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Posted on 12/10/2011 7:19:01 PM PST by chessplayer
You may have an opinion on climate change, evolution education, stem-cell research, and science funding. But do you have the facts to back up your opinion? This quiz will test your basic scientific literacy.
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Interesting. I did lousy,,,only 33 out of 50. One question is totally unfair. Unless you have read the novel Finnegan's Wake, you will have no idea what the correct answer is.
To: chessplayer; Berlin_Freeper; SolitaryMan; golux; SteamShovel; Bockscar; Thunder90; rdl6989; ...
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posted on
12/10/2011 7:21:44 PM PST
by
steelyourfaith
(If it's "green" ... it's crap !!!)
To: chessplayer
I was never good at science in school. Got lousy grades.
To: chessplayer
I thought that one was one of the easier ones and I never read it. lol
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posted on
12/10/2011 7:37:23 PM PST
by
ozaukeemom
(Is it 2012 yet?)
To: chessplayer
44 - and three of them I changed from the correct answer to a wrong one. Trust your instincts...
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posted on
12/10/2011 7:39:31 PM PST
by
stormer
Got 38...there were a couple I didn’t know, and there were at least 3 or 4 I would have gotten right if I had thought about it one more second.
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posted on
12/10/2011 7:40:37 PM PST
by
dsrtsage
(One half of all people have below average IQ...In the US the number is 54%)
To: chessplayer
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posted on
12/10/2011 7:46:30 PM PST
by
Calm_Cool_and_Elected
("The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it." --Flannery O'Connor)
To: chessplayer
Rigged test. #3 Requires obscure philatelist knowledge, not scientific.
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posted on
12/10/2011 7:47:56 PM PST
by
rawcatslyentist
(It is necessary that a person be born of a father who is a citizen; ~Vattel's Law of Nations)
To: chessplayer
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posted on
12/10/2011 7:49:16 PM PST
by
coloradan
(The US has become a banana republic, except without the bananas - or the republic.)
To: chessplayer
36 out of 50, and I got the FInnegans Wake one by process of elimination.
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posted on
12/10/2011 7:50:14 PM PST
by
Dr. Sivana
(May Mitt Romney be the Mo Udall of 2012.)
To: rawcatslyentist
That objection is overruled by the test being called a “literacy” test. It’s not a test of competency.
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posted on
12/10/2011 7:51:22 PM PST
by
coloradan
(The US has become a banana republic, except without the bananas - or the republic.)
To: coloradan
Wow! I got 46 but had to really think through a few. Some were process of elimination and/or logic if I did not know it. Some I flat out had no idea.
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posted on
12/10/2011 7:51:54 PM PST
by
ozaukeemom
(Is it 2012 yet?)
To: steelyourfaith
35. Not stellar, but not bad for someone with degrees in economics. business and law.
The most valuable course I have ever taken was "History of Science: From Copernicus to Newton" and within that course was required one of the most profound books I have read: The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas Kuhn. I often think of it when I see hacks like Al Gore or Barbara Boxer doing their best to politicize science.
To: chessplayer
I have no idea. The ads took so long to load I gave up.
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posted on
12/10/2011 7:54:10 PM PST
by
listenhillary
(Look your representatives in the eye and ask if they intend to pay off the debt. They will look away)
To: chessplayer
40/50. I did figure out the right answer on a couple a microsecond after clicking the submit button on the wrong answer.... Interesting quiz but quite the eclectic mix of questions
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posted on
12/10/2011 7:54:21 PM PST
by
Mom MD
(The country needs Obamacare like Nancy Pelosi needs a Halloween mask)
To: chessplayer
Tough wide ranging quiz but I got 41 of 50 correct. I made an educated guess on a couple of them like the Quark question and the big bang question.
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posted on
12/10/2011 7:54:43 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Stand with courage or shut up and do as you're told.)
To: ozaukeemom
I only thought about a few of them, most were snap answers. Unfortunately, one of my snap answers put the australopithicus in Australia. Whoops. (And I even have joked with others that I’m African American, although my ancestors spent a few hundred thousand years in northern Europe before heading to America - but they’re FROM Africa.)
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posted on
12/10/2011 7:55:36 PM PST
by
coloradan
(The US has become a banana republic, except without the bananas - or the republic.)
To: chessplayer
To: Wally_Kalbacken
Good for you! I have a degree in Mathematics, and I only got 39 out of 50. That’s not even a B. Shameful!
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posted on
12/10/2011 8:02:10 PM PST
by
definitelynotaliberal
(Nov. 6, 2012 - And the correct answer is no one is entitled to a bailout.)
To: chessplayer
The test was heavy on astronomy, physics, and chemistry, with a dash of biology, meteorology, and geology. I got 45/50.
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posted on
12/10/2011 8:03:32 PM PST
by
Forgiven_Sinner
(Seek you first the kingdom of God, and all things will be given to you.)
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