tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post1888664757931156485..comments2024-03-27T19:19:38.290-04:00Comments on Sightings Over Sixty: Are You as Smart as a 5th Grader?Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08611148987085476580noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-70477786524960736992015-06-20T14:59:47.303-04:002015-06-20T14:59:47.303-04:00The shortest distance between two points is a geod...The shortest distance between two points is a geodesic.<br />It's only a straight line on a (gravitationally) flat sUrface.Ole Phat Stuhttp://www.savory.de/blog.htmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-87827512836206249472015-06-18T15:37:21.935-04:002015-06-18T15:37:21.935-04:00You asked if its true that redheads are more tempe...You asked if its true that redheads are more temperamental. I don't know but Jim Webb, our red head former senator, has written Born Fighting about the Scots immigrants to America. Many of them were red heads. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-63337009281704955852015-06-18T13:37:35.994-04:002015-06-18T13:37:35.994-04:00I skipped the third grade. My test results here in...I skipped the third grade. My test results here indicate perhaps I shouldn't have.Dick Kladehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11793395712483278104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-6836284683515238272015-06-18T02:45:31.936-04:002015-06-18T02:45:31.936-04:00Thank God for Google...I don't have to be smar...Thank God for Google...I don't have to be smarter than a fifth grader!#1Nanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04214011945298439939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-50214793930028598112015-06-17T16:32:51.593-04:002015-06-17T16:32:51.593-04:00I got the number right.... limoncello, thats a pr...I got the number right.... limoncello, thats a pretty name.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-50501564938229284572015-06-17T15:54:43.863-04:002015-06-17T15:54:43.863-04:00Well, to be fair, before I read the book I'd h...Well, to be fair, before I read the book I'd have probably gotten only five or six right.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08611148987085476580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-17457730046655032722015-06-17T15:51:10.391-04:002015-06-17T15:51:10.391-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08611148987085476580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-17369971685409229062015-06-17T08:27:53.543-04:002015-06-17T08:27:53.543-04:00Good Lord! I started to take the test and then rea...Good Lord! I started to take the test and then realized that I couldn't answer almost any of them. You got me with the 30 cents one, too. This sounds like it is a fun contest. I wish they had things like this when I was growing up. :-)DJanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07152183871573797791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-30163513266188768012015-06-16T21:36:17.414-04:002015-06-16T21:36:17.414-04:00As a retired school librarian (grades 7 and 8), I ...As a retired school librarian (grades 7 and 8), I am curious about the titles chosen for those grades. Any possibility of getting the book list or a link to the library?<br /><br />Thanks.<br /><br />Beth BackusAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-71006921545784222912015-06-16T21:14:58.422-04:002015-06-16T21:14:58.422-04:00I got three right - straight line, Hoosier state (...I got three right - straight line, Hoosier state (I live in Indiana) and Jules Verne (this was one of my purchases from the Scholastic Book Club back in the late 1950's). <br />Sounds like it's going to be a good game. I actually joined an adult summer reading club this year - my first ever :) I finished Gone Girl (my review is on Goodreads and am now reading SoulSpace by Xorin Balbes.Debbie V.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04318603077035734786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-55890985052040146532015-06-16T20:17:59.062-04:002015-06-16T20:17:59.062-04:00I got seven out of ten right. I guess I'll hav...I got seven out of ten right. I guess I'll have to go back to 5th grade. Good for you for helping out!Janishttp://retirementallychallenged.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-34083656578400033142015-06-16T16:18:17.857-04:002015-06-16T16:18:17.857-04:00It's safe to assume I didn't answer all th...It's safe to assume I didn't answer all those questions correctly.stephen Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659054447637207734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-28663699070664558612015-06-16T15:14:24.572-04:002015-06-16T15:14:24.572-04:00Knew them all except number eight was tricky! Ver...Knew them all except number eight was tricky! Very nice. Good questions. Always happy to see really good summer programs for kids.Barbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15195838412173806659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-43804760296689162252015-06-16T14:50:49.016-04:002015-06-16T14:50:49.016-04:00i Have come to understand how long-sufferingly hel...i Have come to understand how long-sufferingly helpful friends and family of librarians must be!Olgahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00692441479616299920noreply@blogger.com