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Comment #2475

2011-07-10T21:20:10Z

I wouldn't have done that well if it had not been for Sue Dickson's Song of the U.S. Presidents>, but thanks to that, it's no challenge at all. What is a challenge is identifying them by term of office, but I'm amazed at how much better I'm doing now that when I first took the quiz.

I try to keep the addiction under control by using it strictly (well, almost), a little bit each day, as an educational device to help me learn/remember things I want to know. It's surprising how empowering it feels to have some solid presidential "hooks" on which to hang history.

I'm still doing really badly with the Periodic Table, though.

Comment #2474

2011-07-10T20:33:41Z

P.S. Presidents, easy version: 29 out of 44. Oh well.

Comment #2473

2011-07-10T20:12:54Z

The Disciples are hard, because there are several lists in the Bible. I kept trying Nathanael in all kinds of variations because I was sure there was one - and John mentions one. The list used is the one from Mark's gospel.

Africa: How sad to miss Cape Verde and one of the two countries to be geographically named...

Janet's right - and so are you - it's an addicting little game, and if I don't get over it soon, I'll block the site...

Comment #2472

2011-07-10T16:23:23Z

I could complain to you that you took my husband away from me all Sunday afternoon, but now he's in the kitchen singing and making me dinner. I guess a working daddy needs an escape every once in a while to do his heart good! As you could expect, in every quiz we both took he beat me by a mile . . .

Comment #2471

2011-07-10T15:16:42Z

I like that one, too. I did quite well, thanks to all the British books I have read (though I still missed a few, like "hauler"), and in the process discovered why I have so much trouble spelling certain words—my brain has the British and American spellings with about equal intensity, and so is not sure of either.

Comment #2470

2011-07-10T15:04:38Z

No, we don't have time for this, but we're passing Joseph off between each other and I discovered: http://www.sporcle.com/games/triviahappy/spelling-test-american-vs-british-english

Comment #2469

2011-07-09T13:22:44Z

Fixed, thanks.

Comment #2468

2011-07-09T12:34:48Z

your link to the instruments goes to the composers

Comment #2467

2011-07-09T12:33:52Z

I couldn't resist trying the Cat in the Hat one: "You got 134 out of 236 answers correct"- more than half. It's interesting how many "him" "they" "them" types of words are there that you don't think about unless you're actually quoting the book to yourself as you go. I got "pink, white, and red" but forgot "dots" It's harder than you think!