A Thinking Test

Post » Sun Oct 09, 2011 1:46 pm

http://www.oldjoeblack.0nyx.com/thinktst.htm

i scored 14 out of 25 in this test, the average person only scores 7.

how much did you get?
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Channing
 
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Post » Sun Oct 09, 2011 3:43 pm

At least half the questions have no baring on people outside of the US

that said, 17 correct :)
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Barbequtie
 
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Post » Sun Oct 09, 2011 1:40 pm

15 out of 25, but I read a few of the questions completely wrong.
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Bambi
 
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Post » Sat Oct 08, 2011 11:51 pm

I gave up about a quarter of the way through: too many questions are US-centric, and IIRC one was actually incorrect for my locale (the lowest FM frequency).
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yessenia hermosillo
 
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Post » Sun Oct 09, 2011 12:27 pm

I got 11, but there were a couple of American based questions I had no idea what the answer to them were.
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Anna Kyselova
 
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Post » Sun Oct 09, 2011 2:17 am

14 out of 25. Got the draining water question right, thanks to The Simpsons.
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Marie
 
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Post » Sun Oct 09, 2011 6:49 am

I'm from the UK and i got 20 out of 25 :D
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Shianne Donato
 
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Post » Sat Oct 08, 2011 11:55 pm

17... somehow. I knew the ones that apply to this side of the pond, the rest were guesswork.
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Sam Parker
 
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Post » Sun Oct 09, 2011 3:29 pm

I got 18/25. I can't believe an average person would get 7 or less...
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Becky Palmer
 
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Post » Sun Oct 09, 2011 2:45 am

Got thirteen... Missed a couple that were no brainers, but I was being cocky and didn't stop to think a second.
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Casey
 
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Post » Sun Oct 09, 2011 8:42 am

OK. That test takes a bunch of generally correct assumptions and takes them absolute truths, has a bunch of stuff that varies by region, is utterly unimportant to anyone not living in the US and some things are just plain wrong.

14 out of 25. Got the draining water question right, thanks to The Simpsons.

Best of all? The answer is wrong. The hemisphere has no influence on the rotation on draining water, only currents created by tapping the water and the geometry of the container being drained.
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Matt Fletcher
 
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