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"Who did England fight in the English Civil War?"
    Posted by JT on 11 Jan 2010. + (9) - (0) Permalink
Poles and Pakistanis, obviously :)
    Posted by Moosh on 11 Jan 2010.

"Shakespeare was born in 1564, supposedly on his birthday."
    Posted by JT on 14 Dec 2009. + (8) - (0) Permalink

American tourist at Stonehenge: "Why did they put the rocks so close to the freeway?"
    Posted by JT on 20 Sep 2009. + (7) - (0) Permalink
So people wouldn't have to walk all the way from the parking lot. What are you? Stupid?
    Posted by Socky on 21 Sep 2009.

"Johann Bach wrote a great many musical compositions and had a large number of children. In between he practiced on an old spinster which he kept up in his attic. Bach died from 1750 to the present. Bach was the most famous composer in the world and so was Handel. Handel was half German half Italian and half English."
    Posted by JT on 14 Dec 2009. + (7) - (0) Permalink

News: "Diana was still alive just hours before she died."
    Posted by JT on 3 Jan 2010. + (7) - (0) Permalink

Answer given in History exam: "Franklin discovered electricity by rubbing two cats backwards and declared, "A horse divided against itself cannot stand.". Franklin died in 1790 and is still dead."
    Posted by JT on 14 Dec 2009. + (6) - (0) Permalink
Damn students on crack. Also, JT, where do you get the "answer given in exam" stuff? You're a teacher or something?
    Posted by Moosh on 16 Dec 2009.
Not a chance - I'd rather spend as little time around children as possible, horrid little beasts that they are. Found it all on some teachers website.
    Posted by JT on 17 Dec 2009.

"Experts agree Al Qaeda leader is dead or alive" (CNN)
    Posted by JT on 3 Jan 2010. + (6) - (0) Permalink
And that one, too :)
    Posted by Moosh on 3 Jan 2010.

"If history repeats itself, I should think we can expect the same thing again."
    Posted by JT on 10 Sep 2009. + (5) - (0) Permalink

"How did the Great Wall of China get its name?"
    Posted by JT on 15 Sep 2009. + (5) - (0) Permalink
It's a wall. A great big one. In China. But good question - I wonder why it isn't called the Tiny Fence of Iceland?
    Posted by JT on 15 Sep 2009.

"The invention of the steamboat caused a network of rivers to spring up."
    Posted by JT on 14 Dec 2009. + (5) - (0) Permalink