Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for January 30, 2023

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    BE THIS GUY  almost 2 years ago

    So much for prayer being banned in school.

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    codycab  almost 2 years ago

    “I would but I don’t even know what that is.”

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    Daniel  almost 2 years ago

    Magellan’s expedition was significant as it was the first successful voyage to circumnavigate the Earth, proving that the planet was round. This voyage also established the route that would later be known as the Strait of Magellan and opened up trade between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Additionally, the voyage expanded European knowledge of the world and paved the way for future explorations and colonizations. It also marked the beginning of the Age of Exploration and set the stage for the global domination of European powers.

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    JudasPeckerwood  almost 2 years ago

    “The significance of Magellan’s expedition was such that it was seen as appropriate to include it on this quiz.”

    How’d I do?

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    bigcatbusiness  almost 2 years ago

    He could just hear the Animaniacs song about Magellan. Informative AND catchy.

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    jvo  almost 2 years ago

    It was his last

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    BigDaveGlass  almost 2 years ago

    What did Magellan’s expedition do?

    Magellan was sponsored by Spain to travel west across the Atlantic in search of the East Indies. In doing so, his expedition became the first from Europe to cross the Pacific Ocean and circumnavigate the world.

    (Google’d it)

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    Hoosier Guy  almost 2 years ago

    Too bad it wasn’t asking for a summary of the Panama Canal’s beginning: “A man, a plan, a canal… Panama!” That’s the longest palindrome I know.

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    Diamonds&Roses Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    While getting an education is definitely important, I honestly can’t blame Calvin for feeling so frustatrated in school all the time, since half the stuff Miss Wormwood tries teaching to Calvin and his classmates is way too advanced for 1st-graders (kids who, at least in America, are usually only around 6 to 7-years-old).

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    LeftCoastKen Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    Do my reading homework? I don’ gots to do no steenkeeng reading homework!

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    mckeonfuneralhomebx  almost 2 years ago

    I came, I saw, I conquered. Test done! It works everytime Calvin.

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    tremaine53  almost 2 years ago

    Nobody ever prays for the clarity of mind to figure out the appropriate response to the presenting dilemma. Instead, they present God with a shopping list.

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    jagedlo  almost 2 years ago

    Just to see the look of utter panic on Calvin’s face in the second panel!

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    M2MM  almost 2 years ago

    Sounds like a question they’d put on a 7th grade history test.

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    Zebrastripes  almost 2 years ago

    Who the heck is Magellan, he asks!

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    dwdl21  almost 2 years ago

    Come on Calvin that’s a pretty “Straight” forward answer…lol

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    YippiKiAyMofo  almost 2 years ago

    There are no atheists on test day!

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    dflak  almost 2 years ago

    Trivia of the day:

    Magellan was killed in the Philippines. His navigator, Diego Garcia, continued the trip. If the name sounds familiar, it’s because there is an atoll that bears his name in the middle of the Indian Ocean.

    It is part of British Indian Ocean Territories (BIOT). The United States Navy has a base there: part of “payment” for lend-lease in World War II. The island gained notoriety during the Gulf Wars.

    I know this because I spent a year there one month.

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    BobtheBandGuy  almost 2 years ago

    another rabbit hole… (dive!)

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    johnjoyce  almost 2 years ago

    The artwork on the second panel of Calvin’s face—fantastic, Bill!

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    awcoffman  almost 2 years ago

    Magellan could have used those items when the natives attacked.

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    Will_Scarlet  almost 2 years ago

    “To make a bad day worse, spend it wishing for the impossible.”

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    rshive  almost 2 years ago

    Magellan didn’t have any of those, Calvin.

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    Saddenedby Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    need a hacksaw to get through the bars that automatically dropped when you tried to get away through the windows or doors. WHAT – your school didn’t have bars? wow, my school WAS really special after all.

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    mindjob  almost 2 years ago

    Why panic? Couldn’t Calvin’s imagination send him on an imaginary voyage with Hobbes, charting those deadly waters?

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    KEA  almost 2 years ago

    Thoughts and prayers are going to do Calvin about as much good as they do anyone else.

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    Mediatech  almost 2 years ago

    Ferdinand Magellan proved you can do everything wrong, and get killed in the process, and still become famous.

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    mistercatworks  almost 2 years ago

    He’s writing a seige negotiation note? !!!

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    Plumb.Bob Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    Pretty involved question for a 6 year old.

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    BiggerNate91  almost 2 years ago

    Why is this a first grade question? I don’t think I even studied Social Studies in first grade!

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    flagmichael  almost 2 years ago

    Still trying to learn stuff, I checked out Magellan. I had thought he was Spanish but he was Portuguese. I could have guessed close to the pronunciation in Castilian Spanish, but not Portuguese. I googled “pronounce Magellan portuguese”

    Apparently it is spelled Fernão Magalhães and pronounced something like Fer’now ma-geh-yash. I feel downright pathetic.

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    g04922  almost 2 years ago

    LOL… Where is Hobbes when Calvin needs him.

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    Templo S.U.D.  almost 2 years ago

    You pray for those three things pretty much every school day, Calvin.

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    rklynch  almost 2 years ago

    What kind of school is Calvin attending anyway. When I was his age, we were still trying to learn our ABC’s and 123’s.

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    stamps  almost 2 years ago

    Wasn’t Magellan the one who first circumsized the globe?

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    einarbt  almost 2 years ago

    Make sure to pray to the right god(s).

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    lindz.coop Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    Sure didn’t learn that in my first grade class.

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