IQ Test From Daniel Quinn

Livejournal.com/users/houstontx ^ | 3-21-03 | Daniel Quinn

[Houmatt]

iq test from daniel quinn: Take the War on Iraq IQ Test

Do you know enough to justify going to war with Iraq?

1. Q: What percentage of the world's population does the U.S. have?

A: 6%

2. Q: What percentage of the world's wealth does the U.S. have?

A: 50%

3. Q: Which country has the largest oil reserves?

A: Saudi Arabia

4. Q: Which country has the second largest oil reserves?

A: Iraq

5. Q: How much is spent on military budgets a year worldwide?

A: $900+ billion

6. Q: How much of this is spent by the U.S.?

A: 50%

7. Q: What percent of US military spending would ensure the essentials of life to everyone in the world, according the UN?

A: 10% (that's about $40 billion, the amount of funding initially requested to fund our retaliatory attack on Afghanistan).

8. Q: How many people have died in wars since World War II?

A: 86 million

9. Q: How long has Iraq had chemical and biological weapons?

A: Since the early 1980's.

10. Q: Did Iraq develop these chemical & biological weapons on their own?

A: No, the materials and technology were supplied by the US government, along with Britain and private corporations.

11. Q: Did the US government condemn the Iraqi use of gas warfare against Iran?

A: No

12. Q: How many people did Saddam Hussein kill using gas in the Kurdish town of Halabja in 1988?

A: 5,000

13. Q: How many western countries condemned this action at the time?

A: 0

14. Q: How many gallons of agent Orange did America use in Vietnam?

A: 17 million.

15. Q: Are there any proven links between Iraq and September 11th terrorist attack?

A: No

16. Q: What is the estimated number of civilian casualties in the Gulf War?

A: 35,000

17. Q: How many casualties did the Iraqi military inflict on the western forces during the Gulf War ?

A: 0

18. Q: How many retreating Iraqi soldiers were buried alive by U.S. tanks with ploughs mounted on the front?

A: 6,000

19. Q: How many tons of depleted uranium were left in Iraq and Kuwait after the Gulf War?

A: 40 tons

20. Q: What according to the UN was the increase in cancer rates in Iraq between 1991 and 1994?

A: 700%

21. Q: How much of Iraq's military capacity did America claim it had destroyed in 1991?

A: 80%

22. Q: Is there any proof that Iraq plans to use its weapons for anything other than deterrence and self defense?

A: No

23. Q: Does Iraq present more of a threat to world peace now than 10 years ago?

A: No

24. Q: How many civilian deaths has the Pentagon predicted in the event of an attack on Iraq in 2002/3?

A: 10,000

25. Q: What percentage of these will be children?

A: Over 50%

26. Q: How many years has the U.S. engaged in air strikes on Iraq?

A: 11 years

27. Q: Was the U.S and the UK at war with Iraq between December 1998 and September 1999?

A: No

28. Q: How many pounds of explosives were dropped on Iraq between December 1998 and September 1999?

A: 20 million

29. Q: How many years ago was UN Resolution 661 introduced, imposing strict sanctions on Iraq's imports and exports?

A: 12 years

30. Q: What was the child death rate in Iraq in 1989 (per 1,000 births)?

A: 38

31. Q: What was the estimated child death rate in Iraq in 1999 (per 1,000 births)?

A: 131 (that's an increase of 345%)

32. Q: How many Iraqis are estimated to have died by October 1999 as a result of UN sanctions?

A: 1.5 million

33. Q: How many Iraqi children are estimated to have died due to sanctions since 1997?

A: 750,000

34. Q: Did Saddam order the inspectors out of Iraq?

A: No

35. Q: How many inspections were there in November and December 1998?

A: 300

36. Q: How many of these inspections had problems?

A: 5

37. Q: Were the weapons inspectors allowed entry to the Ba'ath Party HQ?

A: Yes

38. Q: Who said that by December 1998, "Iraq had in fact, been disarmed to a level unprecedented in modern history."

A: Scott Ritter, UNSCOM chief.

39. Q: In 1998 how much of Iraq's post 1991 capacity to develop weapons of mass destruction did the UN weapons inspectors claim to have discovered and dismantled?

A: 90%

40. Q: Is Iraq willing to allow the weapons inspectors back in?

A: Yes

41. Q: How many UN resolutions did Israel violate by 1992?

A: Over 65

42. Q: How many UN resolutions on Israel did America veto between 1972 and 1990?

A: 30+

44. Q: How many countries are known to have nuclear weapons?

A: 8

45. Q: How many nuclear warheads has Iraq got?

A: 0

46. Q: How many nuclear warheads has US got?

A: over 10,000

47. Q: Which is the only country to use nuclear weapons?

A: the US

48. Q: How many nuclear warheads does Israel have?

A: Over 400

50. Q: Who said, "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter"?

A: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr

[Houmatt]

This is not a troll. This was reproduced, as is, from the above URL, attributed to one Daniel Quinn, an Austin-based author whose works include Ishmael and The Story of B.

I posted this because this is obvious twaddle from someone who hates his own country, and has a highly questionable philosophy regarding the world and "saving it." Apparently he believes if we grow less food, there will be less people.

But I digress.

I wanted to see what kind of counterpoint could be produced from all you Freepers out there.

Thanks in advance!

[patriciaruth]

*yawn*

[SAJ]

There is nothing quite as odious as a collection of selective statistics (some of which, btw, are in error).

Why waste time responding in detail to this govno?

[Voice in your head]

This is the one that most stuck out in my mind - because it is blatantly false:

"17. Q: How many casualties did the Iraqi military inflict on the western forces during the Gulf War ?

A: 0"

[rudypoot]

Random trivia questions. Some of it is a load of crap, like where did they come up with Israel having 400 nukes?

[B-Chan]

Q. How many people have been fed feet-first into plastic chipper machines by U.S. government officials for the crime of questioning the motives of their government?
A. 0

Q. How many authors, actors, and artists have been killed or imprisoned by the U.S. government for merely criticizing their government?
A. 0

Q. How many years did Hitler and Stalin rule the earth because the nations of the West refused to oppose them?
A. 0


Daniel Quinn is a misanthropic hippie idiot who likes gorillas better than human beings. Who cares what he thinks?

[Petronski]

51. What would Daniel Quinn love to do for Saddam Hussein if he ever met him in person?

A. Fellate him.

[CobaltBlue]

>>2. Q: What percentage of the world's wealth does the U.S. have?

A: 50%<<

Debunked by Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto. The rest of the world has a great deal of wealth but can't use it as collateral for economic development like building factories because they don't have the rule of law. All they can do is preserve it in fixed assets like land and precious metals.

[muir_redwoods]

He must think making up the answers to his own questions makes him look smart

It doesn't

[nonsporting]

Q: What did Daniel Quinn Score on his IQ test?
A: 20-25 (that makes him a low-grade idiot)

[CobaltBlue]

>>10. Q: Did Iraq develop these chemical & biological weapons on their own?

A: No, the materials and technology were supplied by the US government, along with Britain and private corporations.<<

This has been debunked by a number of sources, most recently by New York Times writer Susan Miller in her recent book, "Germs: Biological Weapons and America's Secret War."

Iraq obtained the technology and materials covertly, pretending it was being used for legitimate scientific research. Once the US realized what was going on, the transfers of this technology was outlawed. Admittedly, should have outlawed it sooner, but definitely didn't give it willingly.

[Chad Fairbanks]

Well, Daniel Quinn, you FAILED.

[LayoutGuru2]

Where is the Barf Alert???

I only made it through 10 questions before I hurled on my keyboard. I'll try to continue later, on an empty stomach.

[xm177e2]

17. Q: How many casualties did the Iraqi military inflict on the western forces during the Gulf War ?

A: 0

A lot of these numbers are suspect, but this is a blatant lie.

[rudypoot]

"39. Q: In 1998 how much of Iraq's post 1991 capacity to develop weapons of mass destruction did the UN weapons inspectors claim to have discovered and dismantled?

A: 90%"

How do they calculate how much they didn't discover????? And since this dude also knows that Iraq still has WMD because Iraq has "10%" left and the US "willing" gave them anthrax, that means Iraq is in material breach. It took a grand total of 9 weapons inspectors to disarm South Africa. WHY IN THE HECK DO WE NEED HUNDREDS OF INSPECTORS AND 12 YEARS TO DISARM IRAQ?

And the nukes used by the US STOPPED a war, it didn't start one.

[arthurus]

of selective statistics (some of which, btw, are in error)

Not really in error, because there was never any attempt to ffind out what the actual numbers are. Like those three million homeless. It is just a number that sounded good and would make the desired point.

[Unknowing]

I don't have to make the decision to go to war against Iraq, and I'm not qualified to do it. Neither does the supercilious Mr. Quinn. The President has more comprehensive information than Mr. Quinn ever will have. And the President is in a far better position than Mr. Quinn ever could to be able to make decisions regarding the security of the Western world.

Mr. Quinn is known to speak and write his drivel against Western civilization, characterizing us as "takers." Not builders, engineers, philosophers, and counselors. Mr. Quinn emphatically wants to "go over the wall," to escape civilization. Yet he never seems to leave.

The man is really operating from an anti-humanity perspective, IMHO. Mr. Quinn is not so smart as he thinks, his writing is rather indirect, and the net result is much more heat than light.

[Richard Axtell]

Quinn has simply fabricated the "statistics" used in this failed attempt at justifying the left's support for the genocidal Hussein regime. Of course, they will deny they support Saddam, when confronted with accurate statistics that reveal the depths of the Iraqi's tyrants bloody despotism, and their own blatant, knowing complicity.

[magellan]

17. Q: How many casualties did the Iraqi military inflict on the western forces during the Gulf War ?

A: 0

This is lie. There was a total of 622 U.S. military casualties (146 killed and 476 wounded). Of the 146 U.S. military killed, 35 were killed by friendly fire. Of the 146 total U.S. military killed, 28 were killed in a Scud attack on Dharahn, and 14 crewmembers of an AC-130 were killed by an Iraqi surface to air missile. Six other Air Force pilots were killed in hostile fire, and six Navy pilots were killed in hostile fire.

Others were lost in helicopter shoot downs and a few ground forces were killed. See http://www.vfw.org/magazine/articles/pg.html

Basically, if you will willingly lie about something as serious as the deaths of U.S. military to hostile fire, you have no credibility on anything.

[vikingchick]

"Ishmael" is one of the worst books I have ever attempted to read. A partial description from amazon:

The narrator of this extraordinary tale is a man in search for truth. He answers an ad in a local newspaper from a teacher looking for serious pupils, only to find himself alone in an abandoned office with a full-grown gorilla who is nibbling delicately on a slender branch. "You are the teacher?" he asks incredulously. "I am the teacher," the gorilla replies. Ishmael is a creature of immense wisdom and he has a story to tell, one that no other human being has ever heard.