[WikiEN-l] Wikipedia's Effect on American Knowledge

[K P]

On 7/1/07, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 1) You've just been knighted by Queen Elizabeth. She takes away the sword.
> > What does she say afterwards?
>
> "I dub thee, Sir Thomas"?
>
> > 2) What are lemmings known for?
>
> Jumping off cliffs. A theory which was meant to explain the regular
> and sudden drops in their population. Those drops were later
> discovered to be caused by interactions with predator population
> numbers.
>
> > 3) What form are raindrops?
>
> Slightly flattened spheres.
>
> > 4) What do dolphins drink?
>
> I imagine they are the same as whales and get their water from the
> food they eat.
>
> How did I do? (That's without looking anything up)
>
Dolphins are whales.

KP