Embarrassingly Stupid Americans

[stu]

Quote from Arnie:

You quoted out of context. Here's the quote.......

Groups that have higher degrees of self-reported patriotism (see Gallup's Fourth of July release), such as older people and whites, are also more likely to correctly name the country from which America gained its independence. Only 66% of those aged 18-29 know that America gained its independence from England, compared to 79% of those aged 30 and older. The knowledge gap is even wider on the basis of gender and race:

85% of men compared to only 69% of women know that America's freedom was won from England

80% of whites vs. 54% of blacks answered correctly

Embarrassingly, isn't it the case that America gained its independence from Britain not England...
England is part of Britain isn't it?... like Wales and Scotland and N.Ireland are. The British government - therefore Britain - granted (well it f*kin had to) independence didn't it??
How embarrassing is that??!!

 

[lilduckling]

this thread is fun..... now my turn. Lets see who can answer the following correctly:

1. which of the following is not a color;
A white
B black
C grey

2. which of the following is an American original;
A fortune cookie
B apple pie

3. Which of the following is the president of the united states able to do while in office;
A change a law
B make a law
C intoduce a bill

4. what hits the ground first, a bullet traveling at 3000 fps shot off a rifle that was perfectly parallel to the ground ... or ... a bullet that was dropped to the ground at the very same time next to the other one?

5. if aleins living near our closest star (besides our sun) decided to hop on a ufo and visit us, how long would it take for them to arrive on earth, if they were travelling at the speed of light?
A 1 hour
B 10 days
C over 4,300 years

 

[Arnie]

Quote from lilduckling:

this thread is fun..... now my turn. Lets see who can answer the following correctly:

1. which of the following is not a color;
A white
B black
C grey

2. which of the following is an American original;
A fortune cookie
B apple pie

3. Which of the following is the president of the united states able to do while in office;
A change a law
B make a law
C intoduce a bill

4. what hits the ground first, a bullet traveling at 3000 fps shot off a rifle that was perfectly parallel to the ground ... or ... a bullet that was dropped to the ground at the very same time next to the other one?

5. if aleins living near our closest star (besides our sun) decided to hop on a ufo and visit us, how long would it take for them to arrive on earth, if they were travelling at the speed of light?
A 1 hour
B 10 days
C over 4,300 years

Just quessing, but here goes.......

1. White

2. Fortune Cookie

3. C Introduce a bill

4. Tie

5. 4300 years

Did I get any right?

 

[lilduckling]

Quote from Arnie:

Just quessing, but here goes.......

1. White

2. Fortune Cookie

3. C Introduce a bill

4. Tie

5. 4300 years

Did I get any right?

You were close! You got 2 wrong:

1 is Black.... (black is the absence of any color, white is a cobination of all colors...I.E. as when its split through a prism )

2. is Apple pie.... Apple pie came directly from England, while fortune cookie has its origins only in the states!)

3, 4, and 5 are correct!

 

[killthesunshine]

Quote from lilduckling:

You were close! You got 2 wrong:

1 is Black.... (black is the absence of any color, white is a cobination of all colors...I.E. as when its split through a prism )

2. is Apple pie.... Apple pie came directly from England, while fortune cookie has its origins only in the states!)

3, 4, and 5 are correct!

i got them all right. i gues im not embarrassing stupid. just embarrassing

 

[sim03]

Quote from lilduckling:

You were close! You got 2 wrong:

...

2. is Apple pie.... Apple pie came directly from England, while fortune cookie has its origins only in the states!)

Actually, Arnie didn't get 2 wrong. As your own explanation demonstrates, his answer "Fortune Cookie" to Q. 2 "Which of the following is an American original?" was, in fact, correct.

 

[lilduckling]

Quote from sim03:

Actually, Arnie didn't get 2 wrong. As your own explanation demonstrates, his answer "Fortune Cookie" to Q. 2 "Which of the following is an American original?" was, in fact, correct.

Yes that is true........ i stand corrected.

 

[TraderZones]

Quote from lilduckling:

this thread is fun..... now my turn. Lets see who can answer the following correctly:

5. if aleins living near our closest star (besides our sun) decided to hop on a ufo and visit us, how long would it take for them to arrive on earth, if they were travelling at the speed of light?
A 1 hour
B 10 days
C over 4,300 years

Sorry, but the answer to 5 is D none of the above.

Travelling at the speed of light, means the distant light travels in ONE YEAR. Therefore, C sohld say "over 4.3 years")

The closest star is the Alpha Centauri cluster. It is approx 4.37 light years away (not "over 4300"). In fact, there are hundreds to thousands of stars closer than 4300 light years.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_Centauri

In fact, the tiniest member of this system is Proxima Centauri, and is closer than Alpha Centauri currently, at about 4.22 light years.

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap020715.html

 

[lilduckling]

hee hee hee hee

this is embarrasing !
I figured using a calculator and some how did it wrong..... should've just double checked online.

so i stand correcyed again

Oh why oh why did i start this post?

I am looking like a fool

 

[Vista]

Quote from TraderZones:

Sorry, but the answer to 5 is D none of the above.

Travelling at the speed of light, means the distant light travels in ONE YEAR. Therefore, C sohld say "over 4.3 years")

Correct, if the assumption is made that they could actually go the speed of light. As a spacecraft approaches the speed of light, its mass would approach infinity, therefore requiring an infinite amount of energy to propel it. Probably easier to just bend space.