Be honest and don't cheat. The answer are way down on the bottom. The U.S. average is 7. Mine is just 13.

Quote :

"here 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 how little we pay attention to the commonplace things of life. RULES: 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!!! It doesn't matter if you cheat, actually, because if you have to cheat, then you don't know the answer, thus, you've already missed the question. BE HONEST!!! That means no looking at your phone or anything on your desk. LET'S JUST SEE HOW OBSERVANT YOU REALLY ARE. - If not, just have fun! 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? (Don't look at that dial!) 10. Which way does water go down the drain, counter or clockwise? (Get out of the bathroom!) 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 2 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?"

Answers:

Quote :

" ANSWERS 1. Bottom 2. 50 3. Right 4. Blue, red, white, yellow, black & gold 5. 1, 0 6. Right 7. 20 8. Red 9. 87.7 10. Clockwise (north of the equator) 11. From lower right to upper left 12. 12 (there is no #1) 13. Left 14. Clockwise as you look at it from the front. 15. 8 16. Left 17. 5 18. 6 19. Bashful 20. 8 21. Ace of spades 22. Left 23. * and # 24. 3 25. Counterclockwise "

10/16/2005 11:33:40 AM

wrong board, jackass.

10/16/2005 11:40:39 AM

#17, 4, 5, or 6 would be acceptable answers

10/16/2005 11:42:12 AM

Quote :

"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, white, black, blue, orange, yellow 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? Right (Don't you dare get up to see!) ok 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? (Don't look at that dial!) 580 10. Which way does water go down the drain, counter or clockwise? Clockwise (Get out of the bathroom!) 11. Which way does a "no smoking" sign's slash run? From left to right \ 12. How many channels on a VHF TV dial? 28 13. On which side of a women's blouse are the buttons? Right 14. Which way do fans rotate? Counterclockwise 15. How many sides does a stop sign have? 8 16. Do books have even-numbered pages on the right or left side? Right 17. How many lug nuts are on a standard car wheel? 6 18. How many sides are there on a standard pencil? 5 19. Sleepy, Happy, Sneezy, Grumpy, Dopey, Doc. Who's missing? Bashful 20. How many hot dog buns are in a standard package? 9 21. On which playing card is the card maker's trademark? Joker 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 2 symbols bear no digits? # * 24. How many curves are there in the standard paper clip? 3 25. Does a merry-go-round turn counter or clockwise?" Clockwise "

[Edited on October 16, 2005 at 11:50 AM. Reason : i think i got 10 right]

10/16/2005 11:46:38 AM

i got

1
2
3
6
7
8
10
11
13
i think 14 is stupid so i didn't answer (most of the fans in my house will go both ways)
15
16
17
19
21
(all my RODS are on the left, all my CORDS are on the right)
23
24
25

so i'll say 17 out of 23, since i'm throwing two out on the basis that my house doesn't play by the same rules apparently

10/16/2005 11:47:04 AM

I got 15

and by the way this:

Quote :

"10. Which way does water go down the drain, counter or clockwise? Clockwise (north of the equator)"

is an urban legend. The myth is in reference to the Coriolis effect, which makes hurricanes and ocean currents flow opposite ways north and south of the equator. However, your bathroom sink is far too small for the Coriolis effect to be significant. So which way the water goes depends on the shape of your sink, how you pull the plug, and a bunch of other crap that's not related to which side of the equator you are on. Toilets are designed to flush in a certain direction.

10/16/2005 11:48:55 AM

I got 18 right. Not all of the questions have distinct answers, though.

10/16/2005 12:35:17 PM

i got 16 out of 24

i am also throwing out the fan question

10/16/2005 12:42:33 PM

in that case, i got 11 right

I even looked up at the fan in my living room.

10/16/2005 12:46:29 PM

the fan question is stupid. fans should rotate opposite directions depending on the season to either blow air on you or circulate warm air that rises up to your ceiling.

also, the merry-go-round question...wtf? which ever way you decide to push it....

10/16/2005 12:48:24 PM

17

10/16/2005 12:52:13 PM

^^ The problem with that question is a merry-go-round kind of means two things, the kind you can push and like a carousel (which do tend to go counterclockwise).

10/16/2005 12:55:56 PM

yeah i got 18 as well

i dispute that i got #9 wrong. my fm dial only goes down to 87.9. also for 17, my car has 4 lug nuts.

10/16/2005 12:56:11 PM

^ Mine goes to 87.9 as well.

10/16/2005 12:57:37 PM

also i like how knowing all the seven dwarves is evidence of how observant someone is

10/16/2005 12:59:37 PM

I only know from a McDonald's commercial.
But I was really observant when it came on.

10/16/2005 1:01:00 PM

oh yeah and i just used the bathroom and that shit went counter clockwise.

10/16/2005 1:06:59 PM

I hear shit goes counter clockwise.

But piss is the other way 'round.

10/16/2005 1:19:01 PM

I only got 13. Can't believe some of the ones I missed (Statue of Liberty, for #9 I was .2 off, women's blouse, hot dog buns, venetian blinds).

10/16/2005 1:46:34 PM

18

10/16/2005 2:45:41 PM

20

missed the campbell's soup
VHF
which hand the statue of liberty holds the torch
Bashful
sides to a pencil

10/16/2005 3:06:06 PM

17


one I missed:
4. What six colors are on the classic Campbell's soup label? -- Jesus, I don't fucking know. I haven't bought Campbell's soup in 10 years.

7. How many matches are in a standard pack? -- what's a standard pack? "82, 82, 82 ... 246." "How many matches are in that box?" "250." "Sorry Ray, you were wrong." "Sir, there's 4 left in the box."
Even if they clarified, I would have still missed it.

9. What is the lowest number on the FM dial? (Don't look at that dial!) -- In my car, it's 87.9. On my home stereo, it's 87.5.

10. Which way does water go down the drain, counter or clockwise? -- Red Herring. Utterly false. Nerdchick is correct about the reasons.

12. How many channels on a VHF TV dial? -- wtf? How many people still have VHF TVs? Maybe my grandparents would get this one right.

13. On which side of a women's blouse are the buttons? -- damn. missed it.

19. Sleepy, Happy, Sneezy, Grumpy, Dopey, Doc. Who's missing? -- Maybe I could have told you when I was 6 years old. Not any more.

20. How many hot dog buns are in a standard package? -- damn. missed it. I knew it was 8 or 10, guessed wrong.



Ones I don't agree with (other than the arguments above):

14. Which way do fans rotate? -- If I switch two wires, the fan goes the other direction. Is this an actual standard?

22. On which side of a Venetian blind is the cord that adjusts the opening between the slats? -- The angle of the slats? (That's what I assumed they meant.) Or the distance between the slats?

25. Does a merry-go-round turn counter or clockwise?" -- I assume they mean the carousel at Disney World. But again, are they all like that?

10/16/2005 3:12:07 PM

there are twenty matches in a standard pack because there are 20 cigarettes in a pack of cigarettes

10/16/2005 3:13:21 PM

i got 21 right

[Edited on October 16, 2005 at 3:42 PM. Reason : got the campbell's soup one right by guessing between blue and green ]

10/16/2005 3:39:18 PM

^
yeah I did the opposite on #4, picked green instead of blue

---

I got 18 out of 25, missed #4, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13 and 19...

[Edited on October 16, 2005 at 3:43 PM. Reason : ---]

10/16/2005 3:42:44 PM

17 out of 25

10/16/2005 3:57:28 PM

23 out of 25

but a couple of those i only knew because i'm was a com major (vhf, fm stuff)

10/16/2005 4:56:14 PM

27 right

10/16/2005 5:08:12 PM

The problem here is that none of these things have to do with how observant a person really is. For example, I couldn't get half of these right, but when I'm awake , I tend to be very alert and observant as to my surroundings and what is going on around me- this to me is what "observant" is.

10/16/2005 5:24:41 PM

20 right, and that's including the ones with multiple answers.

Guy might want to pay more attention to how many options there are for some of those questions.

10/16/2005 6:03:52 PM

18 right

10/16/2005 7:29:11 PM

16 right

10/16/2005 8:09:38 PM

19 right

10/16/2005 8:37:34 PM

19 out of 25

I missed the match book by 2, fm, dwarf, tv by 1,etc.

10/16/2005 9:35:19 PM

21, but 2 of the ones i got wrong were kinda me debating myself.

10/16/2005 9:51:24 PM

1 C Bottom
2 C 50
3 C right
4 W red, white, etc.
5 C 1 and 0
6 C right
7 W unknown
8 C red
9 W 88.1
10 C clockwise
11 W /
12 W 13
13 C left
14 C clockwise // most have switches
15 C 8
16 C left
17 C 5
18 C 6
19 W unknown
20 C 8
21 W unknown
22 C left // sorry, I looked, unknown if I knew or not
23 C * and #
24 C 3
25 C counter

18 correct

10/16/2005 10:24:54 PM

19

10/17/2005 4:03:21 AM

How old is that test?

If the US average is 7, and the Soap Box average is 17, either the Soap Box is more "observant" than most people (by a good margin), or that test is quite outdated.

10/17/2005 4:08:06 AM

Quote :

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

this one is just fucking stupid. 4 and 5 are both popular. mine has 4.

[Edited on October 17, 2005 at 5:44 AM. Reason : 0]

10/17/2005 5:43:12 AM

Quote :

"How old is that test? If the US average is 7, and the Soap Box average is 17, either the Soap Box is more "observant" than most people (by a good margin), or that test is quite outdated."

well i've seen street smarts a few times. maybe the average really is THAT clueless. it's scary. but maybe true.

10/17/2005 7:51:24 AM

18

10/17/2005 8:25:49 AM

people on here go to college

MathFreak isn't from this country so him getting less makes sense

and its not really a good test if they give you a choice for over half of them

10/17/2005 9:01:21 AM

i got 15
and all the colors on cambell's but one cause i was counting gold and yellow as the same...so i couldn't think of the "other color"...oh well!!

10/17/2005 9:34:09 AM

14...and ive taken that before

i never ate campbells wtf kind of question is that. Also never saw snow white but for some reason i got that right.

10/17/2005 9:47:09 AM

I got 15 right, a few of the questions were poorly worded.

10/17/2005 11:04:13 AM

18 right

10/17/2005 12:32:23 PM

I got 17 based on the answers given, of which some are questionable.

I missed Campbell's soup by one color and put 87.9 instead of 87.7. I did the UHF dial instead of VHF for that question. I knew the answer to the woman's blouse question but still botched it like a moron.

I got the blinds question right, but it was worded poorly.

10/17/2005 12:38:19 PM

Holla at this test. Take it only once like I did, and beat my score.



http://www.mistupid.com/iq/index.htm

[Edited on October 17, 2005 at 1:08 PM. Reason : -]

10/17/2005 1:07:27 PM

17 shitty test, you can be completely observant and never know all the colors on a soup can.

10/17/2005 1:20:08 PM

13. Guess I'm less observant than most.

10/17/2005 1:33:39 PM