. 1072.

It's pretty amazing that so many of us were Quiz Bowlers in HS. Which means we all got laid on the daily and wore our letter jackets around school all the time right?

1481. My facility for useless factoids comes in handy from time to time. One quibble, though, William Henry Harrison was the grandfather to Benjamin Harrison. The question phrased it like William was the grandson.

365 the first time (hey, I'm Australian and the majority of my knowledge of American history comes from The Simpsons). However, I got 1508 the second time, so at least one part of my brain works.

713...but I'm a Canadian Studies major, so fuck it.

Again, congrats Obama backers, I just hope you are all right on your choice.

Posted by: richmac at November 5, 2008 2:16 AM

Yes, we are.

Che, as a fellow resident of Illinois I have to respectfully disagree. Like what is being mentioned on a different thread here, he will not have the luxury of JFK and grow into the office. JFK was better prepared and he still did not get his feet under him until 1963 and our electorate is a lot less tolerant today. BHO will have to hit the ground running and I believe those in his own party, Reid Pelosi, will be his biggest obstacles, just like for Clinton in 1993.

479. I'll use the excuse that I'm Australian.

Che, the only notable song about Bangladesh in English language was sung by Geroge Harrison during the "Concert for Bangladesh" in 1971-:)

That's ok, Che. It's 150 million people and counting (approximately half of the population of the US in a landmass 1/66 the size of the US). May be that's why we always want to get out of that country-:)