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From: owner-humor
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To: Multiple recipients of list HUMOR
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Subject: Fegg: a quiz
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Date: Monday, April 11, 1994 8:04AM
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From _Dr. Fegg's Encyclopedia of *All* World Knowledge_
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1974, 1976, & 1984: Terry Jones & Michael Palin
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=== Article: Quizzes ===
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QUIZZES
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An entertainment in which the gerneral or specific knowledge of the
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players is tested by a series of questions.
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Here is a selection specially devised by Dr. Fegg to while away those
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endless months of waiting (totally unjustifiably).
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*Dr. Fegg's Quiz*
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1. Which American President was called McKinley?
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2. Which world leader
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3. Complete question 2 and answer it as best you can.
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4. Doctor Fegg has a hamster. Is it:
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(a) alive?
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(b) dead?
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5. Doctor Fegg likes his bath:
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(a) very hot.
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(b) quite hot.
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(c) once every 3 years.
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6. Would you describe Dr. Fegg's Quiz of All World Knowledge as:
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(a) a waste of time?
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(b) a good idea badly presented?
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(c) excellent and informative?
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7. Can Emus answer the phone?
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Yes / No / Not sure / Well... / I don't *think* so /
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Perhaps / *Emus*?
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8. A *monsoon* is:
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(a) an anagram.
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(b) a terribly twee little plaster ornament with a picture
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of Dwight Eisenhower on one side and a photo of a half-
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open fir cone on the other.
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(c) the answer to question 7.
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9. The Taj Mahal is:
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(a) a very hot curry based on onions and coriander.
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(b) a club in Wigan.
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(c) an enormous hairbrush with a white dome and patterned
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marble walls inlaid with precious jewels, in a graceful
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fusion of Islamic and Indian styles.
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10.Which famous world statesmen are lit up at night, and where?
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(a) Henry Kissinger (who is also a doctor).
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(b) Rod Stewart.
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(c) Dr. David Owen (who is also a politician).
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11.Dr. Fegg wrote which of the following great novels:
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(a) _War and Peace_
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(b) _The Tale of Two Cities_
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(c) _The Nasty Babysitter_
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*Answers on page 79 of 'Fisherman's Weekly' (August, 1961)*
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==Additional Quiz Questions==
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Which of the following Famous World Leaders needs money quick?
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1. Reagan
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2. Thatcher
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3. Fegg
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Answer: No. 3-- and hurry!
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Are the police still looking for Dr. Fegg?
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Answer: If you know the answer to this question, write it IN BLOCK
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CAPITALS and leave in a plain envelope Behind the Hot Water Pipes
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in the Gentlemen's Rest Room Victoria Station (along with the money
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for the last question).
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Has Interpol been brought in yet?
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Answer: To be left with the answer to the previous question.
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And don't forget the money.
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Where would *you* go if you had to lie low for a bit, and bearing
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in mind that Basingstoke is only just up the road?
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1. Bahamas 4. Basingstoke
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2. Guatemala 5. Split
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3. Peru
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Answer: Leave the answer with the other two. Any other suggestions
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welcome.
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