Posted on 12/10/2011 7:19:01 PM PST by chessplayer
ugghh 38... there were a few i realized right after I picked em. Not too great with the physics, but I got all the chemistry questions correct.
I'll be a SEXagenarian in a few months. They're still distracting. God's given me a lot of grace lately, but the females of the specie can be quite distracting.
I only know 1 word in italian and it’s a nasty one....
The last time I dealt with chemistry was 1980, so I guess making those mistakes after more than 30 years isn't too bad.
Mark
I couldn’t have named palladium off the top of my head, but since that question mentioned the goddess Athena, and since I’ve been an avid fan of Greek mythology all my life, it was easy to pick it out as a derivative of her honorific name, Pallas Athene.
It’s called a “gotcha”.
The committee for names almost named it after Heisenberg, but too many committee members were uncertain about the choice.
“The test was heavy on astronomy, physics, and chemistry, with a dash of biology, meteorology, and geology.
LOL! Doesn’t that just about cover them all?”
Pretty much! I guess they were weak on anthropology, botany, ornithology, and oceanography!
Seriously, I’m proud to be part of the Freeper community. To have an average grade here is to be a cut above the hoi polloi.
I was embarrassed to have missed the one with joule (I put watt), but I got a couple of guesses right. The test doesn’t really prove anything, but general knowledge and memory of various science facts. It does help to have a working knowledge of Greek letters and prefixes and the scientific theories that use them.
It's sad that about 80-90% of high school students today couldn't get 50% of these questions right.
But then, I couldn't have done it when I was 17 either. A lot of these things you learn just by reading, living and paying attention over the space of 30 years on this planet.
35/50 Probably 4 or 5 I should have gotten but rushed.
Are you saying that coconuts migrate?
Beat me 33/50 - I was quite happy with that seeing that I am stoopid!
42 out of 50. I’m no science type and haven’t been to school in nearly 40 years. I’m kind of proud of myself.
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