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68-84% Pretty good, you know that there are libraries and newspapers, and you remember what you've read. You were a child that wasn't left behind!
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Originally posted by Jim Yingst:
[Jeroen]: #13 is ambiguous, though very few people know that.
Hm, are you referring to a couple island autonomous regions? Or something else? I'm thinking that in any case, one of the given answers is much better than the others, even if it's not perfect.
[Jeroen]: So is #18.
Oh, how's that? Does your alternate explanation apply for both northern and southern hemispheres?
I suggest using <font color="beige"> tags to conceal your response, if you need to go into too much detail. E.g. [Spoilery info here] I figure beige, white or tan are good enough for our purposes here; people are unlikely to be able to read it accidentally, but they can tell something's there.
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I felt very bad after scoring just 69%, but it's actually true. I feel I could have done much better.
Originally posted by Ulf Dittmer:
I particularly liked the explanation that it's warmer in summer "Because the sun ... rises more frequently."
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Let's see, we've got the Azores and Madeira islands, and...? What else? We are talking about the present, aren't we?
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Wikipedia saysOriginally posted by Jeroen T Wenting:
Macao. Still officially a Portuguese property AFAIK.
The administrative power over Macau was transferred to the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1999, and it is now one of two special administrative regions of the PRC, together with Hong Kong.
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Wish they said which ones were wrong.
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Originally posted by fred rosenberger:
But doesn't the sun rise more frequently?
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Originally posted by Ulf Dittmer:
Sure, the intervals and the daily uptime change, but it still rises exactly once a day (which is what I interpret "rise frequency" to mean).
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17-33% I hope you don't vote, because that would be irresponsible. You know high school education is free in America, right?
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Originally posted by Jim Yingst:
The official answers:
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Originally posted by Jim Yingst:
For what it's worth, my answer above for #9 was definitely wrong, in the real world. Whether it's considered wrong by the test seems to vary somewhat randomly. Don't count on meaningful responses from this thing.
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