Overhaulin'

Common Knowledge Questions?

There are 29 questions about things we see every day or have known about all our lives. LET'S JUST SEE HOW OBSERVANT YOU REALLY ARE. (the answers are below, but I know that you wouldn't cheat by peeking. Would you?) 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 as you look at them? 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 angle of the space 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? Answers 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 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

Public Comments

1. Cool.
2. I've already done this. I couldn't believe how many I got wrong lol
3. Why do people insist on posting on this site the junk that has been going around through emails for years? Haven't we all received this in our inboxes a dozen times in the past decade? If you are going to post a common knowledge quiz, you should at least write your own questions.
4. That's good, except for these are up to debate: 10. My car radio's FM goes down to 87.7 19. Many books have the page number at the bottom center 20. many cars only have 4 lug nuts... in fact, if you don't count trucks, vans, and SUVs, most cars have only 4 lug nuts per wheel I hope this helps
5. nice one ^_^ very observant!
6. Interesting how many I got wrong!
7. Well!! ... hmph.......Sniff! So I missed a Few! LOL. LOL.