What color IS the boathouse at Hereford?
- Red
- Brown
- White
- Blue
- Green
- Mauve
- Beige
- Pink
- How the f*** should I know?
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When I see the word “Hereford”, I think of:
- cows
- a place
- other
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How do you think the second ‘g’ is pronounced in “Googie”, the style of architecture?
- A hard g, like both of the g’s in “Google”
- A soft g, like in “gee whiz”
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I took an online class and the woman’s pronunciation was so distracting I could not learn anything from the class (assuming, of course, there was anything to learn from that class.)
Today’s pronunciation discussion is innovative:
First: “innovate”, as in “We must innovate in order to hit the market first”. Where do you put the emphasis?
- 1st syllable
- 2nd syllable
- 3rd syllable
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Now “innovating”: “We are innovating as fast as we can”
- 1st syllable
- 2nd syllable
- 3rd syllable
- 4th syllable
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Now we make the noun form: “innovation”, as in “This innovation will let us be first-to-market”. Where do you put the emphasis?
- 1st syllable
- 2nd syllable
- 3rd syllable
- 4th syllable
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Now we make the adjective: “innovative”, as in “Karen is so innovative, we should give her a huge raise”. Where do you put the emphasis?
- 1st syllable
- 2nd syllable
- 3rd syllable
- 4th syllable
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Can you think of any other word where you would put the emphasis on a different syllable between the -ation form and the -ative form?
- Yes
- No
- Hmm, let me think…
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Are you
- American
- British
- Australian
- New Zealandish
- Indian
- English-as-a-second-language Speaker
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New Zealandish???
- Yes, that’s correct
- New Zealandic
- New Zealian
- New Zealandian
- New Zealandative
- Other
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The speaker in the online class said “innovation” and “innovating” correctly, but inexplicably emphasized the second syllable in “innovative” – inNOVative. Drove me nuts.
Do you use your cellphone in your car while you’re driving?
- Yes
- No
- I don’t have a car
- I don’t have a cellphone
- I can’t drive
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If your answer to the previous question was yes, how do you do so?
- Only hands-free (through my phone)
- Only hands-free (through the car itself)
- I hold my phone in front of my mouth
- I hold my phone to my ear
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However you answered the previous question, do you think you’re at all distracted by using your cellphone while driving?
- Yes, a lot
- Yes, some
- Definitely not
- Don’t know
- Probably not
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If you use your cellphone in your car while you are driving, which of these things do you use it for?
- Talking to people (Phone calls)
- Texting
- Listening to music/podcasts
- GPS
- General Internet browsing
- Emails: reading
- Emails: composing
- Taking photos
- playing games
- Other
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Pull out your electric bill. How many kWh did you use last billing period?
- 0-50
- 50-75
- 75-100
- 100-150
- 150-200
- 200-250
- 250-300
- 300-350
- 350-400
- 400-500
- 500-600
- 600-700
- 700-800
- 800-900
- 900-1000
- 1000-1200
- 1200-1400
- 1400-1600
- 1600-1800
- 1800-2000
- 2000-2300
- 2300-2600
- 2600+
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There’s a lot of talk these days about Trump and associates going to jail. Have you ever been in jail…
- as a jailee
- as an employee/contractor
- as a lawyer
- as a law enforcement officer
- as a volunteer for an organization
- to bail someone out
- to visit someone
- to take a tour
- it was all a misunderstanding
- none of the above
- other
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How do you like poll results to be displayed?
- Bar Graph
- Pie Graph
- Depends on the topic
- Really don’t care
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Public or not Public
- Public
- Non-Public
- Depends on the topic
- Really don’t care
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It’s November 2024. The polling looks like the same for any other election; your candidate and the opposing candidate are tied neck-and-neck, or at least no one’s got more than a 5% lead. All the predictions are that this one is going to go down to the wire. The polls are all scientifically run. Both candidates are normal, boilerplate politicians (think Bush vs. Gore, or Clinton vs. Dole.)
Election Night comes and…it’s an utter shock. Your candidate has won (or lost) in a 538-0 landslide in the Electoral College. 99% of all popular votes are cast in favor of one candidate. One party captures all 435 House seats. Voter turnout is 99%.
In the wake of the election, the losing candidate (and party) screams “Rigged! Impossible!” The winning party scoffs and says, “You can’t rig an election so large - America is divided into thousands of voting precincts, all of whom vote in different methods, with tens of thousands of poll watchers and workers - how could you get them ALL to rig it at once and bribe them ALL, and have NONE of them spill the beans?”
You’re a prominent public figure, and are asked about your views on the matter. What do you say?
- Rigged
- Not rigged
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Would you date someone who is trans?
- Yes
- No
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One of these gentlemen is going to be the next U.S. president. You get to choose.
- DeSantis
- Trump
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Which computer animated insect movie of 1998 did you like better?
- A Bug’s Life
- Antz
- I only saw one of these.
- I’ve never seen either of these.
- I saw them both but I liked or disliked them both about the same.
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Beard or no beard?
Jonathan Frakes
- Beard
- Clean-Shaven
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Benedict Cumberbatch
- Goatee
- Clean-Shaven
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Sean Connery
- Beard
- Clean-Shaven
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John DeLancie
- Goatee
- Clean-Shaven
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You are a manager at a McDonald’s. Someone with degrees in engineering, medicine and accounting from Stanford, Harvard and Yale applies for a minimum-wage job at your restaurant.
- Hire - they’re qualified
- Hire for other reason(s)
- Don’t hire - they’re Over-qualified
- Don’t hire for other reason(s)
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I have, on at least one occasion in the past, accidentally locked myself out of my home.
- Yes
- No
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If yes, I did the following to get back inside my home:
- summoned someone else with a key
- waited for someone else with a key
- retrieved a spare key I had stored somewhere else
- summoned a locksmith
- picked the lock myself
- climbed in through a window
- climbed in through some other opening
- smashed a window
- smashed the door
- something else
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I have, on at least one occasion in the past, accidentally locked myself out of my car.
- Yes
- No
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If yes, I did the following to get back inside my car:
- summoned someone else with a key
- had the car towed to someone with a key
- waited for someone else with a key
- retrieved a spare key I had stored somewhere else
- summoned a locksmith
- had the car towed to a locksmith
- picked the lock myself
- used a slim jim
- used a coat hanger through the window
- climbed in through a window
- climbed in through the sunroof
- smashed a window
- something else
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A room decorated with hard surfaces, about 50 people engaging in about 35 conversations
- 'tis a fine sound
- not my favorite sound, but tolerable
- don’t much care for it, what can one do?
- this oppressive random cacaphony makes me all stabby
- oh, the clam chowder has arrived!
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