Are you smarter than the average American about science?

[Shaun__]

Link to the test.

 

[HiGirlsRHot]

13/13 also. Not sure it is a particularly good test at measuring one's understanding of science.

 

[JerryBoBerry]

13/13 also. Not sure it is a particularly good test at measuring one's understanding of science.

Ditto. WAY too easy of questions.

 

[sweetiebatman]

Yeh 13 too, there was probably about 5 of those questions that I wouldnt have considered common knowledge, and the 2% that got 0 or 1 need shooting :lol:

 

[Anonymous]

Nah, Women's Chorus in high school (and private singing lessons in college) was my best subject. Not Science. LOL.

 

[TashaDutch]

7 out of 13.... but i did it without google, and i'm not a native speaker :-D

 

[Red7227]

Yeh 13 too, there was probably about 5 of those questions that I wouldnt have considered common knowledge, and the 2% that got 0 or 1 need shooting :lol:

Guessing would have been more accurate.

12/13 I forgot what skin was for.

 

[NikkiBlossom]

WOOO 13/13. I's smart! :lol:

 

[JerryBoBerry]

Yeh 13 too, there was probably about 5 of those questions that I wouldnt have considered common knowledge, and the 2% that got 0 or 1 need shooting :lol:

Guessing would have been more accurate.

12/13 I forgot what skin was for.

Skin? Did we take a different test? I went back and took it 4 times. I got the same questions each time and didn't see anything about skin.

 

[KaterinaPryde]

11 out of 13 but Science has never been my strong subject....

 

[Red7227]

Yeh 13 too, there was probably about 5 of those questions that I wouldnt have considered common knowledge, and the 2% that got 0 or 1 need shooting :lol:

Guessing would have been more accurate.

12/13 I forgot what skin was for.

Skin? Did we take a different test? I went back and took it 4 times. I got the same questions each time and didn't see anything about skin.

Question was: What does skin protect against?

 

[GemmaMarie]

Those were generally pretty easy. I got 12/13 I only missed the one about what gas makes up the most of the atmosphere. Not going to lie I was pleasantly surprised it was Nitrogen. Eh, dunno how well it tests knowledge but at least I learned something new!

 

[Anonymous]

13/13 Hooray Science!

 

[NataliaGrey]

11/13. I didn't know what "fracking" was or how lasers worked.

 

[emptiedglass]

If only I could have aced all my tests in school like that... :lol:

 

[lordmagellan]

Those were generally pretty easy. I got 12/13 I only missed the one about what gas makes up the most of the atmosphere. Not going to lie I was pleasantly surprised it was Nitrogen. Eh, dunno how well it tests knowledge but at least I learned something new!

Unless I'm reading wrong, most of the people they asked got this one wrong, in all demographics.

 

[southsamurai]

13/13... and i thought it was going to be a challenge lol

 

[Rose]

After reading the title of this thread, "hell no and even worse now because of stupid pregnancy brain. Last week I thought my nipples were 6 inches... "

After taking the test, "huh...did I accidentally take the test for slow people?"
Got 12/13 right. I had to have LOTS of tutoring in chemistry and all my science classes in school so that was unexpected. I'm going to go re-measure my nipples now.

 

[SoTxBob]

....not even a challenge. Is there another for high school or even college level ?

 

[LadyLuna]

11 of 13.

I wasn't sure if Nitrogen or Oxygen was higher, and I never learned about fracking.

 

[CaptPants]

13/13 - I guess the lingering image of Carl Sagan in Durex Fundawear is augmenting the sexy-science parts of my brain!

 

[Mirra]

Yeah... 13/13 here too. Only one I even had to pause a moment for was the atmosphere question.

 

[BullFrogBlues]

13/13, too easy, I have always been science nerdish.

 

[BullFrogBlues]

Yeh 13 too, there was probably about 5 of those questions that I wouldnt have considered common knowledge, and the 2% that got 0 or 1 need shooting :lol:

Guessing would have been more accurate.

12/13 I forgot what skin was for.

Skin? Did we take a different test? I went back and took it 4 times. I got the same questions each time and didn't see anything about skin.

Question was: What does skin protect against?

The question actually was "Which one of the following types of solar radiation does sunscreen protect the skin from?" my emphasis

 

[Just Me]

13/13 and its not that the questions are too easy for those on this board. It is that the average person is much dumber than you realize. Never underestimate the stupidity of the average American. :lol:

 

[rexcode]

13/13 and its not that the questions are too easy for those on this board. It is that the average person is much dumber than you realize. Never underestimate the stupidity of the average American. :lol:

"Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that." -- George Carlin

 

[Red7227]

13/13 and its not that the questions are too easy for those on this board. It is that the average person is much dumber than you realize. Never underestimate the stupidity of the average American. :lol:

I blame the education system

Louisiana school curriculum: Loch Ness monster proves creationism http://digitaljournal.com/article/327378

 

[Sevrin]

It was pretty easy, wasn't it?

I learned the thing about nitrogen 40 years ago, and in all my time since then, have never found it to be useful information in my daily life. A lot of people only retain information that they can connect with their lives.

Anyway, it's not just Americans...

 

[Nordling]

13/13 But gosh, that question near the end about gender was REALLY tough!


:lol:

 

[krukstyle]

13/13 -- I am dropping everything and searching the scientist want ads! :dance:

Questions were pretty easy--some of them kind of struck me as random trivia--like the "fracking" one. Kind of fun though--at least it was short