Someone tells you that “the mountain is out.” What does this mean?
a) Mt. Saint Helens has stopped its volcanic activity.
b) The restaurant has no more Mountain Dew.
c) The weather is clear enough to see Mt. Rainier.
d) Steven’s Pass is closed due to snowfall.
Pacific Northwest:
You’re fully dressed and about to leave for work, when you notice it’s raining. What do you do?
a) Nothing. Leave exactly exactly as if you hadn’t noticed the rain.
b) Put on a raincoat.
c) Grab an umbrella.
d) Both a and b, plus galoshes.
Which of the following does not belong with the others:
a) a hot comb
b) a relaxer
c) a flat iron
d) a straw set
e) a roller set
5) When someone “gets happy”, where are they most likely to be?
a) at a wedding
b) in the bedroom
c) at church
d) at a party
e) at a concert
Jamal comes from a upper middle-class family, subscribes to Dubois school of thought 100%, and looks down on anyone who didn’t belong to a Jack and Jill as a kid (but only subconsciously). What word best describes him.
Bob is traveling by dogsled out to his bush cabin. He has 12 dogs on his team and it will take him 96 hours to reach his cabin. How many frozen salmon will he pack in his sled?
48 salmon, one salmon per dog per day.
John is a commerical fisherman. He catches 400 salmon, and half of them are female, and each female has an average egg weight of 200 grams. Given current prices how much money does he make selling salmon roe to fancy restaurants in New York?
None. All the salmon roe is instead sold to Japan.
A man brings his 2 year old pointer to the clinic, complaining about the dog being lethargic and without appetite. The vet examines the patient and agrees that the dog is not well in a general sort of undefined way. What acronym best describes the dog’s condition?
I’m going to go with ‘e’. Nebbiolo, Barolo, and, I’m guessing, Barolo are all grapes. I know Nebbiolo is, anyway, and the other two don’t sound like regional appellations. OTOH, Sangiovese and Chianti are regional designations.
(BTW I do hope that the Sangiovese and Chianti are not IGT, but DOGC.)
It’s noon on a friday and you and your friends have rented an apartment in Essaouira for the Gnawa festival. You’re starting to get hungry, what do you do?
1-Go out and have some fresh grilled sardines.
2-Call out and order some pizza.
3-Cook your own food.
4-Do nothing. (explain)
It’s sundown in the middle of Ramadan. What do you do?
1-Light up a candle.
2-Eat.
3-Pray.
4-Wake up.
Your friend Xiu loves fruit. When should she come visit you in Casablanca?
1-Winter
2-Spring
3-Summer
4-Autumn
5-Any of the above
The weather report says “Morning fog at the coasts, clearing by afternoon. Lows in the 50s, highs in the 70s at the coast, 80s inland.” What time of year is it?
Trick question. Can’t determine the answer from the information given.
What do the following have in common? -
The Artesia Freeway between the Harbor Freeway and the San Diego Freeway.
The Long Beach Freeway between the Golden State Freeway and the Foothill Freeway.
The light rail connection between the Green Line and LAX.
The light rail connection between Santa Monica and Downtown?
They don’t exist.
What do you do after an earthquake registering 5.0 on the Richter scale?
Nothing. (What earthquake?)
What do you do after the first rainstorm of the season?
A. Panic.
B. Slow down. All that water on the roadways has made them slippery, and besides, all the traffic ahead is jammed, since they’re spooked by the sight of wet pavement, been so long since they’ve seen any.
C. Speed up. It’s not raining now, is it? And look at all those idiots ahead, you’d think they’d never seen any rain before.
D. All of the above.
