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Here a quick test to see how observant you are! (I wanna know you got and what you put please.)?

LET'S JUST SEE HOW OBSERVANT YOU REALLY ARE. The average person only gets 7 correct. This is based on U.S. info, so use all lobes of your brain. This can be more difficult than it looks - it just shows how little most of us really see! There are 25 questions about things we see every day or have known about all our lives. How many can you get right? No cheating! No looking around! No getting out of your chair! No using anything on or in your desk or computer! Can you beat 23?? (The average is 7) Write down your answers as you go. Check answers (on the bottom), AFTER completing all the questions. REMEMBER - NO CHEATING!!! BE HONEST!!! That means no looking at your phone or anything on your desk... Here we go! 1. On a standard traffic light, is the green on the top or bottom? 2. How many states are there in the USA? (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 numbers on the telephone dial don't have letters by them? 6. When you walk does your left arm swing with your right or left leg? (Don't you dare get up to see!) 7. How many matches are in a standard pack? 8. On the United States flag is the top stripe red or white? 9. What is the lowest number on the FM dial? 10 . Which way does water go down the drain, counter or clockwise? 11. Which way does a "no smoking" sign's slash run? 12. How many channels on a VHF TV dial? 13 On which side of a women's blouse are the buttons? 14. Which way do fans rotate? 15 How many sides does a stop sign have? 16. Do books have even-numbered pages on the right or left side? 17 How many lug nuts are on a standard car wheel? 18. How many sides are there on a standard pencil? 19. Sleepy, Happy, Sneezy, Grumpy, Dopey, Doc. Who's missing? 20. How many hot dog buns are in a standard package? 21 On which playing card is the card maker's trademark? 22 On which side of a Venetian blind is the cord that adjusts the opening between the slats? 23. There are 12 buttons on a touch tone phone. What 2 symbols bear no digits? 24. How many curves are there in the standard paper clip? 25. Does a merry-go-round turn counter or clockwise? Scroll down to get your answers...... * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ANSWERS 1. On a standard traffic light, is the green on the top or bottom? BOTTOM 2. How many states are there in the USA? (Don't laugh, some people don't know) 50 3. In which hand is the Statue of Liberty's torch? RIGHT 4. What six colors are on the classic Campbell's soup label? BLUE, RED, WHITE, YELLOW, BLACK & GOLD 5. What two numbers on the telephone dial don't have letters by them? 1, 0 6. When you walk does your left arm swing with your right or left leg? RIGHT 7. How many matches are in a standard pack? 20 8. On the United States flag is the top stripe red or white? RED 9. What is the lowest number on the FM dial? 88 10. Which way does water go down the drain, counter or clockwise? CLOCKWISE (NORTH OF THE EQUATOR) 11. Which way does a "no smoking" sign's slash run? TOWARDS BOTTOM RIGHT 12. How many channels on a VHF TV dial? 12 (no #1) 13 On which side of a women's blouse are the buttons? LEFT 14. Which way do fans rotate? CLOCKWISE AS YOU LOOK AT IT 15 How many sides does a stop sign have? 8 16. Do books have even-numbered pages on the right or left side? LEFT 17 How many lug nuts are on a standard car wheel? 5 18. How many sides are there on a standard pencil? 6 19. Sleepy, Happy, Sneezy, Grumpy, Dopey, Doc. Who's missing? BASHFUL 20. How many h ot dog buns are in a standard package? 8 21 On which playing card is the card maker's trademark? ACE OF SPADES 22 On which side of a Venetian blind is the cord that adjusts the o peni ng between the slats? LEFT 23. There are 12 buttons on a touch tone phone. What 2 symbols bear no digits? *, # 24. How many curves are there in the standard paper clip? 3 25. Does a merry-go-round turn counter or clockwise? COUNTER

Public Comments

  1. THNKS for the education!;p
  2. I got them all right, because I have had this emailed to me about 1000 times.
  3. why did you put the answers? now i can cheat.
  4. I got 10. Good question. But it is not necessarily about being observant, but just as much about vividness of visual mental imagery.
  5. Haha, well, I got a few of them.
  6. thanks for sharing it
  7. thanks that was very informative
  8. 1. On a standard traffic light, is the green on the top or bottom? Bottom 2. How many states are there in the USA? (Don't laugh, some people don't know) 50 3. In which hand is the Statue of Liberty's torch? Right? 4. What six colors are on the classic Campbell's soup label? gold, blue, red, black, white, silver? 5. What two numbers on the telephone dial don't have letters by them? # and * 6. When you walk does your left arm swing with your right or left leg? (Don't you dare get up to see!) Um I have NO idea! 7. How many matches are in a standard pack? 24 8. On the United States flag is the top stripe red or white? white? 9. What is the lowest number on the FM dial? 88 10 . Which way does water go down the drain, counter or clockwise? counter 11. Which way does a "no smoking" sign's slash run? right to left 12. How many channels on a VHF TV dial? No idea 13 On which side of a women's blouse are the buttons? Right 14. Which way do fans rotate? clockwise 15 How many sides does a stop sign have? eight 16. Do books have even-numbered pages on the right or left side? right? 17 How many lug nuts are on a standard car wheel? eight? 18. How many sides are there on a standard pencil? Four? 19. Sleepy, Happy, Sneezy, Grumpy, Dopey, Doc. Who's missing? No idea 20. How many hot dog buns are in a standard package? six 21 On which playing card is the card maker's trademark? No idea 22 On which side of a Venetian blind is the cord that adjusts the opening between the slats? right? 23. There are 12 buttons on a touch tone phone. What 2 symbols bear no digits? # * 24. How many curves are there in the standard paper clip? five? 25. Does a merry-go-round turn counter or clockwise? Counter...
  9. 1. On a standard traffic light, is the green on the top or bottom? Bottom. 2. How many states are there in the USA? (Don't laugh, some people don't know) 50. 3. In which hand is the Statue of Liberty's torch? Left. 4. What six colors are on the classic Campbell's soup label? White, black, gold, red....yeah, ahaha. 5. What two numbers on the telephone dial don't have letters by them? # & * 6. When you walk does your left arm swing with your right or left leg? (Don't you dare get up to see!) Right. 7. How many matches are in a standard pack? 20. 8. On the United States flag is the top stripe red or white? Red. 9. What is the lowest number on the FM dial? 86. 10 . Which way does water go down the drain, counter or clockwise? Counter. 11. Which way does a "no smoking" sign's slash run? Top left to bottom right. 12. How many channels on a VHF TV dial? I have no idea. 13 On which side of a women's blouse are the buttons? Right. 14. Which way do fans rotate? Clockwise. 15 How many sides does a stop sign have? 8. 16. Do books have even-numbered pages on the right or left side? Left. 17 How many lug nuts are on a standard car wheel? 6. 18. How many sides are there on a standard pencil? 6. 19. Sleepy, Happy, Sneezy, Grumpy, Dopey, Doc. Who's missing? I can't think of it, hehe. 20. How many hot dog buns are in a standard package? 8. 21 On which playing card is the card maker's trademark? Joker. 22 On which side of a Venetian blind is the cord that adjusts the opening between the slats? Left. 23. There are 12 buttons on a touch tone phone. What 2 symbols bear no digits? # and * 24. How many curves are there in the standard paper clip? 3. 25. Does a merry-go-round turn counter or clockwise? Clockwise. LET'S SEE; 14. I suck.
  10. I know that #14 is a trick question because it goes both ways. One way cools and one way heats.
  11. I got 16 right...I cannot believe I couldn't remember the 7th dwarf...duh! I feel really silly that I didn't get all of them right. These really are things you see all the time....oh sorry...reread your question...the ones I got wrong were...man this is embarrassing to admit.ok..I got..4,5,9,12,15,16,19,21 wrong.
  12. Well, I missed 9. I'm glad it wasn't an iq test. Thanks. That was fun.
  13. I got all of them right except for #11, and #12... Pretty interesting stuff! I'm emailing it to my Mom, she'll eat it up!
  14. 1. On a standard traffic light, is the green on the top or bottom? bottum 2. How many states are there in the USA? (Don't laugh, some people don't know) 50 3. In which hand is the Statue of Liberty's torch? right hand 4. What six colors are on the classic Campbell's soup label? uh, white..red...um gold? 5. What two numbers on the telephone dial don't have letters by them? uh, zero and nine? 6. When you walk does your left arm swing with your right or left leg? (Don't you dare get up to see!) right! i kno this from art class~! 7. How many matches are in a standard pack? um? 11? 8. On the United States flag is the top stripe red or white? red 9. What is the lowest number on the FM dial? uh..90 10 . Which way does water go down the drain, counter or clockwise? clockwise 11. Which way does a "no smoking" sign's slash run? left to right 12. How many channels on a VHF TV dial? huh?? um 25? 13 On which side of a women's blouse are the buttons? the left when unbuttened *blush* 14. Which way do fans rotate? when staring straight up...clockwise? 15 How many sides does a stop sign have? 8? 16. Do books have even-numbered pages on the right or left side? left!(?) 17 How many lug nuts are on a standard car wheel? um fourrr.. 18. How many sides are there on a standard pencil? 5..? 19. Sleepy, Happy, Sneezy, Grumpy, Dopey, Doc. Who's missing? the fat one with the little round specticles 20. How many hot dog buns are in a standard package? 8!! no! 12!! 21 On which playing card is the card maker's trademark? joker? 22 On which side of a Venetian blind is the cord that adjusts the opening between the slats? on tha left!!! ive cleaned those!! 23. There are 12 buttons on a touch tone phone. What 2 symbols bear no digits? star star an...um..numer thingy 24. How many curves are there in the standard paper clip? 4? 25. Does a merry-go-round turn counter or clockwise? i wud say counterclockwise!!
  15. I only got ten - but hope the fact that I'm English and close on many of the answers explains something!!
  16. bottom 50 right skipped 0,1 skipped 20 red 89 counter clockwise right 13 left 8 6 bashful 8 joker right #,* 4 skipped
  17. i got thirteen.
  18. I got 13.
  19. i got fifteen answers right to numbers 1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 14,15, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, and 25.
  20. I got these right... I'm not posting the ones i got wrong.. too embarrassed... 1.bottom 2.50 6. right 7. 20 8. red 13. left 16. left 20.8 22. left
  21. 17 correct ones i missed with my answers filled in: 4. red, white, silver, black, gold, yellow 9. 86 11. (blank) 12. 10 18. 8 19. wheezy 21. (blank) 22. outside....... never seen venetians with a cord, its always a stick you twist, so this question threw me off, i thought you meant the strings that are intertwined with the blinds that actually open them.. completely threw me off
  22. I got 16, but I don't know the names of the dwarfs in English and I'm not american, so... The fan can rotate in both directions though. Fun test
  23. I got 11 right, and I was surprised I even knew those answers.
  24. I got em right
  25. 1. green is on bottom right 2. 50 states right 3. left hand wrong 4. red white I don't know the rest wrong 5. 1 and 0 right 6. right leg right 7. 20 right 8. red right 9. ? wrong 10. clockwise unless you're in Japan right 11. right top to bottom left wrong 12. I don't know the tv dial wrong 13. left right 14.. clockwise right 15. 8 right 16.. right side wrong 17. 5 right 18. 6 right 19. ? wrong 20. 8 right 21. joker wrong 22. right wrong 23. ? wrong 24. 3 right 22.at a kids park they can go either way but at carnival with the horses they go counter clockwise. right .
  26. I got 15 right. This is a cool test because some of the things you don't even realize that you actually know, but you just do. Of course, I couldn't figure out the stupid dwarf's name, but I knew that there are six sides on a pencil. Go figure! The ones I missed were 3, 4, 7, 11, 12, 17, 19, 21, 24, 25.
  27. 1. bottom 2. 50 3.right 4.red, white, black, gold, yellow, green 5.1,0 6.right leg 7.30 8. white 9.? 10.clockwise 11.right 12? 13.left 14.clockwise 15.8 16.left 17.5 18.6 19.bashful 20.8 21.ace of spades 22.left 23.? 24.3 25.counter
  28. Missed 4: #4 red, white, gold, green orange silver #9 87 #12 56 #19 ?
  29. I only got 14 of them correct.
  30. 1. On a standard traffic light, is the green on the top or bottom? Bottom 2. How many states are there in the USA? (Don't laugh, some people don't know) 50 3. In which hand is the Statue of Liberty's torch? Right 4. What six colors are on the classic Campbell's soup label? white, red, black, gold, yellow, green? i don't know 5. What two numbers on the telephone dial don't have letters by them? 1 and 0 6. When you walk does your left arm swing with your right or left leg? (Don't you dare get up to see!) right 7. How many matches are in a standard pack? I have no clue 8. On the United States flag is the top stripe red or white? red 9. What is the lowest number on the FM dial? 88 10 . Which way does water go down the drain, counter or clockwise? clockwise? 11. Which way does a "no smoking" sign's slash run? from top left to bottom right ( if your facing it and the other way around if your behind it) 12. How many channels on a VHF TV dial? the what dial? 13 On which side of a women's blouse are the buttons? the left? 14. Which way do fans rotate?clockwise? 15 How many sides does a stop sign have? 6 16. Do books have even-numbered pages on the right or left side? left...? 17 How many lug nuts are on a standard car wheel? 8 18. How many sides are there on a standard pencil? 6 19. Sleepy, Happy, Sneezy, Grumpy, Dopey, Doc. Who's missing? bashful 20. How many hot dog buns are in a standard package? 8 21 On which playing card is the card maker's trademark? the joker of the ace 22 On which side of a Venetian blind is the cord that adjusts the opening between the slats? the right if your facing it 23. There are 12 buttons on a touch tone phone. What 2 symbols bear no digits? the * and the # 24. How many curves are there in the standard paper clip? 3 25. Does a merry-go-round turn counter or clockwise? counter I didn't cheat! I know i got half of em' wrong tho, lol
  31. I got all 25 right.
  32. 14 CORRECT NO CHEATING.
  33. bottom, 50, right, ?, 0 and 1, right, 20, red, ? , depends where you are in the world-clockwise, ?, ? , left, clockwise, 8 , left, 5, 6, ? , 8, ?, left, pound and star, ? , counterclockwise .... missed 7 got 18 correct. Show me the money!
  34. 20. I missed #21 Don't play cards. #12 VHF dial - haven't seen one of those since I was very very small and #9 my FM is digital and I've never gone that far.
  35. THER ARE 51 STATES
  36. 14 thought i was smarter than that suprise..suprise
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