Comments on: Weekend Word Wrap: famous words http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5832 Feel Smart Again Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:19:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Sid Morrison http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5832/comment-page-1#comment-12820 Sid Morrison Fri, 18 May 2007 12:57:22 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5832#comment-12820 I got 100% as well. This was a good quiz -- need more like it (and yes, leaving teh names off was a good call). One thing, though: a number of the soundbites still had their identifying descriptions attached (e.g. "Babe Ruth Farewell to Baseball"). If you aren't careful, that can give it away inadvertently. Oh, while not a big fan of her politics, I really love the way Eleanor Roosevelt spoke. It's a wonderful "American educated upperclass" speech that has practically disappeared. Nowadays, their speech (and education undoubtedly) has been dumbed down to that of the general populice. I got 100% as well. This was a good quiz — need more like it (and yes, leaving teh names off was a good call). One thing, though: a number of the soundbites still had their identifying descriptions attached (e.g. “Babe Ruth Farewell to Baseball”). If you aren’t careful, that can give it away inadvertently.

Oh, while not a big fan of her politics, I really love the way Eleanor Roosevelt spoke. It’s a wonderful “American educated upperclass” speech that has practically disappeared. Nowadays, their speech (and education undoubtedly) has been dumbed down to that of the general populice.

]]> By: Chan http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5832/comment-page-1#comment-12816 Chan Fri, 18 May 2007 12:16:31 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5832#comment-12816 Got 'em all, but found the faces were the most challenging aspect. Agree names would have made this too easy. Got ‘em all, but found the faces were the most challenging aspect. Agree names would have made this too easy.

]]> By: Miss Cellania http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5832/comment-page-1#comment-12780 Miss Cellania Fri, 18 May 2007 01:08:23 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5832#comment-12780 93%. How do I manage to get ONE wrong on a matching quiz? Thats happened twice now! I blame my typing, since I knew the correct answers. 93%. How do I manage to get ONE wrong on a matching quiz? Thats happened twice now! I blame my typing, since I knew the correct answers.

]]> By: Zach http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5832/comment-page-1#comment-12773 Zach Fri, 18 May 2007 00:12:19 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5832#comment-12773 I got 13/15. Not only did I get the astronauts backwards, I assigned the wrong identities. I figured they were Neil Armstrong and Jim Lovell. I guess it would have been too easy if you gave us the names. I got 13/15.
Not only did I get the astronauts backwards, I assigned the wrong identities. I figured they were Neil Armstrong and Jim Lovell. I guess it would have been too easy if you gave us the names.

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