NWDave

These little simple questions are harder than you think--it just shows you<br>how little we pay attention to the common place things of life. Put your<br>thinking caps on. Mind teasers of COMMON KNOWLEDGE No cheating! No looking<br>around! No using anything on or in your desk or computer! Can you beat 18??<br>(The average is 7) Write down your answers and check answers (on the bottom)<br>AFTER completing all the questions.<br><br>1. On a standard traffic light, is the green on the top or bottom?<br>2. How many states are there? (Don't laugh, some people don't know)<br>3. In which hand is the Statue of Liberty's torch?<br>4. What six colors are on the classic Campbell's soup label?<br>5. What two letters don't appear on the telephone dial? (No cheating!)<br>6. What two numbers on the telephone dial don't have letters by them?<br>7. When you walk does your left arm swing w/your right or left leg?<br>8. How many matches are in a standard pack?<br>9. On the United States flag is the top stripe red or white?<br>10. What is the lowest number on the FM dial?<br>11. Which way does water go down the drain, counter or clockwise?<br>12. Which way does a &quot;no smoking&quot; sign's slash run?<br>13. How many channels on a VHF TV dial?<br>14. Which side of a women's blouse are the buttons on?<br>15. On a NY license plate, is New York on the top or bottom?<br>16. Which way do fans rotate?<br>17. Whose face is on a dime?<br>18. How many sides does a stop sign have?<br>19. Do books have even-numbered pages on the right or left side?<br>20. How many lug nuts are on a standard car wheel?<br>21. How many sides are there on a standard pencil?<br>22. Sleepy, Happy, Sneezy, Grumpy, Dopey, Doc. Who's missing? <br>[move]No, it's not TOP [/move]<br>23. How many hot dog buns are in a standard package?<br>25. On which playing card is the cardmaker's trademark?<br>26. On which side of a venetian blind is the cord that adjusts the opening<br>between the slats?<br>27. On the back of a $1 bill, what i s in the center?<br>28. There are 12 buttons on a touch tone phone. What 2 symbols bear no<br>digits?<br>29. How many curves are there in the standard paper clip?<br>30. Does a merry-go-round turn counter or clockwise?<br><br>Don't look at answers below until you complete all the questions:<br>1. Bottom<br>2. 50 (please tell me you got this one!)<br>3. Right<br>4. Blue, red, white, yellow, black, &amp;gold<br>5. Q, Z<br>6. 1, 0<br>7. Right<br>8. 20<br>9. Red<br>10. 88<br>11. Counter (north of the equator)<br>12. Towards bottom right<br>13. 12 (no #1)<br>14. Left<br>15. Top<br>16. Clockwise as you look at it<br>17. Roosevelt<br>18. 8<br>19. Left<br>20. 5<br>21. 6<br>22. Bashful<br>23. 8<br>24. Did you notice there wasn't one?<br>25. Ace of spades<br>26. Left<br>27. ONE<br>28. *, #<br>29. 3<br>30. Counter<br>

shortround

Dave,<br>I think you have WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYY too much time on your hands.<br>And by the way old buddy, since I couldn't get your daughter and my son hooked up, I went ahead and took care of it myself. Got him a nurse. Had to send him to the emergency room a couple of times but their hanging in there like a couple of super glued fingers.<br><br>shortround out

phox_mulder

Only missed 13 of them. :

4,5,8,10,11,12,13,14,15,17,19,26,27 and 30

Oops, 14.


phox

tlea7

got 18, can't believe I missed the 7 dwarfs one

Badunit

Got 23 of 'em. I also can't believe I missed the dwarf; drew a total blank on that one.

dodgeman01

I got 21 right. ;D I'm smarter than most of you tought.
DM01

dersequim

I got 23-What suprised me was the wifey, Blond, got 18!!

BlackSheep

don't even want to say how many i got wrong :'(

GrandpasRam

I got 19 right, but made no attempt to guess the NY state license tag question, since I don't see any around my neck of the woods. The one about the VHF dial would probably throw a lot of the younger crowd, since most TV's made in the last 20 years don't have &quot;dials&quot; anymore - anyone getting that one right is dating themselves to pre-history!

Hoss

I got 19.....but #5 is wrong. Both Q and Z are on my phone. <br><br>I surprised myself by getting all 6 colors on the Campbell soup can... ;D

Javaluva

[quote author=Hoss link=board=10;threadid=13815;start=0#130609 date=1051045186]<br>I got 19.....but #5 is wrong. Both Q and Z are on my phone. <br>[/quote]<br><br>Perhaps it's referring to a rotary dial phone... ???

Hoss

[quote author=GrandpasRam link=board=10;threadid=13815;start=0#130164 date=1050938204]<br>I got 19 right, but made no attempt to guess the NY state license tag question, since I don't see any around my neck of the woods. The one about the VHF dial would probably throw a lot of the younger crowd, since most TV's made in the last 20 years don't have &quot;dials&quot; anymore - anyone getting that one right is dating themselves to pre-history! <br>[/quote]<br><br>Hey Gramps...I didn't make an attempt at the NY plates either. Isn't NY up north somewhere?? ;D<br><br>Like most...I also missed the dwarfs.<br><br>I missed 3, 8, 10, 12, 13, 15, 22, 25, 27 and 29.<br><br>Hmmmm...guess I got 20 right instead of 19. ;D

Hoss

[quote author=Javaluva link=board=10;threadid=13815;start=0#130612 date=1051045466]Perhaps it's referring to a rotary dial phone... ???[/quote]<br><br>Come on Java....you're not old enough to remember those. I only know they exist because my grandparents had one...

spots

[quote author=Javaluva link=board=10;threadid=13815;start=0#130612 date=1051045466]<br>[quote author=Hoss link=board=10;threadid=13815;start=0#130609 date=1051045186]<br>I got 19.....but #5 is wrong. Both Q and Z are on my phone. <br>[/quote]<br><br>Perhaps it's referring to a rotary dial phone... ???<br>[/quote]<br><br>A rotary what?? ;D