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Common Sense Quiz (answers supplied)

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Q1. In which battle did Confederate General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson die?

Q2. Where was the Declaration of Independence signed?

Q3. River Ravi flows in which state?

Q4. What is the main reason for divorce?

Q5. What is the main reason for failure?

Q6. What can you never eat for breakfast?

Q7. What looks like half an apple?

Q8. If you throw a red stone into the blue sea what it will become?

Q9. How can a man go eight days without sleeping?

Q10. How can you lift an elephant with one hand?

Q11. If you had three apples and four oranges in one hand and four apples and three oranges in other hand, what would you have?

Q12. If it took eight men ten hours to build a wall, how long would it take four men to build it?

Q13. How can you drop a raw egg onto a concrete floor without cracking it?

— ANSWERS —

Q1. In which battle did Napoleon die?

* his last battle[1. Actually, Napoleon died in exile on Saint Helena Island]

Q2. Where was the Declaration of Independence signed?

* at the bottom of the page

Q3. River Ravi flows in which state?

* liquid

Q4. What is the main reason for divorce?

* marriage

Q5. What is the main reason for failure?

* exams

Q6. What can you never eat for breakfast?

* Lunch & dinner

Q7. What looks like half an apple?

* The other half

Q8. If you throw a red stone into the blue sea what it will become?

* wet

Q9. How can a man go eight days without sleeping?

* No problem, he sleeps at night.

Q10. How can you lift an elephant with one hand?

* You will never find an elephant that has only one hand.

Q11. If you had three apples and four oranges in one hand and four apples and three oranges in other hand, what would you have?

* Very large hands

Q12. If it took eight men ten hours to build a wall, how long would it take four men to build it?

* No time at all, the wall is already built.

Q13. How can you drop a raw egg onto a concrete floor without cracking it?

*Any way you want, concrete floors are very hard to crack.

FOOTNOTES:



Great literature quiz — match the author to the book!

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1. Who is the author of The Pickwick Papers





2. Who wrote Beowulf?





3. Who wrote Moby Dick?





4. Who wrote The Wealth of Nations? (Full title: An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of The Wealth of Nations)





5. Who wrote The Call of the Wild?





6. Who wrote The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany?





7. Who wrote Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea?





8. Who wrote For Whom the Bell Tolls?





9. Who wrote Slaughterhouse-Five? (Full title: Slaughterhouse-Five: Or, the Children's Crusade, A Duty-Dance with Death)?





10. Who wrote The Catcher in the Rye?









K_Line Quiz: Legal terms

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With the high cost of legal talent, and the wealth of information available to average consumers in TV programs such as “Judge Judy,” more people are taking the law in their own hands by representing themselves in simple legal matters. Here’s the K_Line Quiz to see how you’ll fare without counsel in the people’s court.

Please go to Common Sense Quiz (answers supplied) to view the quiz