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1 Romantic Heretic  May 7, 2014 10:29:51am

I got 80%. Rather disappointed actually.

2 EmmaAnne  May 7, 2014 10:36:03am

76%. I has a sad. No Googling at all though - only what was in my head.

3 CriticalDragon1177  May 7, 2014 10:38:17am

CuriousLurker,

If it makes you feel better, I didn’t do the best either. I got a lot of them wrong as well.

4 Bubblehead II  May 7, 2014 10:38:36am

Well I’m not a total moron. 54% That said many of those questions were in fields I never really studied. Guess I need to expand mey technical reading in the future.

*Edit. Not to mention grammer %-)

5 Rightwingconspirator  May 7, 2014 10:42:47am

OUCH!

You answered 37 of 50 questions correctly for a total score of 74%.

What makes it harder is the multidisciplinary side. You could be an astrophysics major and miss the cellular/DNA stuff.

I missed manometers in a centimeter. On Bernoulli principle I have a quibble, reduce the volume (of the space available) a fluid is in and you get the increase in pressure that gets you the increase in the speed of the fluid-Like in a venturi. So I think they had 2 right answers.

And I suck at biology.

6 CriticalDragon1177  May 7, 2014 10:53:12am

re: #4 Bubblehead II

I think I actually did bit worse.

7 CuriousLurker  May 7, 2014 10:55:53am

re: #6 CriticalDragon1177

I think I actually did bit worse.

If I’d kept going I’m pretty sure I would’ve done worse too. Ugh.

8 Bubblehead II  May 7, 2014 11:01:53am

Think I’ll wander back over to the main thread.

9 CuriousLurker  May 7, 2014 11:03:29am

re: #4 Bubblehead II

Well I’m not a total moron. 54% That said many of those questions were in fields I never really studied. Guess I need to expand mey technical reading in the future.

*Edit. Not to mention grammer %-)</blockquote>

And spelling. Heh—sorry, I couldn’t resist.

10 Varek Raith  May 7, 2014 11:05:43am

You answered 44 of 50 questions correctly for a total score of 88%.

11 Feline Fearless Leader  May 7, 2014 11:07:00am

84% - I got 42 of 50. And few were guesses. The product of reading a lot of stuff since some answers were obvious due to knowing the mythology reference used for the name.

12 Varek Raith  May 7, 2014 11:09:17am

Considering the questions, I’d say you all did pretty well.
Also, math sucks.

13 CuriousLurker  May 7, 2014 11:14:07am

re: #10 Varek Raith

You answered 44 of 50 questions correctly for a total score of 88%.

Whoa, impressive!

Waiting to see who’ll score above 90%…

14 sffilk  May 7, 2014 11:19:18am

76%

15 Varek Raith  May 7, 2014 11:25:55am

re: #13 CuriousLurker

Whoa, impressive!

Waiting to see who’ll score above 90%…

I’m such a nerd.

16 Randall Gross  May 7, 2014 11:27:57am

re: #10 Varek Raith

You answered 44 of 50 questions correctly for a total score of 88%.

My score as well. Mu! bah.

17 JustMark  May 7, 2014 11:50:58am

With my score, I could be a creationist! </shame>

18 Shiplord Kirel  May 7, 2014 11:54:55am

This is a very tough test. I got 90% right, 45 of 50, but I have been a professional scientist for 35 years.

19 EmmaAnne  May 7, 2014 11:59:30am

re: #18 Shiplord Kirel

This is a very tough test. I got 90% right, 45 of 50, but I have been a professional scientist for 35 years.

You win the thread!

20 EmmaAnne  May 7, 2014 12:01:04pm

re: #5 Political Atheist

OUCH!

You answered 37 of 50 questions correctly for a total score of 74%.

What makes it harder is the multidisciplinary side. You could be an astrophysics major and miss the cellular/DNA stuff.

I missed manometers in a centimeter. On Bernoulli principle I have a quibble, reduce the volume (of the space available) a fluid is in and you get the increase in pressure that gets you the increase in the speed of the fluid-Like in a venturi. So I think they had 2 right answers.

And I suck at biology.

I missed nanometers too, and I know it perfectly well! But I got some right that I guessed, so the score is probably pretty accurate.

21 Pip's Squeak  May 7, 2014 12:01:15pm

Got 86. Some of the others I should have gotten right, but ‘mu’? On the other hand my field is a handful of dead languages, so needn’t feel too bad.

22 Shiplord Kirel  May 7, 2014 12:08:11pm

I missed a couple of questions I shouldn’t have, on momentum and the heaviest noble gas. Probably just a senior moment*. Anyway, that’s my story and I’m sticking to it.

*One of the advantages of being old is that you can blame every error, slip-up, brain fart, and temper tantrum on advanced age.
When I was 25, it was “What the hell is wrong with you?!! How could you be that stupid?!1”
Now it’s “There there. It’s okay. Just sit over here by the fire and have some milk and cookies.”

23 Skip Intro  May 7, 2014 12:09:43pm

Nobody warned me there were going to be biology questions.

Damn.

24 CuriousLurker  May 7, 2014 12:18:04pm

re: #18 Shiplord Kirel

This is a very tough test. I got 90% right, 45 of 50, but I have been a professional scientist for 35 years.

Okay, now I don’t feel quite so bad. Still, some of the stuff… gah! Maybe I’ll go back over the weekend and retake it until I learn all the answers.

25 nines09  May 7, 2014 12:49:36pm

High school education and in my 60’s. Got a 70 and that was with speed and guessing because I have to leave to see Joe Bonamassa tear the roof off a theatre in Wilkes Barre Pa. I got a “C”. 35/15 I PASSED!!!!!!!!

26 sizzzzlerz  May 7, 2014 1:15:29pm

90% here.

Those years of watching Jeopardy finally paid off! Boo-yah!

27 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce  May 7, 2014 1:18:32pm

A lot of these questions don’t have as much to do with actual science as they do with the history of science and in certain cases, linguistics.

28 EiMitch  May 7, 2014 1:19:05pm

I only got the first question right. But that might’ve had something to do with the rest of the quiz not loading. I’ll try again later.

29 Jack Burton  May 7, 2014 1:22:11pm

OK…

You answered 47 of 50 questions correctly for a total score of 94%.

Send me my check.

30 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce  May 7, 2014 1:22:23pm

re: #10 Varek Raith

You answered 44 of 50 questions correctly for a total score of 88%.

On the internet, everyone is handsome and successful.

31 Jack Burton  May 7, 2014 1:26:18pm

I missed the Gregor Mendel question, the Bernoulli’s Principle one, and I screwed up the math in my head on the one newton on 200 gram object question. (shamefully easy too)

I guessed on the mitosis one but got it right.

32 CuriousLurker  May 7, 2014 1:33:45pm

re: #26 sizzzzlerz

re: #29 Jack Burton

Wow! I wonder where the other science-y lizards are. Maybe they’ll turn up later… So far we have:

94% - Jack Burton
90% - Shiplord Kirel & sizzzzlerz
88% - Varek Raith & Randall Gross
86% - Pip’s Squeak
82% - First As Tragedy, Then As Farce
80% - Romantic Heretic
76% - EmmaAnne & sffilk
74% - Political Atheist
70% - nines09
54% - Bubblehead II

Pleading the 5th Amendment:
CuriousLurker, CriticalDragon1177, JustMark, Skip Intro

Pleading the 5th and blaming the test:
First As Tragedy, Then As Farce ;-)

33 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce  May 7, 2014 1:35:37pm

re: #28 EiMitch

I only got the first question right. But that might’ve had something to do with the rest of the quiz not loading. I’ll try again later.

If you have Ghostery (or similar) installed, it won’t progress past the first question when you click “next”. Apparently at least one of the 60+ trackers/widgets/nonsense engines they’re using is a critical part of the navigation,

34 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce  May 7, 2014 1:36:46pm

re: #32 CuriousLurker

41/50, wouldn’t have been that high if it wasn’t multiple choice.

35 CuriousLurker  May 7, 2014 1:37:12pm

I’ve gotta admit it’s way more fun watching the results come in than it was taking the test.

36 Jack Burton  May 7, 2014 1:37:12pm

re: #33 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce

If you have Ghostery (or similar) installed, it won’t progress past the first question when you click “next”. Apparently at least one of the 60+ trackers/widgets/nonsense engines they’re using is a critical part of the navigation,

I had to pause ghostery as well so I second this, anything blocking the legion of BS on there might mess with the test.

37 CuriousLurker  May 7, 2014 1:39:44pm

re: #34 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce

41/50, wouldn’t have been that high if it wasn’t multiple choice.

List updated.

38 EPR-radar  May 7, 2014 1:48:49pm

98% here. Ny nerd-fu is on today.

39 iossarian  May 7, 2014 1:58:55pm

86%, but in my defense I had to do the last 15 or so questions in the 2 minutes leading up to a meeting.

*shakes fist at Shiplord Kirel*

40 cuzIsaidso  May 7, 2014 1:58:57pm

92% for scientist/teacher.
Mu, Eris, -nimbus, joule

41 wrenchwench  May 7, 2014 2:01:42pm

I was going to take the fifth, or just pretend I never saw this, but I’ll spill. I got 62%. I would have done worse without some scattered Greek stuff rattling around in my head. I got some lucky guesses right, and some unlucky guesses wrong.

I suppose that’s not bad for a bike mechanic with a sociology degree.

42 Jack Burton  May 7, 2014 2:05:05pm

re: #41 wrenchwench

I was going to take the fifth, or just pretend I never saw this, but I’ll spill. I got 62%. I would have done worse without some scattered Greek stuff rattling around in my head. I got some lucky guesses right, and some unlucky guesses wrong.

I suppose that’s not bad for a bike mechanic with a sociology degree.

I’m certain most wingnuts would get somewhere south of 40%, so don’t feel bad.

43 CuriousLurker  May 7, 2014 2:22:01pm

re: #38 EPR-radar

So aren’t you going to tell us which one you missed??

44 3eff Jeff  May 7, 2014 2:22:07pm

re: #5 Political Atheist

Yeah, all my misses were biology/paleontology. I’m glad the test was as physics and chemistry heavy as it was though. I’ve got a BS in physics.

46/50 for 92%!

45 Rightwingconspirator  May 7, 2014 2:26:38pm

re: #38 EPR-radar

98% here. Ny nerd-fu is on today.

Spelling? My nerd Fu?

So really glad I retweeted before the list was made… *red face* Lower half of the class? Mom woulda kicked my ass and given me spinach for dinner.

46 EPR-radar  May 7, 2014 2:31:53pm

re: #43 CuriousLurker

So aren’t you going to tell us which one you missed??

Eris.

47 CuriousLurker  May 7, 2014 2:39:54pm

re: #45 Political Atheist

LOL » PA: WTF?? No one told me there was gonna be a list!!11!

48 Randall Gross  May 7, 2014 2:50:00pm

re: #46 EPR-radar

Eris.

I got that one right more through knowledge of mythology than science.

49 EPR-radar  May 7, 2014 3:00:19pm

re: #48 Randall Gross

I got that one right more through knowledge of mythology than science.

There were several questions where non-scientific knowledge was sufficient to determine the answer e.g., old rock = paleolithic.

50 goddamnedfrank  May 7, 2014 3:26:42pm

94%. I missed the one about Eris, Mu as the friction coefficient, and the one about Nimbus clouds.

51 Mentis Fugit  May 7, 2014 3:27:30pm

I now know what the suffix “-nimbus” means. 98%.

52 wrenchwench  May 7, 2014 3:36:12pm

HA!

I got Eris right.

It was one of my lucky guesses (aided by process of elimination based on some of that random Greek stuff in the head.)

53 EPR-radar  May 7, 2014 3:43:31pm

re: #44 3eff Jeff

Yeah, all my misses were biology/paleontology. I’m glad the test was as physics and chemistry heavy as it was though. I’ve got a BS in physics.

46/50 for 92%!

I also noticed the concentration in physics/chemistry, which helped me quite a bit. But the real background I had for this was spending a few years reading every bit of science-related non-fiction I could get my hands on when I was growing up.

That’s my excuse for Eris, since that is a recently developed bit of science trivia.

54 freetoken  May 7, 2014 4:02:17pm

Question 4 strikes me as a history (of philately, of all things) question as much as a “science” question.

55 Amory Blaine  May 7, 2014 4:11:05pm

I like lamp.

56 Varek Raith  May 7, 2014 4:32:35pm

re: #30 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce

On the internet, everyone is handsome and successful.

Ouch.

57 steve_davis  May 7, 2014 5:29:59pm

LOL! I gave up after I cheated and looked at a periodic table and still managed to get the heaviest noble gas wrong.

58 EiMitch  May 7, 2014 5:59:15pm

I don’t have Ghostery. I have DoNotTrackMe. I turned it off and the quiz worked just fine. Unfortunately, so did the ads. It never blocked all ads, just the majority of them. My dinosaur PC runs alot better with fewer ads. But I digress.

I got 60% right, and I’m ashamed of how often I had to guess. Whats more, the site says atm that the average score is 66%. I feel so inadequate.

Of course, I always feel inadequate. So no biggie.

59 Romantic Heretic  May 7, 2014 6:02:44pm

re: #42 Jack Burton

I’m certain most wingnuts would get somewhere south of 40%, so don’t feel bad.

That high? I doubt most of them would even understand the question.

If they didn’t start smashing their computer to avoid being infected with liberalism.

60 Romantic Heretic  May 7, 2014 6:03:43pm

re: #46 EPR-radar

I got that one but only because I know Greek mythology.

61 Romantic Heretic  May 7, 2014 6:06:22pm

re: #52 wrenchwench

HA!

I got Eris right.

It was one of my lucky guesses (aided by process of elimination based on some of that random Greek stuff in the head.)

Eris is the one who started the Trojan War. When she tossed a golden apple at a feast of the Gods that was ‘for the fairest.’

The goddesses went to Paris to decide and Aphrodite bribed him with Helen.

The rest is literature.

62 Kafitrar  May 7, 2014 6:07:11pm

88%% right. Damn it. I’m a biologist, not a physicist.

63 CuriousLurker  May 7, 2014 6:11:43pm

re: #58 EiMitch

I got 60% right, and I’m ashamed of how often I had to guess. Whats more, the site says atm that the average score is 66%. I feel so inadequate.

Of course, I always feel inadequate. So no biggie.

At least you didn’t give up like I did. If I’d kept going I’m quite certain I wouldn’t have gotten anywhere near 60%, even with lucky guesses.

64 Rightwingconspirator  May 7, 2014 6:59:02pm

re: #62 Kafitrar

88%% right. Damn it. I’m a biologist, not a physicist.

Flashback…
Youtube Video

65 EPR-radar  May 7, 2014 8:06:06pm

Mentis Fugit at #51 has a 98% that isn’t posted on the list.

66 KingKenrod  May 7, 2014 8:07:27pm

74%. Thought I would do better. Very disappointed I missed the “Thunder Lizard” question.

67 kirkspencer  May 7, 2014 8:25:21pm

68%, and while there were a couple of “duh I knew that” there were also a couple of successful “it’s one of these two” picks to balance.

68 RadicalModerate  May 7, 2014 9:30:31pm

86% here.

Missed the eukaryote , most abundant element in earth’s crust, Hubble, mitosis, Africa, net force of 1N on a 200g object, and scalene triangles.

Three of those I should have gotten right but was the victim of overthinking them.

69 Maxwell Not So Smart  May 7, 2014 9:31:33pm

74% Would have got 1 or 2 more correct if I’d taken a little more time reading before clicking Next. :)

Thanks sort of fun.

70 Aunty Entity Dragon  May 7, 2014 9:46:29pm

I didn’t have time to finish. I did notice that geology was not particularly well represented from what I could see. :(

71 CuriousLurker  May 8, 2014 6:57:50am

List updated—thanks to all who participated.

72 CuriousLurker  May 8, 2014 6:58:18am

re: #65 EPR-radar

Mentis Fugit at #51 has a 98% that isn’t posted on the list.

Totally missed that one—thanks.

73 CuriousLurker  May 8, 2014 7:49:28am

re: #11 Feline Fearless Leader

84% - I got 42 of 50. And few were guesses. The product of reading a lot of stuff since some answers were obvious due to knowing the mythology reference used for the name.

Eeek, somehow I neglected to add you! My apologies—you’re on the list now.

74 EmmaAnne  May 8, 2014 8:04:36am

I am well in the lower half of our little group, but I will say this: I knew the coefficient of friction. The weird things that stick in your mind …

75 CuriousLurker  May 8, 2014 8:11:38am

re: #74 EmmaAnne

I am well in the lower half of our little group, but I will say this: I knew the coefficient of friction. The weird things that stick in your mind …

Heh, I don’t even have a clue what that means, so I definitely would’ve missed that unless I guessed lucky. At least you finished. You tried instead of giving up in despair less than halfway through, like I did.

76 iossarian  May 8, 2014 10:09:41am

re: #50 goddamnedfrank

94%. I missed the one about Eris, Mu as the friction coefficient, and the one about Nimbus clouds.

Math joke:

Q: Two cats are sitting on a sloping roof. Which one falls off first?

A: The one with the smallest mu.

77 Maxwell Not So Smart  May 8, 2014 2:21:49pm

I’m not sure what it says that getting a 74% on a quiz where the average score is 66% gets you near the bottom of the list on website but I like it.

Next time I do a quiz on this site I’m not doing it after midnight and rushing through it so I can get in bed.

78 Sergey Romanov  May 11, 2014 12:11:38pm

Image: mass-times-acceleration.gif

79 palmerskiss  May 12, 2014 3:42:02pm

72% - i was surprised that what kept me from totally bombing this was greek alphabet questions and the archaeological/geology questions, and not geometry, which i aced in school.

makes it the first time my sorority pledging actually paid off.

alpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon, zeta eta theta, the only iota i had :)

80 Sergey Romanov  May 13, 2014 12:15:45pm

re: #79 palmerskiss

It’s a pretty poor test, IMHO. Too many questions with hints from “humanities” - if one knows some basic Latin and Greek roots, as well as bits of mythology, one can answer quite a lot of questions without really being scientifically literate.

81 palmerskiss  May 13, 2014 4:52:22pm

re: #80 Sergey Romanov

It’s a pretty poor test, IMHO. Too many questions with hints from “humanities” - if one knows some basic Latin and Greek roots, as well as bits of mythology, one can answer quite a lot of questions without really being scientifically literate.

indeed, and now i feel like a 50, not a 72 :D


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