[chessplayer]

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.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

Questions about the elements were often given away with the atomic number. A lot of lower level chemistry classes involved memorizing the first part of the periodic table.

Some of the others, like the brontosaurus and Eris questions were more like science news. “BTW, we’ve decided to change an arbitrary designation for a different one that we like better, and wonder if you heard.”

Personally, I would have thrown in a question about the scientific method, and another one on what must be involved for a theory to be judged as “scientific”.

[MCF]

72% for me.

[seton89]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6CHq9mXkJ8

Tim Finnegan’s Wake with Lyrics

[TBP]

I must admit that I’m fascinated by quantum theory.

[Born to Conserve]

46/50 correct
3/50 I knew but pushed the wrong darn button (I was flying!).
2/50 I guessed lucky.
1/50 I guessed unlucky.

Most of this stuff I remembered from high school and college 30 years ago.

Anyone know what the percentiles are?

[GenXFreedomFighter]

39/50. But then again, it’s late and I have been drinking ...

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

“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.

[MarkL]

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

[tang-soo]

78%

[MarkL]

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

[fhayek]

44. Not bad for an MBA.

[Veggie Todd]

43/50 and I’m drunk....

[Paradox]

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.

[PubliusMM]

45 out of 50. I’ll take that; especially since it’s been 40 years since my last science classes. Still read alot, though.

[redangus]

31 and I actually got the Finnegan question right.

[Mmogamer]

68% missed 16.. I admit I guessed a few right heh.

[cunning_fish]

Mine is 94%. Is it good or bad? Sorry CSM, there are nothing of scientific literacy but a general knowledge to me.

[TBP]

42 of 50, including the Finnegan’s Wake question (which was easy.)

[djf]

I missed 4.

The question about cell division, the question about cloud types/nomenclature, the coefficient of friction, and the one about the object beyond Pluto.

[Former War Criminal]

I quit after 4 questions.

ADD kicking in?