Let's have some fun......I got 18

[whistle]

A FUN LITTLE TEST

The average person only gets 7 right.
This is based on U.S. info, so use all lobes of your brain.
This can be more difficult than it looks - it just shows
how little most of us really see!

There are 25 questions about things we see every day or have
known about all our lives. How many can you get right? These
little simple questions are harder than you think-- it just
shows you how little we pay attention to all the commonplace
things of life. Put your thinking caps on. No cheating! No
looking around! No getting out of your chair! No using anything
on or in your desk or computer!

Can you beat 20?? (The average is 7) Write down your answers
and check answers (on the bottom) AFTER completing all the
questions.

REMEMBER - NO CHEATING!!! BE HONEST!!! That means not looking
at your phone or anything on your desk... Then, before you pass
this on to your friends, change the number on the subject line
to show how many you got correct. Forward to your friends and
also back to the one who sent it to you.


LET'S JUST SEE HOW OBSERVANT YOU REALLY ARE. - If not, just
have fun! Here we go!

1. On a standard traffic light, is the green on the top or
bottom?

2. How many states are there in the USA? (Don't laugh, some
people don't know)

3. In which hand is the Statue of Liberty's torch?

4. What six colors are on the classic Campbell's soup label?

5. What two numbers on the telephone dial don't have letters
by them?

6. When you walk does your left arm swing with your right or
left leg? (Don't you dare get up to see!)

7. How many matches are in a standard pack?

8. On the United States flag is the top stripe red or white?

9. What is the lowest number on the FM dial?

10. Which way does water go down the drain, counter or
clockwise?

11. Which way does a "no smoking" sign's slash run?

12. How many channels on a VHF TV dial?

13. On which side of a women's blouse are the buttons?

14. Which way do fans rotate?

15. How many sides does a stop sign have?

16. Do books have even-numbered pages on the right or left
side?

17. How many lug nuts are on a standard car wheel?

18. How many sides are there on a standard pencil?

19. Sleepy, Happy, Sneezy, Grumpy, Dopey, Doc. Who's
missing?

20. How many hot dog buns are in a standard package?

21. On which playing card is the card maker's trademark?

22. On which side of a Venetian blind is the cord that
adjusts the opening between the slats?

23. There are 12 buttons on a touch tone phone. What two
symbols bear no digits?

24. How many curves are there in the standard paper clip?

25. Does a merry-go-round turn counter or clockwise?


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ANSWERS
1. Bottom
2. 50
3. Right
4. Blue, red, white, yellow, black, &gold
5. 1, 0
6. Right
7. 20
8. Red
9. 88
10. clockwise (north of the equator)
11. Towards bottom right
12. 12 (no #1)
13. Left
14. Clockwise as you look at it
15. 8
16. Left
17. 5
18. 6
19. Bashful
20. 8
21. Ace of spades
22. Left
23. *, #
24. 3
25. Counter

Now post your score in the subject line so that we can see how DUers stack up against the rest of America!!!

[bigwillq]

1. I will take the challenge

and then see how many I get right.



1. On a standard traffic light, is the green on the top or
bottom? bottom

2. How many states are there in the USA? (Don't laugh, some
people don't know) 50

3. In which hand is the Statue of Liberty's torch? left

4. What six colors are on the classic Campbell's soup label? Red, orange, black, blue, white, purple

5. What two numbers on the telephone dial don't have letters
by them?1 and 0

6. When you walk does your left arm swing with your right or
left leg? (Don't you dare get up to see!) Right

7. How many matches are in a standard pack? 20

8. On the United States flag is the top stripe red or white? White

9. What is the lowest number on the FM dial? 600

10. Which way does water go down the drain, counter or
clockwise? clock

11. Which way does a "no smoking" sign's slash run? \

12. How many channels on a VHF TV dial? 13

13. On which side of a women's blouse are the buttons? left

14. Which way do fans rotate? clock

15. How many sides does a stop sign have? eight

16. Do books have even-numbered pages on the right or left
side? left

17. How many lug nuts are on a standard car wheel? four

18. How many sides are there on a standard pencil? four

19. Sleepy, Happy, Sneezy, Grumpy, Dopey, Doc. Who's
missing? Lazy, bashful ???

20. How many hot dog buns are in a standard package? eight

21. On which playing card is the card maker's trademark? Ace

22. On which side of a Venetian blind is the cord that
adjusts the opening between the slats? right

23. There are 12 buttons on a touch tone phone. What two
symbols bear no digits? 1 and 0

24. How many curves are there in the standard paper clip? 10

25. Does a merry-go-round turn counter or clockwise? clock

[whistle]

20. bigwillq, the answers are on the bottom, check them from there...

...and then enter your score on the reply subject line.

[whistle]

72. bigwillg, you got 15....well above average...

1. On a standard traffic light, is the green on the top or
bottom? bottom

2. How many states are there in the USA? (Don't laugh, some
people don't know) 50

X 3. In which hand is the Statue of Liberty's torch? left (right, remember Planet of the apes?)

X 4. What six colors are on the classic Campbell's soup label? Red, orange, black, blue, white, purple
(this is tough: red, white, blue, black, yellow, gold)

5. What two numbers on the telephone dial don't have letters
by them?1 and 0

6. When you walk does your left arm swing with your right or
left leg? (Don't you dare get up to see!) Right

7. How many matches are in a standard pack? 20

X 8. On the United States flag is the top stripe red or white? White (actually red on the top and also the bottom, 13 stripes)

X 9. What is the lowest number on the FM dial? 600 (this is another toughie, the lowest FM broadcast is 88.0, but most FM dials go to 87.7 which is actually where TV frequencies begin)

10. Which way does water go down the drain, counter or
clockwise? clock

11. Which way does a "no smoking" sign's slash run? \

X 12. How many channels on a VHF TV dial? 13 (again those communication licenses screw with logic, there is no channel one on a UHF TV tuner, so it begins with channel 2 and goes to channel 13 so the answer is 12)

13. On which side of a women's blouse are the buttons? left

14. Which way do fans rotate? clock

15. How many sides does a stop sign have? eight

16. Do books have even-numbered pages on the right or left
side? left

X 17. How many lug nuts are on a standard car wheel? four (answer is 5, but some dispute this because really compact Japanese imports have 4, I guess the operative word is "standard")

X 18. How many sides are there on a standard pencil? four (6 although a carpenter's pencil may have just 4, 2 wide sides and 2 thin sides, not sure though.

19. Sleepy, Happy, Sneezy, Grumpy, Dopey, Doc. Who's
missing? Lazy, bashful ??? bashful

20. How many hot dog buns are in a standard package? eight

21. On which playing card is the card maker's trademark? Ace (Ace of Spades - you can take it or mark it wrong)

X 22. On which side of a Venetian blind is the cord that
adjusts the opening between the slats? right (left, I got this one right on the test, but I always get it wrong when I try to adjust a venetian blind)

X 23. There are 12 buttons on a touch tone phone. What two
symbols bear no digits? 1 and 0 (that is correct on a dial phone, but on the touch tone it's the # pause and the * tone)

X 24. How many curves are there in the standard paper clip? 10 (that's some paper clip! actually 3 top, bottom and then inside)

25. Does a merry-go-round turn counter or clockwise? clock

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

2. Just 15

I bow to your expertise.

[whistle]

35. Well above average, thanks for participating

[Wickerman]

3. missed 4

:blush;

Damn Dwarf

[whistle]

38. Great, appreciate you participating

[Lizzieloo]

4. I got 12

Which I think is pretty good considering my location :woohoo:

You said the average is 7, is that average from US citizens?

[whistle]

36. That's what I understand, you have a lot to endorse yourself for

...tahnks for participating

[Lizzieloo]

39. I'm surprised by the average considering............

You have a 50/50 chance of getting some of them right just by guessing.

Ho hum...........

*wonders of pondering*

[proud2BlibKansan]

5. Snopes on #10

Claim:   Thanks to the Coriolis effect, toilets flush clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counterclockwise in the southern.

Status:   False.

Example:  

Water in a pan, sink, or toilet rotates counter clockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern hemisphere. This is due to the Coriolis Effect, which is caused by the rotation of the Earth.

Origins:   Because the Earth is a globe spinning on an invisible axis, a point at its equator will make a circuit of 25,000 miles in the space of a day, but any point not on the equator will make a shorter round trip; the closer that point is to either of the poles, the shorter its trip will be. Put another way, a pencil at the equator travels 1,030 miles an hour, whereas another at Sarasota, Florida, moves at 930 miles per hour, and one at the North pole doesn't move at all.

This apparent difference in speed results in the Coriolis force, an effect that imparts a twist to largish events happening away from the equator. Best known is its effect on air masses: as they move away from the equator, their speed (which matches that of where they started from) appears to be faster than that of the surface over which they are traveling. This sets them turning in a clockwise twist in the northern hemisphere and a counterclockwise twist in the southern. (Before you complain we have that backwards, please click here.) Likewise, a cannonball fired due north will veer a teeny bit to the east, and one fired to the south will deflect ever so slightly to the west, something a skilled gunner would make an adjustment for.

The twisting effect of the Coriolis force is real and does influence certain large things like the movement of air masses, but the effect is so small that it plays no role in determining the direction in which water rotates as it exits from a draining sink or toilet. The Coriolis effect produces a measurable effect over huge distances and long periods of time, neither of which applies to your bathroom. Toilets and sinks drain in the directions they do because of the way water is directed into them or pulled from them. If water enters in a swirling motion (as it does when a toilet is flushed, for example), the water will exit in that same swirling pattern; as well, most basins have irregular surfaces and are not perfectly level, factors which influence the direction in which water spirals down their drains. The configuration of taps and drains is responsible for the direction of spin given to water draining from sinks and bathtubs to a degree that overwhelms the slight influence of the Coriolis force.

The belief that the Coriolis force influences the direction in which water drains from plumbing fixtures is widespread and has been repeated as fact in a number of venues, including popular television shows (such as world traveler Michael Palin's Pole to Pole) and even in textbooks. We can only speculate on why people are so enamored of this snippet of misinformation, guessing that it has something to do with the desire to find some of the mysteries of science in the realm of the everyday.

[ScreamingMeemie]

8. Troublemaker

:P

[proud2BlibKansan]

13. Hey someone here nailed me with that

a year or so ago. I had talked about that for years. It was amazing to me. One of those little bits of trivia I have probably told thousands of people over the years. Then I find out it's not true. It was so devastating I am determined to help others avoid the embarrassment I experienced. So rather than trouble maker, you should be calling me helpful. :)

[dhinojosa]

32. Well I guess I was wrong about the water thing....23

[whistle]

37. Great, thanks for participating

[whistle]

22. proud2Blib , thanks for looking that up and posting it here....

...we DUers as a group I believe always seek the truth. I was brushing my teeth and as always I let the water run and sure enough it was going down the drain clockwise. The test may give an incorrect impression of cause and effect, but it asks only about what we notice or see in our everyday lives. Would you care to give your score in your reply subject line? Thanks for you contribution.

[proud2BlibKansan]

25. I scored an 18

Not great, but proves I'm no dumby either.

[hfojvt]

77. well my toilet went counter-clockwise and my sink clockwise

Do we have any northerners here who can find a sink that goes counter clockwise? Do we have any southerners her who can verify if their sinks are going counter clockwise? If it is consistent, then we need some other explanation if it is not coriolis. I remember an advanced physics class where the prof was calculating coriolis forces and do not remember anything about the widespread story about drain rotation.

I am not sure why I should just take Snopes word for it.

[Rabrrrrrr]

6. 22 for me

Damn no smoking sign, venetian blinds, and Campbells (I thought it was silver and not yellow - didn't realize there was yellow AND gold, dammit).

[whistle]

23. Hey way to go, thank God you are still growing, I missed the ...

...Cambells but got the other two, but then I learned a whole lot from the ones I did miss. Thanks.

[ScreamingMeemie]

7. 17

:hi:

[whistle]

45. Thanks

[Bassic]

9. 17 for me

Pretty sure I could have done a bit better though.

[whistle]

46. You did great, thanks

[GardeningGal]

10. 16 n/t

[whistle]

48. Thank you GardeningGal, had there been more on horticulture

....I'm sure you would beamed. You did well above average, thanks for participating.

[Mutley]

11. I got 17 right.

How can you get only 7 right?!?

[whistle]

54. By closing ones eyes to what's going on around us is my guess

....Thanks for participating

[BellaLuna]

12. 22

seven dwarfs one about drove me crazy.

[whistle]

44. Me too, but then it hit me.....what I've been all my life...hehehe

[sakabatou]

76. 22 as well

[Spider Jerusalem]

14. 22. But three of those are WRONG.

Number two: There are only forty-six states in the US; the other four (Virginia, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Kentucky) are commonwealths.

Number ten: The Coriolis effect is unobservable on such a small scale. The water usually goes straight down.

Number seventeen: There is no "standard"; the answer is either four or five.

[ScreamingMeemie]

16. My brother in law says you're wrong....Five is standard, while

four is not. :hi: He works for Chrysler by the way.

[Spider Jerusalem]

17. Eh....

maybe four is the standard for most Japanese cars, then (come to think of it, it's mostly Japanese-made vehicles I see with only four lugs on each wheel).

[ScreamingMeemie]

18. Could be. I'll have to notice that next time. I had a Renault that had

four lugs. Perhaps foreign makers are just better at getting wheels to stick on with only four. :hi:

[DS1]

75. Depends on the manufacturer

like I said elsewhere, some of these questoins are either based entirely on personal experience or flat out worded like shit.

[whistle]

26. Now Spider Jerusalem I do believe that you just could win...

...that argument about Q2. on the number of states, but according to the U.S. Government or Federal statute, all 50 entities are recognized as states and the four commonwealths receive no less or more recognition because they call themselves a that name rather than referring to that sovereignty as a state. An earlier poster provided a near dissertation on Q10. As far as Q17 I don't believe I've ever seen one with just 4, at least not in the last 50 years. Thanks for your contribution.

[proud2BlibKansan]

59. Hey whistle I didn't write that

I got it off of Snopes.

But if dissertations are that easy, I am going to start working on my doctorate. LOL

[whistle]

62. Go for it!

[Rabrrrrrr]

64. And Texas is still a republic, I believe.

Though, of course, it is recignized as a state, no matter what it calls itself, just like the four commonwealths.

[whistle]

67. No kidding, so the lone star state is just a marketing gimmick

...thanks for that bit of information

[DS1]

74. Agreed

If not only are some answers wrong, the some of the questions are written horribly.

4 used to be the standard amount of lug nuts per wheel, but then the auto manufacturers begrudgingly agreed on 5 as you can lose one of 5 and still be safe much better than you can lose one of four lugnuts.

[EstimatedProphet]

15. 19

[whistle]

53. That is great EstimatedProphet thanks for participating....

....and also for the Illuminati eye.

[MrScorpio]

19. 16

Missed a few

[whistle]

55. That's great, thanks for participating

[BamaGirl]

21. 20

but I guessed on a lot of them, so I don't know if that should count. :P

[whistle]

56. Educated intuitive guesses are great, thanks for participating

[UrbScotty]

24. My answers

1. Bottom
2. 50
3. Right
4. Red, yellow, green, white, black, and blue
5. 1 and 0
6. Right
7. 21
8. Red
9. 85
10. Counterclockwise
11. Top left to bottom right
12. 98
13. Front
14. Clockwise
15. 8
16. Left
17. 6
18. 6
19. Sleepy, Happy, Sneezy, Grumpy, Dopey, Doc. Who's
missing?
20. 12
21. Ace of spades
22. Left
23. # and *
24. 3
25. Counterclockwise

16/25

[whistle]

28. Thanks for the run down, posting your score on the subject line

...would have been sufficient, although it's interesting to have the answers you selected also.

[ofrfxsk]

27. I only got 15.

Feeling pretty stupid right now. :blush:

[whistle]

43. Way to go, that's over twice the average......

...and look at the qualities of character you have displayed. Thanks for participating.

[Ariana Celeste]

29. 16, n/t

[whistle]

57. Well above average, that's great and thanks for participating

[dhinojosa]

30. I am not shitting you, 24.....

I missed the last one, I thought for sure it went clockwise.

1. easy
2. easy
3. easy
3. I remembered the gold as the name
4. I knew that already, but those are old phones only (not cell)
5. I knew that
6. I remembered that without getting up
7. Counted them last weekend actually (pure luck)
8. I am flag fanatic
9. I have sirius radio, and 88.3 is the least number I can get
10. yep
11. yep, I am too big to nap on a plane so I remember dumb things
12. I have my old Zenith
13. What can I say? I know what I am removing when the ladies like me
14. easy
15. elementary school taught me that
16. had to think about that one
17. knew that already
18. knew that, I have no idea why
19. took a while
20. something that always pisses me of
21. I love cards
22. I do it everyday
23. knew that, again old phone only
24. had to picture it
25. FAILED

[whistle]

41. Well dhinojosa , better bone-up on amusement parks, you could become

...our next president.

[Kat45]

31. I only got 13.

:-(

[Lizzieloo]

34. I only got 12...........

But I'm in England so that's my excuse. ;)

[whistle]

40. Both of those scores are well about the average, thanks for...

...being a participant

[whistle]

49. Only 13 is twice as good as average, thanks and look at the strengths

...of character you have shown by participating.

[khashka]

33. 18

Since I'm one of the least observant people I know, I was kinda surpised I did that well.

Khash.

[whistle]

42. You seem to notice what's important khashka, thanks for

...participating.

[Doctor_J]

47. I got 22

I am pretty observant. I don't know if it's because I'm a scientist, or because I watched all the Columbo episodes when I was a teenager. :-)

[whistle]

51. Wow, very good and Peter Falk had only one good eye....

...his other was glass. hehehe

Thanks for participating.

I stand corrected HAS one good eye, Peter Falk is very much among us living and breathing beings!

[Doctor_J]

52. HAS one good eye

Christ, don't bury him yet.

[dajoki]

50. 18 correct

amazing:woohoo:

[whistle]

58. Yeayesss....really great, thanks for participating

[dajoki]

63. you're welcome, i amazed myself

:eyes:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

60. Phooey....

I only got 11 right...so many things I know NOTHING about...lug nuts, phone dials...even the buttons on my (rarely worn) blouses...

Phooey! I know it's above the national average, but of all the folks posting here so far, I'm at the bottom..Oh well, someone's got to be there...

:(

[whistle]

61. Yes it is above average and just by looking around more....

...think about the growth and personal development that can be yours, thanks for participating.

[TBreeze]

65. I got 22 right

I missed 4, 12 and 17.

[whistle]

66. That's great, thanks for participating

[Left_Winger]

68. I got 17 correct

However, I cannot answer question #4 because I am mostly color blind (will you count this one against me?). So, you may ask, how did I get #1 correct? I have been told by others; and, when the traffic light is horizontal I have learned that the 'go' light is to the right.

[whistle]

71. Hold that aginst you, we aren't republicans here on DU....

...so your other senses compensate for the one that does not and it appears you have a social network of friends who help you as well. What a wonderful gift. You got a great score which is well above average. Thanks for participating.

[BreweryYardRat]

69. Got a 13...

Then again, I've never been the poster child for being observant. ;)

[whistle]

70. Not a problem, your score is well above average and you participated

...thanks.

[Kathleen04]

73. 14

My answers:

1. bottom
2. 50
3. right
4. white, red, gold, silver, blue, black
5. 0, 1
6. left
7. 12
8. red
9. 70
10. clockwise
11. left
12. 5
13. left
14. clockwise
15. 8
16. right
17. 6
18. 6
19. Bashful
20. 10
21. joker
22. left
23. pound, star
24. 4
25. counter