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From: pretnichols
Date: 03-28-2006, 11:27 AM (1 of 15)
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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-- 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. LET'S JUST SEE HOW OBSERVANT YOU REALLY ARE. 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? (Who remembers what VHF is?) 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 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? 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 red 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 buttons? 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 package? 8 21. On which playing card is the card maker's trademark? ACE OF SPADES 22. On which 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 Peggy
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User: pretnichols
Member since: 10-16-2005 Total posts: 342 |
From: pretnichols
Date: 03-28-2006, 11:29 AM (2 of 15)
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Forgot to mention that I got 19 1/2 right. I could only remember 5 of the 6 colors on a Campbell soup can. Hope you all have fun with the brain teaser! Peggy
So little time, sew much to do........... |
User: pretnichols
Member since: 10-16-2005 Total posts: 342 |
From: Sewhappie
Date: 03-28-2006, 11:57 AM (3 of 15)
| I have 19. |
User: Sewhappie
Member since: 10-27-2001 Total posts: 1427 |
From: sweetpea1
Date: 03-28-2006, 01:54 PM (4 of 15)
| I got 15 and since the average is 7, I think I did pretty good. Congrats to you walking brains who got 19 or more right! |
User: sweetpea1
Member since: 10-10-2005 Total posts: 56 |
From: SummersEchos
Date: 03-28-2006, 02:03 PM (5 of 15)
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Got 22, alot of things I have no reason to know why I knew them.
Summer
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User: SummersEchos
Member since: 09-29-2004 Total posts: 884 |
From: Magot
Date: 03-28-2006, 02:48 PM (6 of 15)
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humph - I only got 13 - but then I plead ignorance of things American! I could only get 5 of the Cambells soup can colours too - no matter how hard I tried to remember my Andy Warhol! By the way no. 10 is wrong - it is an urban myth that water goes clockwise down the drain in the Northern hemisphere and anticlockwise in the southern. Not only is the Earth's rotation too weak to affect the direction of water flowing in a drain, tests you can easily perform in a few washrooms will show that water whirlpools both ways depending on the sink's structure, not the hemisphere. love and kisses, Jan
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User: Magot
Member since: 12-22-2002 Total posts: 3626 
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From: mozeyrn
Date: 03-28-2006, 02:54 PM (7 of 15)
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I got 15 too. Remembering Bashful was the question that took the longest to remember and I have the Snow White & the 7 Dwarfs movie at home! Silly me. The clockwise/counter-clockwise questions were the hardest. - Maureen.
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User: mozeyrn
Member since: 11-29-2005 Total posts: 349 |
From: Pudge99
Date: 03-28-2006, 03:36 PM (8 of 15)
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Well I had 19. The water in my house goes counterclockwise and I live north of the equator so I missed that one. I also only got 5 of the Cambells colors. I missed the fm radio dial by one number.  OH and I missed the buttons on the blouse thing. I cheated by looking at my pants and I still got it wrong, guess the person who made my jeans doesn't know either. Whenever I make a blouse or something with buttons I jump on here and ask cause I can never remember. Gina
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User: Pudge99
Member since: 10-30-2001 Total posts: 1375 |
From: sewingrandma
Date: 03-28-2006, 04:02 PM (9 of 15)
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I got 21. The ones I missed I didn't even answer. Gina, the only way I can remember which side the buttons go on is to repeat the phrase "men left over" I don't remember where I picked it up from and I'm sure there is more to it but it hasn't failed me yet. I don't know why it sticks with me it just does. 
Brockie
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User: sewingrandma
Member since: 03-06-2003 Total posts: 432 |
From: blessedmommyuv3
Date: 03-28-2006, 05:18 PM (10 of 15)
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Well, I got 10 and was feeling pretty good at being "above average", that is until I saw I had the lowest score on the board- lol!!!! Jen |
User: blessedmommyuv3
Member since: 05-18-2004 Total posts: 263 
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From: Jayde877
Date: 03-28-2006, 05:30 PM (11 of 15)
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I got 20 right. Didn't know how many matches in a matchbook. I use a lighter. Forgot if top stripe on the flag was red or white(oops) Fm dial...I said 87...it was 88...I have an MP3 player...don't listen to the radio No smoking sign, I think I got it wrong...I had the slash going / like so the direction a fan turns...can't say I really pay that close of attention to which way my fans go Anyway, it's a neat test...apparently everyone here is above average though!! Charity |
User: Jayde877
Member since: 07-27-2005 Total posts: 106 
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From: HeyJudee
Date: 03-28-2006, 06:38 PM (12 of 15)
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Guess I'm among the lowest...got 14. I'm ignorant of some American things....although I got a few right. Well I never did well with trivia!!!
TTFN from
Judy |
User: HeyJudee
Member since: 01-25-2005 Total posts: 1366 
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From: Almajanesattic
Date: 03-28-2006, 08:32 PM (13 of 15)
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I got most of them but there is one question that can be answered both ways........the cord on a venetian blind can be either on the right or left.....depending on which side the one who bought it wanted it on! When I ordered my blinds I was amazed that it was an option. Sharon |
User: Almajanesattic
Member since: 01-20-2006 Total posts: 42 
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From: Chrysantha
Date: 03-28-2006, 09:16 PM (14 of 15)
actually the fan question is right and wrong....you can make overhead fans go either direction. (depending on which way you want the air to go, up or down....thats why the blades are canted to one side). 
Chrys
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User: Chrysantha
Member since: 09-06-2002 Total posts: 2414 
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From: esrun3
Date: 03-28-2006, 09:55 PM (15 of 15)
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I got 18 and I was recently on a merry go round that went clockwise.
Lyn
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User: esrun3
Member since: 12-02-2004 Total posts: 2345 |
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