Observancy Test

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I know I know, I hate those stupid Chain Emails too, but my Sister sent me this one, and its kinda fun, killed some time at least.

Grab a pen and paper.

The average person only gets 7 right. This 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...

Then, before you pass this on to your friends, change
the number on the subject line to show how many you
got correct. Forward to your friends and also back to
the one who sent it to you.


LET'S JUST SEE HOW OBSERVANT YOU REALLY ARE. - If
not, just have 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 cord
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?

Answers Below (in black) so either CNTRL+A to highlight all, or drag your mouse down from the double line to be able to read it.

I got 21 right (and frankly was robbed of #4...) How'd you do?

==============Answers Below==============
[black]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
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the ones I missed. In black again just in case someone reads the thread before doing the game.

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[black]I Missed

#4 (was robbed, I said fleshtone/pink rather then gold)
#9 I said 88.1, but use XM... I was robbed!
#20 I said 6. I knew one was 8 and the opposite was 6. But dont eat Hotdogs, or, subsequently, buns.
#21 I said Joker.
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[Beren]

18 correct . . . I don't think its fair that I've never seen a VHF TV or whatever, so I think that is an outlier in my observsation skillz and should be thrown out. ^^

[estara]

I got 18 right... but a few of them I just don't know...

I haven't ever been on a merry go round.... I haven't seen one of those old tvs (like Beren)... I don't usually have packs of matches.... and I don't pay much attention to cars (at all, much less their wheels).

So, I got 4, 7, 9, 11, 12, 17 and 25 wrong or couldn't answer

[Nauren]

wow...you guys never saw a VHF tv? I think I've personally owned 5 or more of them lol. People still use them today lol. With the old turn style channel button. Some had an additional UHF dial on top lol.

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and the lil Y adapter that changes Coaxial into VHF/bunny ears style that you have to screw in to hook up your Atari 2600.. hehe

I actually got that right by working out what was free on Comcast.

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[Beren]

codeine said:

and the lil Y adapter that changes Coaxial into VHF/bunny ears style that you have to screw in to hook up your Atari 2600.. hehe

I actually got that right by working out what was free on Comcast.

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Y'all must have had a rough childhood. ^.~ 12 channels? I love technology.

Actually, I played and still own an Atari 2600.

[sinful]

Y'all must have had a rough childhood. ^.~ 12 channels? I love technology.

when i was growing up early teens we got 2 channels out of the 12 and after 7 pm they both had the same shows.

17/25 right

[isabo]

17/25 I had one of those tvs but got the question wrong anyway. ; ;

I had 7 channels growing up and a stereo with a record player and dual tape decks until I went to college. My parents didn't believe in cable or microwaves and I got all my sister's hand-me-downs. Lots of Rick Springfield and Bryan Adams.

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isabo said:

Lots of Rick Springfield and Bryan Adams.

/comfort Isabo

[Wishful]

k, the answers would be nice. lol I see nothing

[aidar]

isabo said:

17/25 I had one of those tvs but got the question wrong anyway. ; ;

I had 7 channels growing up and a stereo with a record player and dual tape decks until I went to college. My parents didn't believe in cable or microwaves and I got all my sister's hand-me-downs. Lots of Rick Springfield and Bryan Adams.

Its true, she missed the 90's, literally

[stealthkitty]

to funny ...19 right. i forgot bashful, and i said green rather then blue on the soup can and after answering i still think im right on the 2 numbers with no letters theres only 1 on my phn dam it. and i missed 24 aND 25 and 18

[Kaifu1]

17/25

I also was robbed of a few questions. The Merry-Go-Rounds I went on as a child went clockwise... or at least the one at Huckelberry Railroad did. I don't smoke so I don't know how many matches are in a pack, and that leads to the fact I don't know which way the no smoking sign "slashes". I also don't wear womans blouse.....

[scolas]

21/25

Incorrect answers:

4. Blue, red, white, yellow, black & gold
14. Clockwise as you look at it from the front.
21. Ace of spades
25. Counter

~Scolas