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by rainbow » Fri Nov 08, 2013 6:18 am
Scrumple wrote:Dumb half-thought questions which would obviously appeal to the intelligence of chimp. A UN estimate does not take account of the myriad things that'll cause a population crash or the few that'll cause a sudden upsurge. Most likely a few million will be left in 2100 but the UN won't wanna know the ugly truth.
Unless one defines terms like literacy and extreme poverty, surely the questions are meaningless.
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by klr » Fri Nov 08, 2013 10:21 pm
I got 8 out of 9.
Which is disappointing, because I watched the program last night. I got the income distribution question wrong.
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by Rum » Fri Nov 08, 2013 10:37 pm
Well I got them all right Mostly because I get so depressed by the state of things I go out of my way to find evidence I am wrong and to cheer me up!!
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by MiM » Sun Nov 24, 2013 10:41 am
8 here too. Have to admit that the context helped, but I think I would have done fairly well also without it.
Got tricked into missing the energy question, though. Shame on me, as I work in that area
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by FBM » Sun Nov 24, 2013 12:47 pm
6/9. Ain't no shame in this game. [/sass]
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by Faithfree » Sun Nov 24, 2013 1:09 pm
6/9 - borderline silver back.
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