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Where was martial arts (combat systems) originated?

grammar.

FriendlyCheese, my guess would be that "athletics" includes the other sports.
wasn't he better known as an aviator than an athlete?

"What is the unit of measure used to expressthe relative difference between two acoustic or electric signals?"

express the

"Where did Abraham Lincoln give his famous address during the American Civl War?"

Civil

"Who is Kermit the frog?"

multiple correct answers. "A disney cartoon" is marked as incorrect, but disney purchased the rights to the muppets which have at times been drawn as a cartoon.

http://disney.go.com/muppets/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeeter_(cartoon_character)

"If you lived in a one story house made "entirely of redwood" what color would the stairs be?"

aren't 'none of the above' questions frowned upon?

what was the longest running tv cartoon series before the simpsons?

the correct answer, Sazae-san, is not listed. this Japanese cartoon has not been outdone by the simpsons. it started in 1969 and is still running. a simple solution would be to specify US or english-language in the quiz question.

the variance you're seeing is probably due to demographics (sex, race, etc). there's also a difference between lifespan and life expectancy. here's the US government's report on life expectancy:

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr58/nvsr58_21.pdf

a white male born in 1900: 48.23.

any variance you'll find is far less than the difference between the alternative answers (30, 57, 65).

i fail to see what's ambiguous about this rejected quiz question. there was no Rambo II. any insight would be appreciated.

Which is not a title in the series of Rambo movies?

First Blood
Rambo
Rambo II
Rambo III

Who won the original series of "Britain's Got Talent"?

from wikipedia: "The first series of Britain's Got Talent began on 9 June 2007 and ended on 17 June 2007. It was won by opera singer Paul Potts."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britain%27s_Got_Talent_(series_1)

but George Sampson, who won the second series, is marked as correct.

rather than the ambiguity of 'major' religion, i prefer MartinBV's suggestion of something like The Iliad. i don't imagine Mormons would want to be thought of as 'minor' any more than Christians want to be thought of as just a popular sect of Judaism.

i just got this one: What color do you get by mixing yellow and blue?

Stekkos, are you suggesting Mormons are not a "major" religion? what counts as major?

"How long is the Guinness world record nori maki sushi roll?"

no date. uncertain if answer marked as correct is actually correct, as i find other answers as well. for example:

http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Sushi#Guinness_World_Records
http://www.worldbreakingrecord.com/2010/09/sushi-roll-worlds-longest- california.html

who is project "vida fox" named after?

um, no clue what this is and can't google it.

"Yiddish is the common name for the language of which religious group?"

Hebrew is the language of the Jewish people if you can say that the Jewish people have a language. Yiddish is a mix of German and Hebrew and a few other languages. it is spoken only by some Ashkenazi Jews.

hymen, i get it. by the power of greyskull.

which country created the modern santa claus?

ambiguous. define modern. while the correct answer is marked as USA, there are direct roots to the 'modern' santa claus from several european countries.

What color you get when you mixed red and white?

a fine question for preschoolers. maybe i should blow everyone's mind by writing a follow-up on mixing red and blue.

wow. as a former wrestler, i'm not so much surprised as confirming my disappointment. 10% correct after 10 answers to this one:

In olympic wrestling, how long do a competitor's shoulders need to be held down for a pin?

i think i saw someone else post about this, but 'what is the name of robert cummings?" isn't a good question when there is a bob cummings who is also a well known tv personality.