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    Exercise "Teddy Bear", created by anonyme (a free exercise to learn English):
    Results of the 816 people who have taken this test:
    Average mark: 40 / 100 Share


    Latest member with a 100/100 (perfect mark): ploplo / SWITZERLAND, on Friday 07 October - 17:15:
    "Thanks a lot for the exercise !!"


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    Stats (342 candidates)
    Question 1 passed: 44.2 %
    It was at the Leipzig Toy Fair in March 1903 that the Steiff company * a new toy bear with movable arms and legs.

    Question 2 passed: 39.2 %
    He was * simply as Bär (Bear) 55 PB, but today he is widely held to be the very first teddy.

    Question 3 passed: 43 %
    Bär 55 PB wasn't actually the first bear to be made by the company; they were already appearing in Steiff * as far back as 1892.

    Question 4 passed: 36.8 %
    But the early creations were much more * real bears.

    Question 5 passed: 41.2 %
    Some were standing on their hind legs, * were on all fours.

    Question 6 passed: 77.2 %
    Later, wheels were * to the feet.

    Question 7 passed: 35.7 %
    It is thought that the idea for animal toys with movable * came to Richard Steiff (Margarete's nephew) after a visit to a travelling circus.

    Question 8 passed: 30.4 %
    As an art student, he had * bears at Stuttgart Zoo.

    Question 9 passed: 35.4 %
    Now the circus gave him another * to study the animals and their movement.

    Question 10 passed: 29.5 %
    He began looking for * to reproduce that movement and the result was the so-called 55 PB that went on show at Leipzig.

    Question 11 passed: 15.2 %
    The code simply meant that he measured 55 cm, was made of plush, and was 'beweglich', or *.

    Question 12 passed: 27.2 %
    The * for the new bear was very lukewarm.

    Question 13 passed: 20.5 %
    It began to look as * not a single order would be taken.

    Question 14 passed: 17.3 %
    It was only as the fair drew to a * that a buyer for an American toy firm turned up, looking for something a little out of the ordinary.

    Question 15 passed: 17.5 %
    The bear proved to be just the sort of thing he was *, and he quickly ordered 3,000.

    Question 16 passed: 29.2 %
    Today, not a single example of this early bear is known to *.

    Question 17 passed: 25.1 %
    The fact that he was hard and exceptionally heavy * many potential buyers. And he was also distinctly fierce-looking.

    Question 18 passed: 32.5 %
    Richard Steiff and his aunt weren't * with the new creation and Richard set to work once more to improve on his design.

    Question 19 passed: 26.6 %
    The following year, a smaller bear with gentler * was introduced. He was called Bär 35 PB.

    Question 20 passed: 27.2 %
    This time the reception was *, and a total of 12,000 were sold.


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