tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post8607054878519795686..comments2024-01-08T14:21:37.465-08:00Comments on Infinite Art Tournament: The Thursday Quiz XXXMichael5000http://www.blogger.com/profile/10148584819327475239noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-9656690257671235072008-03-28T22:10:00.000-07:002008-03-28T22:10:00.000-07:00@Chuck: I discussed my grievances with Michael(spa...@Chuck: I discussed my grievances with Michael(space)5000 <A HREF="http://michael5000.blogspot.com/2007/10/why-its-friday.html" REL="nofollow">last October</A>.Michael5000https://www.blogger.com/profile/10148584819327475239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-6191972061729730682008-03-28T09:50:00.000-07:002008-03-28T09:50:00.000-07:00It had been so long since I'd medaled, that I had ...It had been so long since I'd medaled, that I had forgotten that I everhad.<BR/><BR/>Wow, Test Quiz 4, those were the days...<BR/><BR/>BTW you are the #1 result for internet searches for Michael5000, but for Michael (space) 5000 some DeeJay beats you out. I don't know if there's room in this world for 2 Michael5000's (space or no space). Myabe you guys should have some battle to determine sole ownership.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-56400504731610021392008-03-28T08:32:00.000-07:002008-03-28T08:32:00.000-07:00Two quizzes in a row that I actually have a clue a...Two quizzes in a row that I actually have a clue about! I assume it will all be downhill from here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-39621768371171510042008-03-28T08:04:00.000-07:002008-03-28T08:04:00.000-07:00Sandy is certified to teach US history in this cou...Sandy is certified to teach US history in this country, so let's not be excessive in our praise. <BR/><BR/>-Sandy's jealous husbandRex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-45029171580836791352008-03-28T03:59:00.000-07:002008-03-28T03:59:00.000-07:00plessy: no, you're right. I misread the question (...plessy: no, you're right. I misread the question (in fact, I misread the whole premise...)Cartophiliachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15474715424129283330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-71639703697330260282008-03-27T21:51:00.000-07:002008-03-27T21:51:00.000-07:00@Carto: I think my description of Plessy is about ...<B>@Carto: I think my description of <I>Plessy</I> is about right, for a capsule, but lemme know if you see something specific wrong with it. I love talking about this stuff.<BR/><BR/>@Calico: "Sink or swim" is a brave statement, coming from a Calico Cat!<BR/><BR/>@mhwitt: They can take my counties when they pry them from my cold, dead road trips.<BR/><BR/>@Elizabeth: {joke redacted} I'll tell you live sometime.<BR/><BR/>@Rebel: She's not really THAT kind of book artist...<BR/><BR/>@Chuck: I just hope I don't find out that BabyChuckDaddy was helping with this....<BR/><BR/></B>Michael5000https://www.blogger.com/profile/10148584819327475239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-69145256791288195632008-03-27T21:33:00.000-07:002008-03-27T21:33:00.000-07:00Oyez! Oyez!mhwitt claimed the TQXXX Gold Star wit...<B>Oyez! Oyez!<BR/><BR/>mhwitt claimed the TQXXX Gold Star with great authority, sweeping the category with 12/12 and using the phrase <I>reductio ad absurdum</I> for good measure. It's the first Gold in his trophy case.<BR/><BR/>Critical Bill, his MQXX Exclamation Point hardly out of the package, echos that 12/12 to snag the Silver Star, his first piece of TQ bling.<BR/><BR/>Sandy grabs her first Blue Star -- her fifth Star overall -- with 10/12, which show of American civic knowledge is especially impressive considering that, as I understand it, she was <I>born in a foreign country.</I> Whoa.<BR/><BR/>And finally, after a five-week drought of Green Stars, we have two going out today, one to drschnell -- who continues his hot streak with Stars from 5 of the last 8 Thursday Quizzes -- and another to chuckdaddy, whom new fatherhood has kept from much Quiz participation, but who snuck in 4 minutes before the answers were posted tonight to grab his first bling since way, way back in TQIV.<BR/><BR/>Awesome, people! </B>Michael5000https://www.blogger.com/profile/10148584819327475239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-4348544196225368682008-03-27T21:19:00.000-07:002008-03-27T21:19:00.000-07:00O.K., here goes:1. Marbury: You Betcha. 2. Dred S...<B>O.K., here goes:<BR/><BR/>1. Marbury: You Betcha. <BR/>2. Dred Scott: Nope. The Dred Scott Case determined that a person of African descent could not be an American citizen. It ~did~ grease the skids towards Civil War, but it did so by undermining the Missouri Compromise.<BR/>3. LDS v. USA. Yep.<BR/>4. Plessy. Yep.<BR/>5. Korematsu: Nope. The Korematsu Case actually determined that there was no legal problem with internment camps, because war is just like that.<BR/>6. Brown v. Board: Sure.<BR/>7. Griswold: Yes. To reach obvious ends, the Court in Griswold relies on highly dodgy reasoning. (M5K considers privacy a common-sense 9th Amendment issue)<BR/>8. Miranda: No. Miranda is the decision that requires that you be read your rights when you are being arrested. If you ever get arrested, that is.<BR/>9. Roe v. Wade. No way. Roe has nothing to do with fetal citizenship, and it certainly doesn't ban state regulation of abortion. It is a fascinatingly problematic legal decision, and of course the highest-voltage third rail in American political life. Maybe I should do a glib little critique of it sometime.<BR/>10. South Dakota v. Dole. No way. The Feds use the power of the purse constantly and with great glee.<BR/>11. BSA v. Dale. Yes.<BR/>12. Bush v. Gore. No. The description in the Quiz is the bizarro version of late 2000.</B>Michael5000https://www.blogger.com/profile/10148584819327475239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-43548987914158646632008-03-27T21:15:00.000-07:002008-03-27T21:15:00.000-07:00No guarantees, but I think I at least have a fight...No guarantees, but I think I at least have a fighter's chance with this category (assuming M5000 doesn't post the answers right now!)<BR/><BR/>1 IS<BR/>2 ISNT<BR/>3 IS<BR/>4 IS<BR/>5 IS<BR/>6 IS <BR/>7 IS<BR/>8 ISNT<BR/>9 ISNT<BR/>10 IS<BR/>11 IS<BR/>12 ISNTAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-81335069314172185422008-03-27T14:39:00.000-07:002008-03-27T14:39:00.000-07:00" mrs.5000 said... Oh, dear. If only there were..." mrs.5000 said...<BR/> Oh, dear. If only there were more picture books on this subject. . ."<BR/><BR/>I just wish we knew a book artist we could ask to do that.... ;)Rebelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12835352917180439099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-66049455618934754772008-03-27T11:10:00.000-07:002008-03-27T11:10:00.000-07:001. unextruded2. extruded, big-time3. extruded4. u...1. unextruded<BR/>2. extruded, big-time<BR/>3. extruded<BR/>4. unextruded, sadly<BR/>5. unextruded, again sadly<BR/>6. unextruded (unless you're yanking our chain with the "unanimous decision" bit)<BR/>7. unextruded<BR/>8. extruded<BR/>9. extruded. Finding is correct, legal reasoning of citizenship is not. It was more a privacy-based decision.<BR/>10. extruded<BR/>11. unextruded<BR/>12. If only! Way extruded.DrSchnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13428753570121627382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-35603236203897874362008-03-27T10:35:00.000-07:002008-03-27T10:35:00.000-07:001. Yes2. Yes3. No4. No5. Yes6. Yes7. No8. Yes9. Ye...1. Yes<BR/>2. Yes<BR/>3. No<BR/>4. No<BR/>5. Yes<BR/>6. Yes<BR/>7. No<BR/>8. Yes<BR/>9. Yes<BR/>10. No<BR/>11. Yes<BR/>12. YesCPMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08228843166305525022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-78967746241719319532008-03-27T10:29:00.000-07:002008-03-27T10:29:00.000-07:001. Is (but that justice of the peace thing just do...1. Is (but that justice of the peace thing just doesn't sound right)<BR/>2. Isn't - decision went other way<BR/>3. No idea, so I'll say isn't (because things I haven't heard of just don't exist)<BR/>4. is<BR/>5. Oh, why don't I know this? I suspect it isn't b/c decision went other way? <BR/>6. is<BR/>7. is<BR/>8. isn't - Miranda's problems were about not knowing his rights.<BR/>9. isn't, actually based on same privacy right as Griswold<BR/>10. um - is??<BR/>11. is<BR/>12. isn't - recount cancelled!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-80363882625635654092008-03-27T08:18:00.000-07:002008-03-27T08:18:00.000-07:00No idea, so I'll say:3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 12 are...No idea, so I'll say:<BR/><BR/>3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 12 are wrong.<BR/><BR/>rpRex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-51806020193195382472008-03-27T07:41:00.000-07:002008-03-27T07:41:00.000-07:00Oh, dear. If only there were more picture books on...Oh, dear. If only there were more picture books on this subject. . . <BR/>1 yes <BR/>2 yes <BR/>3 yes<BR/>4 yes<BR/>5 no<BR/>6 yes <BR/>7 no <BR/>8 yes<BR/>9 no <BR/>10 no <BR/>11 yes <BR/>12 noAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-74543451523416607222008-03-27T07:38:00.000-07:002008-03-27T07:38:00.000-07:001. sure2. is3. hmmmmm I watched "The Mormons" on P...1. sure<BR/>2. is<BR/>3. hmmmmm I watched "The Mormons" on PBS and while I do remember the vision that changed their views on polygamy, I don't think it was a supreme court case. I think it was a statehood thing. Isn't<BR/>4. sounds familiar - is<BR/>5. somehow I think no... if there was a court case I think it would have been much later.<BR/>6. isn't? Wasn't this the one about evolution?<BR/><BR/>Dude - I'm half way through the quiz before I realize this isn't a is or isn't it a supreme courtcase but is or isn't it the way it's described. DANG... those are always harder. Oh well.<BR/>7. sure<BR/>8. sure<BR/>9. nope, I think it had more to do with medical privacy, not citizenship or personhood of the fetus.<BR/>10.sure<BR/>11. is<BR/>12. isn't...I think what they decided was to certify whichever count it was that made W prez. I'm now having horrible PTSD-like flashbacks to that election and everything that has gone wrong since- thanks Michael!Rebelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12835352917180439099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-63464424427073605392008-03-27T07:01:00.000-07:002008-03-27T07:01:00.000-07:001. True2. False3. True4. True5. False6. True7. Tru...1. True<BR/>2. False<BR/>3. True<BR/>4. True<BR/>5. False<BR/>6. True<BR/>7. True<BR/>8. False<BR/>9. False<BR/>10. False<BR/>11. True<BR/>12. FalseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-19659357400199818202008-03-27T06:40:00.000-07:002008-03-27T06:40:00.000-07:00I work in a law office, but am afraid the relevant...I work in a law office, but am afraid the relevant statutes have not arrived by osmosis in my brain. I swear on the Koran that these are my best guesses:<BR/><BR/>1. Real.<BR/>2. Bogus.<BR/>3. Bogus.<BR/>4. Real.<BR/>5. Real.<BR/>6. Real.<BR/>7. Bogus.<BR/>8. Real.<BR/>9. Real.<BR/>10. Bogus.<BR/>11. Real.<BR/>12. Bogus? I don't think "unambiguous" is a word that can be used to describe that event.<BR/><BR/>Third strike at an exclamation point, and I'm out.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12772824060632731065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-1265093199763538422008-03-27T06:34:00.000-07:002008-03-27T06:34:00.000-07:001. Is. 2. Isn't. 3. Is. 4. Is. 5. Isn't. Reall...1. <B>Is</B>. <BR/>2. <B>Isn't</B>. <BR/>3. <B>Is</B>. <BR/>4. <B>Is</B>. <BR/>5. <B>Isn't</B>. Really not sure here.<BR/>6. <B>Is</B>. You betchya. <BR/>7. <B>Is</B>. I think.<BR/>8. <B>Isn't</B>. Miranda v. Arizona actually provides needed dialog filler for <I>Law and Order</I> and <I>CSI</I>.<BR/>9. <B>Isn't</B>. Of course, Roe v. Wade is famous as the case the "legalized abortion," but <I>I think</I> your description of the essentials of the decision are wrong. <BR/>10. <B>Isn't</B>. I guess... <BR/>11. <B>Is</B>.<BR/>12. <B>Isn't</B>. I beleive you are expressing your most fervent wish here. Instead the court decided a recount would not give Bush and Gore equal protection under the law, an argument that Bush attorneys almost decided not to present because many of them thought it was rediculous. They also declared counties unconstitutional (in a <I>reductio ad absurdum</I> sort of way.) Think about that the next time you color in a new county on your map, Mr. 5000.mhwitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01692644684366966097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-65284567443633508972008-03-27T05:19:00.000-07:002008-03-27T05:19:00.000-07:001y 2n 3y 4y 5y 6y 7n 8y 9y 10y 11n 12y1y 2n 3y 4y 5y 6y 7n 8y 9y 10y 11n 12ydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06769697352301199658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-53368930135037807372008-03-27T03:58:00.001-07:002008-03-27T03:58:00.001-07:00Sink or Swim, eh?1 - no2 - yes3 - no4 - yes5 - yes...Sink or Swim, eh?<BR/>1 - no<BR/>2 - yes<BR/>3 - no<BR/>4 - yes<BR/>5 - yes<BR/>6 - yes<BR/>7 - yes<BR/>8 - no<BR/>9 - no<BR/>10 - yes<BR/>11 - yes<BR/>12 - noThe Calico Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06319271181930512880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-83398785566872485252008-03-27T03:58:00.000-07:002008-03-27T03:58:00.000-07:001. true - if you don't know this SCOTUS case, you ...1. true - if you don't know this SCOTUS case, you might as well stop now...<BR/>2. false - you have this mixed up with Sanford v. Son<BR/>3. false<BR/>4. true, tho your description sounds off<BR/>5. false - I don't think that ever went to SCOTUS<BR/>6. true<BR/>7. true - ribbed for her pleasure<BR/>8. true<BR/>9. true<BR/>10. false<BR/>11. false<BR/>12. trueCartophiliachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15474715424129283330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-67934767048147547202008-03-27T01:47:00.000-07:002008-03-27T01:47:00.000-07:001. plausible nonsense2. plausible nonsense3. plaus...1. plausible nonsense<BR/>2. plausible nonsense<BR/>3. plausible nonsense<BR/>4. correct<BR/>5. plausible nonsense, was anyone that forward thinking on this issue in 1944, even if slow to act?<BR/>6. correct<BR/>7. correct<BR/>8. plausible nonsense<BR/>9. plausible nonsense, is that really the crux of the matter? whether a fetus is a citizen?<BR/>10.correct<BR/>11.sadly, correct<BR/>12.I should know this, but I don't, so a blind guess in case you're being tricksy: plausible nonsense, but not sure about which part.Karinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09678914679733770434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-61251271725892457302008-03-26T23:13:00.000-07:002008-03-26T23:13:00.000-07:001 / extruded2 / correct3 / I think "The Late Corpo...1 / extruded<BR/>2 / correct<BR/>3 / I think "The Late Corporation" sang "Rock the Boat". Didn't know they were part of a church. extruded.<BR/>4 / extruded<BR/>5 / correct<BR/>6 / correct<BR/>7 / extruded<BR/>8 / extruded<BR/>9 / correct<BR/>10/ correct<BR/>11 / correct<BR/>12 / If only. extruded<BR/>0 / confidence in my answers tonightAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com