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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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To: chessplayer
“You answered 44 of 50 questions correctly for a total score of 88%.”
Wow.... A bit classical languages and a good grammer school science teacher made a big diffrence. A lot of it was general knowledge.
I hang my head in shame - 36 out of 50. I found there were a bunch of questions that I didn't "know" the answer to, but went with my "gut instinct," hoping that I remembered the answers from my days in school. Interestingly enough, I also second guessed a number of those "hunches," and got nearly every one of them wrong, with the initial "hunch" being right.
Mark
42
posted on
12/10/2011 8:39:28 PM PST
by
MarkL
(Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
To: chessplayer
43
posted on
12/10/2011 8:41:35 PM PST
by
tang-soo
(Prophecy of the Seventy Weeks - Read Daniel Chapter 9)
To: JRandomFreeper
You only had a 1 in 3 chance of getting the wrong stamp right. Unless you’re admitting to closet philatelism.
44
posted on
12/10/2011 8:43:36 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
One question is totally unfair. Unless you have read the novel Finnegan's Wake, you will have no idea what the correct answer is. I just figured that the classical atomic model had been developed by the year listed, so I figured it had to be "quark."
On the other hand, I gave up on chemical engineering when I hit organic chemistry, and screwed up the CH4 question. I also found myself yelling "NO!" when I clicked on next after selecting "carbon" to have an atomic weight of 8, when I realized it was 12...
I got a 36/50.
Mark
45
posted on
12/10/2011 8:45:22 PM PST
by
MarkL
(Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
To: chessplayer
46
posted on
12/10/2011 8:46:42 PM PST
by
fhayek
To: rawcatslyentist
he he. Or Latin.
To: cripplecreek
I made an educated guess on a couple of them like the Quark question and the big bang question.I didn't have to guess on the big bang question... I'm a fan of "The Big Bang Theory" and remembered the theme song.
Mark
48
posted on
12/10/2011 8:49:01 PM PST
by
MarkL
(Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
To: chessplayer
49
posted on
12/10/2011 8:52:09 PM PST
by
Veggie Todd
(I don't mind you hitting me, Frank, but take it easy on the Bacardi.)
To: chessplayer
50 out of 50. Two engineering degrees, IT professional for 20+ years, and a space geek. I do admit to not knowing 4 questions for SURE, but the educated guesses worked for me.
50
posted on
12/10/2011 8:53:03 PM PST
by
Paradox
(The rich SHOULD be paying more taxes, and they WOULD, if they could make more money.)
To: MarkL
I'll be honest... I had to count on my fingers to figure out CH4. Quadtane would have given it away. I guess that's why they use greek.
/johnny
To: chessplayer
45 out of 50. I’ll take that; especially since it’s been 40 years since my last science classes. Still read alot, though.
52
posted on
12/10/2011 8:53:23 PM PST
by
PubliusMM
(RKBA; a matter of fact, not opinion. 01-20-2013: Change we can look forward to.)
To: dsrtsage
Similar. 43, but several were hunches and a few I should have gotten but didn’t think clearly.
53
posted on
12/10/2011 8:55:15 PM PST
by
gitmo
(Hatred of those who think differently is the left's unifying principle.-Ralph Peters NY Post)
To: rawcatslyentist
Unless youre admitting to closet philatelism.I've done lots of wrong things in my life.... But that's not one of my sins.
But I do have a BIL that's infatuated with stamps.
I just hope he washes his hands afterwards. ;)
/johnny
To: chessplayer
31 and I actually got the Finnegan question right.
55
posted on
12/10/2011 8:57:35 PM PST
by
redangus
To: rawcatslyentist
What hath past postal stamp issuage to do with literacy?Nothing, but I do recall reading an article when I was little about how the "brontosaurus" meant "thunder lizard" and had been discredited, and the animal renamed. I was little, and little kids liked dinosaurs back then. I even had a little plastic brontosaurus from a Sinclair station.
Mark
56
posted on
12/10/2011 8:59:46 PM PST
by
MarkL
(Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
To: MarkL
I was able to get all the ones I wasn’t sure of down to two and then guessed wrong on almost all of them. Da*n.
57
posted on
12/10/2011 9:03:46 PM PST
by
redangus
To: coloradan
Some famous physicist, I think it might have been Rutherford, famously said... [[snip]] but in any case it isnt physics, the only real science (was his dismissive implication).I'm pretty sure it was Dr. Sheldon Cooper.
Mark
58
posted on
12/10/2011 9:04:46 PM PST
by
MarkL
(Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
To: chessplayer
68% missed 16.. I admit I guessed a few right heh.
59
posted on
12/10/2011 9:05:57 PM PST
by
Mmogamer
(I refudiate the lamestream media, leftists and their prevaricutions.)
To: chessplayer
Mine is 94%. Is it good or bad? Sorry CSM, there are nothing of scientific literacy but a general knowledge to me.
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