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1. What does the word matriculate mean? Graduating high school. applying to college, getting accepted by a college and transferring grades are all encompassed in the word matriculate. I heard the word on a Twilight trailer and thought it meant something else entirely, I then asked Steven what it meant and he thought it was the same thing I did. I just wondered if anyone actually knew what this word meant.

2. How many states are in the United States of America? I will accept 50. I was going for 47 since 3 are commonwealths. But Steven said 57, I was like what? Apparently Obama said something like “all 57 states,” now there’s a presidential Candidate.

3. What would happen to the world’s birth rate if breastfeeding were to stop completely? It’s estimated the birth rate would increase 20-30% world wide, holy cow.

4. Where does the phrase “Holy Toledo” come from? I don’t know honestly, Steven said Toledo was a city and I was like where?

5. How much does a 6 pack of raisins cost at our commissary? $1.59

6. What is NewsFire? A feedreader, meaning it takes all the blogs I read and put their new posts in one place. Much easier than visiting every blog I actually read.

7. What day of the week was Seporah born? Friday

8. What cities are Disneyland and Disneyworld located in? Annaheim, CA and Orlando, FL

9. What does VUDU stand for? It doesn’t stand for anything. Which is really stupid if you ask me, if you have a product all in caps that would mean it stood for something. But despite the fact it has a stupid name, the actually product is pretty cool. It’s like netflicks in a box. The box helps you rent or purchase any movie you want. Seriously cool for those with young children who don’t want to go to blockbuster or do netflicks.

10. Can you use both the words cruciverbalism and nudiusterian in the same sentence? I’m gonna say no you can’t. What you want the definitions? Ok, cruciverbalism means you really, really like crosswords and nudiusterian means the day before yesterday.

11. If all the world’s countries are in debt, where did all the money go? I don’t have a clue. My understanding of today’s economy is very sketchy at best. I was hoping someone could explain this to me in simple terms. Gas went down in price over the lat month and I was like yeah! Steven was like not yeah, it went down for the wrong reasons, it went down because the ecnomy is getting worse. I’m like what?

12. Name the presidential candidates and their would-be VPs. McCain/Palin and Obama/Biden, we are so screwed

13. What is a bento? a bento is a home-packed meal common in the japanese culture. Seriously though, they are super cool, I make them all the time. Goggle a picture and one day I’ll have to post about them.

14. What are the names of the highways in Hawaii? H-1, H-2, H-3

15. How much does an iPod Touch cost? Too much, I have to share with Steven.

AND THE WINNER IS …MY MOM! Since she was the only applicant. You have won a $10 gift certificate to Baskin Robbins and a priceless fingerpainting by Seporah Rushing.