Spartiati 63 Posted April 25, 2013 13/13 but I have a science background... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NJdiverTony 27 Posted April 25, 2013 13/13 for me... I thought it was too easy. I have a technical and business background... but always have had a keen interest in science. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
raz-0 1,259 Posted April 25, 2013 Do people really think this is hard? All this stuff except for two questions were covered in my 7th grade science class back in the 80s. If you have some dyslexia, I can see how the wording of some more would potentially mess you up. The chart at the end is scary. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WVisHome 0 Posted April 25, 2013 13/13 as well. I am a mechanical engineer though. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
greatgunstatenj 32 Posted April 25, 2013 Do people really think this is hard? All this stuff except for two questions were covered in my 7th grade science class back in the 80s. If you have some dyslexia, I can see how the wording of some more would potentially mess you up. The chart at the end is scary. When this can happen http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/04/02/florida-water-prank/2046639/ we shouldn't be surprised by the overall poor results on such a quiz lol Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SuRrEaLNJ 294 Posted April 25, 2013 i thought i did good with 11 until i read all of your comments. im not surprised that some of the numbers are as low as they are. Im also not surprised that the demographic of this forum would be on the higher end of the spectrum. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Luso 6 Posted April 25, 2013 13/13 . Funny how drawings my teacher made in bio on the chalkboard 12 years ago vividly came back to my mind. Whatever he did, he did well, because it came back Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cale 4 Posted April 25, 2013 13/13 but I'm studying for the MCAT Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MongoX 0 Posted April 25, 2013 13/13 - The chart at the end is disturbing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1LtCAP 4,262 Posted April 25, 2013 You answered 12 of 13 questions correctly happy to be in the company of well read individuals I was going through it too fast, should've thought a lil longer on this one. obvious answer ... Which gas makes up most of the Earth's atmosphere? You answered "Carbon dioxide" The correct answer is "Nitrogen" oopsie.....you're almost programmed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BigBlueQ 7 Posted April 26, 2013 13/13 Not bad for a history teacher. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DngrZne 0 Posted April 26, 2013 13/13. Mechanical engineer here. The one thing I did find interesting was it seemed men outperformed women in all but the biology/medicine categories where they had a decent margin better performance. A lot of the questions seemed to be grammar school level science as well. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
W2MC 1,699 Posted April 26, 2013 Pffft----ask some hard questions! 13/13 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pythagoras 2 Posted April 26, 2013 13/13, but I'm a physicist. I think this thread is slanted towards high scores because people who score poorly probably wouldn't want to post about it. The chart at the end is scary. What I find most interesting is that 18-29 beat 65+ on 11 questions, matched on 1 question, but lost by a fair margin (15%) on the issue of fracking. It makes a lot of sense, though: most of my generation has no clue about it, while the other three demographics are homeowners I used to see on the news speaking out against fracking. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryan_j 0 Posted April 26, 2013 Wow, I can't believe the number of brainiacs in the forums. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GeorgeHM 5 Posted April 26, 2013 Dang I was unlucky I got 13 right. Oh wait that was all the questions. they were way to easy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Knuckle Sandwich 5 Posted April 26, 2013 13/13. But the quiz is bogus, any "science" quiz that brings up global warming and CO2 in the same question is not a science quiz at all. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Old Glock guy 1,127 Posted April 26, 2013 Turns out I'm almost as smart as a fifth grader! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JSF01 13 Posted April 26, 2013 13/13 Those were all very easy. I admit though that the fracking question would have gotten me if they had thrown in oil as one of the answers. I really want to know how less then 50% of people do not know the basics about lasers or atoms? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ron 0 Posted April 26, 2013 13 for 13, though I disagree with#4. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
farmboy 0 Posted April 26, 2013 You scored better than 93% of the public and the same as 7%. 1% 0 1% 1 3% 2 4% 3 6% 4 8% 5 8% 6 10% 7 11% 8 11% 9 12% 10 10% 11 8% 12 7% 13 TOTAL NUMBER OF QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TommyGun 5 Posted April 26, 2013 You answered 13 of 13 questions correctly. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites