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I can see clearly now, the rain is gone…

March 3rd 2005 in Journal

Ganked from technicolourrat because it was cool, damnit!

The average person only gets 7 correct. This is based on U.S. & Canadian info, so use all of the lobes of your brain. This can be more difficult than it looks. It just shows how little most of us really see! There are 27 questions about things we see every day or have known about all our lives. How many can you get right? Pay attention to the common place things of life.

No cheating now! No getting up and looking around. No Googling (yes, that means you, Cory). The answers and my score are in the first comment.

On a standard traffic light, is the green on the top or bottom?
How many states are there in the USA?
In which hand is the Statue of Liberty’s torch?
What six colors are on the classic Campbell’s soup label?
What two numbers on the telephone dial don’t have letters by them?
When you walk does your left arm swing with your right or left leg?
How many matches are in a standard pack?
On the United States flag is the top stripe red or white?
What is the lowest number on the FM dial?
Which way does water go down the drain, counter-clockwise or clockwise?
Which way does a “no smoking” sign’s slash run?
How many channels on a VHF TV dial?
On which side of a women’s blouse are the buttons?
Which way do fans rotate?
What is on the back of a Canadian dime?
How many sides does a stop sign have?
Do books have even-numbered pages on the right or left side?
How many lug nuts are on a standard car wheel?
How many sides are there on a standard pencil?
Sleepy, Happy, Sneezy, Grumpy, Dopey, Doc. Who’s missing?
How many hot dog buns are in a standard package?
On which playing card is the card maker’s trademark?
On which side of a Venetian blind is the cord to turn the blind up or down? (not the one to raise the blinds)
On the back of a Canadian $1 coin, what is in the center?
There are 12 buttons on a touch tone phone. What 2 symbols bear no digits?
How many curves are there in the standard paper clip?
Does a merry-go-round turn counter-clockwise or clockwise?

8 comments to...
“I can see clearly now, the rain is gone…”

Mario
wrote on March 3rd, 2005

I missed 4, 9, 11, 12, 15, 18, 20, 22, 24 for a total of 18 right. Not too shabby. But in my defense, I’ve never seen Canadian money and haven’t had a TV with a VHF ‘dial’ since I was, oh, twelve? Eeesh.

Answers

Bottom
50
Right
Blue, red, white, yellow, black, & gold
1, 0
Right
20
Red
88
Clockwise (north of the equator)
Towards bottom right
12 (no 1)
Left
Clockwise as you look at it
The Bluenose
8
Left
5
6
Bashful
8
Ace of spades
Left
Loon
*, #
3
Counter-Clockwise

Anonymous
wrote on March 3rd, 2005

Mutter. I got 15 right.

Cory (who did NOT Google these)
wrote on March 3rd, 2005

I missed 4, 12, 15, 19 and 20, for a total of 22 correct. I *have* seen Canadian money, but thought it was some queen or other on the back of the dime. I got the Loony one right though.

Anonymous
wrote on March 3rd, 2005

My answers:
1. Bottom
2. 50
3. Right
4. Red white Black Cyan Yellow… Gray?
5. 0 and 9?
6. Right.
7. 20
8. Red
9. 87.0?
10. Depends on the hemisphere. Clockwise north, Counter-Clockwise south.
11. Diaganolly, right to left, top to bottom.
12. 13
13. Left.
14. Clockwise, if you’re facing the oncoming air.
15. Queen E?
16. Eight.
17. Left.
18. Six.
19. Eight?
20. No idea.
21. 12
22. Ace of Spades. Or Joker. But I think Ace.
23. Left.
24. No idea.
25. Octothorpe and Asterisk. (Pound and Star, to you!)
26. Three.
27. Counter Clockwise, I believe.

15 correct. Not bad.

eevieivy
wrote on March 3rd, 2005

I missed the following: 4 (I wasn’t thinking that they counted yellow and gold separately), 9 (I didn’t realize they meant the markings, but rather the stations themselves), 12 (Our VHS controller had extra buttons, and only now do I realize that they probably don’t count the symbol channels as numbers, even though you could program them), 15 and 24 (the only canadian money I see are those damn pennies, and those have a maple leaf on the back), and 18 (I guessed 6 lugnuts; oh, well). Oh, and 10. We don’t have enough water pressure for any kind of swirl. Though I suppose toilets are the same. So that’s a total of 20 right. Could have been better, I suppose.

sidelobe
wrote on March 4th, 2005

23 correct.

Car wheels can commonly have 4 or 5. Sometimes 3 or even six.

The water swirls either way. Let it sit overnight and watch it go straight down. Give it the littlest push either way and watch it go that way.

87.9MHz is the lowest officially allocated FM frequency.

Oh, and they forgot Sleazy, probably ’cause he’s always under Snow’s skirt.

CorrieAnn
wrote on March 4th, 2005

I got 21 right. If it hadn’t been for those stupid canadian questions, I would have done pretty good. Who cares about canadian money anyway, it’s no good here!

Mario
wrote on March 4th, 2005

Here HERE!

I can see clearly now, the rain is gone…

My memory has just been sold…

Dare to be stupid…