Friday, December 08, 2006

TQFS #7 Answers

Currently listening to: "Bag It" by Peaches

The high score for this installment was High Desert Diva with a score of 7/10...then Doug with 6/10, followed by mg with 5/10... And OK, so HDD admittedly 'cheated' on the last question, but there's something to be said for honesty, ja?

1. A bibliophile is:
A. A collector of rare books
I was actually kind of hoping somebody would've guessed "Jesus freak" as the answer...

2. The term anthropophagy refers to:
B. Cannibalism

3. “Kemo sabe” means what in Navajo?
A. Soggy shrub

4. The first Hummer manufactured for civilian use was sold in what year?
B. 1992
And yes, it was bought by Arnold

5. How many bottles did Coca Cola sell in its first year?
A. 25!!!
And now they're one of the largest corporations out there...go figure...

6. In 4000BC Egypt, men and women wore glitter eye shadow made from what?
C. The crushed shells of beetles
Yeccchh...beetles on the eyes...

7. The condom was invented in the early 1500’s and was originally made of what?
B. Linen
Yup, it all started with linen...seems like that would've been uncomfortable...and American money is printed on linen...so if you're ever in a bind... ... ...ewww...

8. In what country did Russian dressing originate?
B. United States
Americans are also responsible for the Swiss steak, the hamburger, and chop suey...

9. What is an albumen?
A. The white part of an egg

10. A ‘jiffy’ is an actual unit of time and lasts for:
C. 1/100 of a second

For some reason I can't get that song "Somebody's Watching Me" by Rockwell out of my head...

3 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

*cries*

10:06 PM  
Blogger Doug Murata said...

HDD: It's fine with me. I won one and now you've won one. If it makes you feel better, we can share it. (After all, if you didn't get that last one, we would have tied...)

Congratulations!

11:17 AM  
Blogger paula said...

I think Dougie should THROW the next test - just to teach HDD a lesson about cheet'in.

:p

Love these quizzes.

8:54 AM  

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