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hippychick
04-14-2004, 01:57 AM
How Observant Are You?

Get a piece of paper to write down your answers to 30 questions and then check them at the end!! DON'T CHEAT!

1. On a standard traffic light, is the green on the top or bottom?
2. How many states are there? ( don't laugh, some people don't know)
3. In which hand is the Statue of Liberty's torch?
4. What 6 colors are on the classic Campbell's soup label?
5. What 2 letters don't appear on the telephone dial? ( no cheating)!
6. What 2 telephone #'s don't have letters by them?
7. When you walk does your left arm swing w/your right or left leg?
8. How many matches are in a standard pack?
9. On our flag, is the top stripe red or white?
10. What is the lowest # on the FM dial?
11. Which way does water go down the drain, counter or clockwise?
12. Which way does a "no smoking" sign's slash run?
13. How many channels on a VHF TV dial?
14. Which side of a women's blouse are the buttons on?
15. On a NY license plate, is New York on the top or bottom?
16. Which way do fans rotate?
17. Whose face is on a dime?
18. How many sides does a stop sign have?
19. Do books have even # pages on the right or left side?
20. How many lug nuts are on a standard car wheel?
21. How many sides are there on a standard pencil?
22. Sleepy, Happy, Sneezy, Grumpy, Dopey, Doc. Who's missing?
23. How many hot dog buns are in a standard package?
24. On which card is the cardmaker's trademark?
25. On which side of a venetian blind is the cord that adjusts the opening between the slats?
26. On the back of a one dollar bill, what is in the center?
27. There are 12 buttons on a touch tone phone. What 2 symbols bear no digits?
28. How many curves are in a standard paper clip?
29. Does a merry-go-round turn counter or clockwise?
30. How many birthdays does the average person have?

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Answers

1. Bottom
2. 50
3. Right
4. Blue, red, white, yellow, black, and gold
5. Q, Z
6. 1, 0
7. Left
8. 20
9. Red
10. 88
11. Counter (unless you happen to be south of the equator)
12. Towards bottom right
13. 12 (no #1)
14. Right
15. Top
16. Clockwise as you look at it
17. Roosevelt
18. 8 What about the front side and back side? I think it also could be.
19. left
20. 5
21. 6
22. Bashful
23. 8
24. Ace of spades
25. Left
26. ONE
27. *, #
28. 3
29. Counter
30. 1, which is your birthdate.


Scoring

30-28 Mensa is calling, genius
25-27 Not too shabby
20-24 You could do better
16-19 McDonald's is calling (would you like fries w/ that)?
15-00 Shucks! Being blind wouldn't affect you one bit!

4th gen
04-14-2004, 02:02 AM
A bit unfair on us non-Americans (well, I mean the quiz, not because we're not Americans (which is actually a good thing)) :rolleyes:

100%
04-14-2004, 02:15 AM
UM.....How Observant Are You? (to american propoganda and consumerism?)

10 correct and proud of it

tesco
04-14-2004, 03:50 AM
20 correct :) some were very obvious that i got wrong lol...and didnt get ANY of teh american ones :angry:


9. On our flag, is the top stripe red or white?

my flag doesnt have a top stripe :unsure: (canada)

Ariel_001
04-14-2004, 05:32 AM
Over here the green is on the middle left in alot of places nearby me...

dwightfry
04-14-2004, 05:00 PM
A womans blouse buttons are on the left, not the right.

http://www.lincsprint.com/workwear/blouse-kk704.jpg

Illuminati
04-14-2004, 05:12 PM
Pretty interesting to see an observation one for a change instead of the standard IQ tests but the fact that a lot of the questions were biased towards American culture doesn't make it a good exam to use on an international board. :huh:

This seems very similar to the IQ test set to both american & foreign soldiers by Gould in the early 20th century.

Keikan
04-15-2004, 02:30 AM
I thought there were 51 states

virusgenerator
04-17-2004, 04:05 PM
lol ummm 52 last i heard or has bush go to war with one of them

Autumn Fox
04-17-2004, 11:24 PM
50 states and 1 district*; Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia*, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming.


Source (http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/us.html)