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American History Quiz

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Whoami
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08-03-2001

Thursday, March 11, 2004 - 5:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
The 1860s marked a time of reconstruction following the end of the Civil War in 1865. The United States struggled to redefine race and national citizenship. At the same time, technological advancement pushed the nation into a period of unparalleled industrial achievement. Still, many of the conveniences we enjoy today weren't yet available during the 1860s. Could you survive the decade?

American History Quiz

I don't think I even want to tell you what score I got! I'm so embarrassed!

I got 2 out of 8. redface

Jefe
Member

09-11-2003

Thursday, March 11, 2004 - 7:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I went 4 for 8

Rslover
Member

11-19-2002

Thursday, March 11, 2004 - 9:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Got all 8!

Eliz87
Member

07-30-2001

Thursday, March 11, 2004 - 9:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ouch! I got 3 out of 8.

Teachmichigan
Member

07-22-2001

Thursday, March 11, 2004 - 10:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Got 5 of 8! :-) Not too bad for an English major!

Sillycalimomma
Member

11-13-2003

Friday, March 12, 2004 - 12:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Okay. I got 6 out of 8. That is really sad considering I just completed two semesters of american history.....sheesh....

<<places dunce cap back on and returns to corner>>

Whoami
Member

08-03-2001

Friday, March 12, 2004 - 12:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
OK, if you think 6 out of 8 qualifies you for a dunce cap, what the heck am I going to have to wear?

Sunrvrose
Member

08-13-2001

Friday, March 12, 2004 - 12:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
6 of 8, I'm happy.

Sillycalimomma
Member

11-13-2003

Friday, March 12, 2004 - 2:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
lol...no. I would be happy with the 6 if I hadn't just finished those two courses in college with A's.....what good did it do me? Can't remember it now! Ha!

Luvmyjrt
Member

09-18-2003

Friday, March 12, 2004 - 6:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
5 of 8 here.......got the beer question though!

Kaykay
Member

01-21-2004

Friday, March 12, 2004 - 6:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
4 out of 8. I guess I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer :-)

Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Friday, March 12, 2004 - 9:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I got 7 of 8, but many of those questions were not worded well.

For example, even though the first answer was mail, don't tell me that they could have gotten pizza delivered. A poor quiz. No wonder people didn't do so well with it. Andd the milk question, so even if you had a cow, teh milk would go bad before you got it in the house? And with the bathroom/kitchen being outside--you mean the bathroom would be inside and the kitchen out? Bad quiz. Bad. Only reason I did well was cuz i saw many people did poorly, so I figured out what the quiz master was looking for...

Eliz87
Member

07-30-2001

Friday, March 12, 2004 - 9:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Exactly, Julie. I answered pizza for #1, bathroom for outside, and 12 hours for milk. And got 3 out of 8.

Legalboxer
Member

11-17-2003

Friday, March 12, 2004 - 9:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
i got THREE out of 8 and i was a history major!!!! but Julie said it perfectly - those questions were worded badly

Earthmother
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07-14-2002

Friday, March 12, 2004 - 9:52 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
6 out of 8 and I teach history...lol

I got the two wrong I thought were right..kitchen and pasturization......hmmm

Bandit
Member

07-29-2001

Friday, March 12, 2004 - 10:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'm not tellin'!

Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Friday, March 12, 2004 - 10:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
i think kitchen is right...

Zules
Member

08-21-2000

Friday, March 12, 2004 - 11:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I got 7 of 8 - missed #4.

Tashakinz
Member

11-13-2002

Friday, March 12, 2004 - 11:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ouch 3/8 - but I protest no. 1 because "pizza" hadn't been invented yet.

Sasman
Member

07-08-2003

Friday, March 12, 2004 - 1:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
5 for 8.

rslover must be pretty old!

Tishala
Member

08-01-2000

Friday, March 12, 2004 - 1:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I got 6 of 8. I can't believe the thing about milk (and I got the one about going outside three times a day wrong too).

Cindori
Member

07-25-2003

Friday, March 12, 2004 - 1:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
6 for 8. And I'm quite a bit younger than Sas.

Whoami
Member

08-03-2001

Friday, March 12, 2004 - 1:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Bandit, I'll tell if you tell.

Actually, I already did tell. You just have to know how to find my answer.

Landi
Member

07-29-2002

Friday, March 12, 2004 - 1:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
8 for 8, without antibiotics and other medications, most cows were just used to keep grasslands down and for meat (the meat was cooked and even then disease was still there). you had to think like 1860's for this test.

Question #1 pizza wouldn't have even been in the mix so you remove it, milk wouldn't have been delivered, miles between farms, etc. same thing for newspapers. mail was sent via stagecoaches before the pony express. station to station. (also helped to watch "the postman" with kevin costner)

now try the test thinking that way.


Tess
Member

04-13-2001

Friday, March 12, 2004 - 2:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
landi you just proved why the IQ test is irrelevant for you. It doesn't go high enough.

I got 6 of 8 because I didn't remove pizza from the mix I just figured that was a throw away question or maybe they would figure that people didn't know it hadn't been invented yet.

I also missed the beer question. pffffffffft!

Landi
Member

07-29-2002

Friday, March 12, 2004 - 2:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
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Kaili
Member

08-31-2000

Friday, March 12, 2004 - 3:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
You answered 6 out of 8 questions correctly

I missed the pasteurization one (how long milk takes to spoil) and the bathroom one (I was thinking outhouse).

Purplecow
Member

12-08-2003

Friday, March 12, 2004 - 5:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I got 5. Missed cold cereal (didn't think Kellog invented cereal that early), Beer (chose soda pop), and Pasteurization (can't remember what I chose, but it was wrong). As far as the kitchen question, I think "3 times a day" was the give away. You might visit the outhouse any number of times.

Rslover
Member

11-19-2002

Friday, March 12, 2004 - 6:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Sas,
Yeah, and I look good for my age
I wouldn't exactly call this an American History quiz. Food/liquor questions easy for me. "3 (meals) times a day" was the clue in the kitchen question.

Urgrace
Member

08-19-2000

Saturday, March 13, 2004 - 9:02 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
7 of 8, I missed the milk question, thinking you could at least drink some of the milk before it spoiled! The kitchen question was very easy for me since I lived in rural communities where there are still houses with kitchens behind them.