NO CHEATING

[Leader of the Banned]

Here are 29 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 you how little we pay attention to the common place things of life.
Put your thinking caps on.

Mind teasers of COMMON KNOWLEDGE. No cheating!
No looking around! 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!!! Then, before you pass this on to your friends, change the number on the subject line to show many you got correct in the subject line.
Forward to your friends and also back to the one who sent it to you.

LET'S JUST SEE HOW OBSERVANT YOU REALLY ARE.

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 six colors are on the classic Campbell's soup label?
5. What two letters don't appear on the telephone dial? (No cheating!)
6. What two numbers on the telephone dial 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 the United States flag is the top stripe red or white?
10. What is the lowest number 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-numbered 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 playing card is the card maker'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 $1 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 there in the standard paper clip?
29. Does a merry-go-round turn counter or clockwise?


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Don't look at answers below until you complete all the questions
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1. Bottom
2. 50 (please tell me you got this one!)
3. Right
4. Blue, red, white, yellow, black, &gold
5. Q, Z
6. 1, ! 0
7. Right
8. 20
9. Red
10. 88
11. Counter (north of the equator)
12. Towards bottom right
13. 12 (no #1)
14. Left
15. Top
16. Clockwise as you look at it
17. Roosevelt
18. 8
19. Left
20. 5
21. 6
22. Bashful
23. 8
24. Ace of spades
25. Left
26. ONE
27. *, #
28. 3
29, counter clockwise

 

[Jesusfrk4life77]

WoW! that was tuff! I only got 13 right! ah ha!

 

[Grammalamma]

16

 

[HeDied4Me]

I got 16
...Actually, water can go either direction down a drain. Which way it goes depends on small currents in the water.
But that's a fun test

 

[psychoceramic]

i got 18 right my wife got 20 right.



in Him,
The psycho one

 

[ChristianTeen]

15

 

[superbear02]

16

 

[deornie]

...Actually, water can go either direction down a drain. Which way it goes depends on small currents in the water.QUOTE]

to the north of equator it goes counter clockwise and to the south clockwise and on the line of eqator it actually stops... this is one of the ways to find the exact place ehere equator is....

I got only 14 but well I have never seen a dime nor a phone with letters... Uff American test after all...lol

 

[Grammalamma]

i got 18 right my wife got 20 right.



in Him,
The psycho one

You must be sure of your manhood, admitting that your wife got a higher score.

 

[Leader of the Banned]

OK here's the Brit version:
1. On a standard traffic light, is the green on the top or bottom?
2. How many British counties are there? (Don't laugh, some people don't know)
3. In which hand does Nelson hold his stick on Nelson's Column?
4. What are the "corporate colours" for BBC1 and BBC2?
5. What two letters don't appear on the telephone dial? (No cheating!)
6. What two numbers on the telephone dial 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 the British flag is the white cross diagonal or horisontal/vertical?
10. What is the lowest number 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 terrestrial channels on a VHF TV (analogue)?
14. Which side of a women's blouse are the buttons on?
15. On a UK license plate, where would you find the letters that say where the car was registered?
16. Which way do fans rotate?
17. What is on the back of a 10 pence piece?
18. How many sides does a stop sign have?
19. Do books have even-numbered pages on the right or left side?
20. How many wheel 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 playing card is the card maker's trademark?
25. On which side of a Venetian blind is the cord that adjusts the opening between the slats?
26. On the £10 note, which direction does the Queen look in?
27. There are 12 buttons on a touch tone phone.
What 2 symbols bear no digits?
28. How many curves are there in the standard paper clip?
29. Does a roundabout turn counter or clockwise?


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Don't look at answers below until you complete all the questions
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1. Bottom
2. 86 traditional,
3. Right
4. Red and blue respectively
5. Q, Z
6. 1, 0
7. Right
8. 20
9. Red
10. 87.5
11. Counter (north of the equator)
12. Towards bottom right
13. 5 (though some counties don't get #5)
14. Left
15. On the left
16. Clockwise as you look at it
17. A lion
18. 8
19. Left
20. 5
21. 6
22. Bashful
23. 8
24. Ace of spades
25. Left
26. Left
27. *, #
28. 3
29. Clockwise

 

[urbanfaerie]

i feel sucky. i only got 11 right..

i shoulda cheated

 

[FR0G]

18.

 

[Mitch]

I got 19