Ravenwood - 12/15/04 08:15 AM
I got 9 out of 10 correct, on MSN's Merry Mythmas Quiz but they would only give me credit for 8.
Take the quiz yourself and see how good you are at spotting the Christmas myths. Then come back here and continue reading about the one's I missed.
Spoiler Alert! If you plan on taking the quiz, do it before you read any further.
I genuinely stumbled on Question 6. In today's politically correct world, it seemed all to credible that 'Merry Xmas' was intentionally devised to remove 'Christ' from the equation.
I chose 'False' for Question 9, which they incorrectly say is incorrect. MSN claims that it is true that Teddy Roosevelt did not allow Christmas trees in the White House. Then they continue to explain how Roosevelt believed that cutting down trees was wrong, but when convinced otherwise by a Forester, relented an allowed a Christmas Tree into the White House after all. I guess whether or not I got the answer right depends on what the meaning of 'allow' is.
I got 8 of 10 correct. My wrong answers included #9....
Posted by: Da Goddess at December 15, 2004 11:29 AMI went five for ten and they congratulated me on doing well. Must be a liberal keeping score.
Posted by: mikem at December 15, 2004 4:38 PMHA! I too got 5 out of 10 and they said I did "pretty good." 50% is "pretty good?" That's "pretty crappy" in my book.
-A
Posted by: Andy at December 15, 2004 6:17 PM9 out of 10...But, in all fairness I did just take a similar quiz on AOL this week that tipped me off the "X" in "Xmas" thing. I too was scored "incorrect" on #9.
I was invited to try more quizzes and took the bait on the "Play the Jeopardy! Champion" quiz. 4 out of 10! Arrgh...
Go see the Jeopardy! champ get one wrong in a most politically incorrect manner here.
Posted by: Steve Scudder at December 16, 2004 6:53 AMI'm in the same boat - they gave me 8/10 with a wrong answer on #9.
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