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Bandit
Member
07-29-2001
| Tuesday, March 23, 2004 - 2:40 pm
This is really fun, and a lot harder then you would think. The answers are at the bottom, so don't cheat! I got a 23. They say the average is 7. Holy cow, there are some non-observant people out there! This can be more difficult than it looks - it just shows how little most of us really see! There are 29 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 common place things of life. 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? (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 letters don't appear on the telephone dial? (No cheating!) 6. What two numbers on the telephone dial don't have letters by them? 7. When you walk does your left arm swing w/your right or left leg? 8. How many matches are in a standard pack? 9. On the United States flag is the top stripe red or white? 10. What is the lowest number on the FM dial? 11. Which way does water go down the drain, counter or clockwise? 12. Which way does a "no smoking" sign's slash run? 13. How many channels on a VHF TV dial? 14. Which side of a women's blouse are the buttons on? 15. On a NY license plate, is New York on the top or bottom? 16. Which way do fans rotate? 17. Whose face is on a dime? 18. How many sides does a stop sign have? 19. Do books have even-numbered pages on the right or left side? 20. How many lug nuts are on a standard car wheel? 21. How many sides are there on a standard pencil? 22. Sleepy, Happy, Sneezy, Grumpy, Dopey, Doc. Who's missing? 23. How many hot dog buns are in a standard package? 24. On which playing card is the card maker's trademark? 25. On which side of a Venetian blind is the cord that adjusts the opening between the slats? 26. On the back of a $1 bill, what is in the center? 27. There are 12 buttons on a touch tone phone. What 2 symbols bear no digits? 28. How many curves are there in the standard paper clip? 29. Does a merry-go-round turn counter or clockwise? > > > > > >********************************************************************** > > > > > >Don't look at answers below until you complete all the questions. > >1. On a standard traffic light, is the green on the top or bottom? Bottom > >2. How many states are there? 50 (Please, tell me you got this one.) > >3. In which hand is the Statue of Liberty's torch? Right > >4. What six colors are on the classic Campbell's soup label? Black, blue, gold, red, white, yellow > >5. What two letters don't appear on the telephone dial? Q and Z > >6. What two numbers on the telephone dial don't have letters by them? 1 and 0 > >7. When you walk does your left arm swing w/your right or left leg? Right > >8. How many matches are in a standard pack? 20 > >9. On the United States flag is the top stripe red or white? Red > >10. What is the lowest number on the FM dial? 88 > >11. Which way does water go down the drain, counter or clockwise? Counter (North of the equator) > >12. Which way does a "no smoking" sign's slash run? Towards bottom right > >13. How many channels on a VHF TV dial? 12 (There's not a # 1) > >14. Which side of a women's blouse are the buttons on? Left > >15. On a NY license plate, is New York on the top or bottom? Top > >16. Which way do fans rotate? Clockwise (Looking at it) > >17. Whose face is on a dime? Roosevelt > >18. How many sides does a stop sign have? 8 > >19. Do books have even-numbered pages on the right or left side? Left > >20. How many lug nuts are on a standard car wheel? 5 > >21. How many sides are there on a standard pencil? 6 > >22. Sleepy, Happy, Sneezy, Grumpy, Dopey, Doc. Who's missing? Bashful > >23. How many hot dog buns are in a standard package? 8 > >24. On which playing card is the card maker's trademark? Ace of spades > >25. On which side of a Venetian blind is the cord that adjusts the opening between the slats? Left (Looking at it) > >26. On the back of a $1 bill, what is in the center? ONE > >27. There are 12 buttons on a touch tone phone. What 2 symbols bear no digits? * # > >28. How many curves are there in the standard paper clip? 3 > >29. Does a merry-go-round turn counter or clockwise? Counter
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Ginger1218
Member
08-31-2001
| Tuesday, March 23, 2004 - 2:58 pm
You are good, I got 20.
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Kaili
Member
08-31-2000
| Tuesday, March 23, 2004 - 3:14 pm
I got 16. I have no idea who the seven dwarfs are. Nevermind the rest.... (New Yorkers have an unfair advantage!!!!)
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Tuesday, March 23, 2004 - 3:22 pm
I got 20.
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Meli456
Member
05-01-2003
| Tuesday, March 23, 2004 - 4:00 pm
I got 19 and I am famous for my lack of common sense. Most of these questions were knowledge-based, the ones that were true common sense ones were the ones that I missed.
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Grannyg
Member
05-28-2002
| Tuesday, March 23, 2004 - 4:10 pm
I got 26. It's because I'm old and been around a long time to learn this stuff.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Tuesday, March 23, 2004 - 4:20 pm
I got 13, some of them I didn't have a clue. Like who has venetian blinds, LOL, I have only seen them on TV, didn't know if levelor's were the same, LOL. I answered 6 questions I don't know since they covered something I don't use or haven't seen.
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Tuesday, March 23, 2004 - 4:35 pm
levelor's is a brand name, such as kleenex is a brand name for facial tissue. amazing how these items become the "norm". also question #5 was interesting. when was the last time anyone saw a "dial phone"??? my pushbutton phone has Q and Z on it. or a tv dial? it's like that list they post every year that children today don't know what an 8track or vinyl album is... and all those other things
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Earthmother
Member
07-14-2002
| Tuesday, March 23, 2004 - 4:59 pm
I got 19..couldn't remember Bashful for the life of me..
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Tuesday, March 23, 2004 - 6:30 pm
Good points, Landi. LOL Earthmother. I did pretty good on the disney characters and couldn't remember Bashfull either!!!!!
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Tess
Member
04-13-2001
| Tuesday, March 23, 2004 - 7:02 pm
I got 22. ack!
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Tuesday, March 23, 2004 - 7:26 pm
drumroll.....................I got....11! I suck! (I did the drumroll so you can't see my answer in the new messages! LOL)
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Tuesday, March 23, 2004 - 7:27 pm
ok, I just retook the test and got 28 this time....whew!
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Babyruth
Member
07-19-2001
| Tuesday, March 23, 2004 - 8:36 pm
I missed numbers 4, 8, 15, and 17. 
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Heyltslori
Member
09-15-2001
| Tuesday, March 23, 2004 - 8:55 pm
ROFL Pamy!
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Jan
Member
08-01-2000
| Wednesday, March 24, 2004 - 1:08 pm
I got 13..but then a few had to dowith USA money with which I am not too familiar ! Also, I still say a paper clip has 6 curves as each turn is a curve so to go from up to down is TWO curves not 1! ie one to go across and another to go down  
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Legalboxer
Member
11-17-2003
| Wednesday, March 24, 2004 - 1:33 pm
tess - i got 22 too - those food questions get me all the time
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Carrie92
Member
09-15-2003
| Wednesday, March 24, 2004 - 8:48 pm
I only got 15 I haven't seen a VHF dial since I was about 10! Oh, and I'm sitting about 18 inches from my venetian blind and I got that one wrong!! 
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Wednesday, March 24, 2004 - 9:06 pm
By the way, I was thinking about the venetian blind question the other night when I was waiting for the apartment office to open up ( I got bored watching the people). Anyway, they have six windows with levelors, 4 had controls on the left and 2 had controls on the right, so I think we all get that question correct.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Wednesday, March 24, 2004 - 9:06 pm
It's ok Carrie, just retake the test. I got a much better score the 2nd time!
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Secretsmile
Member
08-19-2002
| Wednesday, March 24, 2004 - 10:51 pm
I got 24, but I messed up with the clockwise vs counter clockwise questions each time, maybe I always face the wrong way, LOL! I couldn't have remembered Bashful for the life of me. I need to get out my Disney tapes I guess.
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Djgirl
Member
07-17-2002
| Thursday, March 25, 2004 - 1:27 pm
I got 18 - that was difficult because it's all American. I only knew that Roosevelt is on the dime since I heard the story about it just this week and it brought me to tears - what a nice man!
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Neko
Member
08-03-2001
| Thursday, March 25, 2004 - 2:09 pm
I got 12. I feel stupid. LOL But quite a few questiosn were based on American stuff, so I didn't get some of them.. ((And I said 51 states..LOL I guess that's wrong..))
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Djgirl
Member
07-17-2002
| Friday, March 26, 2004 - 10:50 am
Neko - I did too... I always thought that Alaska & Hawaii made up the 50th and 51st state!
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Danzdol
Member
04-21-2001
| Thursday, May 27, 2004 - 12:09 pm
I got 16...but I disagree with a couple. My telephone has all of the alphabet letters I have 87.7 on my fm dial My fan goes left which means counter VEnetian blinds now have optional right and left side handles
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