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Clairity
10-28-2009, 08:42 AM
http://www.oldjoeblack.0nyx.com/thinktst.htm

I took this quiz last night and thought it was pretty cool. (I got 17 out of 25. :P)

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Adam
10-28-2009, 08:52 AM
I got 16 out of 25 - but considering I'm English, I think that's pretty good considering the American content :)
Mario92
10-28-2009, 09:26 AM
22 out of 25...and I've been in America all my life.
no-Name
10-28-2009, 09:35 AM
18/25, not terrible
cute little quiz, annoying music
Oneironaut
10-28-2009, 09:39 AM
17 out of 25
Mario92
10-28-2009, 09:43 AM
18/25, not terrible
cute little quiz, annoying music

It has music?
Aquanina
10-28-2009, 11:09 AM
18/25 ...that was interesting

Which ones did everyone miss? I'm wondering if they are all the same or different.

For me it was...# of Lug Nuts, # of Pencil Sides, Playing Card Trademark, Merry-Go-Round, FM Radio, Campbell's Soup Can
[SomeGuy]
10-28-2009, 11:20 AM
13/25
slayer
10-28-2009, 11:52 AM
16/25

That would be a 64%
Man of Steel
10-28-2009, 01:57 PM
I got 16/25, but some of them weren't strictly factual...
CanceledCzech
10-28-2009, 02:22 PM
17/25

Should be at least an 18, if not a 19 - I made some dumb mistakes on it.
Ynot
10-28-2009, 02:32 PM
13
guitarboy
10-28-2009, 02:40 PM
18 out of 25, good or bad?
Sesquipedalian
10-28-2009, 03:05 PM
21/25 I'm in 2nd! (as of post time)
WolfTsunade
10-28-2009, 03:43 PM
22/25
grasshoppa
10-28-2009, 05:12 PM
14...I thought there were 51 states... Canada counts right?
Sesquipedalian
10-28-2009, 05:13 PM
....I stand corrected. ^
Amethyst Star
10-29-2009, 10:36 AM
20/25.

I think I took this test a few years ago, or something similar to it. Still, apparently I didn't remember all the answers.
Kael Seoras
10-29-2009, 11:28 AM
15 out of 25
Kexo
10-29-2009, 11:41 AM
19/25

I always thought that there are 52 states. :uhm:

Also, I hate the music.
panta-rei
10-29-2009, 02:39 PM
19/25...

Some of those questions were stupid. Like the merry-go-round one... Since those can go clockwise or counterclockwise... A carosel is the one that goes counter...
khh
10-31-2009, 04:31 PM
I got 17/25, which isn't too bad considering that many of the questions were american continent only. Also, there were some stupid ones, like the wirlpool in a drain and the mary-go-round, which can go both ways.
Odd_Nonposter
10-31-2009, 06:01 PM
15/25

Honestly, do televisions and radios have dials anymore? Other answers can change, as khh said.
Mario92
10-31-2009, 08:49 PM
I got 17/25, which isn't too bad considering that many of the questions were american continent only. Also, there were some stupid ones, like the wirlpool in a drain and the mary-go-round, which can go both ways.

Marry-go-round is stupid, but the water-down-the-drain bit is always the exact same within the hemisphere.
khh
10-31-2009, 08:57 PM
Marry-go-round is stupid, but the water-down-the-drain bit is always the exact same within the hemisphere.
No, that is an urban myth. It's been scientifically proven that the only factors that really matters is the bowl, the drain and the tap themselves.
Mario92
10-31-2009, 08:59 PM
I'm not so sure about that...they influence it, but I'm pretty sure they all tend to flow in the same direction in general
khh
10-31-2009, 09:05 PM
I'm not so sure about that...they influence it, but I'm pretty sure they all tend to flow in the same direction in general
http://www.snopes.com/science/coriolis.asp
http://www.ziki.com/en/joekissell+20896/post/the-coriolis-force-taking-an-urban-legend-for-a-spin+10787142
http://tafkac.org/science/coriolis/coriolis_force_tyson_debunking.html
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081011202330AAY2wvr

Tell me, do you need more? :cheeky:
Mario92
11-01-2009, 11:05 AM
...you're feeling very smug right now, aren't you?

In my house, the water always flows down the drain in exactly the same way, and pretty much everywhere else I've been follows suit.
khh
11-01-2009, 12:30 PM
...you're feeling very smug right now, aren't you?
I would have felt more smug if you'd just admitted defeat.
panta-rei
11-01-2009, 02:19 PM
In my house, the water always flows down the drain in exactly the same way, and pretty much everywhere else I've been follows suit.

This is what we call a generalization.
Armistice
11-01-2009, 03:04 PM
14...I thought there were 51 states... Canada counts right?

America's hat :D

I got 23 of 25. Missed the matchbox and Venician blinds
Mario92
11-01-2009, 03:07 PM
This is what we call a generalization.

You're just miffed because you missed the question.
khh
11-01-2009, 03:08 PM
You're just miffed because you missed the question.
I didn't.
Muggler
11-02-2009, 01:53 PM
I got 15/25. I don't know any of the american questions. I'm not american.