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  1. Jeopardy Guy

    in Open Chat

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    Well, in case you havn't heard, "The Jeopardy Guy" lost yesterday. Ken Jennings, was ahead until final jeopardy, when he answered the question wrong. This ended his almost 1.5 season reign. Leaving with 2.5 million dollars, I think he should go on other game shows. He would hands down make another million on "who want to be a millionare?" If nothing else, he will be on Opra, and Larry King Live.

    M@

  5. Our Friends The Britts

    in Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, and XP

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    Yes, my parents have been talking about this for about a week. I checked it out. It is only available for download (thank god we won't see it in WalMart). They claim that the point of the game is to prove there is no consperiecy behind the event; but what an aweful event to make a GAME out of. The family is fighting against its production. (sorry if this info was in the article, I didn't read the whole thing)

    M@

  16. Ps2 Online Gaming?

    in Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, and XP

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    Ok, for X-Mas this year, I was thinking about asking for the Network Adaptor for the Playstation 2. The question I have is: Is there a monthly fee or any other charge for gaming online? I heard that Xbox Live requires like a $5 a month payment. I also heard the PS2 is free; but I just want to make sure. I checked the Playstation site, and could find nothing about any type of hidden or monthly charge.

    Thanks,

    M@

  20. Your Signature

    in Open Chat

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    Mine's kindof stupid. from age 8 to like age 10, I surfed the web known as DragonfireMH. By the time I was eleven, my friends decided to confront me on how stupid it was. Thanks friends. So as we were trying to come up with something new, they decided I should put my name in it, Matt. So, one of my more creative friends came up with Mista. No idea where it came from though... Well, I tried to reg MistaMatt with AIM, but duh, it was already taken. So I added my birth year at the end, and I am now MistaMatt90

  24. Exam

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    Eighth Grade Final - 1895

    Remember when our parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, and such stated that they only had an 8th grade education?

    Well, check this out.

    Could any of us have passed the 8th grade in 1895?

    This is the eighth-grade final exam from 1895 in Salina, KS, USA. It was taken from the original document on file at the Smokey Valley Genealogical Society and Library in Salina, KS, and reprinted by the Salina Journal.

    8th Grade Final Exam: Salina, KS -1895

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    Grammar (Time, one hour)

    1. Give nine rules for the use of Capital Letters.

    2. Name the Parts of Speech and define those

    that have no Modifications.

    3. Define Verse, Stanza and Paragraph.

    4. What are the Principal Parts of a verb?

    Give Principal Parts of lie, lay and run.

    5. Define Case, Illustrate each Case.

    6. What is Punctuation?

    Give rules for principal marks of Punctuation.

    7. Write a composition of about 150 words

    and show therein that you understand the

    practical use of the rules of grammar.

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    Arithmetic (Time, 1.25 hours)

    1. Name and define the Fundamental Rules of Arithmetic.

    2. A wagon box is 2 ft. deep, 10 feet long, and 3 ft. wide.

    How many bushels of wheat will it hold?

    3. If a load of wheat weighs 3942 lbs., what is it worth at

    50cts/bushel, deducting 1050 lbs. for tare?

    4. District No. 33 has a valuation of $35,000.

    What is the necessary levy to carry on a school seven months

    at $50 per month, and have $104 for incidentals?

    5. Find cost of 6720 lbs. coal at $6.00 per ton.

    6. Find the interest of $512.60 for 8 months and 18 days

    at 7 percent.

    7. What is the cost of 40 boards 12 inches wide and 16 ft.

    long at $20 per meter?

    8. Find bank discount on $300 for 90 days (

    no grace) at 10 percent.

    9. What is the cost of a square farm at $15 per acre,

    the distance around which is 640 rods?

    10. Write a Bank Check, a Promissory Note, and a Receipt.

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    U.S. History (Time, 45 minutes)

    1. Give the epochs into which U.S. History is divided.

    2. Give an account of the discovery of America by Columbus.

    3. Relate the causes and results of the Revolutionary War.

    4. Show the territorial growth of the United States.

    5. Tell what you can of the history of Kansas.

    6. Describe three of the most prominent battles of the Rebellion.

    7. Who were the following: Morse, Whitney, Fulton, Bell,

    Lincoln, Penn, and Howe?

    8. Name events connected with the following dates:

    1607, 1620, 1800, 1849, 1865.

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    Orthography (Time, one hour)

    1. What is meant by the following: Alphabet, phonetic,

    orthography, etymology, syllabication?

    2. What are elementary sounds? How classified?

    3. What are the following, and give examples of each:

    Trigraph, subvocals, diphthong, cognate letters, linguals?

    4. Give four substitutes for caret 'u.'

    5. Give two rules for spelling words with final 'e.'

    Name two exceptions under each rule.

    6. Give two uses of silent letters in spelling.

    Illustrate each.

    7. Define the following prefixes and use in connection with a word:

    bi, dis, mis, pre, semi, post, non, inter, sup.

    8. Mark diacritically and divide into syllables the following,

    and name the sign that indicates the sound: card, ball, mercy,

    sir, odd, cell, rise, blood, fare, last.

    9. Use the following correctly in sentences: cite, site, sight, fane,

    fain, feign, vane, vain, vein, raze, raise, rays.

    10. Write 10 words frequently mispronounced and indicate

    pronunciation by use of diacritical marks and by syllabication.

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    Geography (Time, one hour)

    1. What is climate? Upon what does climate depend?

    2. How do you account for the extremes of climate in Kansas?

    3. Of what use are rivers? Of what use is the ocean?

    4. Describe the mountains of North America.

    5. Name and describe the following: Monrovia, Odessa, Denver, Manitoba, Hecla, Yukon, St. Helena, Juan Fernandez, Aspinwall and Orinoco.

    6. Name and locate the principal trade centers of the U.S.

    7. Name all the republics of Europe and give the capital of each.

    8. Why is the Atlantic Coast colder than the Pacific in the same latitude?

    9. Describe the process by which the water of the ocean returns to the sources of rivers.

    10. Describe the movements of the earth. Give the inclination of the earth.

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    Also notice that the exam took six hours to complete.

    Gives the "saying he only had an 8th grade education"

    a whole new meaning, doesn’t it?

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