I GOT 14, BUT, YOU SEE I'M CANADIAN

[windsong]

The average person only gets 7 correct.

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

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 23?? (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...

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.

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?

ANSWERS

1. On a standard tra ffic 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? RIGHT

4. What six colors are on the classic Campbell 's soup label? BLUE, RED, WHITE, YELLOW, BLACK & GOLD

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

6. When you walk does your left arm swing with your right or left leg? RIGHT

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

8. On the United States flag is the top stripe re! d or white? RED

9. What is the lowest number on the FM dial? 88

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

CLOCKWISE (NORTH OF THE EQUATOR)

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

TOWARDS BOTTOM RIGHT

12. How many channels on a VHF TV dial? 12 (no #1)

13 On which side of a women's blouse are the butto ns? LEFT

14. Which way do fans rotate? CLOCKWISE AS YOU LOOK AT IT

15 How many sides does a stop sign have? 8

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? 5

18. How many sides are there on a standard pencil? 6

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

20. How many hot dog buns are in a standard packag e? 8

21 On which playing card is the card maker's trademark? ACE OF SPADES

22 On wh ich side of a Venetian blind is the cord that adjusts the opening between the slats? LEFT

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? COUNTER

Now send it to some of your friends and put your score in the subject box!!!

[ERDoc]

Damn, I got 19. I disagree with number eight. The lowest number on FM is 87.9. There are no even numbers on FM they are all odd decimals.

[bbbrammer]

I got 21. Missed all the directional ones-counter or clockwise. Apparenly I am looking at them all from the wrong side! Also couldn't remember Bashful. I have a gift for missing the obvious, so I went into this completly expecting to bomb it. Gotta admit I am suprised at what I have noticed. Who knew?

[emtpsaveu911]

I got a 17 :oops: i missed:

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

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 :dontknow:

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

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

22. On wh ich side of a Venetian blind is the cord that adjusts the opening between the slats? right,looking at it a$$backwards

24. How many curves are there in the standard paper clip? 4, oic --i just looked at one :sign7:

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

[nbsp]

When I was in Australia, the toilets went both ways. The water would flow from the back along both sides of the bowl, cancel out at the front, and there would be too much resulting turmoil to create a spin before the bowl was drained. These "dual flush" toilets imo are the best toilet design. Perhaps our australian friends can give a more accurate account of this. But anyways, if you think about it intuitively, the Coriolis force affecting toilet flow wouldn't make sense, because the difference between the distance to the equator of one side of the bowl and another is insignificant.

http://www.snopes.com/science/coriolis.asp

(Also check out the "Bad Coriolis" link at the bottom of the snopes page that outlines a very clever hoax by someone who lives near the equator.

[Eydawn]

I got 18. I misread the which symbols don't have digits (just from fatigue I guess), the Venetian Blinds, the Card with Dealer's Mark and a couple others..

I disagree with the buttons on the lady's shirt one... I've seen both...

Anyways, bedtime.

Wendy

CO EMT-B

MI EMT-B

[PRPGfirerescuetech]

19/25

[MedicNorth]

Only 8 hotdog buns in a standard pack? Wieners come in packs of 12. Lets see - that means you have to eat 2 dozen hot dogs to come out even! Now who would come up wth this clever idea?

At the store down the road, buns come in bags of 12 too - guess I'm on the wrong side of the border as well!

Oh yeah - my score was a screaming 18.

[MedicNorth]

Oops - deleted! - double post - site acting wierd

[ERDoc]

Based on all of the scores, it looks like we are smarter than the average person. :wink: