Just a little test to see how observant you are:

Just something kind of fun

How many of these questions can you answer?

Are you really THAT observant? You sure????

The average person only gets 7 right. This is based on U.S. & CDN 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 27 questions about things we see every day or have known about all our lives. How many can you get right? These little simple questions are harder than you think-- it just shows you how little we pay attention to the commonplace things of life.

Can you beat 20?? (The average is 7)

Write down your answers and then check your answers (on the bottom) only AFTER completing all the questions. REMEMBER - NO CHEATING!!! --- BE HONEST!!!

That means no looking at your phone or anything on your desk...Then, before you pass this on to your friends, change the number on the subject line to show how many you got correct.

LET'S JUST SEE HOW OBSERVANT YOU REALLY ARE.



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 colours 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?

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. What is on the back of a Canadian dime?

16. How many sides does a stop sign have?

17. Do books have even-numbered pages on the right or left side?

18. How many lug nuts are on a standard car wheel?

19. How many sides are there on a standard pencil?

20. Sleepy, Happy, Sneezy, Grumpy,Dopey, Doc. Who's missing?

21. How many hot dog buns are in a standard package?

22. On which playing card is the card maker's trademark?

23. On which side of a Venetian blind is the cord to slide them up and down?

24. On the back of a Canadian $1 coin, what is in the centre?

25. There are 12 buttons on a touch tone phone. What 2 symbols bear no digits?

26. How many curves are there in the standard paper clip?

27. Does a merry-go-round turn counter or clockwise?


ANSWERS
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i got 20. pretty proud of all the useless trivia floating around in my head.

15 for me. . . not too bad. That was fun, thanks, Garry!
But, I had no clue about the Canadian money q's!

I'm not "average" but not telling ya in what "direction"
and oh, what is a lug nut? Guess I haven't looked at my car wheels lately *&%$#@ oops!

And hey, no fair 'cause I don't live in Canada, so how am I 'sposed ta know what's on your money? But I did know that red was the top color of the US flag--- :D

the only reason i know about the loon on the back of the canadian one dollar coin is because i've spent time there...it's on the 2 dollar coin, too, i think - loonies and toonies.

yeah, but at least you know. I can't even remember what is on American money. Maybe I do know but I sure can't retrieve the information...... :( or maybe it's because I haven't seen much of it lately? ;)

And the only reason I knew on which side the buttons are, is because I am wearing my b/f's shirt and assuming that it actually is a guy's shirt, I just looked (I peeked) and through deductive reasoning (hehe :D ) I, ehem, come to my very astute conclusion.

sorry - like hubby says, i am a font of useless information. do good at trivia games, though. can't remember the stuff i need to, though....like why am i at the grocery store?

I got 15.....YEAH!!!

20..........

I got 18.

The cord on the right side moves my venetian blinds up & down! Or did you mean "rotate" the individual blinds up & down ...I guess I might have misunderstood that question, but I knew which side did what, so I counted my answer as correct.

I have met MANY people who don't know how many states there are in the USA, and it still always shocks me.

I am a very visual person ...I visualized each item before I answered. I have never seen a Canadian dollar, rarely seen a Canadian penny & rarely look at wheels, so I got those wrong. As for the hotdog buns, I didn't try to visualize that one & I got it wrong ...I should've know better than to rely on my memory for that one!!

I only got eleven but the answer given to number 16 is incorrect. A stop sign only has two sides: The front and the back. The question should have requested the number of edges instead. A two dimensional stop sign may have "sides" but real world stop signs must be considered in the real world.

I got 18.

As for the hotdog buns, I didn't try to visualize that one & I got it wrong ...I should've know better than to rely on my memory for that one!!
They could easily make the number of buns match the number of hotdogs in the hotdog package. IT'S A CONSPIRACY! :eek:

Found this while surfing...:D

Ever noticed how you get 10 hotdogs in a package and only 8 buns in a package? Why do you suppose it's done that way.

1) Brilliant selling promotion -- you have to buy 4 packs of dogs and 5 packs of buns to come out even.

2) Billy Bob and Joe Frank down at the packaging plant can't count.

3) The hotdog makers and the bun makers are secretly at war with each other, each side hoping that the other will soon cave and conform to their way of thinking about how many dogs/buns should be in a package.

I got 16, but I think I should get some bonus credit because I've never seen a canadian dime or dollar in my life, I'm colorblind so I would have no clue about blues being on a campbell's label (blue = grey unless it's REALLY bright, and I said "silver" instead of blue), and I've never seen a VHF TV.

Also, there is no "standard" for no smoking signs, and I have seen them both ways. Heh.

20 here...................

O.K....

I got seven...:o

But I didn't leave the chair, dig up my husband's coin collection, go look at my phone, open the dictionary, surf, think extra hard or otherwise research...just gave spontaneous answers...

Nobody hunting for me as a trivial pursuit partner, huh?

Grin I only got 16 myself but I sure have had fun reading your responces

Didn't move from the chair, just answered them

15 wow much better then I thought. I know I usually don't notice things, I was very surprised I noticed that many.

Canadian money!!! No fair, I answered buffalo to all of those questions lol

O.K....

I got seven...:o

Nobody hunting for me as a trivial pursuit partner, huh?

Hey, don't feel bad, Stuck, I lost track of how many I got wrong..... so I'm not even sure what my score is anyway. ;)

i scored a "lousy" 11, but since some of the questions are "northamerican" (hey; are you guys discriminating against us *non-northamericans*?;-), i think i did pretty well...
:D

I got this one wrong because I said on the right.....Mine are on the right !! are you talking the name brand? I don't have the name brand I just have " mini blinds"
23. On which side of a Venetian blind is the cord to slide them up and down?

I got 14 right.......

Garry, I could not remeber the Canadian money question, shame on me :)

I got 14.....(Garry, stupid me couldn't remember the what was on the loonie and even though I have one in my pocket, I didn't cheat but you'd think I'd know that...loon....loonie), kinda makes sense doesn't it! What a good Canadian I am!!!

1. On a standard traffic light, is the green on the top or bottom? Well no cheating here, we don't have traffic lights in our town. mmmm 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 colours are on the classic Campbell's soup label? Red, white, black, blue, green, yellow

5. What two numbers on the telephone dial don't have letters by them? 0 and and and and ummmmm EEK!!

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? I use a lighter how am I supposed to know that one?

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? Right top to left botton

12. How many channels on a VHF TV dial? huh?

13. On which side of a women's blouse are the buttons? left

14. Which way do fans rotate? clockwise

15. What is on the back of a Canadian dime? never seen one

16. How many sides does a stop sign have? 2

17. Do books have even-numbered pages on the right or left side? left

18. How many lug nuts are on a standard car wheel? that's why I have a husband

19. How many sides are there on a standard pencil? 6

20. Sleepy, Happy, Sneezy, Grumpy,Dopey, Doc. Who's missing? I don't know Grumpy and Dopey are the only two I pay attention too

21. How many hot dog buns are in a standard package? 10

22. On which playing card is the card maker's trademark? Joker

23. On which side of a Venetian blind is the cord to slide them up and down? right

24. On the back of a Canadian $1 coin, what is in the centre? never seen one

25. There are 12 buttons on a touch tone phone. What 2 symbols bear no digits? # and *

26. How many curves are there in the standard paper clip? 4

27. Does a merry-go-round turn counter or clockwise? clockwise



Now I need to go see how much I actually don't know. WOW there's a lot I don't know about. Canadian money doesn't really bother me and the car and technical radio stuff doesn't really bother me either that's what I got married for but hot dog buns come on how'd I not know that one?

16, but close on the others! I had no clue as most did on the canadian money questions. But fun non the less!

22. I eat campbells soup all the time and I don't know the colors. And I don't know why I know where the buttons on a lady's blouse are....