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Posted by droid1226 (Member # 34930) on :

My guess is this was written by an intern on his/her first day, and it ultimately gave him a massive promotion.

http://www.cdc.gov/lyme/quiz/

Posted by poppy (Member # 5355) on :

I'm afraid to read this as the CDC take on lyme is so enraging that it ruins my whole day.

Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :

poppy .. you would get mad

I got one answer "right" .. sure, right.

Posted by Razzle (Member # 30398) on :

I got them all right...I figured the "right" answer would be the opposite of what I know to be true, LOL!

Posted by Robin123 (Member # 9197) on :

I get it, Razzle - I just did it too - click on what you know to be untrue for 4 out of 5 answers and you'll get the quiz right! One of the questions and answer we actually agree with. Fancy that. I bet that's the one Lymetoo got right.

I'm so inspired by this experience that I've come up with another 5-question quiz - anyone can add to the quiz in the spirit of the CDC one.

1) What is the Transamerica Building in downtown San Francisco actually called?

2) Is the Golden Gate Bridge actually golden?

3) Was Washington's white horse actually white?

4) Are air, water, food and shelter necessary for human survival?

5) If laughter is contagious, is there anything we can do about it?

Answers down below. Give it your best shot before you look.

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Answers to the above questions:

1) The Eiffel Tower

2) Yes

3) No, the horse was brown

4) No

5) No. You're all going to die laughing. Hahahahaha.

Posted by poppy (Member # 5355) on :

Now that I DID read and got a good laugh. Thanks Robin. A poet and a comedienne too!

[ 08-16-2014, 10:37 AM: Message edited by: poppy ]

Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :

LOL...That's about right!

Posted by Trini (Member # 611) on :

[bonk]

Posted by droid1226 (Member # 34930) on :

Hey Robin I actually one right but I'm psychotic, delusional and wrong all the time.

I wanna add one.

6) How many miles in a light year?
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6)Yes

Posted by randibear (Member # 11290) on :

only got one right....

Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :

Good job, randi! It shows that you know the REAL answers!

Posted by Robin123 (Member # 9197) on :

Droid, I was going to guess no - just goes to show how difficult these quizzes are...

Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :

[lol]

Posted by jennyfromtheblock (Member # 43805) on :

lmao! I only got the one about taking the tick out. Silly me....

It did give me a good laugh this morning. where do they find these people??

Posted by Robin123 (Member # 9197) on :

Jenny - answer: peanut butter.

Posted by droid1226 (Member # 34930) on :

Robin.....eww. So close. The answer is "what is peanut butter?"

The quiz changed into Jeopardy without telling anyone. Ken Jennings is not allowed anywhere near the building.

Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :

[lol]

Posted by Robin123 (Member # 9197) on :

Lyme Nuts for 200:

What do light years and the CDC have in common?

Posted by lymie_in_md (Member # 14197) on :

Suppose a CDC intern provided their rationale from the answers to Robin's test:

1. I had no idea the Eiffel tower was in San Francisco
2. I suppose they need guards on the bridge to protect the gold
3. All the paintings where Washington is sitting on a white horse are going to have to be colored brown ( CDC employees with crayons! scary!)
4. Geeeee everyone knows you can survive with a complete lack of public concern
5. At the CDC death has always been amusing

Posted by Robin123 (Member # 9197) on :

Report-back at a weekly meeting confab, no less, Bob - we won't tell them that we have a "wrong tour" bus in which they could hear many more tidbits like this!

We won't tell them, will we, that

1) cockroaches in San Francisco get sprayed day-glo colors ever since the psychedelic 60s, or that

2) folks here in the adjacent Little Italy and Chinatown neighborhoods love the cooking blend known locally as Chitalian, or that

3) the public health department requires tick checks prior to entering their building headquarters, nah -

Posted by lymie_in_md (Member # 14197) on :

Robin thanks for correcting the cockroaches, I always thought they were wearing tie dye t-shirts, my bad [Wink]

Posted by Marnie (Member # 773) on :

1st link...I got only 1 of the 5 questions right (like most of you).

But then I've only been studying this pathogen for 14 years and am trying hard to keep up with the "latest" knowledge.

As opposed to learning from old outdated textbooks with lots of ads for drugs and listening to lectures from professors who do not have "up to date" knowledge.

Photon (therapy) joke from the current issue of Readers' Digest:

"A photon is going though airport security. The TSA agent asks if he has any luggage. The photon says, "No, I'm traveling light."

Posted by Robin123 (Member # 9197) on :

[lol]

That reminds me of the old joke - time flies like an arrow but fruit flies like a banana...

[ 08-22-2014, 01:23 PM: Message edited by: Robin123 ]