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December 24, 2005
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For a more straightforward, but still British, year-end quiz, check out the Guardian's version. I got 34 out of 50 right, which seems fairly respectable since we Yanks could hardly be expected to know about Jamie Oliver's campaign against Turkey Twizzlers or Andrew Flintoff's consoling gestures at the Ashes. My favorite pair of questions are shown above. I liked the simple blandness of Question 35 too. —Kevin Drum 2:29 PM Permalink | Trackbacks | Comments (27)Comments
I think I know the answers to 5.3, 5.7, 6.1, 6.8 (I have good guesses on the rhetoric questions), 7.9, and 12.6. Posted by: Steve Brady on December 24, 2005 at 3:13 PM | PERMALINK6. Of what figures of speech or rhetorical devices are the following examples: Metonymy 2 I cant find it any blooming where? Euphemism? 3 Faith unfaithful kept him falsely true? Oxymoron 4 For gold his sword the hireling ruffian draws Anaphora 5 Not to mention their unpaid debts of several millions? Apophasis (much beloved of politicians) 6 There was an atmosphere of gloom and despondency? Prosopopoeia (rather like personification) 7 Loves fire heats water, water cools not love? Chiasmus? 8 The low last edge of the long low land? Alliteration, though that seems too easy. 9 If you dont do as I say Ill..? Aposiopesis 10 A citizen of no mean city? Litotes? Posted by: pk on December 24, 2005 at 3:21 PM | PERMALINKI got a 36 on the Guardian quiz, but that was partly because you gave away the Turkey Twizzlers answer. ;-) Posted by: Mnemosyne on December 24, 2005 at 3:38 PM | PERMALINK33/50, got unlucky on the Merkel question...and understood about 20 questions of the 180. Posted by: Steve L on December 24, 2005 at 3:48 PM | PERMALINKI got 35 on the Guardian quiz, but the odd thing was, when I looked at the answers, I realized that if I'd gone with my first guess without trying to think about any of the questions I actually knew nothing about, I'd have gotten closer to 45. The lesson: if you really don't know anything about it at all, don't even think about it. Literally. Posted by: cld on December 24, 2005 at 3:51 PM | PERMALINKActually, 5.2, 5.7, 5.9, 12.6, 15.9 and 18.7....i think i've got good guesses. Posted by: Steve L on December 24, 2005 at 3:59 PM | PERMALINKBecause the first thing people think of when they look at the mid-east is stability. The place is like a rock. Only a massive invasion could shake things up! Posted by: Boronx on December 24, 2005 at 4:29 PM | PERMALINKcld: That's what my father the psychology professor told me. If you're unsure, your first guess is most likely to be right. Posted by: Kevin Drum on December 24, 2005 at 4:30 PM | PERMALINK32/50 on the Grauniad's quiz, but as said above, the Turkey Twizzler's answer was a gimme thanks to Kevin. Posted by: Linkmeister on December 24, 2005 at 4:46 PM | PERMALINKI live here, and I only got 34. (Forgot to answer the Bill Clinton one, though.) New Year's Resolution: Must read the Guardian more often! Posted by: KathyF on December 24, 2005 at 5:10 PM | PERMALINKI got 32 on the Guardian quiz as well....but I didn't see the turkey twizzler giveaway before I clicked on the link...so does that give me an honorary 33? Posted by: p.lukasiak on December 24, 2005 at 5:10 PM | PERMALINKOkay, I had like 25 correct when I got bored and realized that I was a science major for a reason. Posted by: Global Citizen on December 24, 2005 at 5:31 PM | PERMALINKI'm proud to say I know none of the answers, and will not be spending any time whatsoever trying to find the answers. Posted by: just me on December 24, 2005 at 10:46 PM | PERMALINK7.4 Portnoy's Complaint? - or something else by Philip Roth? That's all I get glancing at it. Looking real hard I doubt I would get any more. Phooey. The hardest question that King William's College never asks is, "Why is it called a General Knowledge quiz?" Posted by: craigie on December 25, 2005 at 12:17 AM | PERMALINKAhem....Saam....Trotsky was not one of Peter's successors... The hardest question that King William's College never asks is, "Why is it called a General Knowledge quiz?" Fair point. The section about London tube stations is hardly general knowledge, even to UK residents. You would have to be fairly keen on Sherlock Holmes and have a bloody good memory to answer the section on him, and have a ridiculously deep knowledge of English Lit to get all the literary quotes about the Isle of Man. Posted by: Alan on December 25, 2005 at 12:30 AM | PERMALINKI got 25 out of 50 on the Guardian quiz, which is pretty good for me. I have to go to the bathroom. KONG!!! Posted by: Amanda Barnhart on December 25, 2005 at 12:31 AM | PERMALINKAlan- Yeah... I read it more loosely as 'intended' or 'supposed' successors - obviously the question doesn't say that. Next time I get asked about Peter's successors being stabbed by surrealist painters I'll think through the question more thoroughly. Posted by: Saam Barrager on December 25, 2005 at 1:22 AM | PERMALINKAwesome. The quiz, I mean. A few I know, a few I have some decent guesses, but I guess I need to spend more time in England. Alas! 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