How Observant Are You?(North American/USA biased)



Get a piece of paper to write down your answers to 30 questions and then check them at the end!! DON'T CHEAT!



1. On a standard traffic light, is the green on the top or bottom?
2. How many states are there? ( don't laugh, some people don't know)
3. In which hand is the Statue of Liberty's torch?
4. What 6 colors are on the classic Campbell's soup label?
5. What 2 letters don't appear on the telephone dial? ( no cheating)!
6. What 2 telephone #'s don't have letters by them?
7. When you walk does your left arm swing w/your right or left leg?
8. How many matches are in a standard pack?
9. On our flag, is the top stripe red or white?
10. What is the lowest # on the FM dial?
11. Which way does water go down the drain, counter or clockwise?
12. Which way does a "no smoking" sign's slash run?
13. How many channels on a VHF TV dial?
14. Which side of a women's blouse are the buttons on?
15. On a NY license plate, is New York on the top or bottom?
16. Which way do fans rotate?
17. Whose face is on a dime?
18. How many sides does a stop sign have?
19. Do books have even # pages on the right or left side?
20. How many lug nuts are on a standard car wheel?
21. How many sides are there on a standard pencil?
22. Sleepy, Happy, Sneezy, Grumpy, Dopey, Doc. Who's missing?
23. How many hot dog buns are in a standard package?
24. On which card is the cardmaker's trademark?
25. On which side of a venetian blind is the cord that adjusts the opening between the slats?
26. On the back of a one dollar bill, what is in the center?
27. There are 12 buttons on a touch tone phone. What 2 symbols bear no digits?
28. How many curves are in a standard paper clip?
29. Does a merry-go-round turn counter or clockwise?
30. How many birthdays does the average person have?

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Answers

1. Bottom
2. 50
3. Right
4. Blue, red, white, yellow, black, and gold
5. Q, Z
6. 1, 0
7. Left
8. 20
9. Red
10. 88
11. Counter (unless you happen to be south of the equator)
12. Towards bottom right
13. 12 (no #1)
14. Right
15. Top
16. Clockwise as you look at it
17. Roosevelt
18. 8 What about the front side and back side? I think it also could be.
19. left
20. 5
21. 6
22. Bashful
23. 8
24. Ace of spades
25. Left
26. ONE
27. *, #
28. 3
29. Counter
30. 1, which is your birthdate.


Scoring

30-28 Mensa is calling, genius
25-27 Not too shabby
20-24 You could do better
16-19 McDonald's is calling (would you like fries w/ that)?
15-00 Shucks! Being blind wouldn't affect you one bit!

me answers...sigh... :-/  not as observant as I thought.

1.  bottom
2.  50
3.  right
4.  red...white...gold...blue...black...silver?
5.  Q Z  (except on cell phones these days)
6.  1, 0?
7.  left
8.  30
9.  red
10.  87.5
11.  counter
12.  right to left
13.  13
14.  left (I don't wear women's clothing ;D)
15.  bottom
16.  clockwise
17.  FDR
18.  8
19.  left
20.  4  (could've sworn...then again I just realized my car has a five-spoked hubcap)
21.  6
22.  Bashful
23.  10 (bah!  that's why they have that buns vs. dogs joke!)
24.  Ace of spades
25.  left
26.  that pyramid looking thing?
27.  pound and star
28.  3
29.  counter
30.  one

Looks like I "coulda done better" ;D

16-19 McDonald's is calling (would you like fries w/ that)?


I got 18....almost 19, got just one color wrong on Campbell's Soup question...

The Statue Of Liberty and NY license plate questions were unfair to non-New Yorkers :P

I scored 25.  :)

I got 15... I'm not even good enough to work at McDonald's...  :'(

I got 17, not bad considering I'm English and have never been to America.

I got 22...

I got a 19.  Top half of McDonalds...does that mean I can be management? ;D

19  ::)

??? alright I am clueless......

15- Didn't it recently change with the blue plates?

22- So...Lazy is NOT one of the 7? Lazy dwarf....oooh..wait..he was a smurf.....

29. I really should get out more.

I got 17 which isn't bad saying

1) I'm British
therefore
2) I only attempted 24 questions

Me answer,  am a vegetable  ::)

1.  Bottom

2.  46?

3.  left - complete guess

4.  haven't the foggiest idea whatsoever

5 & 6  No idea - live in england

7.  Left

8.  40 - which is technically true if you live in England!

9.  Red

10. 88

11. Counterclock - remember an episode of the simpsons with this in  :D

12. left to right

13. No idea

14. Left - unless the shirt I'm wearing was made for a man or its different in England

15. dunno Top?

16. Counterclock

17. Lincoln??

18. 3

19. Left

20. 5

21. 6

22. dunno

23. 6 - which is lame because they sell hotdogs in packs of 8 (another thing different in england)

24. eh?

25. Right

26. ???

27. # and *

28. 3

29. Counterclock

30. 1 - the day we were born (heard this one before)

I got 15 - 18 if you count the differences because I'm in England and here they sell matches in packs of 40, blouses have buttons on the left, and hotdog buns are sold in packs of 6..........

1. On a standard traffic light, is the green on the top or bottom? bottom
2. How many states are there? ( don't laugh, some people don't know) 50
3. In which hand is the Statue of Liberty's torch?
right
4. What 6 colors are on the classic Campbell's soup label?
red, white, yellow, orange, black, and blue
5. What 2 letters don't appear on the telephone dial? ( no cheating)! q and x
6. What 2 telephone #'s don't have letters by them?
1 and 0
7. When you walk does your left arm swing w/your right or left leg? left with right
8. How many matches are in a standard pack? 24
9. On our flag, is the top stripe red or white? red
10. What is the lowest # on the FM dial? 95
11. Which way does water go down the drain, counter or clockwise? clockwise
12. Which way does a "no smoking" sign's slash run?
left to the person facing it
13. How many channels on a VHF TV dial? the first 13, 21, 55, and U, if Im counting all of those, its 16
14. Which side of a women's blouse are the buttons on?
left?
15. On a NY license plate, is New York on the top or bottom?
top
16. Which way do fans rotate? counter clockwise
17. Whose face is on a dime? FDR
18. How many sides does a stop sign have? 8
19. Do books have even # pages on the right or left side?
right
20. How many lug nuts are on a standard car wheel?
3
21. How many sides are there on a standard pencil? 6
22. Sleepy, Happy, Sneezy, Grumpy, Dopey, Doc. Who's missing? bashful
23. How many hot dog buns are in a standard package? 8
24. On which card is the cardmaker's trademark? ace of spades
25. On which side of a venetian blind is the cord that adjusts
the opening between the slats?
right to the person facing it
26. On the back of a one dollar bill, what is in the center?
a pyrimid with an eye on top
27. There are 12 buttons on a touch tone phone. What 2 symbols bear no digits?
# and *
28. How many curves are in a standard paper clip? 3
29. Does a merry-go-round turn counter or clockwise? counter
30. How many birthdays does the average person have?
1!

MENSA, here I come... ;)