Power of Observation

[Swarly]

either the 7 average is made up or americans are twice as dumb as I thought

[ernie]

22 for me. Got the Campbell's soup and venetian blind one wrong (though as another poster said in my office I was both right and wrong on that). I think the other one I got wrong was the hot dog buns one. I haven't had a hot dog in probably 5 years let alone bought buns.

[photon]

Soup - I haven't purchased Campbell's soup since, well not sure I ever have, so hard to measure my observations on that.

Matches - Same thing.

Drain - As pointed out, a myth.

VHF - Already discussed.

Fans - Same problem as merry-go-round, which direction depends on from behind or in front, and there may be a standard for it but there's no compelling reason they go one way or another. I was thinking of my CPU fan for this one so got it wrong.

Lug Nuts - All cars are the same I guess.

Blinds - You can specify which side you want the cords or rods on when you order them.

(Yes, I'm just bitter because I got the no smoking one wrong)

[ken0042]

Originally Posted by Antithesis

18/25. What's with the hot dog bun question? I either see them in packs of 6 or 12.

I have never seen hot dog buns in 6's. Always 8's or 12's.

However getting them in 12's is relatively new, and seeing as the test appeared old, I went with 8.

Go to Sobey's and have a look at the store brand buns in their bakery.

[You Need a Thneed]

I got 21.

[Barnes]

Originally Posted by FanIn80

The VHF one screwed me up as well. I knew it went up to 13, but I forgot there was no 1.

Also... I always thought merry-go-rounds went both directions?

There was a channel 1 up until 1948.

[Madman]

20.

Although stop signs have 10 sides - not eight.

[photon]

Lol the front and the back too?

[Madman]

Originally Posted by photon

Lol the front and the back too?

Yep!

[LChoy]

well if you want to be technical, a stop sign is a 3 dimensional object so we'll need depth as well so that's another 8 sides

[tussery]

I got 20, I got the merry go round one wrong because I know of three that go clockwise and only one that doesn't. The person who made the quiz hasn't seen one that goes clockwise.

[redforever]

Originally Posted by Bring_Back_Shantz

I got 21 but some of them are pretty stupid.
For example without looking at the venetian blinds in my office I answered the question as "Right" but the quiz said I was wrong, so I turned around to look at my blinds to see that in my office I've got two sets of blinds and they are mirror images of each other so in my office both answers are correct.

Still a fun quiz, but if they want it to be about things people see every day they should really use more standard things.

You are right, the pulls can be put on whichever side the purchaser desires. I got that wrong too because in my house, I have them on both sides, it depends on if I have draperies on one side of the window or not.

[redforever]

I got the matches thing wrong as I think most non smokers will, and as a woman, I guessed incorrectly at the lug nut thing. I have never had a flat tire in my life and if I did, that is when I call my husband and I have no problem with that.

[octothorp]

21. I got the same ones wrong that most others missed: blinds, matches, fan, VHF.

[flamesrule_kipper34]

23 boo yah! 3 were complete guesses though, but still!

[The Fonz]

15

Woo village idiot!!

[LChoy]

Someone at work scored a 9 when I sent it to them. They were happy they got over 7 though
They asked me what I got, and I didn't have the heart to tell them

[OilersBaby]

Aww...that poor person.

I got the Campbell Soup Can wrong and as dumb as it sounds, I could NOT visualize the order of the traffic light colors!