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Re: Online Test Recap & Discussion (Pacific), October 6, 2016

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Here's what I have for correct answers, let me know if you see any needed corrections!
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1 Iago
2 Michael Phelps
3 Quarks
4 Africa
5 Magi
6 Magna Carta
7 Green Eggs and Ham
8 Glacier
9 Alexander Calder
10 Trivial Pursuit
11 Love conquers all
12 Danube
13 Jason Bourne
14 Sonnet
15 War of 1812
16 Acid
17 Libretto
18 MacArthur
19 Adverb
20 Dave Eggers
21 John Brown
22 John Philip Sousa
23 Franz Kafka
24 Cinco de Mayo
25 St. Thomas
26 Twenty One Pilots
27 Walden
28 Lithium
29 Huffington Post
30 Egypt
31 Mies
32 Wallow
33 Cedar
34 Aphrodite
35 1984
36 Atlas Mountains
37 John Oliver
38 Alaska
39 Paul Krugman
40 Carotid
41 Regal Eagle
42 Prague
43 Marmalade
44 Herbert Hoover
45 Leaves of Grass
46 Variable
47 Pistil
48 Hamilton
49 The Color Purple
50 Oxymoron
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Re: Online Test Recap & Discussion (Pacific), October 6, 2016

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I thought the test was a little difficult, which means I probably scored better than I thought. Felt like low-40s as I was playing, but I'd need to see the clues again to refresh my memory.
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Re: Online Test Recap & Discussion (Pacific), October 6, 2016

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All right, show of hands--who automatically assumed the Broadway clue would be about Hamilton? (God, I hate that musical.)

There were a couple toughies on that one, plus I had brain-fade on a few late ones (variable and contradiction). Still think I got in the high 30s/low 40s.
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forzagiersy wrote:All right, show of hands--who automatically assumed the Broadway clue would be about Hamilton? (God, I hate that musical.)

There were a couple toughies on that one, plus I had brain-fade on a few late ones (variable and contradiction). Still think I got in the high 30s/low 40s.
I'm thinking it was actually "oxymoron" rather than contradiction, judges?
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I think you are right on oxymoron - I blanked and the best I could come up with was paradox.
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I think that was the easiest of the three, I officially took this one tonight...I misread the continent question as second smallest instead of second largest...Oxymoron is what they wanted. I think I got 39-41 based on Jeff's answers. Did they want Thoreau instead of Walden? I assume Colder is good enough for Calder. I put Eggert for Eggers I think, they would probably not accept it...The other two tests I got 34-35 taking it after the fact.
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emjayoh wrote:I think you are right on oxymoron - I blanked and the best I could come up with was paradox.
I went with oxymoron.
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Easiest of the lot? Felt that way for me, a complete shock since I was taking it for real. I'll have to wait for the transcript but I'm pretty confident that I got upwards of 45. I had a couple of guesses, one total blank and couldn't pull Krugmans name in time (Milton Friedman kept getting on the way). Now to see which state has the motto "North to the Future" :mrgreen:
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9021amyers wrote:I thought the test was a little difficult, which means I probably scored better than I thought. Felt like low-40s as I was playing, but I'd need to see the clues again to refresh my memory.
Same. One day I'll freaking remember Calder... One of those names that's used -just- often enough for me to have forgotten the last time he was used...

Jeff's list looks right, so I'm at 43, 44 if they accept "Miers"
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Re: Online Test Recap & Discussion (Pacific), October 6, 2016

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Looks like 36 for me. Not my best ever, but the second time I've put up a theoretically passing score, so I'm glad tonight was when I took it for real, at least.
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forzagiersy wrote:All right, show of hands--who automatically assumed the Broadway clue would be about Hamilton? (God, I hate that musical.)
I guessed Hamilton just because I couldn't come up with anything else in time.

Anyways, I'm pleased with my performance on this test. I was quick and accurate on the word clues, and didn't blank or have a horrible miss on a single clue, something which has happened to me at least once on every previous test. The ones I missed were ones I genuinely didn't know, although I would have probably gotten "Dave Eggers" a few years ago. (Never read the book, though) Oh well.
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Woof wrote:Easiest of the lot? Felt that way for me, a complete shock since I was taking it for real. I'll have to wait for the transcript but I'm pretty confident that I got upwards of 45. I had a couple of guesses, one total blank and couldn't pull Krugmans name in time (Milton Friedman kept getting on the way). Now to see which state has the motto "North to the Future" :mrgreen:
I put down Friedman (Thomas) as the NYT columnist.

And the state motto is Alaska.
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For me this was the "easiest" of the online tests I've taken, it's possible that I finally attained the magic number of 35.
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I thought it was Thomas Friedman as well...The Danube question was on of the posts about studying for the test...
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Volante wrote:
9021amyers wrote:I thought the test was a little difficult, which means I probably scored better than I thought. Felt like low-40s as I was playing, but I'd need to see the clues again to refresh my memory.
Same. One day I'll freaking remember Calder... One of those names that's used -just- often enough for me to have forgotten the last time he was used...

Jeff's list looks right, so I'm at 43, 44 if they accept "Miers"
Looks like I missed 3 (ions), 11 (managed "all" and "love," but couldn't work out the middle), 20 (don't remember what I wrote, but that wasn't it), 25 (brainfarted and wrote Charlotte Amalie), 27 (The Road Not Taken), and 50 (brainfarted and wrote "enigma" just to have something).

44 out of 50, but I haven't been invited for an audition since 2011, and I don't even remember which city I chose as my preference; I'm not getting my hopes up.
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There was no city choice this time, they will do it by the zip code on your profile.
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Started strong (21/24), ended not so strong. 37/50. I should have had oxymoron and St. Thomas, but my mind went totally blank trying to pull them both. Did someone post about 21 Pilots in the year in review thread? I remember someone posted about them, but I didn't remember why they were important. Oh well.
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Transcript here - couldn't get to it until Friday morning. Probably around 45 on this one for me, although taking it off of the twitter feed it's hard to be sure exactly how I would have done with the full 15 seconds per question. All in all, I'm very glad I took it on Tuesday for real.
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1 – SHAKESPEARE
THIS VILLAIN IS THE SECOND TO SPEAK IN “OTHELLO”

2 – OLYMPIC ATHLETES
HE WAS THE AMERICAN FLAG BEARER AT THE OPENING CEREMONIES OF THE 2016 RIO OLYMPICS

3 – PHYSICS
A NEUTRON IS COMPOSED OF 1 “UP” & 2 “DOWN” OF THESE ELEMENTARY PARTICLES

4 – THE CONTINENTS
OF THE 7 CONTINENTS, IT’S SECOND IN SIZE

5 – STAMPS
IT’S THE 4-LETTER NAME FOR THE TRIO WHO BORE GIFTS FOR THE BABY JESUS, AS SEEN ON A CHRISTMAS STAMP

6 – HISTORIC DOCUMENTS
FIRST ISSUED IN 1215, IT DOCUMENTED THE LIBERTIES HELD BY FREE MEN

7 – CHILDREN’S BOOKS
THIS 1960 BOOK BEGINS, “I AM SAM”

8 – NATIONAL PARKS
GOING-TO-THE-SUN ROAD CONNECTS THE EAST & WEST SIDES OF THIS ICY MONTANA NATIONAL PARK

9 – ARTISTS
BORN IN 1898 THIS AMERICAN SCULPTOR WAS QUITE “MOBILE”, LIVING IN 5 STATES & PARIS

10 – BOARD GAMES
THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF THIS GAME HAS 3 QUESTION LEVELS & LETS YOU TAKE A FREE WEDGE

11 – LATIN PHRASES
VIRGIL’S “OMNIA VINCIT AMOR” IS TRANSLATED AS THIS

12 – RIVERS
IT FLOWS PAST BRATISLAVA, BUDAPEST & BELGRADE

13 – MOVIE CHARACTERS
DAVID WEBB IS THE REAL NAME OF THIS CHARACTER PLAYED BY MATT DAMON

14 – LITERARY TERMS
ONE TYPE OF THIS 14-LINE POEM IS PETRARCHAN

15 – MILITARY HISTORY
THE BATTLE OF THE THAMES TOOK PLACE DURING THIS U.S. WAR

16 – SCI. ABBREV.
IT’S THE “A” IN RNA

17 – OPERA
IT’S THE ITALIAN WORD FOR AN OPERA’S TEXT

18 – AWARDS & HONORS
FELLOWSHIPS NICKNAMED “GENIUS GRANTS” ARE AWARDED BY THIS FOUNDATION NAMED FOR JOHN D. AND CATHERINE T.

19 – PARTS OF SPEECH
THIS PART OF SPEECH USUALLY ENDS IN –LY, LIKE QUICKLY

20 – NONFICTION
HE WROTE THE MODESTLY TITLED, “A HEARTBREAKING WORK OF STAGGERING GENIUS”

21 – U.S. HISTORY
HE LED THE OCTOBER 16, 1859 RAID ON HARPERS FERRY

22 – COMPOSERS
IN 1888 HE WROTE THE OFFICIAL MARCH OF THE U.S. MARINE CORPS

23 – WORLD AUTHORS
GREGOR SAMSA TURNS INTO A GIANT BUG IN HIS STORY “THE METAMORPHOSIS”

24 – ANNUAL EVENTS
THIS HOLIDAY IS THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF PUEBLA

25 – ISLAND GROUPS
THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS ARE ST. CROIX, ST. JOHN & THIS ONE

26 – POP MUSIC
THEIR SONG “STRESSED OUT” HIT NO. 2 IN 2016

27 – AMERICAN LIT
THIS WORK BEGINS, “WHEN I WROTE THE FOLLOWING PAGES… I LIVED ALONE, IN THE WOODS, A MILE FROM ANY NEIGHBOR”

28 – THE ELEMENTS
ATOMIC NUMBER 3, Li STANDS FOR THIS

29 – WEBSITES
THIS “POST” WAS LAUNCHED IN 2005 TO BE A LIBERAL ALTERNATIVE TO THE DRUDGE REPORT

30 – ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS
THE PTOLEMAIC DYNASTY BEGAN RULING THIS ANCIENT COUNTRY AROUND 305 B.C.

31 – ARCHITECTS
THE ORIGINAL SURNAME OF LUDWIG, WHO LATER ADDED “VAN DER ROHE”

32 – “W”ORDS
TO ROLL AROUND IN SOMETHING, PERHAPS MUD OR SELF-PITY

33 – FLAGS
THIS TREE IS ON THE FLAG OF LEBANON

34 – MYTHOLOGY
SHE’S THE GREEK GODDESS OF LOVE & BEAUTY

35 – 1940s NOVELS
WINSTON SMITH WORKS FOR THE MINISTRY OF TRUTH IN THIS NOVEL

36 – MOUNTAIN RANGES
40 MILES SOUTH OF MARRAKECH, MOUNT TOUBKAL IS THE HIGHEST PEAK IN THIS RANGE

37 – CABLE TV
THIS FORMER “DAILY SHOW” CORRESPONDENT HOSTS “LAST WEEK TONIGHT” ON HBO

38 – OFFICIAL STATE MOTTOES
ITS OFFICIAL STATE MOTTO IS “NORTH TO THE FUTURE”

39 – NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS
HE WON THE 2008 NOBEL IN ECONOMICS & YOU CAN READ HIM MONDAYS & FRIDAYS IN THE NEW YORK TIMES

40 – ANATOMY
THE EXTERNAL THIS ARTERY ASCENDS THROUGH THE SIDE OF THE NECK & BEHIND THE LOWER JAW

41 – RHYME TIME
A BALD BIRD WITH A KINGLY BEARING

42 – WORLD CAPITALS
HRADCANY CASTLE, ONCE THE HOME TO THE KINGS OF BOHEMIA, IS IN THIS CAPITAL CITY

43 – FOOD & DRINK
SEVILLE ORANGES ARE BIG IN MAKING THIS PRESERVE, A WORD FROM THE PORTUGUESE

44 – THE PRESIDENT’S BIRTHPLACE
HE WAS BORN IN WEST BRANCH, IOWA

45 – POETRY
IN A POEM IN THIS 1855 COLLECTION, THE AUTHOR INTRODUCED HIMSELF AS “WALT WHITMAN, AN AMERICAN”

46 – MATH TERMS
IN ALGEBRA, IT’S THE WORD FOR A SYMBOL STANDING FOR AN UNKNOW VALUE

47 – BIOLOGY
THE STAMEN IS THE MALE REPRODUCTIVE PART OF A FLOWER; THIS FEMALE ONE CONTAINS THE OVARY, STYLE & STIGMA

48 – BROADWAY MUSICALS
“YORKTOWN” & “THE ELECTION OF 1800” ARE SONGS IN THIS HIT MUSICAL

49 – AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE
THIS 1982 NOVEL IS WRITTEN IN THE FORM OF LETTERS, MOSTLY FROM CELIE TO GOD

50 – WORDS ABOUT WORDS
IT’S A PHRASE THAT IS SELF-CONTRADICTORY, LIKE DEAFENING SILENCE
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