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pianomom2003 · #1 07-05-2005, 01:30 PM

Saw this on another board:

How Observant are you?

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You'll need to write down answers, so have pen and paper ready.

The average person only gets 7 right. The test is based on U.S. info, so use all lobes of your brain. This can be more difficult than it looks. It just shows how little most of us really see!

There are 25 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 how little we pay attention to the commonplace things of life.

RULES: Put your thinking caps on. No cheating! No looking around! No getting out of your chair! No using anything on or in your desk or computer!

Can you beat 20?? (The average is 7) Write down your answers and check answers (on the bottom) AFTER completing all the questions. REMEMBER - NO CHEATING!!! It doesn't matter if you cheat, actually, because if you have to cheat, then you don't know the answer, thus, you've already missed the question. BE HONEST!!! That means no looking at your phone or anything on your desk...

LET'S JUST SEE HOW OBSERVANT YOU REALLY ARE. Regardless, just have some fun!

Here we go!

1. On a standard traffic light, is the green on the top or bottom?

2. How many states are there in the USA? (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 numbers on the telephone dial don't have letters by them?

6. When you walk does your left arm swing with your right or left leg? (Don't you dare get up to see!)

7. How many matches are in a standard pack?

8. On the United States flag is the top stripe red or white?

9. What is the lowest number on the FM dial? (Don't look at that dial!)

10. Which way does water go down the drain, counter or clockwise? (Get out of the bathroom!)

11. Which way does a "no smoking" sign's slash run?

12. How many channels on a VHF TV dial?

13. On which side of a women's blouse are the buttons?

14. Which way do fans rotate?

15. How many sides does a stop sign have?

16. Do books have even-numbered pages on the right or left side?

17. How many lug nuts are on a standard car wheel?

18. How many sides are there on a standard pencil?

19. Sleepy, Happy, Sneezy, Grumpy, Dopey, Doc. Who's missing?

20. How many hot dog buns are in a standard package?

21. On which playing card is the card maker's trademark?

22. On which side of a Venetian blind is the device that adjusts the opening between the slats?

23. There are 12 buttons on a touch tone phone. What 2 symbols bear no digits?

24. How many curves are there in the standard paper clip?

25. Does a merry-go-round turn counter or clockwise?

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ANSWERS

1. Bottom

2. 50

3. Right

4. Blue, red, white, yellow, black & gold

5. 1, 0

6. Right

7. 20

8. Red

9. 87.7

10. Clockwise (north of the equator)

11. From lower right to upper left

12. 12 (there is no #1)

13. Left

14. Clockwise as you look at it from the front.

15. 8

16. Left

17. 5

18. 6

19. Bashful

20. 8

21. Ace of spades

22. Left

23. * and #

24. 3

25. Counter

So, how did you do? (I only got 11)

CarolynInTexas · #2 07-05-2005, 01:39 PM

I got fourteen right... since average is 7, I guess that wasn't too bad
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crystalrp · #3 07-05-2005, 06:39 PM

16 correct here...I'm happy with that!

CushieButterfield · #4 07-05-2005, 06:56 PM

I got fifteen right...can't believe I couldn't think of Bashful. Oh, and #22, blinds can be custom ordered (as ours in the office are and the thing is on the right) I got it right because I was thinking of the standard kind but if you have custom you may get that wrong. I knew #25 because I was on one last year and thought about how the horses faced. I can be observant when I want to be.

jestey · #5 07-05-2005, 07:22 PM

I got 16 right - not bad.

Rob · #6 07-06-2005, 08:43 AM

15 right - I can't believe Sleezy isn't the missing dwarf.

pianomom2003 · #7 07-06-2005, 12:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rob

15 right - I can't believe Sleezy isn't the missing dwarf.

I like that one! lol!

bergee101 · #8 07-06-2005, 02:21 PM

14 right, HMMMM.... I thought I would do better than that. LOL

cynthia*lc4life · #9 07-06-2005, 04:32 PM

Only 14, but not too bad

Rob · #10 07-06-2005, 06:19 PM

I can't believe I got 15 right and I'm sure if i took it again I'd get the same score or less. LOL

Lawbooks · #11 07-06-2005, 06:58 PM

16 right.

HOW could I forget how many sides a stop sign has???

pianomom2003 · #12 07-06-2005, 08:55 PM

I don't know, but I forgot that one too! lol All of you beat my score! Yikes!

sdanorth · #13 07-11-2005, 02:05 AM

Got 17 but I call ill on one of the questions.
VHF????????
Whaaaaaaat???????
I haven't SEEN one of those in 20 years!
How many channels come with basic cable? Now that one I can answer!

Stacie

Maxibee · #14 07-11-2005, 02:28 AM

I changed my answer to the Statue of Liberty and got it wrong! Shoulda left it alone. I only got one color wrong on the soup label, and I said 88 instead of 87.7 on the dial. So, I ended up with 17 right other than those. Not bad. Maybe we here at LCE are just more observant than everyone else! LOL!

Newsflash: according to Pianomom's "research"....lowcarb eating helps people become more observant....(I've seen stuff similar to this printed in magazines and newspapers!)

Junieshops · #15 07-11-2005, 01:42 PM

Well, I got 13 of them right.