Friday, May 05, 2006

How Observant Are You?

Below are 25 questions about things we see every day or have known about all our lives. No cheating! No looking around! No getting out of your chair! No using anything on or in your desk or computer! BE HONEST!!! Write down your answers as you go. And check your answers (at the bottom) AFTER you finish all the questions.

Ready? 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?

Ok, did you write down all of your answers? Did you cheat? Here are the answers. (Apparently the average score is only 7!!)

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

So how many did you get?

3 comments:

Trinity13 said...

I got 19 right...yeahness!

Pete said...

I got 23.

I didn't know the six colors or the number of matches.

I guessed right on the pencil, knew the women's blouse was opposite a man's, and guessed right on the lug nuts (which I should know for how many times I've changed a tire in the last 5 years!)

Chastity said...

I only got fifteen correct.