Online Test Recap & Discussion (Eastern), October 4, 2016
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Re: Online Test Recap & Discussion (Eastern), October 4, 2016
Somewhere between 38 and 40 for me, depending on whether they accept just Red Cross and "Rosalind" Carter.
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Re: Online Test Recap & Discussion (Eastern), October 4, 2016
I can't believe it--another 34 for me, if "Red Cross" is acceptable. It would be a 35 if "electric car" is acceptable for "hybrid," but I am not counting on that.
I would have had James, Prima Donna, and thyroid with more time. But I do feel good about pulling Zipline!
I would have had James, Prima Donna, and thyroid with more time. But I do feel good about pulling Zipline!
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Re: Online Test Recap & Discussion (Eastern), October 4, 2016
45 for me- missed two of the last 3 (missing Schindler's list threw me). Seemed easier to me than usual, perhaps because of the tougher test today!
Here's the video. . I did a little editing to hide my answers until the last ~3 seconds of each - see if you beat me!
https://youtu.be/KuuR8ZUwSPQ
Here's the video. . I did a little editing to hide my answers until the last ~3 seconds of each - see if you beat me!
https://youtu.be/KuuR8ZUwSPQ
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Re: Online Test Recap & Discussion (Eastern), October 4, 2016
I don't think they'll take electric car, because the clue specified multiple power sources.StevenH wrote:I can't believe it--another 34 for me, if "Red Cross" is acceptable. It would be a 35 if "electric car" is acceptable for "hybrid," but I am not counting on that.
I would have had James, Prima Donna, and thyroid with more time. But I do feel good about pulling Zipline!
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Re: Online Test Recap & Discussion (Eastern), October 4, 2016
Based on the list I'm looking at 39, and it could be 41 if they give me "All about the Bass" and "Rosalynn Cart"
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Re: Online Test Recap & Discussion (Eastern), October 4, 2016
Not a bad group. Not a lot of pop culture. ( meghan trainor and top chef?) Yay. A lot of science that didn't happen. Couldn't think of big dipper fast enough. Wife's fifes is good. Awaiting transcript, but fairly sure of 36 ,if Mrs. Carter (Rosalynn) is ok. Otherwise not brutal just spots I haven't been to ( calzone) or never considered (jane austen will be on the ten pound note!?).
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Re: Online Test Recap & Discussion (Eastern), October 4, 2016
Best test I can remember having, then. I count 46 right if they let me have "thyroi" (ran out of time).
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Re: Online Test Recap & Discussion (Eastern), October 4, 2016
D'oh! Sherder must have a faster pc to upload the video before me every time.
Thanks for doing it every time. Since I was taking this one for real, my answers are there for everyone to see. (posted upthread, but also available here: https://youtu.be/KuuR8ZUwSPQ )
Thanks for doing it every time. Since I was taking this one for real, my answers are there for everyone to see. (posted upthread, but also available here: https://youtu.be/KuuR8ZUwSPQ )
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Re: Online Test Recap & Discussion (Eastern), October 4, 2016
There's quite a bit of variation from test to test on the number of pop culture questions. Those that were on the test were not from the current year (Top Chef has been on for years, and Meghan Trainor's #1 song was released in 2014.Sherm wrote:I actually spent some time today going over the emmys, grammys and oscars of the last year assuming that there would be one current pop culture question. Outside of "Top Chef" was there really any others. It seemed to me that last year the current pop culture stuff was good for several questions.
Maybe the Powers that Be noticed us boning up on pop culture. :)
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Re: Online Test Recap & Discussion (Eastern), October 4, 2016
35 on the nose....not surprising. Would've preferred a little breathing room, but scoring higher hasn't gotten me an invite, either, so who knows...
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Re: Online Test Recap & Discussion (Eastern), October 4, 2016
My pleasure. My Macbook isn't quite as fast as it used to be, but I did plug into an ethernet cable for faster upload. We have to get our money's worth for internet.boson wrote:D'oh! Sherder must have a faster pc to upload the video before me every time.
Thanks for doing it every time. Since I was taking this one for real, my answers are there for everyone to see. (posted upthread, but also available here: https://youtu.be/KuuR8ZUwSPQ )
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Re: Online Test Recap & Discussion (Eastern), October 4, 2016
I was also happy about that, though I did miss both of those. I was also glad that there was very little contemporary literature.The Word Picture wrote:Not a bad group. Not a lot of pop culture. ( meghan trainor and top chef?) .
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Re: Online Test Recap & Discussion (Eastern), October 4, 2016
I usually get over the 35 mark but I may have blown this one thanks to some incredibly bad misses. This one made me pine for the good old days of the written test when you could go back and put in the ones you figured out too late. I think I would have saved 3 or 4 at least. Oh well, maybe it's not as gloomy as I think, and if it is there's always next year (until there isn't).
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Re: Online Test Recap & Discussion (Eastern), October 4, 2016
Ah - I get it now!
"First Lady from Plains", not "First Lady from THE Plains". Plains Georgia, Rosalynn Carter. Not someone from like Nebraska or something. I learned something here.
"First Lady from Plains", not "First Lady from THE Plains". Plains Georgia, Rosalynn Carter. Not someone from like Nebraska or something. I learned something here.
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Re: Online Test Recap & Discussion (Eastern), October 4, 2016
Depending on how strict the graders are, I got 42-44 right.
Derped on the 10-letter word and ballet questions. Came up with the right answers to the astronomy and Honda questions but time ran out before I could type the answer.
Correct WAGs on the chemistry and £10 note questions.
Derped on the 10-letter word and ballet questions. Came up with the right answers to the astronomy and Honda questions but time ran out before I could type the answer.
Correct WAGs on the chemistry and £10 note questions.
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Re: Online Test Recap & Discussion (Eastern), October 4, 2016
Considering Shakespeare = Elizabethan Era, that's kind of a low-blow question to start a test with.OSXpert wrote:I think James is correct in place of Elizabeth
Would have about a 40 if I took this one.
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Re: Online Test Recap & Discussion (Eastern), October 4, 2016
I made more educated guesses than I usually do, but almost all of them panned out.
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Re: Online Test Recap & Discussion (Eastern), October 4, 2016
No to change he subject, but am I missing something or have they not given out audition locations based on the people chosen from the testing for the next three days. I know I picked Detroit back in January, but I'm assuming that has come and gone.
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Re: Online Test Recap & Discussion (Eastern), October 4, 2016
Here's a transcript to accompany the videos provided
and answers, I believe
I took this one for real and am very glad I did - 48/50. Missed #2 and # 26, predictably.
Spoiler
OCTOBER 4 2016 ONLINE TEST
1 – SHAKESPEARE
THE MONARCH WITH THIS FIRST NAME WAS RULING ENGLAND WHEN SHAKESPEARE DIED
2 – TOP 10 HITS
TOP 10 HITS FOR MEGHAN TRAINOR INCLUDE “LIPS ARE MOVIN’” AT NO. 4 & THIS SONG AT NO. 1
3 – BOTANY
THIS GREEN PIGMENT IS NECESSARY FOR PLANTS TO CARRY OUT PHOTOSYNTHESIS
4 – CITIES OF THE WORLD
MOSUL & RAMADI CAN BOTH BE FOUND IN THIS MIDEAST COUNTRY
5 – ANIMALS
ITS NAME IS FROM THE GREEK FOR “RIVER HORSE”
6 – ANCIENT ROME
JULIUS CAESAR WAS ASSASSINATED ON THE 15TH, OR IDES, OF THIS MONTH
7 – AMERICAN LITERATURE
“THE NAKED AND THE DEAD” & “THE EXECUTIONER’S SONG” ARE BOOKS BY THIS NOVELIST
8 – COLLEGES
AFTER RECEIVING A GIFT OF $1 MILLION IN 1873, NASHVILLE’S CENTRAL UNIVERSITY CHANGED ITS NAME TO THIS
9 – ART
“NIGHT WATCH” IS A CLASSIC PAINTING FROM THIS 17TH CENTURY MASTER
10 – HOBBIES
NOT GARDENING, BUT THIS HOBBY WITH A 9-LETTER NAME IS GETTING TO THE ROOTS OF YOUR ANCESTORS
11 – RHYME TIME
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT FOR THE MRS.
12 – CANADA
CANADA’S 3 TERRITORIES ARE NUNAVUT, THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES & THIS ONE
13 – THE OLYMPICS
THE 2008 OLYMPICS WERE HELD IN THIS CITY
14 – BESTSELLING NONFICTION
“THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY” TELLS OF THIS CITY’S 1893 WORLD’S FAIR
15 – WWII
THE 1944 BATTLE OF THE ARDENNES IS ALSO ALLITERATIVELY CALLED THE “BATTLE OF” THIS
16 – ASTRONOMY
THE 7 BRIGHTEST STARS IN URSA MAJOR ARE COLLECTIVELY KNOWN AS THIS
17 – THE ORCHESTRA
CASTANETS & THE TAMBOURINE BELONG TO THIS SECTION OF THE ORCHESTRA
18 – COOKING
A SPECIALTY OF NAPLES, THIS PIZZA TURNOVER’S NAME MEANS “TROUSER LEG”
19 – FOREIGN PLACES
HAJJ IS A PILGRIMAGE TO THIS CITY
20 – BIBLE PEOPLE
ALL 4 GOSPELS SAY JESUS WAS BURIED BY JOSEPH OF THIS PLACE
21 – FIRST LADIES
SHE WROTE SEVERAL BOOKS INCLUDING “FIRST LADY FROM PLAINS” IN 1984
22 – WEIGHTS & MEASURES
LIKE A SHIP’S, AN AIRCRAFT’S SPEED IS TYPICALLY MEASURED IN THESE UNITS
23 – POETS & POETRY
THIS SCOT’S BELOVED POEMS INCLUDE “TO A MOUSE” & “ADDRESS TO A HAGGIS”
24 – LET’S MOVE
SOMETIMES CALLED AN AERIAL ROPESLIDE, IT’S BEST KNOWN AS THIS
25 – DESERTS
SIMPSON DESERT IS A 55,000-SQUARE MILE REGION IN THIS COUNTRY’S NORTHER TERRITORY
26 – REALITY TV SHOWS
THE ELIMINATION CATCHPHRASE FROM THIS COMPETITION REALITY TV SHOW IS “PLEASE PACK YOUR KNIVES & GO”
27 – PULITZER PRIZED
THIS AUTHOR’S DYSTOPIAN NOVEL “THE ROAD” TOOK THE 2007 PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION
28 – THE HUMAN BODY
AN ENLARGEMENT OF THIS GLAND IS CALLED A GOITER
29 – FASHION
THE FRENCH PHRASE PRET-A-PORTER LITERALLY MEANS THIS
30 – EARLY AMERICA
CRUSPUS ATTUCKS, KILLED DURING THIS EVENT, WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO DIE FOR AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE
31 – CLASSICAL MUSIC
THIS COMPOSER’S 1868 WORK “WIEGENLIED” IS BETTER KNOWN TO US AS “LULLABY”
32 – BEGINS & ENDS WITH THE SAME LETTER
A GUESS AS TO THE PRICE OR WEIGHT OF SOMETHING
33 – AUTOMOBILES
POWERED BY MULTIPLE SOURCES, HONDA’S INSIGHT WAS THE FIRST OF THESE CARS SOLD IN THE U.S.
34 – OPERA
ITALIAN FOR “FIRST LADY” GIVES US THIS TERM FOR THE LEAD FEMALE SINGER OF AN OPERA
35 – NONFICTION
THIS 3-NAMED ECONOMIST WROTE THE INFLUENTIAL 1936 WORK “GENERAL THEORY OF EMPLOYMENT, INTEREST & MONEY”
36 – GEOGRAPHIC TERMS
A COUNTRY THAT HAS NO DIRECT ACCESS TO THE SEA IS REFERRED TO BY THIS 10-LETTER TERM
37 – MUSICAL THEATER
LOLA HELPS SAVE A FAILING SHOE FACTORY IN THIS HIGH-HEELED 2013 TONY WINNER FOR BEST MUSICAL
38 – ON THE MONEY
IN 2017 THIS FEMALE AUTHOR WILL REPLACE CHARLES DARWIN ON THE TEN POUND NOTE
39 – PARTS OF THE BODY
THIS VESTIGIAL ORGAN IS ATTACHED TO A PART OF THE LARGE INTESTINE CALLED THE CECUM
40 – BALLET
CURSED BY A SORCERER, ODETTE IS THE LEAD ROLE IN THIS TCHAIKOVSKY WORK
41 – VOCABULARY
A TYPE OF HUMOR INCLUDES THE NAME OF THIS STRUCTURE USED IN HANGINGS
42 – MOUNTAINS
YOU’LL FIND 5-MILE-HIGH NANGA PARBAT IN THIS RANGE
43 – TECH TALK
IT’S WHAT LAN STANDS FOR
44 – WOMEN OF HISTORY
CLARA BARTON WAS THE FOUNDER OF THIS GROUP
45 – FICTIONAL DETECTIVES
THE 1930 BOOK “MURDER AT THE VICARAGE” FEATURED THIS FEMALE SLEUTH
46 – MYTHOLOGY
HEPHAESTUS, THE GREEK GOD OF FIRE & METALWORKING, WAS IDENTIFIED WITH THIS ROMAN GOD
47 – CHEMISTRY
THE 2 MAIN TYPES OF CHEMICAL BONDS ARE COVALENT & THIS TYPE FOUND IN SALTS
48 – OSCAR-WINNING MOVIES
“WHOEVER SAVES ONE LIFE, SAVES THE WORLD ENTIRE” IS A TAGLINE FROM THIS 1993 FILM
49 – SCIENCE FICTION
IN THIS CLASSIC NOVEL FROM 1898, INVADERS FROM MARS ATTACK PLANET EARTH
50 – STARTS WITH “A”
TO ABANDON THE THRONE
1 – SHAKESPEARE
THE MONARCH WITH THIS FIRST NAME WAS RULING ENGLAND WHEN SHAKESPEARE DIED
2 – TOP 10 HITS
TOP 10 HITS FOR MEGHAN TRAINOR INCLUDE “LIPS ARE MOVIN’” AT NO. 4 & THIS SONG AT NO. 1
3 – BOTANY
THIS GREEN PIGMENT IS NECESSARY FOR PLANTS TO CARRY OUT PHOTOSYNTHESIS
4 – CITIES OF THE WORLD
MOSUL & RAMADI CAN BOTH BE FOUND IN THIS MIDEAST COUNTRY
5 – ANIMALS
ITS NAME IS FROM THE GREEK FOR “RIVER HORSE”
6 – ANCIENT ROME
JULIUS CAESAR WAS ASSASSINATED ON THE 15TH, OR IDES, OF THIS MONTH
7 – AMERICAN LITERATURE
“THE NAKED AND THE DEAD” & “THE EXECUTIONER’S SONG” ARE BOOKS BY THIS NOVELIST
8 – COLLEGES
AFTER RECEIVING A GIFT OF $1 MILLION IN 1873, NASHVILLE’S CENTRAL UNIVERSITY CHANGED ITS NAME TO THIS
9 – ART
“NIGHT WATCH” IS A CLASSIC PAINTING FROM THIS 17TH CENTURY MASTER
10 – HOBBIES
NOT GARDENING, BUT THIS HOBBY WITH A 9-LETTER NAME IS GETTING TO THE ROOTS OF YOUR ANCESTORS
11 – RHYME TIME
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT FOR THE MRS.
12 – CANADA
CANADA’S 3 TERRITORIES ARE NUNAVUT, THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES & THIS ONE
13 – THE OLYMPICS
THE 2008 OLYMPICS WERE HELD IN THIS CITY
14 – BESTSELLING NONFICTION
“THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY” TELLS OF THIS CITY’S 1893 WORLD’S FAIR
15 – WWII
THE 1944 BATTLE OF THE ARDENNES IS ALSO ALLITERATIVELY CALLED THE “BATTLE OF” THIS
16 – ASTRONOMY
THE 7 BRIGHTEST STARS IN URSA MAJOR ARE COLLECTIVELY KNOWN AS THIS
17 – THE ORCHESTRA
CASTANETS & THE TAMBOURINE BELONG TO THIS SECTION OF THE ORCHESTRA
18 – COOKING
A SPECIALTY OF NAPLES, THIS PIZZA TURNOVER’S NAME MEANS “TROUSER LEG”
19 – FOREIGN PLACES
HAJJ IS A PILGRIMAGE TO THIS CITY
20 – BIBLE PEOPLE
ALL 4 GOSPELS SAY JESUS WAS BURIED BY JOSEPH OF THIS PLACE
21 – FIRST LADIES
SHE WROTE SEVERAL BOOKS INCLUDING “FIRST LADY FROM PLAINS” IN 1984
22 – WEIGHTS & MEASURES
LIKE A SHIP’S, AN AIRCRAFT’S SPEED IS TYPICALLY MEASURED IN THESE UNITS
23 – POETS & POETRY
THIS SCOT’S BELOVED POEMS INCLUDE “TO A MOUSE” & “ADDRESS TO A HAGGIS”
24 – LET’S MOVE
SOMETIMES CALLED AN AERIAL ROPESLIDE, IT’S BEST KNOWN AS THIS
25 – DESERTS
SIMPSON DESERT IS A 55,000-SQUARE MILE REGION IN THIS COUNTRY’S NORTHER TERRITORY
26 – REALITY TV SHOWS
THE ELIMINATION CATCHPHRASE FROM THIS COMPETITION REALITY TV SHOW IS “PLEASE PACK YOUR KNIVES & GO”
27 – PULITZER PRIZED
THIS AUTHOR’S DYSTOPIAN NOVEL “THE ROAD” TOOK THE 2007 PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION
28 – THE HUMAN BODY
AN ENLARGEMENT OF THIS GLAND IS CALLED A GOITER
29 – FASHION
THE FRENCH PHRASE PRET-A-PORTER LITERALLY MEANS THIS
30 – EARLY AMERICA
CRUSPUS ATTUCKS, KILLED DURING THIS EVENT, WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO DIE FOR AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE
31 – CLASSICAL MUSIC
THIS COMPOSER’S 1868 WORK “WIEGENLIED” IS BETTER KNOWN TO US AS “LULLABY”
32 – BEGINS & ENDS WITH THE SAME LETTER
A GUESS AS TO THE PRICE OR WEIGHT OF SOMETHING
33 – AUTOMOBILES
POWERED BY MULTIPLE SOURCES, HONDA’S INSIGHT WAS THE FIRST OF THESE CARS SOLD IN THE U.S.
34 – OPERA
ITALIAN FOR “FIRST LADY” GIVES US THIS TERM FOR THE LEAD FEMALE SINGER OF AN OPERA
35 – NONFICTION
THIS 3-NAMED ECONOMIST WROTE THE INFLUENTIAL 1936 WORK “GENERAL THEORY OF EMPLOYMENT, INTEREST & MONEY”
36 – GEOGRAPHIC TERMS
A COUNTRY THAT HAS NO DIRECT ACCESS TO THE SEA IS REFERRED TO BY THIS 10-LETTER TERM
37 – MUSICAL THEATER
LOLA HELPS SAVE A FAILING SHOE FACTORY IN THIS HIGH-HEELED 2013 TONY WINNER FOR BEST MUSICAL
38 – ON THE MONEY
IN 2017 THIS FEMALE AUTHOR WILL REPLACE CHARLES DARWIN ON THE TEN POUND NOTE
39 – PARTS OF THE BODY
THIS VESTIGIAL ORGAN IS ATTACHED TO A PART OF THE LARGE INTESTINE CALLED THE CECUM
40 – BALLET
CURSED BY A SORCERER, ODETTE IS THE LEAD ROLE IN THIS TCHAIKOVSKY WORK
41 – VOCABULARY
A TYPE OF HUMOR INCLUDES THE NAME OF THIS STRUCTURE USED IN HANGINGS
42 – MOUNTAINS
YOU’LL FIND 5-MILE-HIGH NANGA PARBAT IN THIS RANGE
43 – TECH TALK
IT’S WHAT LAN STANDS FOR
44 – WOMEN OF HISTORY
CLARA BARTON WAS THE FOUNDER OF THIS GROUP
45 – FICTIONAL DETECTIVES
THE 1930 BOOK “MURDER AT THE VICARAGE” FEATURED THIS FEMALE SLEUTH
46 – MYTHOLOGY
HEPHAESTUS, THE GREEK GOD OF FIRE & METALWORKING, WAS IDENTIFIED WITH THIS ROMAN GOD
47 – CHEMISTRY
THE 2 MAIN TYPES OF CHEMICAL BONDS ARE COVALENT & THIS TYPE FOUND IN SALTS
48 – OSCAR-WINNING MOVIES
“WHOEVER SAVES ONE LIFE, SAVES THE WORLD ENTIRE” IS A TAGLINE FROM THIS 1993 FILM
49 – SCIENCE FICTION
IN THIS CLASSIC NOVEL FROM 1898, INVADERS FROM MARS ATTACK PLANET EARTH
50 – STARTS WITH “A”
TO ABANDON THE THRONE
Spoiler
1 – JAMES
2 – ALL ABOUT THAT BASS
3 – CHLOROPHYLL
4 – IRAQ
5 – HIPPOPOTAMUS
6 – MARCH
7 – NORMAN MAILER
8 = VANDERBILT
9 – REMBRANDT
10 – GENEALOGY
11 – WIFE FIFE
12 – YUKON
13 – BEIJING
14 – CHICAGO
15 – BULGE
16 – BIG DIPPER
17 – PERCUSSION
18 – CALZONE
19 – MECCA
20 – ARIMATHEA
21 – ROSALYNN CARTER
22 – KNOTS
23 – ROBERT BURNS
24 – ZIP LINE
25 – AUSTRALIA
26 – TOP CHEF
27 – CORMAC MCCARTHY
28 – THYROID
29 – READY TO WEAR
30 – BOSTON MASSACRE
31 – BRAHMS
32 – ESTIMATE
33 – HYBRID
34 – PRIMA DONNA
35 – JOHN MAYNARD KEYNES
36 – LANDLOCKED
37 – KINKY BOOTS
38 – JANE AUSTEN
39 – APPENDIX
40 – SWAN LAKE
41 – GALLOWS
42 – HIMALAYAS
43 – LOCAL AREA NETWORK
44 – AMERICAN RED CROSS
45 – MISS MARPLE
46 – VULCAN
47 – IONIC
48 – SCHINDLER’S LIST
49 – WAR OF THE WORLDS
50 - ABDICATE
2 – ALL ABOUT THAT BASS
3 – CHLOROPHYLL
4 – IRAQ
5 – HIPPOPOTAMUS
6 – MARCH
7 – NORMAN MAILER
8 = VANDERBILT
9 – REMBRANDT
10 – GENEALOGY
11 – WIFE FIFE
12 – YUKON
13 – BEIJING
14 – CHICAGO
15 – BULGE
16 – BIG DIPPER
17 – PERCUSSION
18 – CALZONE
19 – MECCA
20 – ARIMATHEA
21 – ROSALYNN CARTER
22 – KNOTS
23 – ROBERT BURNS
24 – ZIP LINE
25 – AUSTRALIA
26 – TOP CHEF
27 – CORMAC MCCARTHY
28 – THYROID
29 – READY TO WEAR
30 – BOSTON MASSACRE
31 – BRAHMS
32 – ESTIMATE
33 – HYBRID
34 – PRIMA DONNA
35 – JOHN MAYNARD KEYNES
36 – LANDLOCKED
37 – KINKY BOOTS
38 – JANE AUSTEN
39 – APPENDIX
40 – SWAN LAKE
41 – GALLOWS
42 – HIMALAYAS
43 – LOCAL AREA NETWORK
44 – AMERICAN RED CROSS
45 – MISS MARPLE
46 – VULCAN
47 – IONIC
48 – SCHINDLER’S LIST
49 – WAR OF THE WORLDS
50 - ABDICATE
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Re: Online Test Recap & Discussion (Eastern), October 4, 2016
Did the test just for fun off the Youtube videos (thanks to sherder for posting!). Got 40 or 41, depending on if the economist in question needed all 3 names or just the last name. What do you all think? I'm leaning no since they said "This 3 named economist..."