Comments on: Lunchtime Quiz: Art & Science

By: Michael

Michael — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 22:49:48 +0000

1-fer on the short stories, but I don’t read Fitzgerald, Hemingway or Faulkner much. Can has variety nao plz?

On the plus side, got 5 of 6 on the gases, forgetting the short movie career of Radon Chong *rimshot*

By: kate

kate — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:30:04 +0000

I only remembered 2 noble gasses. Oops. :)

I did get 5 of the short stories though (English major). And I don’t like Salinger, so we’ll blame some of it on that. I do remember being genuinely chilled by “A Rose for Emily”, so if you’re looking for something with quite the grotesque twist, I recommend it.

And thank you for not putting “The Yellow Wallpaper” on here. Gah. :)

By: Caleb

Caleb — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:14:56 +0000

Eleven seconds for the gases. That was as fast as I could type them.
Thank you, Tom Lehrer

(… and argon, krypton, neon, radon, xenon, zinc and rhodium,
and chlorine, carbon, cobalt, copper, tungsten, tin, and sodium)

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:16:49 +0000

8 seconds on the noble gases. I suprised myself.

Short stories on the other hand… well this is why I’m an engineer.

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 03:47:19 +0000

I didn’t think I would do that well on the short story quiz. I was especially scared after the first question. But the 5 I got right, I either knew of pretty well or had actually read. So that ain’t bad.

By: Ed

Ed — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 23:17:01 +0000

I forgot Krypton! I’m a Batman guy, obviously.

By: Roger

Roger — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:25:27 +0000

@ Rachel – were it not for Tom Lehrer, I wouldn’t have gotten as many noble gases as I did!

By: heather

heather — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:14:35 +0000

Gah! I forgot radon! forgive me Marie Curie!

By: Rachel

Rachel — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:53:43 +0000

Only 4 of 8 on the short stories (which I guess isn’t bad considering I’d never even heard of any of them), but I got all the noble gases.

A “name all the elements” quiz would tell you in short order who has memorized Tom Lehrer’s song… I’d bet a number of flossers know the whole list (except possibly the ones named after 1959; I’m still working on those).

By: Karl

Karl — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:02:24 +0000

I only got 50% on the short stories — I’m still pleased with that, as I was guessing all the way through. I only missed one Noble gas, though… Odd, I always thought I was stronger in English studies than in sciences…