Something to pass the time away

agnespuffin

16 years ago

Try a bunch of these quizes.

http://bluepyramid.org/ia/bquiz.htm

For the book quiz, I'm The Hitchhikers Guide to the Universe

And as an animal, Happy to say that I'm a pig. When I think about it, it would suit me just fine.

Here is a link that might be useful: Book Quiz and other goodies

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mwoods
16 years ago
Fun. I'm To Kill A Mockingbird. One of my answers was iffy,so if I changed that one,I'd be Anne Of Green Gables. Both are favorite books of mine and I've read them several times.
plantphreak_ca
16 years ago
You're Cat's Cradle!
by Kurt Vonnegut
You believe quite firmly that free will deserted you long ago and far away. As a result, it's hard to take responsibility for anything. Even though you show great potential as a leader of a small 3rd world country, the choices are all made ahead of time. You're rather fond of games involving string. Your fear of nuclear weaponry is trumped only by your fear of ice.
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calliope
16 years ago
OMG, I'm Lolita. I am not even going to go on to what it says. LOL.
gabriell_gw
16 years ago
I'm to Kill a Mockingbird. That is one of my all time favorite books.
oakleif
16 years ago
i'm a "Catch 22". A perfect description of me.
The animal was a kangaroo. Description was pretty good except No-Way am i going to take up kick boxing.
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16 years ago
I'm Siddartha...

You're Siddhartha!
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16 years ago
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You're The Fellowship of the Ring!

by J.R.R. Tolkien

Facing great adversity, you have decided that your only choice is to
unite with your friends and neighbors. You have been subject to a ton of squabbling and
ultimately decided that someone humble is your best candidate for a dangerous mission.
You're quite good with languages and convinced that not all who wander are lost. If you
see anyone in black robes on horseback, just run. That's just common sense.

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16 years ago
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You're a Dove!

A fan of olives and the United Nations, you'd love to teach the
world to sing in perfect harmony. You like stretching your legs at major events,
and have done your best to ward off floods when the waters have risen. All this
running around leaves you exhausted, and it often seems you can never quite get
the peace you so dearly crave. You really like to take showers.

Take the Animal Quiz
at the Blue Pyramid.
meldy_nva
16 years ago
Siddartha, but the other side of my either/or question changed the result to Brave New World. Neither selection felt like me.
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16 years ago
{{gwi:183470}}

You're Siddhartha!

by Hermann Hesse

You simply don't know what to believe, but you're willing to try
anything once. Western values, Eastern values, hedonism and minimalism, you've spent
some time in every camp. But you still don't have any idea what camp you belong in.
This makes you an individualist of the highest order, but also really lonely. It's
time to chill out under a tree. And realize that at least you believe in
ferries.

Take the Book Quiz
at the Blue Pyramid.
rob333 (zone 7b)
16 years ago
I took several of them, fun! The Presidential quiz had silly quetions, but nonetheless I answered them. Here's the animal I am (because I took it last and I don't remember the others):

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You're a Beaver!

Leave it to you. You're resourceful and clever and would probably
make an excellent engineer of some sort. While you always have your wits about you,
it's your teeth that might be your strongest attribute. If looking for a place to
move, you should know that you will be revered in Oregon. In the meantime, be
careful of the devastating flooding you might encounter. Dam the man!

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andie_rathbone
16 years ago
LOL! I love these things. For the book I'm Catch-22 which I think pretty much fits. And for an animal a starfish.

Then I took the country quiz & I ended up as the UK! Of course if you take the quizzes over again you get a differenct set of questions & a different answer. I guess that keeps you coming back.
treehouse
16 years ago
I am 'Watership Down' and the description was pretty accurate.

Jan
sheila
16 years ago
It seems I'm Siddartha and a Gorilla.
frogged
16 years ago
So Im the sound and the furey... Hmmm and a donkey not so sure about these. Maybe its the mood Im in.
acorn
16 years ago
Book Pruflock and Other Observations T.S. Eliot
Though you are very short and often overshadowed, your voice is poetic and lyrical. Dark and brooding you see the world as a hopeless effort of people trying to impress other people. Though you make refrence to almost everything, you really heard enough about Michelangelo. You measure out your life with coffee spoons.
Animal: Hyena
This was fun!
Country: Mexico
weebus
16 years ago
What can I say...

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You're The Mists of Avalon!

by Marion Zimmer Bradley

You're obsessed with Camelot in all its forms, from Arthurian legend
to the Kennedy administration. Your favorite movie from childhood was "The Sword in
the Stone". But more than tales of wizardry and Cuban missiles, you've focused on
women. You know that they truly hold all the power. You always wished you could meet
Jackie Kennedy.

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Josh
16 years ago
Siddartha by Herman Hesse here, too. josh
agnespuffin
Original Author
16 years ago
You know what, this is a little scary. I'm Chile

You're Chile!
You're really skinny, and kind of bumpy in frame, but you're not as rough a person as you used to be. You like long, long, long walks on the beach and avoiding having your rights violated, just like anybody else does. You're even willing to stand up to those with more power and influence than you, trying to bring them to justice. Fight the man!
shadowgarden
16 years ago
Well they were interesting in accuracy. I am Lord of the Rings, one of my favorites, and of course my country is Mexico, my animal is a llama. (I am a spitter, sorry to relate!)
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16 years ago

You're the United Nations!

Most people think you're ineffective, but you are trying to
completely save the world from itself, so there's always going to be a long
way to go. ÃÂ You're always the one trying to get friends to talk to each
other, enemies to talk to each other, anyone who can to just talk instead of
beating each other about the head and torso. ÃÂ Sometimes it works and sometimes
it doesn't, and you get very schizophrenic as a result. ÃÂ But your heart
is in the right place, and sometimes also in New York.

Take the Country Quiz
at the Blue Pyramid

Peace :)
calliope
16 years ago
Well, not only was my book Lolita, my country was Turkey, and I was a gila monster. I'm OK with Turkey but a Gila monster? LOL.
kathyjane
16 years ago
I've always gotten into Morning and Evening Silflay and would tell the garden rabbits when it was safe to go eat!
The kids get sick of hearing it. Bet I get to say it once more on the day I croak----just to irk the kids!!!
KJ

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by Richard Adams
Though many think of you as a bit young, even childish, you're actually incredibly deep and complex. You show people the need to rethink their assumptions, and confront them on everything from how they think to where they build their houses. You might be one of the greatest people of all time. You'd be recognized as such if you weren't always talking about talking rabbits.

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