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Just didn't have my game on today.  7/12, and only 313 bus tokens.
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Well BB, you beat me. Must be a sign of getting old or something. I forget what.

I did so poorly, I immediately psychologically repressed the memory.
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http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_ ... _news.html

8/12 for 334, which was better than average (299) and way better than Slate Associate Editor J. Bryan Lowder, who scored a pathetic 188... :oops:

This is a great week for those of us with mediocre scores to get a big boost for our self esteem :ok
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6/12 and a total of 272 poker chips.
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:oops: My worst score ever...5/12 and 202. At least I (just barely) beat the pathetic Mr. Lowder.
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I should have had nine out of 12, but I answered the question about Carly Fiorina's employment too quickly... :?
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Yeah, I did the same thing; that was one of my wrong answers. I also made 2 or 3 guesses, and all of them were wrong... :shrug
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7 correct and 309 tiny manhole covers
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9/12
386 little happy pills
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I beat the associate editor, but that doesn't say much.

I think the Carly Fiorina question was a trick. I had to google her to see how I missed it. So she was CEO at HP, not COO. Jeez, big deal.
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I beat the Ass. Editor and that's all I'm going to say.

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


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http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_ ... ews_1.html

8/12 349 round shiny things...
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9/12; 384 coins.
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5/12 and 224 piles
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3/12
133 thingamabobs

:shock: :lol:
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8/12 and 329 things.
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http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_ ... ews_2.html

I seem to be stuck on 8...

8/12 for 336...

Better than average, but not as good as the Bad Astronomer...
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If you posted a linky to the quiz, it's not showing.

Here is it again: Slate Quiz 5.20.16

6/12
272

Haven't been listening to much news these days . . . my stress level is also super low - coincidence? I think not!
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8/12 and 350 coins.
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4/12 and 179 (a new low) cow pies

Who the hell is Drake?
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