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mark page
03-03-2008, 9:59 PM
Here's a link to a little test of everyday observations. No fair cheating. I scored a 20 on it although I admit to guessing correctly at a few of them.

Have fun.

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

Matt Campbell
03-03-2008, 10:12 PM
18.

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Colin Giersberg
03-03-2008, 10:13 PM
18 out of 25. it would have been higher, but I second guessed a couple of them and got them wrong. Oh, well.

David G Baker
03-03-2008, 11:03 PM
I only got 12. Duh!

Clint Jones
03-03-2008, 11:33 PM
21 right. I guessed on more than a couple but didnt cheat.

Greg Cole
03-04-2008, 8:56 AM
20 with 2 guesses to the good.
Good morning exercise for the gray matter at least.
Greg

Belinda Barfield
03-04-2008, 9:00 AM
19 out of 25. :)

Charlie Patterson
03-04-2008, 9:38 AM
23 for me. Boy I need to get a life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Chris Padilla
03-04-2008, 10:18 AM
19 here. :)

Jason Christenson
03-04-2008, 11:09 AM
18..........

Craig D Peltier
03-04-2008, 11:23 AM
27!! OMG:eek:

Dennis Farmer
03-04-2008, 11:29 AM
23 outa 25

not bad for a old fart

Richard M. Wolfe
03-04-2008, 11:58 AM
19 with a couple guesses

Chris Padilla
03-04-2008, 12:07 PM
BTW, my venetian blinds opener is on the right side!! :mad:

Bob Rufener
03-04-2008, 12:07 PM
21 but I had my cell phone in my shirt pocket and it accidentally opened up.....

Chris Padilla
03-04-2008, 12:11 PM
21 but I had my cell phone in my shirt pocket and it accidentally opened up.....

Yep, I'm sure you leaned forward and it fell out and opened up and, well, you *had* to look, right? :rolleyes:

Phyllis Meyer
03-04-2008, 12:12 PM
22

I hate tests but I couldn't resist!

Phyllis:)

mark page
03-04-2008, 12:14 PM
I missed all the easy stuff on mine--like paper clips and stop signs. I didn't try to reason them out--You know how many stop signs I see in a day--lots. Plus the stop sign at the end of my side street has been mounted upside down for the last month (I guess from local pranksters or non-literate state employees) so I gander at it twice as much as a normal one, lol.:o:confused:

mark page
03-04-2008, 12:17 PM
Craig
I must have missed the extra credit questions for bonus points:D

Greg Cole
03-04-2008, 3:32 PM
BTW, my venetian blinds opener is on the right side!! :mad:

Mine too..... maybe they were made on leap day, ya know the day I can't seem to subtract and divide correctly.:rolleyes:

Greg

Lee Schierer
03-04-2008, 7:30 PM
What am I missing?? All I get at home and at work is a dark gray square and some artificial music playing for minutes on end.

Randy Klein
03-04-2008, 8:01 PM
What am I missing?? All I get at home and at work is a dark gray square and some artificial music playing for minutes on end.

Must use IE to work...

Jack Hogoboom
03-04-2008, 9:22 PM
20. Would've had more if I had trusted my instincts.:eek:

Mike Langford
03-04-2008, 10:27 PM
....19 out of 25....my wife got 17 out of 25.....I was sweating it there for a second!;):D

Dennis Peacock
03-04-2008, 10:47 PM
19 for me with a couple of guesses.

Mike Heidrick
03-04-2008, 11:15 PM
18 for me

darn paperclip

James Gillespie, Jr.
03-05-2008, 2:12 PM
23, not too shabby.

John Bouthiette
03-05-2008, 2:21 PM
I got 17, no cheating involved :>)

Bruce Page
03-05-2008, 3:49 PM
19 out of 25. :)

same here...

Rob Russell
03-05-2008, 4:01 PM
19, better than I thought I'd do.

Scott Haddix
03-05-2008, 5:02 PM
Well, either we are a really observant crowd, or we are only hearing from the people who really did well!

I think I'll decide that this is a little of both...

Walt Nollan
03-05-2008, 5:06 PM
18................

JayStPeter
03-05-2008, 5:33 PM
22 w/2 good guesses

Curt Doles
03-05-2008, 6:34 PM
19, it suggests the average is 7, hard to believe.
Curt

Tim Byars
03-05-2008, 7:16 PM
There isn't a correct answer given for one of those questions... the one that repeats the old canard about which hemisphere you're in determining how water goes down a drain.

glenn bradley
03-05-2008, 8:04 PM
21 but my venitian blinds must be built backwards or they're looking from outside(?). That was fun!

Floyd Cox
03-06-2008, 8:05 AM
18
It sure was tempting to look at the radio on the desk for one of the questions, but I didn't and got it wrong.

Augusto Orosco
03-06-2008, 8:36 AM
There isn't a correct answer given for one of those questions... the one that repeats the old canard about which hemisphere you're in determining how water goes down a drain.

I have to agree with Tim. After my wife 'failed' that question, she went right to the bathroom and flushed the toilet... I don't want to post a spoiler; so I will only say that she demanded me to up her score by one :eek: (yeah, she ended up beating me by three!:o)

Chris Padilla
03-06-2008, 11:05 AM
I have to agree with Tim. After my wife 'failed' that question, she went right to the bathroom and flushed the toilet... I don't want to post a spoiler; so I will only say that she demanded me to up her score by one :eek: (yeah, she ended up beating me by three!:o)

I agree with both Cesar and Tim!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coriolis_effect

Scroll down about half-way to see the paragraph heading: Draining in bathtubs and toilets.

That question needs tossed out.

Dick Bringhurst
03-06-2008, 11:24 AM
21! Dick B.

Keith Starosta
03-06-2008, 11:47 AM
18 here....

J. Z. Guest
03-06-2008, 1:30 PM
I got 15, but would have gotten about 20. Several questions assume all of a certain thing are the same, when indeed they're not.

(ex. even number pages in a book, which way does a fan turn (depends on the fan))

Chris Padilla
03-06-2008, 2:55 PM
Hmmmm:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FM_broadcast_band

Another question with incorrect answers?

Bruce Shiverdecker
03-06-2008, 9:37 PM
All this says is that WOODWORKERS RULE!


17 for me (Should have got more)
Bruce

Art Mulder
03-07-2008, 7:37 AM
What am I missing?? All I get at home and at work is a dark gray square and some artificial music playing for minutes on end.

I'm with you, Lee. At first I thought it was my Linux box, but then I switched to my Mac laptop and got the same.


Must use IE to work...

Well my first thought is that that is a pretty dumb requirement.

But my next thought is shock that so many of you guys apparently still use IE. Heck, out of a 3 page thread there was only one non-IE user. Weird, I thought IE was well on it's way out.

Chris Padilla
03-07-2008, 10:52 AM
My company uses IE and Firefox...I switched over from Netscape and went to IE and have not looked back although I may try and move over to Firefox because it had some neater ways of handling things.

Greg Narozniak
03-07-2008, 12:26 PM
Once i figured out the IE thing (Mozilla is better :))

17

Agree with most should have been more. Stupid mistakes.

I got 25 the second time I took it :)