How smart are you? Take the science test

[bangerjim]

http://www.pewresearch.org/quiz/science-knowledge/

Only 7% of adults get all 13 right.

How did you do?

[BruceB]

100%.... 13 out of 13 amswered correctly

[Bodean98]

I got 13 as well.

[castalott]

13 of 13....But some of that had to do with the work I used to do...I also narrowed one down to 2 choices and used my best guess.....

Dale

[RoyEllis]

Yep, got all 13 correct too.

[Pipefitter]

100% and it required no thought, took me about 3 minutes.

[IllinoisCoyoteHunter]

12 out of 13. I guess I need to go back to school LOL

[popper]

Grade school questions - got all of them so I guess I graduated.

[BethelHntr]

I got eleven right.

[JWT]

13 of 13. Over 30% of people got less than half correct. Wow.

[osteodoc08]

12 of 13. Could remember if fracking was related to coal or natural gas. Had it narrowed down to those 2 and guessed wrong. Oh well. I (re?) learned something new today.

It appears fracking is short for hydraulic fracturing. Wiki article

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydraulic_fracturing

[sundog]

Leben of'em. Not bad fer a country boy.

[Handloader109]

13 in less than a minute, but I have an argument with "scientists" believing that global warming is caused by CO2.

[aarolar]

13/13 with absolutely no thought whatsoever

[rking22]

13 for me too, did you noice the low percentage on the Nitrogen question??? Remember that from Scuba, really supprised that question was missed so much???

[osteodoc08]

13 for me too, did you noice the low percentage on the Nitrogen question??? Remember that from Scuba, really supprised that question was missed so much???

Thats why it always makes me laugh when they ask if I want nitrogen filled tires.....

[2muchstuf]

Got 12, the gas got me.
I didn't know so I guessed,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, wrong.
2

[jcwit]

Boy am I smart, course I already knew that!

13 out of 13 correct!

[jonp]

13 for 13. By the results here it Shows people who cast their own are smarter than the general public.

[dragonrider]

Got 12, missed No. 2.

[bear67]

13/13 Thanks to eighth grade science. I am sure all of my grandchildren over 10 years old could do the same. But as to the average Joe and Jane on the street!!!!

[retread]

13of 13 correct. I would hope that more than 7% of the general population would be able to do that but unfortunately not.

[Deadpool]

I think I lost IQ doing that test. Got 100% effortlessly. Not even a trick question to consider.

[M-Tecs]

Grade school questions - got all of them so I guess I graduated.

Definately grade school questions.

[MrWolf]

Missed one. Couldn't remember major component of our atmosphere.

[quilbilly]

!00% here too but if only 7% did that, credit for the other 93 goes to the government schools

[thegatman]

Got 2 right does that mean I can't have some firearms?

[jeepyj]

12 for me. I get so worked up over pop quizzes. haha.
jeepyj

[sljacob]

13 of 13...with no effort at all

[alamogunr]

Got 12 of 13. Don't know much about sunscreen.

[JWFilips]

Geeze! 13 out of 13 I thought this was a test!

[wordsmith]

13 outta 13. Lots of nerds on this site. :razz:

[wddodge]

Got all 13 in about a minute. I don't consider myself to be smart at all but that was too easy.

Denny

[pworley1]

I made 100 but only because there wasn't an essay part.

[largom]

Missed one because I disagree with Al Gore.

Larry

[BrianL]

Paused at the nitrogen one but got them all.

[BNE]

13/13 correct. I disagree with the "Bent" of some of the questions, but I knew what they were after. I'm impressed, Casters really are smart.

[Iowa Fox]

12/13 - darn electrons skunked me.

[AZ-JIM]

13 for me as well, better than average, but apparently average among my peers here lol.

az-jim

[bbs70]

Got 2 right does that mean I can't have some firearms?
Be thankful you got 2 right, any less and they would want you to run for public office.

[PULSARNC]

Got 13 out of 13

[foesgth]

I didn't do well I got my age and sex wrong!

[RED333]

Smarter than the average bear, like most of us, 13 for 13

[Elkins45]

100%, and they were easy. But then again I'm a science teacher.

[SODAPOPMG]

100% got all 13 the test was a no brainer, it just goes to show the quality of today's dumbed down schooling that the average is so low

[mnsharpshooter1984]

100% and they were easy. But then again I'm a farmer (who had a great science teacher in a rural small town school!)

[TheDoctor]

13 for 13. That was supposed to be hard?

[SciFiJim]

Easily whizzed through all 13 without a miss. It's no surprise that the members here do so well. What's scary though it that the general public does so poorly.

[mnsharpshooter1984]

Pretty sure the majority of people ambitious enough to reload and cast are intelligent individuals. The American voter should have to take this test and get at least 50% to be eligible.

[mnsharpshooter1984]

Not this test but "a" test.

[Deadpool]

I'm starting to wonder if it was designed to make people feel good about their level of schooling. "See, I do nee no mo edumacation, I got dem righ."

[mnsharpshooter1984]

I'm starting to wonder if it was designed to make people feel good about their level of schooling. "See, I do nee no mo edumacation, I got dem righ."
My buddies took it and best one got 11/13 but they could make other people feel dumb figuring amperage based on number of fixtures, watts per fixture, wired in parallel or series; or the right btu per square foot on a house, or picking the most cost efficient feed diet for farm animals. To each their own. I was a total nerd in school and I strive to be the jack of all trades but this is far from an IQ test.

[bangerjim]

The average "joe" on the street is not that up on all things scientific. Many on here are. I think our results are skewed to the right of the chart due to all of us being more "aware" of the sciences. Just like our political viewpoints are to the right?!?!?!?!?!?!?

HA........ha!

[Multigunner]

13 in less than a minute, but I have an argument with "scientists" believing that global warming is caused by CO2.
Same here. Whether or not "Most" scientists believe has nothing to do with establishing anything as a scientific fact, science is not a matter of consebsus of opinion. Also after looking into the methodoly of establishing the magic 97% number i seriously doubt that its an accurate representation.
Even the Warmist have changed their language on this to "active climatologists" rather than "scientists". most meteorologists do not agree with the IPCC.
A yes on that question was not a valid answer, it was the answer I knew they expected.
You'll soon see the result of this backdoor survey being used to bolster the AGW "consensus".

I feel less intelligent for having taken this test.

[Deadpool]

This test could have been created for a single purpose... To "sell" you on the idea CO2 is solely responsible for the greenhouse effect. Doesn't work so well during a time of global cooling, as seen period after period. When volcanoes erupt, they spew so much more than just CO2, and one moderate sized one has been proven to have a global cooling effect. A big one can cause a nuclear winter. That should put things into perspective. No amount of man-made coal burning or car driving could come close to causing a nuclear winter.

[Multigunner]

Even this obviously pro AGW article admits.


AMS members are defined simply as "persons having demonstrable professional or scholarly expertise in the atmospheric or related sciences, technologies, applications, or services whether or not this expertise is a source of livelihood." This does not even necessarily mean scientists, which has profound implications in the AMS survey's results: Throughout every area of expertise, the percentage of those who believe humans cause global warming dropped significantly among the respondents who have not published scientific literature in the last five years, down to 37 percent.

http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/11/27/no-daily-caller-a-meteorologist-survey-does-not/197080

So in fact anyone answering that particular question as a yes would have been less accurate than anyone who answered the question as a no.
Some even like to claim that Meteorology is not a science.

[LynC2]

Wow, I can't believe how badly the general population did on such an easy test. Then again maybe not after seeing how poorly educated some recent high school graduates are.

[jabo52521]

12 out of 13. Need to brush up on earth science.

[Jack Beauregard]

It is actually a pretty clever test to determine the cross section of the american population that has basic knowledge of science and physics. Sure, perhaps only 7% got all questions correct, but 69% (IIRC) got at least half that (from at least 7 correct answers to 13) I take online results with a grain of salt, as even the person who couldn't answer one question correctly on their own knows the power of Google. That's why it was interesting that this project only used the results from the national survey and not the online quiz. Their report is quite enlightening. Remember, just because there were only 7% of respondents who got all questions correct doesn't mean that everyone else got them all wrong.

[mnsharpshooter1984]

http://mobile.wnd.com/2015/03/al-gore-punish-climate-change-deniers/

AL Gore wants to punish all you global warming disbelievers.

I'm a hog farmer. This nut wants to tax my pigs farts and that's no ****. UNBELIEVABLE the world we live in these days.

[MaryB]

13 of 13 in under a minute, wasn't even hard... and I also disagree on CO2 causing global warming, at least not man made when the amount we dump into the atmosphere is under 1%, now natural warming due to increased levels is possible...

[Bullwolf]

13 out of 13 for this redneck. Maybe boolit casters are part mad scientist?

The wife got 8 out or 13....



- Bullwolf

[fast ronnie]

Thats why it always makes me laugh when they ask if I want nitrogen filled tires.....

There is a legitimate reason for using nitrogen in tires. They are not as sensitive to changing pressures when they get hot. Part of that is a lack of moisture. Compressed nitrogen contains less moisture than air. This is one of those tricks learned in racing, and some forms of racing use nitrogen 100% in their tires. Drag racing some, Nascar most, formula one, 100%.

[ksfowler166]

13 for me too, did you noice the low percentage on the Nitrogen question??? Remember that from Scuba, really supprised that question was missed so much???
That the one I would not remember. Besides that it seemed like all the question were pretty basic for anyone with schooling in the sciences.

[fast ronnie]

I didn't do well I got my age and sex wrong!

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[texaswoodworker]

13 out of 13.

[Mtnfolk75]

11 for 13 ..... [smilie=s:


Ya gotta take into account that I'm just an Old Retired Hairy Legged Beat Cop ...... wasn't smart enough to do anything else. Good thing I went into LE when they hired Brawn over Brain ......

[fast ronnie]

13 for 13
This shows the quality of the schooling in years past compared to today. Most on this forum have at least a couple years experience.

[Multigunner]

Quote Originally Posted by foesgth View Post

I didn't do well I got my age and sex wrong!

On the "Beyond the Fringe" album theres a bit about the difference between being a Judge and being a Coal Miner.
When you apply to become a miner they only ask you one question "What's your name?", I got 75% on that.

[GSM]

Got 12 of 13. Don't know much about sunscreen.

Know what melanomas are?

[snuffy]

12 of 13, should have got them all, but darned dyslexia got me, I knew electrons were smaller than atoms, just hit the wrong button.

[texaswoodworker]

13 for 13
This shows the quality of the schooling in years past compared to today. Most on this forum have at least a couple years experience.

I got 13 out of 13, and I'm 22. It's not so much the schooling as it is the parents not pushing their kids to learn. They are learning things now in 6th grade that people in the 50s and 60s didn't learn until they were an upperclassman in high school or in college. The sad thing is, they could be learning even more if it was not for standardize tests and common core eating up so much of the school year on BS.

People have the opportunity to get a great education today. Whether they do or not is up to them.

[Superfly]

12 and damn I still feel dumb

[Col4570]

Got 11 of the 13,Good enough for me,my 78 year old brain still functions OK.

[bobthenailer]

Got 10 out of 13 correct

[Screwbolts]

13 of 13 correct, even got my age and sex correct.

Ken

[Blammer]

I think I got the age question wrong...

[Fishman]

12 out of 13 for me. I messed up on atmosphere composition.

[Tom Myers]

13 out of 13. No hesitation, no indecision, just click, click, click.

[tomme boy]

I think one of the reasons that most here had all or most right was because of the age on this site. I have a feeling the 35 and under crown on the national test was the reason for so many that are wrong.

[458mag]

Wheres Jethro Bodine when u need him?

[trys357]

I got 11 out of 13...

[Beerd]

Well if most everyone else got 'em all right, then I did too.
And I never even took the "test".
..

[captaint]

OK, I only got 12 right. Missed the one about Nitrogen/Hydrogen. Oh well. Hey, I didn't graduate from college.

[blackthorn]

Got 11 right.

[fouronesix]

That wasn't much of a test really. Late grade school-junior high level. At least they didn't ask if dihydrogen monoxide was a dangerous chem. :)

[Pb Burner]

I ran through it fast, got 13 of 13 correct. My wife is a college grad, she got 10 of 13.

[scarry scarney]

Science and Technology Knowledge Quiz ResultsYou answered 13 of 13 questions correctly.
This quiz is a joint effort between the Pew Research Center and Smithsonian magazine.

See below how your results compare with the 1,006 randomly sampled adults that took part in our national survey and review how you responded to each question. For more findings from the survey, read "Public's Knowledge of Science and Technology." (http://www.people-press.org/2013/04/22/publics-knowledge-of-science-and-technology/)

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You scored better than 93% of the public and the same as 7%.

[waltherboy4040]

12 out of 13

[montana_charlie]

Considering how well the majority scored, it seems to contrast significantly with the opinon stated in a thread in another section titled "Not everyone here is so bright"

[Love Life]

0 out of 13. Dang.

[DR Owl Creek]

That was easy. 13 for 13.

Dave

[Janoosh]

Got 12....missed the gas one also.....

[Wild Bill 7]

10 of 13. Not my strong point I guess. LOL:bigsmyl2:

[rototerrier]

12/13 correct, I also missed #2. Can't believe I even got out of bed today, I'm so disappointed in myself!

[MBTcustom]

Took me less than 2 minutes. I got 12 out of 13 correct which I knew would be the case because I think Pangea is a stupid asinine theory.
If somebody asks me if I think all the continents were once connected, I say "yes I do, and they still are. If you remove all the water out of the oceans, you will notice there is dirt undernieth that spans from continent to continent. A "continent" is simply a high spot in the dirt, and an "ocean" is simply a low spot in the dirt" (to put it in language a kindergartener could understand.)

[SharpsShooter]

Easzy 13/13

SS

[starbits]

13/13 I kept waiting for the trick question.

Starbits

[jonp]

There is a legitimate reason for using nitrogen in tires. They are not as sensitive to changing pressures when they get hot. Part of that is a lack of moisture. Compressed nitrogen contains less moisture than air. This is one of those tricks learned in racing, and some forms of racing use nitrogen 100% in their tires. Drag racing some, Nascar most, formula one, 100%.
if your going 175mph then yes. Otherwise its a scam

[jonp]

Took me less than 2 minutes. I got 12 out of 13 correct which I knew would be the case because I think Pangea is a stupid asinine theory.
If somebody asks me if I think all the continents were once connected, I say "yes I do, and they still are. If you remove all the water out of the oceans, you will notice there is dirt undernieth that spans from continent to continent. A "continent" is simply a high spot in the dirt, and an "ocean" is simply a low spot in the dirt" (to put it in language a kindergartener could understand.)

You were "that" kid in class weren,t you?

[Blanco]

Or that there actually is something that is global warming.
Complete fabrication designed to extract research dollars and justify their right to your tax dollars




13 in less than a minute, but I have an argument with "scientists" believing that global warming is caused by CO2.

[Retumbo]

You answered 13 of 13 questions correctly.

Meh!, guess gun folk are just smarter than the average

[Schrag4]

13 here too. They should have put some questions in like "is the moon a planet" or "which is closer, the moon or the sun." I always got a kick out of the answers Jay Leno would get to those kinds of questions during his Jay Walking segment.

[Blanco]

Actually this was Psych test to see how many of our demographic would gloat after thinking you took a test that made a good majority of Americans look like complete morons.
In doing so you can now be labeled as a gun toting supremacist.

[Charley]

13/13. Appears to be about 7th grade science level. At least, 7th grade science level in 66/67, when I was in 7th grade.

[JeffinNZ]

13-13.

[Dale in Louisiana]

13 in less than a minute, but I have an argument with "scientists" believing that global warming is caused by CO2.


Bit my tongue. I knew which answer they wanted.

13/13

dale in Louisiana

[Rick Hodges]

100% 13 of 13...not difficult.

[Nicholas]

13 for 13. It was not even a good pop quiz. That was a massively poor performance on the atmosphere's composition. A better question would have been, "What is the third most abundant gas in dry atmosphere?"

[firewhenready7]

I got 12 of them.

[hoosierlogger]

12 out of 13. Wife got 9 of 13. I'm the smartest one in my house. Lol

[Geraldo]

13/13.

[dagger dog]

Scored 100% correct.

[Taylor]

12 of 13 here

[altheating]

12 out of 13, but I do know that Obummer should not be president.

[MarkP]

13/13

[koehlerrk]

Got all 13 questions right, even though they had a few errors.

Continents in motion for "millions of years" - only off by a factor of 1,000
Most scientists agreeing that CO2 causes glow-bull warming... no, just the ones getting paid by the government agree, and water vapor has 100x the impact on retained heat.

[OutHuntn84]

12 of 13

[458mag]

Yawl or a bunch a genises!!!

[garym1a2]

13 of course

[MaryB]

Now if they would have asked me to remember some chemistry and how to combine things I might have gotten one wrong. Been a long time since 11th grade Chem II...

[45workhorse]

12 out of 13.

[bikerbeans]

Got them all right. I guess remember a little bit from my 5 years in engineering school.

BB

[fixit]

I missed one because my dyslexia kicked in. I hate it when I know the right answer, but mark the wrong one

[10x]

13/13 in less than a minute

[Multigunner]

Most people these days don't know that you should never stick a fork in an electric toaster.
Then again I only know that because I once stuck a fork in a toaster.

Some things should be taught in schools , like never pouring cleansers containing chorine bleach into a clogged sink or toliet that you've already put drain cleaner in.
I was amazed to find that at one time (early 1960's) up to 5,000 housewives per year were poisoned by chlorine gas after doing just that.

Schools should teach kids stuff like that early on so it becomes fixed in their minds.

[shredder]

13 for 13 Though I agree that the questions were not all that hard. Most high school kids should pass that no problem.

[gwpercle]

I got 12 out of 13, picked hydrogen when it should have been nitrogen.
I was thinking H2O...but that's water not air.....slap to forehead ! been a long time since science class.

[fatelk]

I got five of them right. I knew a couple for sure and made lucky guesses on the others.

[JonnyReb]

Yup, i rocked out too with 9 outta 13. but hey...someones gotta be "average".

In slight defense my 1st question never showed up on the page, just a "next page" button to hit. It hung me up for a few seconds wondering how stupid did they think i was and smugly advanced to page number two and it wasn't till the end that i realized i'd been cheated. And the climate change agenda question made me vote opposite of what made sense just for spite. So...i'm smarter than i look on paper.. :-o

[Eddie17]

All thirteen for me.

[Roy Acuffff]

13 of 13, but then I knew I was associating with SMART folks.

Roy

[TheCoyote]

got 12 out of 13, I missed the one about the makeup of earths atmospheric gasses.

[Idz]

13 of 13 The one about "most scientists believe" should have been correctly stated as "most climate scientists polled at a global warming conference believe"

[Ed Barrett]

Got all 13 right.

[Multigunner]

13 of 13 The one about "most scientists believe" should have been correctly stated as "most climate scientists polled at a global warming conference believe"
To be fair the phrased the question ambiguously. The theory of CO2 as a greenhouse gas is a very old one, its the exageration of its effects that I have a problem with.

The misuse of surveys resulted in the bogus 97% consesus claim, since the questions were phrased in such a way that any belief that CO2 had any effect as a greenhouse gas was interpreted as confirmation of AGW.

The ambiguous term ''Significant" could mean a fraction of 1% to 100% the way they interpreted it.

A similar bogus survey was used a few years back to claim that the vast majority of scientists were atheists. The questions were phrased in a manner that only those with the strictest fundimentalist Christian beliefs would be considered as theists. The vast majority chose not to answer these questions at all. Few other than die hard atheists sent in their questionaire.

In the same manner I expect some AWG alarmists will misrepresent this supposed test to make the claim that 100% of the smartest 7% of the population agree that AGW is real and catastrophic.

The few who make up the "97%" are over represented in the literature, because they basically simply parrot what others have stated, staying in lockstep while changing a few words around to make it appear that they are submitting original works.

[frkelly74]

I got 13 but on the question that mentioned continents moving over millions of years I answered the answer that I knew that they wanted.

[mold maker]

My fifth grade Grand Daughter also got 13/13. Her comment was "Duh, everybody knows that"

[frkelly74]

My wife got 11, middle daughter got 11, older daughter got 9. 5th grade son got 7.

[NY_Treeguy]

13/13. I do have a science degree. I can understand people missing the Fracking question if it is not an issue where you live.

[Echo]

13 for 13, and pretty fast, too. Good questions, but 30% below 50% right is shocking - well, mebbe not...

[sleeper1428]

13 out of 13! Guess after seven years of higher education beyond high school, three years residency in Anesthesiology plus a career spent teaching Anesthesiology I actually learned - and retained - a few bits of info!! But what really bothers me is that all those people who scored below 50% are actually allowed to vote!! No wonder we get the likes of B.O.!!!

[Texas Tinker]

I answered all 13 correctly as well. I believe this forum's contributors are well above average in the technical knowlege department.

[Elkins45]

Took me less than 2 minutes. I got 12 out of 13 correct which I knew would be the case because I think Pangea is a stupid asinine theory.
If somebody asks me if I think all the continents were once connected, I say "yes I do, and they still are. If you remove all the water out of the oceans, you will notice there is dirt undernieth that spans from continent to continent. A "continent" is simply a high spot in the dirt, and an "ocean" is simply a low spot in the dirt" (to put it in language a kindergartener could understand.)


Plate tectonics is a widely accepted theory because there is so very much evidence in support of it. I say this as someone with a degree in geology. The movement of the continental plates can and actually has been measured.

[BD]

12 out of 13, I missed the atmosphere.

[LUBEDUDE]

Due to working a full time job, I literally slept through most of High School, and some of college. I can't believe that only 7% got 100%, I had no problem obtaining that number. That was pretty basic stuff.

[Windyvista]

13 out of 13. I am a Chemical Engineer, a volunteer EMT and served on a Town committee on hydrofracking so those helped. I am surprised though with as much publicity as hydrofracking and global warming get, the score on those was only a little over 50%.

[steg]

12 out of 13 😣

[Hannibal]

13/13. Apparently bullet casters are an intelligent group as a whole.

[frkelly74]

Practical intelligent problem solvers. PIPS

[fatelk]

When you consider the range of people likely included in any poll or study, it shouldn't be surprising that most people don't have a lot of really basic scientific understanding. Think about the average people you know or rub shoulders with day to day. I'm thinking about some older folks I know: good people but couldn't care less about science. I know a lot of twenty-somethings that could tell you all about pop culture, fashion, sports, etc., but who I expect would do poorly on this little quiz. They're not dumb; they just don't care.

Most of those questions were really, really basic knowledge. My 10 year old daughter knew most of them. However, missing some or even a bunch of them doesn't mean a person is stupid, just ignorant of that particular piece of scientific knowledge. Most people focus on what they are interested in and easily forget the rest. No big deal- we all do it.

BTW, I fibbed earlier when I posted that I only got a few (just trying to be funny). I was embarrassed to brag about knowing such basic questions. Now, if someone could find a link to a similar quiz about pop culture, fashion, or something like that, then I'll post my score here and do some bragging about how bad I did. :)

[SeabeeMan]

All 13...but I'm a science teacher, so it would be pretty sad if I didn't. On the flip side, I would classify all but maybe 2 of those as "reasonably intelligent human being" level of questions.

[JWFilips]

OK keep in mind that this test was out there for every one to participate including the folks who elected Obama! So that says a lot! The general "populous" is very stupid!!!
Just got to love this "new" COUNTRY! Yeah Right!

[seaboltm]

13 right.

[Desertbuck]

13 out of 13.
I'm a high school graduate and they sent me to special education most of my school years. The classroom was affectionately known as the retard room by all of the wonderful £#×*€ I mean young adults I went to school with! I don't miss school one bit. It seemed like whenever I asked complicated question the teachers did not have the ability to answer I guess. They would tell me look at the book and just look at the example. The examples are only capable of telling one plausible outcome not why it can come out another way they used to get so frustrated with me. I finally one day told a math teacher who didn't seem to care for me much ------- I want you to show me over and over again if necessary not show me some pictures.
After I got out of school I just let my own curiosity be my guide I learned by getting my hands on what I was interested in. And I also learned many things from my elders who were willing to teach me.

[.45Cole]

Did you guys notice that the questions were somewhat hotly debated issues? It seems like everyone got >10, I wonder if they actually time the response time and are more interested in that. Only a few questions were things that a normal person wouldn't know.

[Twicepop]

I got 12 of 13, not bad for a guy that barely finished high school.

[DLCTEX]

All 13 correct and didn't have to use google, about 1 min. to finish. Must have absorbed some knowledge by osmosis.

[bangerjim]

When you consider the range of people likely included in any poll or study, it shouldn't be surprising that most people don't have a lot of really basic scientific understanding. Think about the average people you know or rub shoulders with day to day. I'm thinking about some older folks I know: good people but couldn't care less about science. I know a lot of twenty-somethings that could tell you all about pop culture, fashion, sports, etc., but who I expect would do poorly on this little quiz. They're not dumb; they just don't care.

Most of those questions were really, really basic knowledge. My 10 year old daughter knew most of them. However, missing some or even a bunch of them doesn't mean a person is stupid, just ignorant of that particular piece of scientific knowledge. Most people focus on what they are interested in and easily forget the rest. No big deal- we all do it.

BTW, I fibbed earlier when I posted that I only got a few (just trying to be funny). I was embarrassed to brag about knowing such basic questions. Now, if someone could find a link to a similar quiz about pop culture, fashion, or something like that, then I'll post my score here and do some bragging about how bad I did. :)


Well. pilgrim........her 'ya go!

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?273423-How-hip-were-you

banger-j

[Three44s]

+13

Three 44s

[fatelk]

Well. pilgrim........her 'ya go!

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?273423-How-hip-were-you

banger-j

Thank you! Those were kind of fun and I rarely check out the pit anymore so I would have missed that.

Now, if someone can find and post a link to one on modern pop culture so I can fail miserably and brag about it... :)

[dlbarr]

Got 5 of 13. Simple stuff.

Didn't even take 20 minutes.

[wyrmzr]

12 of 13. missed the gas one, which I should have remembered.

[WILCO]

I got eleven right.

Same here. http://www.sherv.net/cm/emoticons/eating/hamburger-waving-hello-smiley-emoticon.gif

[Leonard Wright]

This thread has revealed a small amount about the level of intelligence here (public opinion says: it was an "easy" test).

It has revealed alot more about some other character​ qualities however. :mrgreen:

[rush1886]

13 for 13, and pretty fast, too. Good questions, but 30% below 50% right is shocking - well, mebbe not...

That would be the 30% that voted for obummer twice.

13 for 13.

[firefly1957]

13 out of 13 they were pretty easy ones.

[MT Gianni]

13 of 13.

[Lexluther45]

12of13 danged ol GAS

[runfiverun]

the gas one is easy.
btw you can frack a coal seam and extract methane gas.
but the question is extract not just frack and you ain't getting coal out of a 4-16" well head.
oh I got 13 of 13 and the rest of my 'demographic' was more like 68%.
I guess I grew up with some dummy's.

[fatelk]

This thread has revealed a small amount about the level of intelligence here (public opinion says: it was an "easy" test).

It has revealed alot more about some other character​ qualities however. :mrgreen:
Not sure, but I think we're being mocked?

[BD]

13 out of 13. I have to wonder what the sample was that produced only 7% that aced it?

[SharpsShooter]

13...so simple....


SS

[gkainz]

100%.... 13 out of 13 amswered correctly

13 for 13 here, too .... but Bruce? How did the typing test go? :D

[Bloodman14]

13/13, and top 7%. Yep, I'm a nerd.

[Ranger 7]

13 out of 13. Nice to know I still can remember.

[Gisli]

100%. I got all 13 correct. Must be something in the lead.

[BwBrown]

I got the 1st 13 correct - missed the one about are you male or female - thought it might be a trick question?

[archmaker]

12 out of 13, but in my defence I was thinking right, and but answered wrong.

[JWT]

13 of 13

[10-x]

13 of 13 also. Must be from all the smelting done a few days ago! Now to give it to my Grandson that graduates in a few weeks.......

[David2011]

The thing that separates the participants here from the general population is that, IMO, we pay attention to everything that goes on around us. It's no surprise at all that most of us got 10 or more correct and it looks like the majority that are reporting got 12-13.

13/13

David

[leshawk75]

Got all 13 correct

[CT-shooter777]

13 for me too, did you noice the low percentage on the Nitrogen question??? Remember that from Scuba, really supprised that question was missed so much???

13/13 , now I need to huff some nitrogen and induce some narcosis[smilie=s:

[CT-shooter777]

Got 2 right does that mean I can't have some firearms?

Are you allowed to have firearms in N.Y. anymore ;-)