Can You Answer These?

Quiz Time

Here's a truncated quiz for the holidaay week. Try to answer them all before you scroll down for the answers. Good luck and let me know how you did in the comment area or by email!


1. How much is a gross?
2. Who is the governor of California?
3. What are the California’s Governor’s chances of becoming president in 2012?
4. Which Christmas movie did George C. Scott appear in?
5. Who owns the Washington Wizards?
6. Who is the governor of the commonwealth of Virginia?
7. In the Andy Griffith TV show, name three guest stars who went on to star there own shows or movies.
8. What year did the Magic Kingdom open, Disneyworld? (within 2 years)
9. Who is the governor of the state of Maryland?
10. What was the original name of Exxon?
11. Can you name four Central American countries?
12. What is Ruth Wakefield, who ran the Toll House Inn, known for?
13. Who is the starting quarterback for the Washington Redskins?
14. Who played the lady in When Harry Met Sally who delivered the classic line, “I’ll have what she’s having”?
15. What is the shortest day of the year?

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Answers
1. a dozen dozen = 144
2. The Honorable Gov. Arnold Schwarzeneggger
3. Zero – he is not a natural born U.S. citizen
4. A Christmas Carol – 1984
5. Abe Pollin
6. The Honorable Gov. Tim Kane
7. Bill Bixby, Jack Nicholson, Bob Denver to name a few, I know there were many more, these just came to the top of my head.
8. 1971 (October 1)
9. The Honorable Gov. Mark O’Malley
10. Esso
11. Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
12. Inventing the chocolate chip cookie
13. Jason Campbell
14. Rob Reiner’s (the films director) mother.
15. Winter Solstice, December 21st.

Can You Do All Of These?

I put together this little list of things that I think that most people over the age of 21 should be able to do. Let me know if I'm off base on any of these. How many can you do???


1. Start a successful fire in a fireplace, at a campsite, and in a barbecue (yes, you are allowed to use matches)
2. Sand and finish or stain a piece of furniture
3. Create a blog on Blogspot
4. Set a VCR or DVR
5. Throw a spiral
6. Tie a necktie
7. Parallel park in three movements
8. Dance on a dance floor without looking like an idiot (this is up to other’s discretions)
9. Use chopsticks without going hungry
10. Swim one lap
11. Perform the Heimlich maneuver
12. Use a compass and a map to get yourself out of the woods
13. Wrap a present with creases (putting it in a gift bag does not count)
14. Change a flat tire
15. Jump-start a car
16. Check the oil in your car and add a quart if needed
17. Open a champagne bottle
18. Cook a Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter meal for four by yourself
19. Snap your fingers
20. Whistle (no matter how bad it may sound)
21. Take digital pictures and download the to your computer
22. Play poker
23. Sew a button
24. Iron a shirt or blouse
25. Change a baby’s diaper
26. Keep a plant alive for more than a year
27. Read a map and get from one destination to another
28. Perform CPR
29. Write a quality letter of recommendation for a friend
30. Find a stock quote in the newspaper or online and know what it did yesterday.
31. Know one stock joke and be able to tell it in front of a group
32. Hard boil an egg
33. Hammer a nail without it bending
34. Fry an egg and flip it without breaking it
35 Know the lyrics to the National Anthem (I didn’t sy you have to be able to sing them)
36. Recite The Pledge of Allegiance