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I answered nine correct and got 367 for a nice Ty Cobb batting average score.
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10/12 and 447. I must have been bored enough at work to listen to a lot of TV news. It was too hot to want to work very hard on anything away from the A/C.

I'd have done better, but I'd never heard of Allisha Gray or the Canadian Mountie story.

And I thought a Beaver was a de Havilland airplane.

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9/12 for an even 400 Blows

Your collective inability to acknowledge this obvious truth makes you all look like fools.


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9/12 for 385 global-warming-induced hurricanes.
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7/12 and 325 tiddlywinks, to just barely edge out the intern.
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9/12 for 406 more reasons to hate Arsenal
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9/12
421 sonic attacks
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MajGenl.Meade wrote:9/12 for 406 more reasons to hate Arsenal

Are Arsenal players and fans called "Arsers"? Whups, just looked it up! They ARE. And they have something called the "Arseblog" where they can make deposits.


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...and their coach is Arsene Wenger.

I fail to understand how it is that FIFA & UEFA have so crushed the mean pinched soul of football that banners lampooning that name are non-existant.
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MajGenl.Meade wrote:...and their coach is Arsene Wenger.

I fail to understand how it is that FIFA & UEFA have so crushed the mean pinched soul of football that banners lampooning that name are non-existant.
You mean like, "Arsen Wanker"?
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Arson Kindler?
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Lord Jim wrote:
MajGenl.Meade wrote:...and their coach is Arsene Wenger.

I fail to understand how it is that FIFA & UEFA have so crushed the mean pinched soul of football that banners lampooning that name are non-existant.
You mean like, "Arsen Wanker"?
Yeah but as usual you missed the correct use of an apostrophe.

(As you intended)
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Slate Quiz 9.29.17

9/12 for 387 frequent flier miles for Tom Price...
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9/12 for 380 Cambridge Cats In Hats
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9/413 pieces in my 'fake news' body parts collection.
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9/12 for a heart-stopping 380!

Your collective inability to acknowledge this obvious truth makes you all look like fools.


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9/12 for 360 degrees of spin
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5 for 222. In other words, an Australian test cricket score
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9/12
420 FATTIES! :mrgreen:
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10/12 and 468 Chiefs of Staff for the so-called president.
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