How Well Do You Know Kathy?
Fun February 3rd, 2008It’s hard writing a blog some days. I woke up with nothing to write and thought I’d turn the tables and make you guys do some work. So I have a little test for you. Even if you’re new to my blog, you can probably search for these answers, but then I’d call you a cheater and you don’t want to be a cheater, now do you?
Here’s my little quiz. You’ll get a score (10 pts. for each correct answer) when you click Grade Me, but not a list of all the right answers. If you get some incorrect and want to know the answer, drop a comment in the drawer and see if someone else can clue you in. Tee-hee. Good luck!!!
How Well Do You Know Kathy?
Stumble it!
February 3rd, 2008 at 6:15 pm
Yay ! I scored 80/100 !
I’ll need to find out where you vacationed and
whose face you wouldn’t want to see on HDTV !
February 3rd, 2008 at 6:18 pm
Ok – you vacationed in France and hate Larry King !
February 3rd, 2008 at 6:23 pm
Good heavens, I have been reading your blog for awhile now and I find I don’t know you at all! LOL
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February 3rd, 2008 at 6:24 pm
I got 80/100! I was REALLY stuck on number 6, knowing how much you love cooking AND slasher movies, so I went with another choice. Wasn’t sure about 7, 8, or 9, but I must’ve guessed right on one of them.
Excellent quiz!
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February 3rd, 2008 at 6:40 pm
Since I’m so very smart, I took the test until I got 100. First I got 70%, then 80, then 90…. then 100!!
February 3rd, 2008 at 7:31 pm
I got 100%
Of course I did the same thing Regan did. I’m not going to tell you how many times I had to try though!!
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February 3rd, 2008 at 8:44 pm
Well, I got 100% (….er… after 4 tries, that is….)
I hang my head in shame.
Lots of fun though!!!
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February 3rd, 2008 at 9:12 pm
Test? …No one said there was gonna be a test! ..Where’s my pencil? ….Who’s Kathy?
I did great on my last test. Came back negative. Woo hoo!
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February 4th, 2008 at 2:37 am
I managed 40/100 got 1,4,5,6 correct. I believe these were all from fairly recent posts. So I guess I’ll have to go back and keep trying till I get them all right. Good post, Kathy! So, did you have or go to a Super Bowl party?
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February 4th, 2008 at 7:17 am
Ok I decided to do it without cheating (best guessing) and I sucked bad. 30/100. However, I DO know, for certain, that you do NOT enjoy washing your car. I’ve gotta hit the archives. lol
February 4th, 2008 at 8:59 am
I’m too lazy to search for the answers, so I’ll just sit back and read what the others contribute.
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February 4th, 2008 at 9:10 am
well i got 50% out of 100%, so not half bad for me.
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February 4th, 2008 at 11:14 am
I’m a non-conformist and don’t like to be told I only have 5 answers to choose from, so I’m going to answer mine in essay form:
1. A herd
2. 15 years for you, 50 years for Dave. Ha!
3. Don’t care because I’ve never been to Europe so I’m jealous and I hate you.
4. This one isn’t fair because even though I know you can cancel meetings, I also know you can burp the alphabet – in song!
5. Holding bachelors in college does not earn you a degree. Sorry.
6. Watching paper shredder movies.
7. It doesn’t matter… as long as Kmart is on the list you lose.
8. I think this question is really a veiled attempt to hide your infatuation with Larry King.
9. Was that like the one like where you like earned like a little over like $100?
10. Cash cow.
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February 4th, 2008 at 11:27 am
I got 3,5,and 10 correct! Not bad on just guessing by how I perceived you by just the photo!
This is the first time I’ve landed on your blog!
🙂 Beth
February 4th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
My score was embarrassing, but expected. How well can I really know a cyberperson? I’d like to see the statistics for the entire universe of respondents. Individual scores could then be compared with the over all scores.
Fun idea for a post.
Have a nice day.
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February 4th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
I got a 40% So much for my reading comprehension skills. Though I got the cheeseburger lady one right. of course I would nail the food and pets questions.
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February 4th, 2008 at 1:34 pm
Okay, I got 40/100, better than I expected but I have to know what’s your handle at the fast food joint?
And Corinna, I’m quite positive she loves shredding papers. Isn’t that right, Kathy? I’m sure I remember that correctly.
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February 4th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
Jaffer — Excellent work, my friend.
Gizmo — All you need to know, really, is that I’m an interesting specimen. I think you knew that already, tho.
JD — It was fun putting this together! Now that I know so many people are up for the challenge, there may be more quizzes, so study hard.
Poor Elementary-school aged Regan — Always having to take tests…
Lee — It’ll be our little secret.
Maureen — If at first you don’t succeed..
p.s. Sorry about the post that was forgotten!
damonm55 — Sorry for not warning everyone there would be a test today. I’ll have to give a heads-up next time.
Moonshadow — I actually had a mix of new and old posts, plus one sneaky one (#5) that you’d only know if you read my “About the Drawer” page. No big Superbowl activities for us. Dave watched the game, I watched the commercials.
Corrina — Yep, it’s all in the archives. And you’re right. I wash my car once a year if I’m lucky!
Libertine — Smart man.
Natural Woman — Half is not half bad 🙂
Jeff — Always a trouble maker. Thanks for your guesses. Made me laugh my head off! Oh, and yes, I’m in love with Larry King. The same way I love paper cuts and cramps.
Around the Funny Farm — Welcome to the Junk Drawer! Three out of ten isn’t bad just by looking at my picture. Kudos!
Swubird — I desperately tried to find an online quiz where you could gather all the responses in a database, but you have to pay for it and enroll “students.” Poo. Thanks for trying. It was fun putting together!
chris casey — Probably because I have an unhealthy amount of posts about cats and food.
cardiogirl — Oh, yes! Shredding paper! No greater stress-reliever other than exercise, and you all know how much I love that.
Everyone — here are the official answers:
1. I have 3 cats: Stinky, Lucky and Shadow.
2. Been married 15 years.
3. I won a trip to Paris in 2004.
4. I can mentally cancel meetings!
5. I hold a BA in Business Communications.
6. I’m in love with my paper shredder.
7. The Surprise Store is where I got my ugliest clothing.
8. Larry King gives HD a bad name.
9. Like, a little over $100, in my experiment to stop saying “like” so much.
10. They call me the Cheeseburger Lady.
Thanks for playing!
February 4th, 2008 at 6:04 pm
OK, now a technical question. How did you program the quiz into your blog? THAT’S the best part of the whole thing!
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February 4th, 2008 at 6:21 pm
Lee – I used QuizBox, but would like to find something better that can track and email me test-taker’s answers. I wanted that so I could offer prizes for highest score on first attempt.
February 4th, 2008 at 6:34 pm
All right, Kathy- enough of this “I got a hundred.” I’m gonna be straight up. I got a 30. BUT, the three answers I got right- Cheeseburger Lady, paper shredder and mentally cancel meetings, I knew for sure and were not just guesses.
Obviously, if I couldn’t even pull one more out of the hat, you now know something about me- I’m a terrible guesser.
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February 4th, 2008 at 7:00 pm
the frogster — Points for honesty. And points for knowing three of them without a doubt. But if I figure out a way to award prizes, you’re going to have to do better than that. And it’ll be worse. I’m going to make the next test brutally hard so that everyone hates me.
February 4th, 2008 at 7:53 pm
If it makes anyone feel better, I only scored an 80. I mis-counted the cats, and, like, blew the money question! Her own sister, for crying out loud….
February 4th, 2008 at 10:12 pm
Hi Kathy,
Well, I’m ashamed to admit it, but I blew the pop quiz. I got a 40. Yep, I failed the Junk Drawer. Yikes, I need new glasses. Ya know, I probably deserve this. There’s someone who reads my blog on a regular basis, has given my blog an award, and always heaps praise upon my writing. I feel the same about this person’s blog. I’m the type of guy where if I hate a blog I won’t visit it, let alone comment on it. Anyway, I left a comment with a personal anecdote on this blogger’s site and the person replied that said he/she (I wish to keep the person anonymous) was unaware about this particular fact about me. This is something I’ve written about extensively, and I felt hurt, in a way. Now, you present me with this easy, open book test and I go ahead and fail it? I’m ashamed. Do I get detention? Is there homework for me on the weekend? Geesh Kathy, you’re a tough teacher. -Mike.
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February 5th, 2008 at 2:07 am
That was fun! I only KNEW one and that was #6…because that was the first post I read here. I decided then you were weird and fabulous!
Anyway…that’s the only one I got right. The rest I guessed at and got them all wrong. What are the odds of that?!?
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February 5th, 2008 at 10:06 am
ann of the shampoo bag — I’m disowning you effective immediately. Please return all the books I’ve loaned you.
Mr. Grudge — You not only get detention, you have to write a 5,000 word essay on “Why it’s a Bad Thing to Make a Woman Cry.” I’ll give you until Monday. Also, I consider flowers an acceptable form of apology. And candy. And an all-expense paid trip to Paris, and….
DrowseyMonkey — Ah, the good ‘ol Shred Head post! You know, this weekend was extra special. I got to shred not only paper, but I’ve been getting a lot of those clear plastic cards in my junk mail. My shredder has a special slot for cards. I’m flattered you consider me weird AND fabulous!
February 5th, 2008 at 3:39 pm
I got 80 out of 100, too – the first time – same as my sister Ann of the Shampoo Bag – and we got the same answers wrong – so that should count for something !!
February 5th, 2008 at 6:52 pm
Marlene — Hmmm, I wonder which cat you don’t remember I have? Must be Stinky since she never comes out to say Hi. I’ll give ya a pass on the money question. That one was hard unless you looked it up.
February 5th, 2008 at 9:02 pm
I’m a newbie Kathy’s Junk Drawer reader, so maybe that excuses my pathetic 10/100. Ouch. But that was fun. I’ll be better prepared for the next one!
February 5th, 2008 at 9:20 pm
FerdC — That’s OK. I give you an “A” for effort. Feel better?
February 6th, 2008 at 1:04 am
Boy, I’ve gotten way behind on your blog! It feels like I’m back in school. I don’t pay attention for a couple weeks, and when I come back there’s a pop quiz.
Do you drop the lowest grade?
February 6th, 2008 at 8:37 am
OK, I read your blog all the time. But I stunk at this. 🙁 Sorry. I guess I need to go back and reread everything. But I think that would then classify me as a stalker.
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February 6th, 2008 at 3:36 pm
Yeah, I hate tests… Especially when I “lose” my homework… ‘Uhh, the dog I don’t own ate it?’
Tests aren’t nice. Especially in LIBRARY! And we’re also gonna have to do a ‘big project’ in library. What’s wrong with the world?
I also know you wouldn’t like the Food Network in HD cause then you’d get hungry….. mmmmmm cupcakes
February 6th, 2008 at 5:42 pm
Kev – I wasn’t keeping score this time, so you’re safe. But beware. If I can figure out how to track answers and offer prizes, you have to do better. And no curves here!
Michael — Yes, go back and read all 5 1/2 months of posts and write a report. Be warned. I’m a tough grader, especially spelling.
Regan — Well, you know, you’ll need library/research skills when you get to college. Not kidding. Study up! And for the record, it’s Emeril Lagasse who I never want to see in HD. EVER!
February 7th, 2008 at 8:26 am
Hey I got two answers right, but then again it’s my first time here. I answered your questions as if they were about me… I have two cats, been to Italy, I too can mentally cancel meetings.
I best get busy reading your business.
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February 7th, 2008 at 3:31 pm
Carla — Your approach to test-taking is interesting, and perhaps you’re onto something there! You are the first person I’ve heard of who can cancel meetings like me. I consider it an extremely valuable skill and I’m sure you do, too. I forget how I stumbled on your blog the other day, but I laughed when I saw your reference to Flat Stanley. I had only heard about him the day before, and then I saw your post. It was uncanny and weird. Thanks for dropping by!
February 7th, 2008 at 5:34 pm
No, the test will be on the DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM. My dad said it’s dumb….
February 9th, 2008 at 10:57 am
That was fun. I got 30/100 and kept at it until i got 100. I got stuck on the face one since all are equal in my book. Now for the voices that I never want to hear…well that is a different story.
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February 9th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
Regan — That’s because Dewey Decimal sounds funny. Go ahead. Say it five times fast.
Rattin Along — You’re right. I don’t want to see any of those faces either. They all need one of those camera filters that softens the image. Yikes!
February 22nd, 2008 at 10:10 pm
As only a true lurker would, I got 90 on the first try.
I missed the Larry King thing, but it looks like I’m in good company!
February 23rd, 2008 at 6:41 am
Amy — You did way better than most. If I had offered prizes, you’d have won. Next time I do this, there will be prizes!
June 17th, 2008 at 11:50 am
i got a 70 and you posted this on my birthday