September 20, 2005
LET THE BICKERING BEGIN!
(A Million Times Forwarded E-mail from Blogless Brother Roy)
NOTE: I got 19 "right", although I don't agree with all the answers given. If you want to dispute an answer, please leave a link to supporting evidence in the comments.
Answers in the extended entry.
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 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 as you go. Check answers (on the bottom) AFTER completing all the questions.
REMEMBER - NO CHEATING!!! 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!
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 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?
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
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19 as well. I feel really bad about the vhf dial thing to, the tricksy bastards.
I have no clue about matches and can never remember it, nor the colors on campbells... I got 16... the others were stupid mistakes.
I had 4, 9, 19 and 21 wrong giving me 21. Not bad. I had to really think on a couple.
I impressed myself with 23 -- but there's no correct answer to #14 or #17 -- the fan goes whichever way I have the switch turned (all MY fans are reversible); and the number of lug nuts depends on the manufacturer -- I've seen from0 to 8.
Well, you did say, "Let the bickering begin..."
Dang silly thing -- that we me that just posted.
22. I remembered some from the first time I took it on that oft emailed thing you mentioned.
well, I got eighteen correct myself-- had no idea what a VHF tv was. Or the other dwarf . . .
That Northern Hemisphere/drain answer is incorrect. Tests show no statistical difference between direction of drainage in either hemisphere.
So, the correct answer is 'both.'
Don't make me sic Adam and Jamie on you. Or Snopes. 'Cause I will.
21... vhf and phones aren't my friends.
Basil - Sic away. I *did* ask for supportive linkage.
Here's the one for the drain:
http://www.ucolick.org/~mountain/AAA/answers/physics/ph16.html
And the Honda Accord 4-door sitting in my garage has 4 lug nuts :-)
18 correct could have been worse.
Looks like I hold the title for 'Village Idiot' again! 13 is what I got. Beat that for low score...
Got 18 here. I'm officially disputing number 25. My wife and daughter rode one several weekends ago going clockwise. Link provided shows they do exist, so the answer should be "both"
http://images.myphotoalbum.com/p/pr/pri/prin/princ/princesshei/albums/pic_wid_cyn/P1010643.sized.jpg
I got 21 if I go by THEIR answers, but I agree with "both" on the ceiling fan. I DID know how many VHF channels there are, but that's only because I grew up in the olden times befoe cable television.... ;)
Every stop sign I've ever seen has had two sides...
SarahP - Even better - you get a spanking! :-)
19 too. Ugh!
I only got 20. VHF?!?! And I agree - 2 sides to a stop sign - I even changed my answer from 5 to 2!!
24 out of 25. Dang gold on the soup can.
And VHF? Come on - I'm 19 and remember VHF. Family used to own two of 'em.
now UHF - that was a great movie.
23-I have to argue the fan question as well.
VHF was easy. I grew up in the olden days, too and all the best kid shows were on channel 13!
20. I was sure the merry g' round (it won't let me put hyphens in or include that "o," that makes it "questionable content") went the other way. I don't want to talk about it.
22 out of 25.
My ceiling fan spins both ways...
Matches come in books, small boxes, and big boxes... Techncially, those are all "packs."
And 9 is not necessarily correct. If you've got a digital radio, the tuner can go down to 87. Analog tuners can go down this far, but a better wording would have been "What is the lowest number that appears on the analog FM dial?"
Being a technical writer introduces all kinds of fun little quirks into your thought process.... 8- )
I got 17 and yes I missed the lug nuts one. That is because in todays world there is no standard number any more.
Harvey, I'm sure you missed #6, but don't feel bad--the Navy never taught us how to march anyway.
19, but only cos the water-down-the-drain thing is wrong: water goes down the drain CW or CCW, depending on different factors, The old "northern hemishere/southern hemisphere CW/CCW" fallacy is so old it has whiskers, but it's still false. Last person who disagreed on that got an all-expense-paid trip to my kitchen (double) sink, where I showed him one side draining one way, then the other side training the other way.
Oh, and people who count the numbers of matches in a book are anal-retentive jerks.
:-)
"training-draining" Water obeys my will.
David,
There's one match for every cigarette in a pack.
Simple.
bah, 19. i remember VHF, but forgot there wasn't a #1
20 yay! I was one color away on the soup can. Green instead of yellow. And the lowest the FM dial goes is 87.9 since FM bands operate within a 0.2MHz range.
Of course the question is what do they mean by "FM dial"?
Is it the lowest broadcast freqency that's actually used? (87.9)
Is it the lowest number printed on the faceplate of an analog radio? (88)
Is it the lowest number a digital tuner will display? (87.5 on mine)
my venetian blinds cord is on the right
Actually, a VHF has 12 numbers on it, not 11 (depending if your top number is 12 or 13). Count with me:
2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 , 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 (U is for UHF, obviously)
The lowest broadcast frequency is 85.5, which is what I answered.
As for water flowing counterclockwise above the equator, that's a bunch of BS:
http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/mysteries/coriolis.html
It all depends upon how the water was introduced and the geometric structure of the drain.
One can find both counterclockwise and clockwise flowing drains in both hemispheres. Some people would like you to believe that the Coriolis force affects the flow of water down the drain in sinks, bathtubs, or toilet bowls. Don’t believe them! The Coriolis force is simply too weak to affect such small bodies of water.
As for FM frequencies, in the United States, frequency-modulated broadcasting stations operate in a frequency band extending from 87.8 MHz to 108.0 MHz, for a total of 20.2 MHz. It is divided into 100 channels, each 0.2 MHz wide, designated "channel 200" through "channel 300." In actual practice, no one (except the FCC) uses these channels numbers; the frequencies are used.
To receive a station, an FM receiver is tuned to the center frequency of the station's channel. The lowest channel, channel 200, extends from 87.8 MHz to 88.0 MHz; thus its center frequency is 87.9 MHz. Channel 201 has a center frequency of 88.1 MHz, and so on, up to channel 300, which extends from 107.8 to 108.0 MHz and has a center frequency of 107.9 MHz.
Regards,
BfB
Oops, not sure how the "The lowest broadcast frequency is 85.5, which is what I answered." got on there. I copied that from my bro-in-law's email by accident. I answered 87.8.
I think someone should turn over their playing cards. It says bicycle on the back of all 52 of mine.
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