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    Welcome shaving fiends to the holiday giveaway final exam. No looking at others answer sheets or cheating of any kind. Each question will have one correct answer. Simply indicate the question number and your choice as per this example. Remember the correct choice is the one relating to the stories not necessarily the logical correct choice.
    Question 1-B
    Question 2-D

    Question 1-What job did jethro have in Africa
    A-He was a crook running from the law
    B-He was a taxidermist
    C-He was a gun bearer
    D-He never was in Africa it was actually India
    E-He was a guide and big game hunter.

    Question 2-Where did jethro serve drinks on fishing boats?
    A-In the Caribbean
    B-In San Diego Bay
    C-In Australia
    D-On the Black Sea
    E-On the French Riviera

    Question 3-Why was Jethro Deported?
    A-Because he was an idiot and being mentally defective is a deportable medical condition
    B-Because he upset the goats
    C-He almost single handedly destroyed a reef which is a national treasure
    D-He was a shark hunter and killed too many sharks
    E-He destroyed a luxury yacht

    Question 4-Why did they outlaw Badger trapping in Europe?
    A-Because Plisson got them all
    B-Jethro had a disease which wiped them out.
    C-Jethro stole thousands of prime pelts and hair knots.
    D-Jethro hunted and trapped so many of them they became endangered.
    E-Jethro introduced Badger noodling to Europe.

    Question 5-According to Jethro why is it called Bloodwood?
    A-Because blood got spilled on it.
    B-Because that’s just the name silly
    C-Because it looks like it has spots of blood on it
    D-Because they were going to call it hemoglobin wood but that sounds stupid
    E-It’s not. There is no such thing as bloodwood. Jethro was pulling your leg.

    Question 6-What do Gorillas have to do with the brush?
    A-absolutely nothing. Your trying to trick us.
    B-The brush is so strong a Gorilla couldn’t harm it
    C-Jethro used the brush to test lather a Gorilla
    D-Jethro was dressed as a Gorilla at the Halloween party and lathered his face with the brush
    E-He used Gorilla Glue to glue the knot in the handle

    Question 7-How did Jethro trim the end of the brush knot?
    A-He used his Bowie knife to cut it
    B-He used Auntie’s best scissors to cut it
    C-He had the goat chew it to trim it
    D-He used Cletus’s best straight razor
    E-He didn’t trim it it’s au natural.

    Question 8-What did jethro use as a final finish for the wood?
    A-He used Simonize wax
    B-He used renaissance wax
    C-He used bat Guano
    D-There you go again trying to trick us. Blood wood has its own natural finish
    E-He used pure carnauba wax.

    Question 9-What does a skunk have to do with the brush?
    A-Jethro left it out after finishing and a skunk stole it
    B-Some polecat human skunk stole it
    C-Jethro uses skunk spray as a treatment for the brush
    D-Jethro smells like a skunk
    E-Skunks really smell cool

    Question 10-What famous person wants to win the brush?
    A-Ronald McDonald
    B-Lynn Abrams
    C-Thebigspendur
    D-Dick Chaney
    E-Osama Bin Laden

    Question 11-How does Navajo Joe recommend getting the odor out of the brush?
    A-Put the brush in cow manure
    B-soak it in Clorox
    C-rub it on a goat
    D-ask the General to bless it
    E-Just use soap and water and a magic Indian herb.

    Well that’s it. Close your test booklets and don’t forget to think nice thoughts for the General.
    Last edited by thebigspendur; 12-12-2009 at 11:59 PM. Reason: n
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    Standing..........

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    Standing, waiting ...
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    Alrighty then.....

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    Question 1- C
    Question 2- C
    Question 3- C
    Question 4- D
    Question 5- A
    Question 6- E
    Question 7- C
    Question 8- B
    Question 9- C
    Question 10- D
    Question 11- A
    Last edited by shooter1; 12-13-2009 at 01:24 AM. Reason: changed 5 from c to a

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    That's all folks. The winner is shooter. The answers were cccdaecbcda.

    The General is mad he didn't get to choose.
    No matter how many men you kill you can't kill your successor-Emperor Nero

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    Congratulations Steve!

    Keeping up with Jethro and company is no small feat.
    Did your brain survive?
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    Quote Originally Posted by hoglahoo View Post
    Congratulations Steve!

    Keeping up with Jethro and company is no small feat.
    Did your brain survive?
    Thanks. I may have had an unfair advantage since the "tales" were loosely based on my inlaws... or is it just a coincidence.

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    Congratulations Steve!
    Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr.

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