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"Common Knowledge" - test I don't normally pass these things around, but was shcoked at how much it made me think (and how many I got wrong)
... Take this test. Let's see how good you are on "COMMON KNOWLEDGE." No cheating! No looking around; no using anything on or in your desk. Can you beat 18 right? (The average.) Write down your answers and check answers (which are on the bottom of e-mail) after completing all the questions. Remember now No Cheating! 1. On a standard traffic light, is the green on the top or bottom? 2. How many states are there? (Don't laugh, some people don't know) 3. In which hand is the Statue of Liberty's torch? 4. What 6 colors are on the classic Campbell's soup label? 5. What 2 letters don't appear on the telephone dial? (No cheating!) 6. What 2 numbers on the telephone dial don't have letters by them? 7. When you walk does your left arm swing w/your right or left leg? 8. How many matches are in a standard pack? 9. On the United States flag is the top stripe red or white? 10. What is the lowest number on the FM dial? 11. Which way does water go down the drain, counter-or clockwise? 12. Which way does a "no smoking" sign's slash run? 13. How many channels on a VHF TV dial? 14. Which side of a women's blouse are the buttons on? 15. On a NY license plate, is New York on the top or bottom? 16. Which way do fans rotate? 17. Whose face is on a dime? 18. How many sides does a stop sign have? 19. Do books have even-numbered pages on the right or left side? 20. How many lug nuts are on a standard car wheel? 21. How many sides are there on a standard pencil? 22. Sleepy, Happy, Sneezy, Grumpy, Dopey, Doc. Who's missing? 23. How many hot dog buns are in a standard package? 25. On which playing card is the cardmaker's trademark? 26. On which side of a venetian blind is the cord that adjusts the opening between the slats? 27. On the back of a $1 bill, what is in the center? 28. There are 12 buttons on a touch tone phone. What 2 symbols bear no digits? 29. How many curves are there in the standard paper clip? 30. Does a merry-go-round turn counter-or clockwise? I got 18. I'll post the answers after I get some response. | |
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2.50 3.Left 4.Black,white,red,orange,green,blue? 5.o and i 6.1 and 0 7.Left 8.19 9.white 10.90 11.clockwise in northern hemisphere 12. / 13. No idea 14. Left 15. Top 16. Clockwise 17. Don't have dimes? 18. 8 19. Left 20. 5 21. 6 22. Bashful 23. 6?? 24. 25. Joker 26. left 27. 28. * and # 29. 3 30. Clockwise | |
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herbthe4 said: I don't normally pass these things around, but was shcoked at how much it made me think (and how many I got wrong)
... Take this test. Let's see how good you are on "COMMON KNOWLEDGE." No cheating! No looking around; no using anything on or in your desk. Can you beat 18 right? (The average.) Write down your answers and check answers (which are on the bottom of e-mail) after completing all the questions. Remember now No Cheating! 1. On a standard traffic light, is the green on the top or bottom? BOTTOM 2. How many states are there? (Don't laugh, some people don't know) 50 3. In which hand is the Statue of Liberty's torch? RIGHT 4. What 6 colors are on the classic Campbell's soup label? I DON'T KNOW 5. What 2 letters don't appear on the telephone dial? (No cheating!) Z and Q 6. What 2 numbers on the telephone dial don't have letters by them? ONE AND ZERO 7. When you walk does your left arm swing w/your right or left leg? LEFT - goddamn it! I just walked and found that I was wrong 8. How many matches are in a standard pack? I DON'T KNOW 9. On the United States flag is the top stripe red or white? RED 10. What is the lowest number on the FM dial? 88 (88.1 is the frequency for KNTU at the University of North Texas) 11. Which way does water go down the drain, counter-or clockwise? COUNTER-CLOCKWISE, NORTH OF THE EQUATOR AND CLOCKWISE SOUTH 12. Which way does a "no smoking" sign's slash run? TOP RIGHT TO BOTTOM LEFT 13. How many channels on a VHF TV dial? I DON'T KNOW 14. Which side of a women's blouse are the buttons on? LEFT 15. On a NY license plate, is New York on the top or bottom? TOP 16. Which way do fans rotate? CLOCKWISE FOR BOX FANS - EITHER FOR CEILING FANS 17. Whose face is on a dime? ROOSEVELT 18. How many sides does a stop sign have? TWO, UNLESS YOU ARE REFERRING TO THE GEOMETRIC SHAPE, AT WHICH POINT THERE ARE EIGHT 19. Do books have even-numbered pages on the right or left side? LEFT 20. How many lug nuts are on a standard car wheel? FIVE 21. How many sides are there on a standard pencil? SIX 22. Sleepy, Happy, Sneezy, Grumpy, Dopey, Doc. Who's missing? BASHFUL 23. How many hot dog buns are in a standard package? I DON'T KNOW - SIX???? 25. On which playing card is the cardmaker's trademark? JOKER??? 26. On which side of a venetian blind is the cord that adjusts the opening between the slats? LEFT 27. On the back of a $1 bill, what is in the center? DAMN, I DON'T KNOW 28. There are 12 buttons on a touch tone phone. What 2 symbols bear no digits? # AND * 29. How many curves are there in the standard paper clip? THREE 30. Does a merry-go-round turn counter-or clockwise? CLOCKWISE I got 18. I'll post the answers after I get some response. I probably missed all of these [This message was edited Tue Sep 17 12:03:00 PDT 2002 by IceNine] SUPERJOINT RITUAL - http://www.superjointritual.com
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1. On a standard traffic light, is the green on the top or bottom?
Bottom 2. How many states are there? (Don't laugh, some people don't know) 50 3. In which hand is the Statue of Liberty's torch? right 4. What 6 colors are on the classic Campbell's soup label? red, white, black, gray, gold, yellow 5. What 2 letters don't appear on the telephone dial? (No cheating!) all of them do 6. What 2 numbers on the telephone dial don't have letters by them? one and zero 7. When you walk does your left arm swing w/your right or left leg? right 8. How many matches are in a standard pack? 30 9. On the United States flag is the top stripe red or white? red 10. What is the lowest number on the FM dial? 70 11. Which way does water go down the drain, counter-or clockwise? depends...above the equator it goes clockwise, below it goes counter 12. Which way does a "no smoking" sign's slash run? right to left 13. How many channels on a VHF TV dial? 12 14. Which side of a women's blouse are the buttons on? right 15. On a NY license plate, is New York on the top or bottom? top 16. Which way do fans rotate? counter clockwise 17. Whose face is on a dime? ? 18. How many sides does a stop sign have? 8 19. Do books have even-numbered pages on the right or left side? left 20. How many lug nuts are on a standard car wheel? four 21. How many sides are there on a standard pencil? six 22. Sleepy, Happy, Sneezy, Grumpy, Dopey, Doc. Who's missing? manic-depressive dwarf 23. How many hot dog buns are in a standard package? eight 25. On which playing card is the cardmaker's trademark? Joker 26. On which side of a venetian blind is the cord that adjusts the opening between the slats? left 27. On the back of a $1 bill, what is in the center? US capital building 28. There are 12 buttons on a touch tone phone. What 2 symbols bear no digits? # and * 29. How many curves are there in the standard paper clip? three 30. Does a merry-go-round turn counter-or clockwise? counter-clockwise (crossing my fingers!) | |
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herbthe4 said: I don't normally pass these things around, but was shcoked at how much it made me think (and how many I got wrong)
... Take this test. Let's see how good you are on "COMMON KNOWLEDGE." No cheating! No looking around; no using anything on or in your desk. Can you beat 18 right? (The average.) Write down your answers and check answers (which are on the bottom of e-mail) after completing all the questions. Remember now No Cheating! 1. On a standard traffic light, is the green on the top or bottom? **BOTTOM** 2. How many states are there? (Don't laugh, some people don't know) **50** 3. In which hand is the Statue of Liberty's torch? **RIGHT** 4. What 6 colors are on the classic Campbell's soup label? **RED, BLACK, WHITE, GOLD, YELLOW, GREEN** 5. What 2 letters don't appear on the telephone dial? (No cheating!) **?** 6. What 2 numbers on the telephone dial don't have letters by them? **1,O** 7. When you walk does your left arm swing w/your right or left leg? **RIGHT LEG** 8. How many matches are in a standard pack? **12** 9. On the United States flag is the top stripe red or white? **RED** 10. What is the lowest number on the FM dial? **88.0** 11. Which way does water go down the drain, counter-or clockwise? **CLOCKWISE** 12. Which way does a "no smoking" sign's slash run? **/** 13. How many channels on a VHF TV dial? **52** 14. Which side of a women's blouse are the buttons on? **HER RIGHT** 15. On a NY license plate, is New York on the top or bottom? **TOP** 16. Which way do fans rotate? **CLOCKWISE** 17. Whose face is on a dime? **?** 18. How many sides does a stop sign have? **8** OR **2, FRONT AND BACK** 19. Do books have even-numbered pages on the right or left side? **RIGHT** 20. How many lug nuts are on a standard car wheel? **5** 21. How many sides are there on a standard pencil? **6** 22. Sleepy, Happy, Sneezy, Grumpy, Dopey, Doc. Who's missing? **?** 23. How many hot dog buns are in a standard package? **6** 25. On which playing card is the cardmaker's trademark? **?** 26. On which side of a venetian blind is the cord that adjusts the opening between the slats?**LEFT** 27. On the back of a $1 bill, what is in the center? **PYRAMID** 28. There are 12 buttons on a touch tone phone. What 2 symbols bear no digits? ***#, *** 29. How many curves are there in the standard paper clip? **4** 30. Does a merry-go-round turn counter-or clockwise? **CLOCWISE** I got 18. I'll post the answers after I get some response. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2. 50 3. left 4. red, white, blue, black, gold, ? 5. X Q 6. 0 1 7. right 8. 25 9. red 10. 88 11. clockwise 12. top right to bottom left 13. 44 14. left 15. top 16. clockwise 17. Lincoln 18. 8 19. right 20. 4 21. 5 22. ? 23. 8 24. there was no question 25. Ace of spades 26. right 27. eye 28. # * 29. 4 30. clockwise | |
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What happen to question 24? and your question of "how many states are there?" well there are actually 52 Hawaii and Alaska
I got 22 right. How good is that? I'm BAD's FIRST BORN Baby Girl
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2. 50 or 51,,, 3. the right hand,,, 4. you are kidding right 6?,,, 5. Q and Z why is that,,, 6. 1. and only 1 cuz 0 got (oper) on it,, 7. left arm and right leg,, 8. I don't smoke But I do Guess soo I will say 24! 9. Red ,,, 10. 88,, 11. it starts from the right I think.. 12. Beats me,, 13. hmm 14. right side 15. bottom 16.right to left 17. mine,, 18. a hundred 22. lazy smurf! haaa,,, 27. yo' mama Navah | |
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2) 50 3) Left 4)Red, White, Blue, Black, Yellow, ??? 5)Q Z 6) 1,9 7)Right 8) 50 9) Red 10) 80.0 11) clockwise 12) Slanted Right 13) 14 14) Left 15) Top 16) Right (clockwise) 17) Lincoln 18) 5 19) Left 20) 4 21) 4 22) Bashful 23) 8 24) no answer, no question 25) ACE 26) Left 27) A pyramid w/ an eye thingie 28 ) *, # 29) 4 30) Clockwise [This message was edited Tue Sep 17 12:32:23 PDT 2002 by SkletonKee] | |
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2. 50 in the US..also have the Virgin Islands and the District of Columbia...how many states in Africa? 3. right 4. red, white, blue, yellow, black, green 5. x and z 6. 1 and 0 7. swings back with the left leg, forward with the right? 8. 20 9. Red 10. 86.3 11. counter-clockwise 12. upper left towards the lower right 13. 30 14. left side 15. bottom 16. clockwise 17. umm...no idea 18. 8 19. left side 20. 5 21. 5 22. Lazy? 23. 8 25. Ace of Spades 26. right 27. the pyramid 28. the pound key and the star 29. 3 30. clockwise | |
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Answers:
1. Bottom 2. 50 (please tell me you at least got this one!) 3. Right 4. Blue, red, white, yellow, black, and gold 5. Q, Z 6. 1, 0 7. Right 8. 20 9. Red 10. 88 11. Counter (unless you happen to be south of the equator) 12. Towards bottom right 13. 12 (no #1) 14. Left 15. Top 16. Clockwise as you look at it 17. Roosevelt 18. 8 19. Left 20. 5 21. 6 22. Bashful 23. 8 24. Did you notice there wasn't one ? 25. Ace of spades 26. Left 27. ONE 28. *, # 29. 3 30. Counter So how did you do? | |
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herbthe4 said: Answers:
1. Bottom 2. 50 (please tell me you at least got this one!) 3. Right 4. Blue, red, white, yellow, black, and gold 5. Q, Z 6. 1, 0 7. Right 8. 20 9. Red 10. 88 11. Counter (unless you happen to be south of the equator) 12. Towards bottom right 13. 12 (no #1) 14. Left 15. Top 16. Clockwise as you look at it 17. Roosevelt 18. 8 19. Left 20. 5 21. 6 22. Bashful 23. 8 24. Did you notice there wasn't one ? 25. Ace of spades 26. Left 27. ONE 28. *, # 29. 3 30. Counter So how did you do? 1. On a standard traffic light, is the green on the top or bottom? BOTTOM 2. How many states are there? (Don't laugh, some people don't know) 50 3. In which hand is the Statue of Liberty's torch? RIGHT 5. What 2 letters don't appear on the telephone dial? (No cheating!) Z and Q 6. What 2 numbers on the telephone dial don't have letters by them? ONE AND ZERO 9. On the United States flag is the top stripe red or white? RED 10. What is the lowest number on the FM dial? 88 (88.1 is the frequency for KNTU at the University of North Texas) 11. Which way does water go down the drain, counter-or clockwise? COUNTER-CLOCKWISE, NORTH OF THE EQUATOR AND CLOCKWISE SOUTH 14. Which side of a women's blouse are the buttons on? LEFT 15. On a NY license plate, is New York on the top or bottom? TOP 16. Which way do fans rotate? CLOCKWISE FOR BOX FANS - EITHER FOR CEILING FANS 17. Whose face is on a dime? ROOSEVELT 18. How many sides does a stop sign have? TWO, UNLESS YOU ARE REFERRING TO THE GEOMETRIC SHAPE, AT WHICH POINT THERE ARE EIGHT 19. Do books have even-numbered pages on the right or left side? LEFT 20. How many lug nuts are on a standard car wheel? FIVE 21. How many sides are there on a standard pencil? SIX 22. Sleepy, Happy, Sneezy, Grumpy, Dopey, Doc. Who's missing? BASHFUL 23. How many hot dog buns are in a standard package? I DON'T KNOW - SIX??? 26. On which side of a venetian blind is the cord that adjusts the opening between the slats? LEFT 28. There are 12 buttons on a touch tone phone. What 2 symbols bear no digits? # AND * 29. How many curves are there in the standard paper clip? THREE I only got 21 right... Damn. SUPERJOINT RITUAL - http://www.superjointritual.com
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I only got 21. | |
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I wrote my answers out on paper in case I was really dumb. Yes, I admit! But I got 22 of 29 right. That's better than I thought I'd do. I missed some really "common" ones though. I'm surprised that I actually knew the colors on the Campbell's soup label! Cool test. | |
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Here's what I had...
1. bottom 2. 50 3. right 4. red, black, white, yellow, green, gray- WRONG 5. Q, Z 6. 0, 1 7. right 8. 200- WRONG (I thought this was a BOX of matches!) 9. red 10. 87.7- WRONG (my radio flips to 87.9 for sure) 11. counter-clockwise 12. / 13. 12 14. left 15. Top 16. counter-clockwise- WRONG 17. FDR 18. 8 19. right- WRONG 20. 6- WRONG 21. 6 22. no clue- WRONG 23. 8 24. ? 25. Ace of Spades 26. left 27. The eye of the pyramid- WRONG 28. *, # 29. 3 30. counter-clockwise | |
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TRON said: I wrote my answers out on paper in case I was really dumb. Yes, I admit! But I got 22 of 29 right. That's better than I thought I'd do. I missed some really "common" ones though. I'm surprised that I actually knew the colors on the Campbell's soup label! Cool test.
I should've known that one. So much for the value of my art degree, and any Warhol I may have studied, in case there was any remaining argument that it had any value in the first place. The ones that surprised me were the "Roosevelt on the dime" and "ONE" on the dollar bill. Hardly anyone knows these - and damned near everyone misses the no smoking slash question. Apparently it's top left to bottom right. | |
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Moonbeam said: I only got 21.
then it's a tie, unless you take TRON at his word. Nope. You missed 12 too. "No smoking". Towards bottom right. I don't even know how to type it. [This message was edited Tue Sep 17 19:26:27 PDT 2002 by herbthe4] | |
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Answers:
1. Bottom 2. 50 (please tell me you at least got this one!) 3. Right 4. Blue, red, white, yellow, black, and gold 5. Q, Z 6. 1, 0 7. Right 8. 20 9. Red 10. 88 11. Counter (unless you happen to be south of the equator) 12. Towards bottom right 13. 12 (no #1) 14. Left 15. Top 16. Clockwise as you look at it 17. Roosevelt 18. 8 19. Left 20. 5 21. 6 22. Bashful 23. 8 24. Did you notice there wasn't one ? 25. Ace of spades 26. Left 27. ONE 28. *, # 29. 3 30. Counter Here's my list. Shit, I got them all right!! I even wrote them out exactly the same as you. Who'd have thought? When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading. | |
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That's right bkw... no point trying to answer a culturally biased test!
hmmm... I wonder how everyone would do on Australian based "Common Knowledge" test... think they would need a dictionary to understand the questions? --»You're my favourite moment, you're my Saturday... | |
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Diva said: That's right bkw... no point trying to answer a culturally biased test!
hmmm... I wonder how everyone would do on Australian based "Common Knowledge" test... think they would need a dictionary to understand the questions? We could ask questions about dunnies etc When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading. | |
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bkw said: Diva said: That's right bkw... no point trying to answer a culturally biased test!
hmmm... I wonder how everyone would do on Australian based "Common Knowledge" test... think they would need a dictionary to understand the questions? We could ask questions about dunnies etc RIPPER!..., yes, that would go down well.. --»You're my favourite moment, you're my Saturday... | |
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Here were my answers:
1. Bottom 2. 50 3. right 4. red, black, white, gold, yellow, blue- don't ask me how I knew that 5. none- on my phones pqrs and wxyz are grouped together 6. 1 and 0 7. right- like how an animal moves 8. 20 9. red 10. 88 11. clockwise 12. upper left to bottom right 13. 13 14. left 15. bottom 16. clockwise 17. Truman 18. 8 19. left 20. 5 21. 6 22. Silly? 23. 8 25. Ace of Spades 26. left 27. The word "ONE" 28. star and pound 29. 3 30. both | |
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I got 14 right. I guess I am OK with being "un"common. | |
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this is where i'll note that Nep2nes has not responded to this thread.
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1) Bottom 1. Bottom 2) 50 2. 50 3) Left 3. Right 4)Red, White, Blue, Black, Yellow, ???4. Blue, red, white, yellow, black, and gold 5)Q Z 5. Q, Z 6) 1,9 6. 1, 0 7)Right7. Right 8) 50 8. 20 9) Red 9. Red 10) 80.0 10. 88 11) clockwise 11. Counter (unless you happen to be south of the equator) 12) Slanted Right 12. Towards bottom right 13) 14 13. 12 (no #1) 14) Left 14. Left 15) Top 15. Top 16) Right (clockwise) 16. Clockwise as you look at it 17) Lincoln 17. Roosevelt 18) 5 18. 8 19) Left 19. Left 20) 4 20. 5 21) 4 21. 6 22) Bashful 22. Bashful 23) 8 23. 8 24) no answer, no question 24. Did you notice there wasn't one 25) ACE 25. Ace of spades 26) Left 26. Left 27) A pyramid w/ an eye thingie 27. ONE 28 ) *, # 28. *, # 29) 4 29. 3 30) Clockwise 30. Counter 16, not bad... wait, yes it is..errrr [This message was edited Wed Sep 18 19:20:02 PDT 2002 by SkletonKee] | |
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1. On a standard traffic light, is the green on the top or bottom? Bottom
2. 2. How many states are there? (Don't laugh, some people don't know) 50 plus some territories 3. In which hand is the Statue of Liberty's torch? right 4. What 6 colors are on the classic Campbell's soup label? Green, red, white, gold, ?? 5. What 2 letters don't appear on the telephone dial? (No cheating!) what phone are U using, I have all.. 6. What 2 numbers on the telephone dial don't have letters by them? 1 and 0 7. When you walk does your left arm swing w/your right or left leg? Neither, my right arm swings 8. How many matches are in a standard pack? Good question? 9. On the United States flag is the top stripe red or white? white 10. What is the lowest number on the FM dial? 80.1 11. Which way does water go down the drain, counter-or clockwise? clockwise 12. Which way does a "no smoking" sign's slash run? Upper right to lower left 13. How many channels on a VHF TV dial? Ooh u’re good 14. Which side of a women's blouse are the buttons on? left 15. On a NY license plate, is New York on the top or bottom? top 16. Which way do fans rotate? To the right, huh the fan blade or the whole fan? 17. Whose face is on a dime? It better be lincoln’s 18. How many sides does a stop sign have? 6 19. Do books have even-numbered pages on the right or left side? What books where u reading as a child? 20. How many lug nuts are on a standard car wheel? 4-6 depends on the car 21. How many sides are there on a standard pencil? Voting 6 – pencil why aren’t there any pencils on my desk? 22. Sleepy, Happy, Sneezy, Grumpy, Dopey, Doc. Who's missing? What? 23. How many hot dog buns are in a standard package? 8 25. On which playing card is the cardmaker's trademark? ??? is this sports related? 26. On which side of a venetian blind is the cord that adjusts the opening between the slats? Left – what I have verticals 27. On the back of a $1 bill, what is in the center? In god we trust 28. There are 12 buttons on a touch tone phone. What 2 symbols bear no digits? * # 29. How many curves are there in the standard paper clip? three 30. Does a merry-go-round turn counter-or clockwise? Please see the conductor as only he knows which way it’ll go… ~Live Free ... Be Wyld~AlwaysOnlyMakeBelieve - LiveUrLyfe... laissez le bon temps rouler...vivre sans être sauvage...हमेशा ही बना विश्वास ~Change and do so CONSTANTLY... | |
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I got 18. Could not figure out the last color in the Campbells can. I had them all except yellow.
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herbthe4 said: 15. On a NY license plate, is New York on the top or bottom?
I don't consider this common knowledge. That's like asking what Nevada's state flower is. I mean, like, where is the sun? | |
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