DU: The Quiz

[yardwork]

Do you spend a lot of time on DU? Visit here pretty regularly? Read or participate in a fairly wide range of threads, even in GD-P on a bad day? Take the DU quiz and find out just how hardcore you really are!

(You can always cheat by googling the answers on youtube, but ceiling cat will know.)

Select the best answer from the choices given for each question. Answers and scores to be posted down thread in a while.

A. Skinner is:
1. DU Admin.
2. Obama's probable choice for Secretary of Education.

B. Rick Warren:
1. Promotes abstinence-only programs to combat HIV.
2. Said that John McCain was in a cone of silence when he wasn't.
3. Loves gay people, according to the blog of the partner of a popular singer.
4. All of the above.

C. Bernard Madoff:
1. Recently won the Nobel Prize for Economics.
2. Loves gay people, according to the blog of the partner of a popular singer.
3. Was charged with perpetrating the largest investor fraud ever committed by a single individual.
4. Is Obama's probable choice for Secretary of the Interior.

D. Barack Obama:
1. Could be the greatest president the United States has ever had.
2. Could be the hottest president the United States has ever had.
3. Could be both the greatest and hottest president the United States has ever had.

E. The I/P Forum on DU is:
1. A place to register your guns so that Obama doesn't take them away on January 20.
2. A place to meditate and find your Inner Peace.
3. A forum with special rules for posting.
4. Usually deserted and quiet - a plum assignment for mods as it never requires moderating.

F. Leon Panetta is:
1. Giving the invocation at Obama's inauguration later this month.
2. A recent recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.
3. The Obama nominee who has caused the least amount of upheaval on DU this month.
4. The name of Skinner's dog.

G. Rachel Maddow is:
1. Obama's nominee for Secretary of the Interior.
2. A progressive political commentator.
3. Michelle Obama's college room-mate.
4. Bill O'Reilly's favorite guest.

[NMDemDist2]

1. is there a prize??

a1
b4
c3
d4
e3
f3
g2

[NYC_SKP]

3. Not for you...

See your answer "D".

(sorry)

MPK wins!!! :applause:

[NMDemDist2]

5. LOL ooops n/t

[Starry Messenger]

2. Oboy.

A-1
B-4
C-3
D-3
E-3
F-3
G-2

[Liberal_in_LA]

4. 1,4,3,3,4,3,2

1,4,3,3,4,3,2

[NYC_SKP]

6. I-4-3-3-3-3-2 But MPK was first...

[Starry Messenger]

7. It's that word "could".

I mean if it turns out to be true then I have to hedge my bets here. :) He's certainly the most attractive so far! Although who could resist this: }(

[NYC_SKP]

8. I see your Taft, and I raise you one...

Obamillary!!!

(sorry about that...I googled "ugliest president" and this came up.)

[Starry Messenger]

10. {sob} n/t

[NYC_SKP]

11. yeah, but...

I think Hillary working as SOS with Obama makes for a much better relationship than the vp thing, which would have inspired perpetual drama.

sorry... :hug:

[yardwork]

13. I love you guys.

Damn. That made me tear up a little bit.

[NYC_SKP]

14. Series?

Hey, Happy New Year to you and yours, yardwork! :grouphug:

[yardwork]

19. Of course series! Would I cast asparagus? Happy New Year to you and yours!

:toast:

[NYC_SKP]

30. LOL.

Well OK then! :toast:

[Starry Messenger]

15. It's the hair. Obama with a mullet...

I like Hillary and Barack, but that is one scary 'shop!

[yardwork]

22. They took photos of two attractive people and made....a scary monster!

[yardwork]

9. Taft is the correct answer to that question.

[yardwork]

12. The correct answers are!

A = 1
B = 4
C = 3
D = give yourself one point for whichever option you chose
E = 3
F = 3
G = 2

For each correct answer, give yourself one point. Total up your points.

Key
1 pt = you are nothing but an Obama fan boy/girl!
2-6 pts = you are a profound DUer - give yourself a hand!
7 pts = you really need to get a life.

All for fun!

[Starry Messenger]

16. I totally need to get a life!

I've been on vacation. Thank goodness classes started today. I'm back torturing my students for fun and profit! Thank you for the fun quiz, yardwork!

[yardwork]

21. Yeah, me too! Not the students part, but back to work. LOL!

[mt13]

17. did i win?

a = 1
b = 4
c = 3
d = 3
e = 3
f = 3
g = 2

guess not! (on edit!) but i do need to get a life!

[yardwork]

23. I grew up in the 60s! We all win. Everyone plays - nobody loses. New Games!

[mt13]

34. me too!

growing up in the 60's! i like the rules!

[Dr. Strange]

18. What the hell?

I was told there wouldn't be any pop quizzes! x(

[yardwork]

20. And you believed them?

[Dr. Strange]

25. Is your question also part of the quiz?

Man, I can't catch a break!

[yardwork]

26. Did you ask all your professors if their lectures would be included in the test?

[LeftishBrit]

24. 1,4,3,3,3,3,,2

[yardwork]

27. Thank you for playing! The key is in response #12

[yardwork]

28. kicking for the lunch crowd

[Renew Deal]

29. Where's my gold star?

A. 1
B. 4
C. 3
D. 3
E. 2 & 3
F. 3
G. 2

[yardwork]

33. Demanding little thing, aren't you?

I'm fresh out of gold stars. Here's a sticker instead.

:dem:

[JayMusgrove]

31. I enjoyed reading many of the questions!

I think Michelle Obama is about 15 years older than Rachel Maddow, but I'm sure they are fans of each other.

[yardwork]

32. You mean they weren't room-mates?! I'm going to have to fix the key...