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document.write('You got ' + parent.reset + ' out of 6 Right.

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document.write('1.' + unescape('Bulb-nosed%20comic%20W.C.%20Fields%20once%20lived%20in%20a%20house%20near%20Little%20Neck%20Bay.%20Which%20of%20these%20lines%20did%20he%20coin%3F ') + '
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document.write('Your Answer: ' + unescape(parent.your_answer[1]) +', is ');

//answer 1 correct

if (parent.your_answer[1] == '%22Some%20weasel%20took%20the%20cork%20out%20of%20my%20lunch.%22%20')document.write('CORRECT');

//answer 1 incorrect

if (parent.your_answer[1] != '%22Some%20weasel%20took%20the%20cork%20out%20of%20my%20lunch.%22%20')document.write('INCORRECT.
The correct answer is: ' + unescape('%22Some%20weasel%20took%20the%20cork%20out%20of%20my%20lunch.%22%20') + '');

//answer 1 More Info

document.write('
' + unescape('W.C.%20Fields%2C%20as%20famous%20for%20his%20love%20of%20liquor%20as%20for%20his%20dislike%20of%20children%2C%20%20said%2C%20%22Some%20weasel%20took%20the%20cork%20out%20of%20my%20lunch.%22%20%0D%0A%0D%0AIt%20was%20Mae%20West%2C%20Fields%27%20frequent%20partner%20in%20film%20comedy%2C%20who%20declared%20that%20%22Between%20two%20evils%2C%20I%20always%20pick%20the%20one%20I%20never%20tried%20before.%22%20%0D%0A%0D%0AThe%20writer%20and%20wit%20Dorothy%20Parker%20coined%20the%20line%2C%20%22You%20can%20lead%20a%20horticulture%2C%20but%20you%20can%27t%20make%20her%20drink.%22%20%0D%0A%0D%0AIt%20was%20Oscar%20Wilde%20who%20said%2C%20%22I%20can%20resist%20everything%20except%20temptation.%22%20%0D%0A') + '

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document.write('2.' + unescape('Unlikely%20movie%20star%20Rodney%20Dangerfield%20was%20born%20and%20raised%20in%20Queens%2C%20where%20he%20attended%20P.S.%2099%20and%20Richmond%20Hill%20High%20School.%20%20Which%20of%20these%20is%20his%20joke%3F ') + '
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document.write('Your Answer: ' + unescape(parent.youranswer[2]) +', is ');

//answer 2 correct

if (parent.your_answer[2] == '%22What%20is%20love%3F%20An%20extension%20of%20like.%20What%20is%20lust%3F%20An%20extension.%22')document.write('CORRECT');

//answer 2 incorrect

if (parent.your_answer[2] != '%22What%20is%20love%3F%20An%20extension%20of%20like.%20What%20is%20lust%3F%20An%20extension.%22')document.write('INCORRECT.
The correct answer is: ' + unescape('%22What%20is%20love%3F%20An%20extension%20of%20like.%20What%20is%20lust%3F%20An%20extension.%22') + '');

//answer 2 More Info

document.write('
' + unescape('%22I%20told%20my%20wife%2C%20%27I%20lost%20my%20wallet%2C%20I%27m%20very%20depressed.%27%22%20She%20said%2C%20%27That%20makes%20two%20of%20you.%20You%20and%20the%20guy%20who%20found%20it.%27%22%20That%27s%20a%20joke%20from%20Rodney%20Dangerfield.%0D%0A%0D%0AAnother%20comic%2C%20Henny%20Youngman%2C%20said%3A%20%22My%20wife%20is%20a%20light%20eater.%20As%20soon%20as%20it%20gets%20light%2C%20she%20starts%20eating.%22%20%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Is%20sex%20dirty%3F%20Only%20if%20it%27s%20done%20right.%22%20That%27s%20from%20Woody%20Allen%0D%0A%0D%0AAnd%2C%20from%20Groucho%20Marx%3A%20%22I%20never%20forget%20a%20face%2C%20but%20in%20your%20case%20I%27ll%20be%20glad%20to%20make%20an%20exception.%22%20%0D%0A') + '

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document.write('3.' + unescape('Fran%20Drescher%2C%20star%20of%20the%20sitcom%20%3CI%3EThe%20Nanny%3C/I%3E%20grew%20up%20in%20Flushing.%20Her%20TV%20alter-ego%2C%20Nanny%20Fran%20Fine%2C%20has%20her%20roots%20there%2C%20too.%20Which%20of%20these%20did%20the%20real-life%20Fran%20say%3F ') + '
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document.write('Your Answer: ' + unescape(parent.your_answer[3]) +', is ');

//answer 3 correct

if (parent.your_answer[3] == '%22I%20do%20not%20color%20my%20hair.%20I%20just%20add%20a%20layer%20of%20dark%20highlights.%22')document.write('CORRECT');

//answer 3 incorrect

if (parent.your_answer[3] != '%22I%20do%20not%20color%20my%20hair.%20I%20just%20add%20a%20layer%20of%20dark%20highlights.%22')document.write('INCORRECT.
The correct answer is: ' + unescape('%22I%20do%20not%20color%20my%20hair.%20I%20just%20add%20a%20layer%20of%20dark%20highlights.%22') + '');

//answer 3 More Info

document.write('
' + unescape('%22I%20do%20not%20color%20my%20hair.%20I%20just%20add%20a%20layer%20of%20dark%20highlights.%22%20Now%20that%27s%20a%20Fran%20Fine%20statement.%0D%0A%0D%0AFran%20never%20said%20%22Chumps%20always%20make%20the%20best%20husbands.%22%20That%20line%20was%20written%20by%20British%20humorist%20P.G.%20Wodehouse%2C%20in%20%20The%20Adventures%20of%20Sally.%20%0D%0A%0D%0AAnd%2C%20Fran%20never%20said%2C%20%22So%20that%27s%20what%20hay%20looks%20like%21%22%20This%20comment%20came%20from%20Queen%20Mary%20of%20Great%20Britain%2C%20who%20was%20evacuated%20from%20Buckingham%20Palace%20to%20a%20farm%20during%20World%20War%20II.%20She%20probably%20wasn%27t%2kidding.%20%0D%0A') + '

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document.write('4.' + unescape('Carroll%20O%27Connor%20grew%20up%20in%20the%20Forest%20Hills%20section%20of%20Queens%2C%20%20a%20classier%20Queens%20neighborhood%20than%20the%20one%20that%20was%20home%20to%20Archie%20Bunker%2C%20the%20character%20O%27Connor%20played%20on%20the%20classic%20sitcom%20All%20in%20the%20Family.%20Which%20of%20these%20is%20one%20of%20Archie%27s%20stated%20beliefs%3F ') + '
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document.write('Your Answer: ' + unescape(parent.your_answer[4]) +', is ');

//answer 4 correct

if (parent.your_answer[4] == '%22All%20the%20airlines%20have%20to%20do%20to%20end%20skyjackings%20is%20arm%20the%20passengers.%22%20')document.write('CORRECT');

//answer 4 incorrect

if (parent.your_answer[4] != '%22All%20the%20airlines%20have%20to%20do%20to%20end%20skyjackings%20is%20arm%20the%20passengers.%22%20')document.write('INCORRECT.
The correct answer is: ' + unescape('%22All%20the%20airlines%20have%20to%20do%20to%20end%20skyjackings%20is%20arm%20the%20passengers.%22%20') + '');

//answer 4 More Info

document.write('
' + unescape('%22All%20the%20airlines%20have%20to%20do%20to%20end%20skyjackings%20is%20arm%20the%20passengers.%22%20%20That%27s%20pure%20%20Archie%20Bunker%20logic.%20%0D%0A%0D%0AWho%20said%2C%20%22Everyone%20wants%20to%20be%20Cary%20Grant.%20Even%20I%20want%20to%20be%20Cary%20Grant.%22%20Cary%20Grant%20said%20it.%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Anyone%20who%27s%20popular%20is%20bound%20to%20be%20disliked.%22%20That%20statement%20came%20from%20another%20master%20of%20twisted%20logic%2C%20Yogi%20Berra.%20%0D%0A%0D%0A%22I%20love%20mankind.%20It%27s%20people%20I%20can%27t%20stand.%22%20Hard%20to%20believe%2C%20but%20that%20line%20came%20from%20Charles%20Schulz%2C%20creator%20of%20%20the%20gentle%20comic%20strip%20%22Peanuts.%22%20%0D%0A') + '

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document.write('5.' + unescape('Insult-meister%20Don%20Rickles%20spent%20his%20youth%20in%20Queens%2C%20and%20commuted%20to%20Manhattan%20to%20study%20at%20the%20prestigious%20Academy%20of%20Dramatic%20Arts%20in%20Manhattan. ') + '
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document.write('Your Answer: ' + unescape(parent.your_answer[5]) +', is ');

//answer 5 correct

if (parent.your_answer[5] == '%22These%20are%20the%20jokes%2C%20lady.%20If%20you%27re%20waiting%20for%20Billy%20Graham%20to%20come%20out%2C%20forget%20about%20it.%22%20')document.write('CORRECT');

//answer 5 incorrect

if (parent.your_answer[5] != '%22These%20are%20the%20jokes%2C%20lady.%20If%20you%27re%20waiting%20for%20Billy%20Graham%20to%20come%20out%2C%20forget%20about%20it.%22%20')document.write('INCORRECT.
The correct answer is: ' + unescape('%22These%20are%20the%20jokes%2C%20lady.%20If%20you%27re%20waiting%20for%20Billy%20Graham%20to%20come%20out%2C%20forget%20about%20it.%22%20') + '');

//answer 5 More Info

document.write('
+ unescape('No%20wonder%20Don%20Rickles%20was%20Sinatra%27s%20favorite%20comic.%20He%20said%2C%20%22These%20are%20the%20jokes%2C%20lady.%20If%20you%27re%20waiting%20for%20Billy%20Graham%20to%20come%20out%2C%20forget%20about%20it.%22%20%0D%0A%0D%0A%22You%20were%20the%20inspiration%20for%20twin%20beds.%22%20This%20particular%20insult%20is%20attributed%20to%20Rodney%20Dangerfield.%20%0D%0A%0D%0A%22He%20looks%20like%20an%20extra%20in%20a%20crowd%20scene%20by%20Hieronymus%20Bosch.%22%20%20Now%2C%20that%20is%20a%20description%20of%20Don%20Rickles%2C%20not%20by%20him.%20The%20description%20was%20by%20critic%20Kenneth%20Tynan%2C%20writer%20for%20The%20New%20Yorker.%0D%0A%0D%0AMarlon%20Brando%20said%2C%20%22I%20have%20eyes%20like%20those%20of%20a%20dead%20pig.%22%0D%0A') + '

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document.write('6.' + unescape('Charlie%20Chaplin%2C%20the%20silent%20screen%27s%20immortal%20%22Little%20Tramp%2C%22%20lived%20in%20Kew%20Gardens%20early%20in%20his%20career.%20Which%20of%20these%20statements%20is%20his%3F ') + '
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document.write('Your Answer: ' + unescape(parent.your_answer[6]) +', is ');

//answer 6 correct

if (parent.your_answer[6] == '%22All%20I%20need%20to%20make%20a%20comedy%20is%20a%20park%2C%20a%20policeman%20and%20a%20pretty%20girl.')document.write('CORRECT');

//answer 6 incorrect

if (parent.your_answer[6] != '%22All%20I%20need%20to%20make%20a%20comedy%20is%20a%20park%2C%20a%20policeman%20and%20a%20pretty%20girl.')document.write('INCORRECT.
The correct answer is: ' + unescape('%22All%20I%20need%20to%20make%20a%20comedy%20is%20a%20park%2C%20a%20policeman%20and%20a%20pretty%20girl.') + '');

//answer 6 More Info

document.write('
' + unescape('%22All%20I%20need%20to%20make%20a%20comedy%20is%20a%20park%2C%20a%20policeman%20and%20a%20pretty%20girl.%22%20%20That%27s%20how%20%20Charlie%20Chaplin%20explained%20his%20movie%20formula%20in%20his%20autobiography.%0D%0A%0D%0A%22We%20are%20all%20worms.%20But%20I%20do%20believe%20that%20I%20am%20a%20glow-worm.%22%20%20This%20was%20said%20by%20another%20famous%20British%20wit%2C%20Winston%20Churchill.%0D%0A%0D%0A%22If%20I%20could%20get%20my%20membership%20fee%20back%2C%20I%27d%20resign%20from%20the%20human%20race.%22%20That%20was%20a%20line%20from%20comic%20Fred%20Allen.%0D%0A') + '

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