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How much do you know
SoftlySarah See my TER Reviews 2257 reads
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about science and technology?

http://www.pewresearch.org/quiz/science-knowledge

I got one question wrong. It's embarrassing, so I will tell which one if others post their scores. :)

What does this have to do with the hobby, you ask? Well, I happen to find intelligence rather sexy. :D

case321 31 Reviews 1685 reads
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13/13 not bad for a country boy who turns wrenches for a living!!

LovetoDaty 7 Reviews 1677 reads
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But I have a doctorate in Biology and used to teach at a university some years ago.

London Rayne See my TER Reviews 1598 reads
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You scored better than 85% of the public, below 7% and the same as 8%.

1%01%13%24%36%48%58%610%711%811%912%1010%118%127%13
TOTAL NUMBER OF QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY

GENDER AGE EDUCATION
Total Male Female 18-29 30-49 50-64 65+ HS or less Some College College Grad +
All radioactivity is man-made. Is this statement...

You correctly answered "False"

66 70 63 68 66 71 56 54 69 82
Electrons are smaller than atoms. Is this statement...

You correctly answered "True"

47 54 41 56 50 44 33 34 54 59
Lasers work by focusing sound waves. Is this statement...

You correctly answered "False"

48 57 38 50 53 50 27 35 56 58
The continents on which we live have been moving their location for millions of years and will continue to move in the future. Is this statement...

You correctly answered "True"

77 83 72 87 77 77 66 68 83 85
Which one of the following types of solar radiation does sunscreen protect the skin from?

You correctly answered "Ultraviolet"

83 85 81 88 86 82 71 72 91 91
Does nanotechnology deal with things that are extremely...

You correctly answered "Small"

65 68 62 76 71 63 37 46 72 84
Which gas makes up most of the Earth's atmosphere?

You didn't answer this question

The correct answer is "Nitrogen"

20 27 14 25 22 18 14 12 22 31
What is the main function of red blood cells?

You correctly answered "Carry oxygen to all parts of the body"

78 79 77 86 75 84 63 66 86 89
Which of these is a major concern about the overuse of antibiotics?

You correctly answered "It can lead to antibiotic-resistant bacteria"

77 72 81 68 84 80 68 58 85 95
Which is an example of a chemical reaction?

You correctly answered "Nails rusting"

66 67 65 66 66 68 58 54 68 81
Which is the better way to determine whether a new drug is effective in treating a disease? If a scientist has a group of 1,000 volunteers with the disease to study, should she...

You correctly answered "Give the drug to half of them but not to the other half, and compare how many in each group get better"

75 72 78 76 75 80 62 67 76 86
What gas do most scientists believe causes temperatures in the atmosphere to rise?

You correctly answered "Carbon dioxide"

58 66 51 59 64 56 48 49 55 76
Which natural resource is extracted in a process known as “fracking”?

You correctly answered "Natural gas"

51 58 45 35 52 61 50 39 53 6

AnotherPerspective 1701 reads
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Was that a middle school university .?
 Looked like one of the  new and improved  feel good tests  students are passing .  

 I hope you didn't need  to resort to your doctorate to ace that quiz  .  

 Got to go ,  Leno's all stars are coming on  .  :-D
  Who fought in the Spanish -American war ?  
   
   
Posted By: LovetoDaty
But I have a doctorate in Biology and used to teach at a university some years ago.

DerrBl 38 Reviews 1669 reads
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And I'm kinda drunk.  I have a college degree, but it's in social sciences.  Let me guess... you thought that oxygen was the main ingredient in air?

perfectstorm 19 Reviews 1841 reads
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unlucky2 27 Reviews 1577 reads
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I am almost finished with my second bottle of wine after a long day that included driving over three hundred miles. I did almost the same thing as LR, I answered 12 of 13 correctly and accidentally hit "next" before  answering one of the questions.

I really hope anyone with a fifth grade education or more didn't actually not know any of the answers.  Screwing up because you are/were drunk, stoned, or just clicking the tabs too quickly doesn't count.

randomdeebag 4 Reviews 2501 reads
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I could have answered all of those in 10th grade - good public schools here. Some aren't even completely correct, like the question about global warming - there's plenty of other gasses involved that have a larger effect on global temperatures per unit emitted, but aren't considered the main concern in global warming because CO2 is emitted in such a large quantity compared to the others. They have the potential to become the main concern with just a couple degrees difference in global temperature that CO2 will cause, though, like Methane Hydrate.  

Posted By: SoftlySarah
about science and technology?  
   
 http://www.pewresearch.org/quiz/science-knowledge  
   
 I got one question wrong. It's embarrassing, so I will tell which one if others post their scores. :)  
   
 What does this have to do with the hobby, you ask? Well, I happen to find intelligence rather sexy. :D

liamdoherty 25 Reviews 1368 reads
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zip, zilch, Nada....... I got 13/13 and she tricked us....into participating in Pew's and Smith's research study.
Let's see the results when they come out..
and Sarah, which one did you miss?

EasyTimes 7 Reviews 1402 reads
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SerenaVincente See my TER Reviews 1541 reads
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techonogy especially is evolving ever so fast that to keep up its a challenge to me  
Serena x

HotCougarMilf See my TER Reviews 1573 reads
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11/13 grrrrrr

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swimtrekr 59 Reviews 1325 reads
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Had never heard the term before, so just guessed, and of course, guessed wrong.  Oh, well.....

Swim

bobbyleedynamite 1803 reads
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Please do not laugh at me. Hell I was honest.

1one

Bobby lee

jgoodman222 14 Reviews 1633 reads
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Teddy Roosevelt.

jgoodman222 14 Reviews 1591 reads
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The statement regarding "most" scientists believe carbon dioxide causing global warming is a patently false construction.  "Most" scientists have no opinion on the subject because "most" scientists are not climatologists.

Lynn99 26 Reviews 1612 reads
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SoftlySarah See my TER Reviews 1521 reads
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I did get number 8 wrong. Lol!

I think we definitely need to improve our education system. But it is pretty fascinating how the scores of a small sampling of hobbyists here are so much more above average than the majority who took the quiz! Can we extrapolate that hobbyists are above average intellectually than the rest of America? Hmmm... :D

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Science and Technology Knowledge Quiz Results

You answered 13 of 13 questions correctly

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SilverFox62 4 Reviews 1487 reads
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I thought that was when you were going at it like banshee's and the bed frame cracked...lol  

Posted By: SoftlySarah
about science and technology?  
   
 http://www.pewresearch.org/quiz/science-knowledge  
   
 I got one question wrong. It's embarrassing, so I will tell which one if others post their scores. :)  
   
 What does this have to do with the hobby, you ask? Well, I happen to find intelligence rather sexy. :D

fuzzytoy 13 Reviews 1403 reads
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This was a very lame test to say the least.
Any high school student should be able to ace it.
I can't hardly believe that it was hard enough to give the pew research people any meaningful data.

SoftlySarah See my TER Reviews 1262 reads
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beach6216 8 Reviews 1295 reads
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Clicked on "Next Question" before I selected the answer on one.

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parthree 63 Reviews 1409 reads
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Ditto and I didn't like science in school

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