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Othello
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Member # 6268
 written Wednesday, November 23 2005 16:48 Profile #0
How much do you know?

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Un ronron ronchonne, un ronfleur ronfle.
Un rongeur ronge, un roi règne, une orange roule.
Ça c'est la réalité.
Mais si le ronchon ronge, le ronfleur ronchonne,
Le roi roule, le rongeur règne
Et l'orange ronfle,
Ça c'est une autre histoire.
Posts: 66 | Registered: Saturday, September 3 2005 07:00
Joseph Stalin
Infiltrator
Member # 5991
 written Wednesday, November 23 2005 16:52 Profile Homepage #1
did you just make it all up or was at least one thing based on fact

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Posts: 462 | Registered: Tuesday, June 21 2005 07:00
Othello
Warrior
Member # 6268
 written Wednesday, November 23 2005 16:53 Profile #2
Everything is based on fact.

Shuan Wuan: You got 7/10 on the quiz.

[ Wednesday, November 23, 2005 16:54: Message edited by: Lord Nicodemus ]

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Un ronron ronchonne, un ronfleur ronfle.
Un rongeur ronge, un roi règne, une orange roule.
Ça c'est la réalité.
Mais si le ronchon ronge, le ronfleur ronchonne,
Le roi roule, le rongeur règne
Et l'orange ronfle,
Ça c'est une autre histoire.
Posts: 66 | Registered: Saturday, September 3 2005 07:00
Joseph Stalin
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Member # 5991
 written Wednesday, November 23 2005 17:52 Profile Homepage #3
besides the one with stalin what others were wrong?

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Sturg
Master
Member # 4614
 written Wednesday, November 23 2005 18:19 Profile Homepage #4
Shhh. No spoilers. :P

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Posts: 3360 | Registered: Friday, June 25 2004 07:00
Arancaytar
Law Bringer
Member # 2984
 written Wednesday, November 23 2005 18:28 Profile Homepage #5
You should put up your answers before reading the rest of the thread. The poll itself is adequate spoiler space.

Mao Ze Dong is the only one I'm certain of. Unless there was another Cultural Revolution I didn't know about. A preamble is like a prologue, usually featured in constitutions and similar legal documents. The only meaning I could think of for preambulate was in relation to speech, which suggested the telephone.

No clue about the moose, though I chose Bullwinkle. Is it a cartoon figure of some kind?

Similar to the marriage thing. No patience to research.

My colds have without exception begun on a Friday. The only times they start on Thursday is when the Friday is a free day.

Based on the premise that Israel is the only middle eastern power that the US has consistently supported, it follows that Palestine is the only power the US has consistently been on more or less unfriendly terms with. Following that, it is likely Arafat supported Saddam Hussein. Although Middle Eastern politics and the US interference therein has never made much sense.

Ask yourself this question: How widespread is obesity among Americans? Obese Americans - excepting those born with the tendency - are likely to project their eating habits on their dogs. Some Americans will have a dog who is more obese than them. Thus, obesity is probably more widespread among American dogs than Americans themselves.

Wikipedia says Jack Benny was famous for his carefully timed pauses. Two words that fill a carefully timed silence are "Umm..." and "Well...", and "Umm..." sounds dumb.

A jet liner is going at the greatest speeds when landing or taking off, of the three. When taking off, the updraft of the wings should reduce the pressure and friction of the tyres. When landing, the plane breaks by pressing against the ground, increasing the friction of the tyres. It would follow that landing puts the most stress on the tyres.

Last one is guessed at random, although I know Bush was never in the navy. Eisenhower?
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Searches on Wikipedia: 2, 1 successful.

[ Wednesday, November 23, 2005 18:28: Message edited by: NaNoWriMo ]

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Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Wednesday, November 23 2005 18:58 Profile Homepage #6
Actually, the word the poster was looking for was "perambulate".

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Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Othello
Warrior
Member # 6268
 written Wednesday, November 23 2005 18:59 Profile #7
SPOILER :

To preambulate is to walk through.

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Un ronron ronchonne, un ronfleur ronfle.
Un rongeur ronge, un roi règne, une orange roule.
Ça c'est la réalité.
Mais si le ronchon ronge, le ronfleur ronchonne,
Le roi roule, le rongeur règne
Et l'orange ronfle,
Ça c'est une autre histoire.
Posts: 66 | Registered: Saturday, September 3 2005 07:00
Ephesos
Law Bringer
Member # 4153
 written Wednesday, November 23 2005 19:44 Profile Homepage #8
quote:
Originally written by Thuryl:

Actually, the word the poster was looking for was "perambulate".
I thought that looked odd... what would "preambulate" be then?

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Posts: 4130 | Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
Thuryl
...b10010b...
Member # 869
 written Wednesday, November 23 2005 19:52 Profile Homepage #9
Webster's 1913 dictionary thinks "preambulate" means "to walk before", but I think it's safe to say that it's not a word that's currently in wide use.

(Not that "perambulate" really is either, but still.)

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Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
John S
Agent
Member # 5814
 written Wednesday, November 23 2005 21:06 Profile #10
quote:
Originally written by Thuryl:

Webster's 1913 dictionary thinks "preambulate" means "to walk before", but I think it's safe to say that it's not a word that's currently in wide use.

(Not that "perambulate" really is either, but still.)
Why do you have a 1913 copy of Webster's?

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Posts: 1115 | Registered: Sunday, May 15 2005 07:00
Or else o'erleap.
Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Wednesday, November 23 2005 21:08 Profile Homepage #11
I pondered which vehicle was most likely to be used prior to travel on foot for nothing? Alas!

—Alorael, who can't answer which day is most likely to see the beginning of colds without knowing which is the day of highest stress. Monday, Thursday, and Friday all seem like fair candidates. And then there's the hump day factor of Wednesday. Given all this, it's probably Tuesday.
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
VCH
Shaper
Member # 247
 written Wednesday, November 23 2005 21:59 Profile Homepage #12
Saturday, just like on vacations, many people's self-worth is tied to their jobs. So on Saturday that factor is not there.

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Posts: 2395 | Registered: Friday, November 2 2001 08:00
Arancaytar
Law Bringer
Member # 2984
 written Wednesday, November 23 2005 23:23 Profile Homepage #13
My annual cold, which comes up every October/November with punctual regularity, usually kicks in at some point of unusual physical exhaustion - eg. after I sleep too little, have to run to work, have to run to catch a train, etc., since that appears to weaken the immune system temporarily.

That means mostly on Monday or Friday. Friday is much more common though, because a sleep deficit often builds up during the weekdays.

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Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Spring
Shaper
Member # 5450
 written Wednesday, November 23 2005 23:58 Profile Homepage #14
I guessed them, and most of mine are in the most popular category.

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Posts: 2396 | Registered: Saturday, January 29 2005 08:00
Thuryl
...b10010b...
Member # 869
 written Thursday, November 24 2005 00:12 Profile Homepage #15
quote:
Originally written by Naught Eye:

Why do you have a 1913 copy of Webster's?
You can find it for free online. That particular edition of Webster's is a popular reference because it's the most recent edition that's currently in the public domain.

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Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Jame2
Warrior
Member # 5389
 written Thursday, November 24 2005 04:13 Profile #16
quote:
Originally written by Lord Nicodemus:

SPOILER :

To preambulate is to walk through.
No, no, no. No. To perambulate is to walk through. If preambulate is really a word, I've not heard it before.

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Posts: 102 | Registered: Wednesday, January 12 2005 08:00
Nikki.
Shaper
Member # 3442
 written Thursday, November 24 2005 07:19 Profile Homepage #17
I guessed for more than I'd have liked to there. A couple I was okay with (Bullwinkle for one), but otherwise...

I'll go enjoy my ignorance away from you lot if you don't mind!

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Posts: 2864 | Registered: Monday, September 8 2003 07:00
Othello
Warrior
Member # 6268
 written Thursday, November 24 2005 09:03 Profile #18
Results so far:
1. 79% correct.
2. 52% correct.
3. 52% correct.
4. 52% correct.
5. 62% correct.
6. 66% correct.
7. 45% correct.
8. 48% correct.
9. 17% correct.
10. 17% correct. <-- Not many people know this one.

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Un ronron ronchonne, un ronfleur ronfle.
Un rongeur ronge, un roi règne, une orange roule.
Ça c'est la réalité.
Mais si le ronchon ronge, le ronfleur ronchonne,
Le roi roule, le rongeur règne
Et l'orange ronfle,
Ça c'est une autre histoire.
Posts: 66 | Registered: Saturday, September 3 2005 07:00
VCH
Shaper
Member # 247
 written Thursday, November 24 2005 14:16 Profile Homepage #19
Good. By you I got #9 right. Taxiing innit.

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Posts: 2395 | Registered: Friday, November 2 2001 08:00
Othello
Warrior
Member # 6268
 written Friday, November 25 2005 13:18 Profile #20
quote:

preambulate

\Pre*am"bu*late\, v. i. [L. praeambulare. See Preamble.] To walk before. [R.] --Jordan.
Dictionary.com

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Un ronron ronchonne, un ronfleur ronfle.
Un rongeur ronge, un roi règne, une orange roule.
Ça c'est la réalité.
Mais si le ronchon ronge, le ronfleur ronchonne,
Le roi roule, le rongeur règne
Et l'orange ronfle,
Ça c'est une autre histoire.
Posts: 66 | Registered: Saturday, September 3 2005 07:00
Thuryl
...b10010b...
Member # 869
 written Friday, November 25 2005 15:59 Profile Homepage #21
You will note that "before" is not a synonym for "through".

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Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
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Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Friday, November 25 2005 18:41 Profile Homepage #22
Dictionary.com cites the 1913 Webster's too. I also think that there's something significant to the fact that this thread is now the fourth Google hit for preambulate out of almost 700. Perambulate, on the other hand, has almost 60,000 hits. Which one is a word and which one is an unfortunately repeated error?

—Alorael, who will never preambulate the corridors in the hours of repose in the boots of ascension.
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Othello
Warrior
Member # 6268
 written Saturday, November 26 2005 09:54 Profile #23
I said through?
Oops.

EDIT: UPDATE:
The majority of people seem to get everything right except the aircraft question and the Navy question.

[ Saturday, November 26, 2005 11:09: Message edited by: Lord Nicodemus ]

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Un ronron ronchonne, un ronfleur ronfle.
Un rongeur ronge, un roi règne, une orange roule.
Ça c'est la réalité.
Mais si le ronchon ronge, le ronfleur ronchonne,
Le roi roule, le rongeur règne
Et l'orange ronfle,
Ça c'est une autre histoire.
Posts: 66 | Registered: Saturday, September 3 2005 07:00
The Stew Boy
Infiltrator
Member # 2836
 written Saturday, November 26 2005 13:38 Profile #24
I just chose the first option of every question, except for the dog one, because I didn't know ANY of the answers, and I couldn't be bothered to look it up. I think I was right in at least one question?

[ Saturday, November 26, 2005 13:39: Message edited by: The Stew Boy ]
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