Went out last night and had dinner with James and Andrew at the Strawberry Hills. There was a jazz band made up of old farts and a pianist that would bellow out these ancient love songs. Some 70-year-old hipster in a shiny turquoise suit was sitting next to us. They must have a Saturday night jazz thing, but more of a soft-jazz Brylcream set thing than a honk-snort-wheedle bebop thing. The warm and cramped atmosphere was pretty good and the food was tasty. I recommend it.
Wow! You are truly a student of the Bible! Some of the questions were difficult, but they didn’t slow you down! You know the books, the characters, the events . . . Very impressive!
Oh, and it looks like I’m a bible expert. My expertise mainly comes from the bible stories episode of The Simpsons, so I shudder to think how dumb you’d have to be to get a lower result. They don’t even ask you about the Well of Zohasadar or the Bridalfeast of Bethchazruharazeb. (Actually that’s pretty mean. If you try it and get less that 77 you are probably still smart, but almost definitely going to hell for your lack of interest in the Jesus.)
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79% Not bad for an atheist who has only read the bible as inspired by the Omen movies [ie Revelations] and because I thought there would be kink in Songs of Soloman [misled]. I think I also read Genesis once, but I might be confused because that was the dog’s name.
Nice that you’re getting out.
Comment by nailpolishblues — Sunday June 17 2007 @ 10:19 pm
You forgot to mention the arrival of the grandkids once the grandparents left! Loads of fun.
Comment by James — Sunday June 17 2007 @ 11:26 pm
Nails - You had a dog called Genesis? If that’s a bible reference it’s lame, but if it’s a Peter Gabriel reference it’s AWESOME.
James - Yup, there was a demographic change wasn’t there?
Comment by Mark — Monday June 18 2007 @ 3:45 pm
I don’t know how the dog’s name came about [she was born some time before me]. I suspect that she was named by the breeder rather than by my parents though.
Comment by nails — Monday June 18 2007 @ 4:20 pm
87% I was surprised I scored that high since it’s been years since I’ve gone to church or read the bible. It must’ve been the three years of bible drill I was forced to participate in as a kid. :S
I finally got to check out the music you suggested three posts ago. The Blow and Be Your Own Pet were pretty cool. I forsee some ipurchasing in the near future. :)
Comment by Julia — Wednesday June 20 2007 @ 6:31 am
Holy crap, I got a 95%! I’m not acutally a bible nerd, I’m just really, really good at multiple choice (or as I like to call it, multiple guess). Also, my roommate was reading over my shoulder giving me answers, and he is a bible nerd.
Comment by Becky — Wednesday June 20 2007 @ 10:16 am
Nails - Let’s pretend it’s about Peter Gabriel then :)
Julia & Becky - Well done, guys :) Youse have stacks of bible smarts to rival even the most coherent of fundamentalist preachers! PS: was the oldest person Methuselah or Moses? I put Methuselah because I thought I saw it on the Simpsons…
Comment by Mark — Wednesday June 20 2007 @ 3:47 pm
It’s methuselah.
Comment by Julia — Wednesday June 20 2007 @ 10:06 pm