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#1 Postby wx247 » Wed Dec 28, 2005 11:36 am

Try your luck on the news that made headlines in 2005. I got 22/25. Some were fairly difficult.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10531435/
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#2 Postby Skywatch_NC » Wed Dec 28, 2005 11:55 am

40% correct for me. :oops: :wink:

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#3 Postby Brent » Wed Dec 28, 2005 12:49 pm

52%

That was HARD...
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#4 Postby arkess7 » Wed Dec 28, 2005 12:57 pm

36%correct for me :oops:
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#5 Postby Tstormwatcher » Wed Dec 28, 2005 1:02 pm

60%, I guess that is good for guessing some of them. I can't believe I missed the Katrina one.
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#6 Postby wx247 » Wed Dec 28, 2005 1:03 pm

Brent wrote:52%

That was HARD...


I expected better from a fellow MSNBC junkie.
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#7 Postby O Town » Wed Dec 28, 2005 2:17 pm

44% And I am surprised I did that well, it was hard!
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#8 Postby Brent » Wed Dec 28, 2005 2:36 pm

wx247 wrote:
Brent wrote:52%

That was HARD...


I expected better from a fellow MSNBC junkie.


I did too... :lol: I had heard of all the stories, the tiny details is what got me.
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#9 Postby Skywatch_NC » Wed Dec 28, 2005 2:38 pm

It's kinda like a year's end exam and by then you've forgotten half of it. :lol:
:wink:

Eric 8-)
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#10 Postby canegrl04 » Wed Dec 28, 2005 2:56 pm

I answered 56% correctly .Not the best but at least I'm not a total news junkie :lol:
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#11 Postby Kelarie » Wed Dec 28, 2005 3:46 pm

64% for me....made me go back in time for some of that stuff
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#12 Postby x-y-no » Wed Dec 28, 2005 4:33 pm

I got 19 of 25, and I confess I guessed on two of the ones I got right. :-)
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#13 Postby breeze » Wed Dec 28, 2005 7:28 pm

"You answered 36% of questions correctly."

YAAAAY!!! LOL, I'm not much on watching the news, unless
something particular grabs my attention. I'd rather be
blissfully oblivious to most of it.... :wink:
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#14 Postby kevin » Wed Dec 28, 2005 7:48 pm

92% correct. Missed questions 2 and 21.
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#15 Postby WindRunner » Wed Dec 28, 2005 8:07 pm

48%. Why must the answer always be the other one of the two you are debating over?????? :grrr: :grrr: :grrr:
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#16 Postby wx247 » Wed Dec 28, 2005 10:08 pm

kevin wrote:92% correct. Missed questions 2 and 21.


Very impressive. I missed the Pakistani, Camilla, and Supreme Court questions. I have to stay on top of all this stuff to help with forensics and debate.
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#17 Postby MGC » Wed Dec 28, 2005 10:14 pm

60% for me but I guessed right a few time......MGC
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#18 Postby kevin » Thu Dec 29, 2005 12:06 am

I try to keep up with current events because I'm on the academic team at the local community college (scholarship money is good). They come up often in competitions. :D
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#19 Postby wx247 » Thu Dec 29, 2005 10:38 am

kevin wrote:I try to keep up with current events because I'm on the academic team at the local community college (scholarship money is good). They come up often in competitions. :D


Which two did you miss?
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#20 Postby kevin » Thu Dec 29, 2005 12:23 pm

#2. I said that he made a plea bargain when in fact Kansas didn't have the death penalty at the time.

#21. I said Lance Armstrong was from California (I guess my reasoning was mountains...) when in fact he was from Texas.
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