Science and Technology Knowledge Quiz

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  • gzus7freek
    gzus7freek Posts: 494 Member
    You answered 12 of 13 questions correctly.

    You scored better than 85% of the public, below 7% and the same as 8%.
  • pucenavel
    pucenavel Posts: 972 Member
    13 softball pitches....

    How about something hard?

    Even the canoe question took me only 30 seconds of application of scientific principles to nail down.

    The cinder block is (at least I have to assume, since most cinder blocks I've seen will sink) more dense than the water. While in the canoe, the cinder block will, through for force it exerts on the water via the surface of the canoe, displace the amount of water to equal to its weight, which in this case would be a volume of water that is MORE than the volume of the block itself. When the block is in the water, the block can only displace the amount of water that is EQUAL to its volume. Therefore, the water level will go down.

    This is SCIENCE people!!
  • jonnythan
    jonnythan Posts: 10,161 Member
    "You answered 14 of 13 questions correctly."

    "You scored better than 124% of the public and the same as -4%."
  • downsizinghoss
    downsizinghoss Posts: 1,035 Member
    Yep. My 10 year old just got 10 out of 13. The force is strong with this one.
  • tomomatic
    tomomatic Posts: 1,794 Member
    I copied off the Asian kid...
    ... oh wait.... that's me.
  • DrMAvDPhD
    DrMAvDPhD Posts: 2,097 Member

    My results:

    "You answered 13 of 13 questions correctly."

    "You scored better than 93% of the public and the same as 7%."

    Same. These are very easy questions. The results aren't too bad for the population, though. I was expecting worse (I teach college gen chem and have little faith in high school science education).
  • elainecroft
    elainecroft Posts: 595 Member
    I thought it was interesting that women scored proportionally better on the healthcare questions (antibiotics, drug testing, ultraviolet light) than the others
  • bumblebums
    bumblebums Posts: 2,181 Member
    :tongue: :devil: wow, lots of dummies don't know the makeup of the atmosphere.

    they should have included "air" as one of the choices ("hot air" if the quiz was being given in D.C.)

    There's no air in DC, only water vapor and exhaust.
  • BrainyBurro
    BrainyBurro Posts: 6,129 Member
    I copied off the Asian kid...
    ... oh wait.... that's me.

    ROR!
  • pucenavel
    pucenavel Posts: 972 Member
    My 11 year old girl just scored 12/13.
  • Fit_NYC_
    Fit_NYC_ Posts: 1,389 Member
    13 out of 13... is this for real, how can so many people score so poorly.
    These questions were more common sense than scientific knowledge.
  • silver_arrow3
    silver_arrow3 Posts: 1,373 Member
    I sent this quiz out to the people I work with. I work at a science center, but I can guarantee there are a few who probably couldn't find their way out of a paper bag, let alone answer some of these questions. I think that they'd do even worse on a quiz about common sense. I swear, one dingbat didn't know that oil floated on water. :noway:
  • ldrosophila
    ldrosophila Posts: 7,512 Member
    100% Baby! I think this is basic high school science knowledge though. Fun little quiz though, and I like seeing the comparisons. Imma gonna post this on FB just to once again remind my family and friends how giant my brain is....I kid I kid (sort of).
  • ldrosophila
    ldrosophila Posts: 7,512 Member
    I found it satisfying that there were laser questions on a Pew web site.

    Pew pew pew!

    Bwahahahahaha!
  • ldrosophila
    ldrosophila Posts: 7,512 Member
    I have a feeling if I ask the fiance to take it he wont score very high. :grumble:
  • silver_arrow3
    silver_arrow3 Posts: 1,373 Member
    I sent this quiz out to the people I work with. I work at a science center, but I can guarantee there are a few who probably couldn't find their way out of a paper bag, let alone answer some of these questions. I think that they'd do even worse on a quiz about common sense. I swear, one dingbat didn't know that oil floated on water. :noway:

    I know for sure my supervisor missed four. Another guy missed three. Oh goodness.
  • TheGoktor
    TheGoktor Posts: 1,138 Member
    My results:

    "You answered 13 of 13 questions correctly."

    "You scored better than 93% of the public and the same as 7%."
    Same here. The questions are fairly trivial if you have the slightest interest in science, but I do still despair for the percentage of the population illustrated by the lower ends of the graph.

    Ditto... all fairly obvious, I thought! :bigsmile:
  • DrMAvDPhD
    DrMAvDPhD Posts: 2,097 Member
    I thought it was interesting that women scored proportionally better on the healthcare questions (antibiotics, drug testing, ultraviolet light) than the others

    It is no secret that women excel more in the biolgoical sciences than the physical sciences and engineering.
  • jonnythan
    jonnythan Posts: 10,161 Member
    I thought it was interesting that women scored proportionally better on the healthcare questions (antibiotics, drug testing, ultraviolet light) than the others

    It is no secret that women excel more in the biolgoical sciences than the physical sciences and engineering.

    You mean some women.
  • bumblebums
    bumblebums Posts: 2,181 Member
    I thought it was interesting that women scored proportionally better on the healthcare questions (antibiotics, drug testing, ultraviolet light) than the others

    It is no secret that women excel more in the biolgoical sciences than the physical sciences and engineering.

    Are you seriously suggesting that women's performance in the sciences has anything to do with how anyone does on this quiz? This stuff is covered in middle school.
  • TheGoktor
    TheGoktor Posts: 1,138 Member
    Yesterday at Barnes and Nobles, I looked at a book called "Freakonomics" and how the name of a child correlated with the income of their parents. Funny as hell, but I found some truth to it. And it was in the science section.

    http://www.freakonomics.com/2013/04/08/how-much-does-your-name-matter-a-new-freakonomics-radio-podcast/

    That's one of my favourite books! I love the section about names... Winner, Loser, LemonJello, Orangello .... :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
  • lporter229
    lporter229 Posts: 4,907 Member
    I sent this quiz out to the people I work with. I work at a science center, but I can guarantee there are a few who probably couldn't find their way out of a paper bag, let alone answer some of these questions. I think that they'd do even worse on a quiz about common sense. I swear, one dingbat didn't know that oil floated on water. :noway:

    I know for sure my supervisor missed four. Another guy missed three. Oh goodness.

    Oh my gosh, that is scary. I do not even want to know what science center you work at. Anyone that works in the science field should be ashamed for missing any of those questions.
  • DrMAvDPhD
    DrMAvDPhD Posts: 2,097 Member
    I thought it was interesting that women scored proportionally better on the healthcare questions (antibiotics, drug testing, ultraviolet light) than the others

    It is no secret that women excel more in the biolgoical sciences than the physical sciences and engineering.

    Are you seriously suggesting that women's performance in the sciences has anything to do with how anyone does on this quiz? This stuff is covered in middle school.

    Um, no, I'm seriously referring to the well established fact that there are fewer female chemists, physicists, and engineers than there are female biologists.

    I would know, I am a female chemist.
  • DrMAvDPhD
    DrMAvDPhD Posts: 2,097 Member
    I thought it was interesting that women scored proportionally better on the healthcare questions (antibiotics, drug testing, ultraviolet light) than the others

    It is no secret that women excel more in the biolgoical sciences than the physical sciences and engineering.

    You mean some women.

    I'm talking relative populations.
  • Get_Fit_With_V
    Get_Fit_With_V Posts: 25
    They were too easy, I thought they were trick questions, lol.
  • bumblebums
    bumblebums Posts: 2,181 Member
    I thought it was interesting that women scored proportionally better on the healthcare questions (antibiotics, drug testing, ultraviolet light) than the others

    It is no secret that women excel more in the biolgoical sciences than the physical sciences and engineering.

    Are you seriously suggesting that women's performance in the sciences has anything to do with how anyone does on this quiz? This stuff is covered in middle school.

    Um, no, I'm seriously referring to the well established fact that there are fewer female chemists, physicists, and engineers than there are female biologists.

    I would know, I am a female chemist.

    Fantastic. Then perhaps you can explain to me the logic of why the number of female chemists, physicists and engineers and biologists should have anything to do with how your average phone survey respondent performs on a quiz with 13 questions that tests middle school knowledge.
  • tavenne323
    tavenne323 Posts: 332 Member
    I got 11/13...but one of the ones I got wrong I wanted to go back and change. The other one I got wrong I flat out didn't know.
  • DrMAvDPhD
    DrMAvDPhD Posts: 2,097 Member

    Fantastic. Then perhaps you can explain to me the logic of why the number of female chemists, physicists and engineers and biologists should have anything to do with how your average phone survey respondent performs on a quiz with 13 questions that tests middle school knowledge.

    It's pretty simple. The percentage of women who take an active interest in the health and biological scientists is higher than the percentage that take an interest in physical sciences. They are statistically more likely to have taken a relevant course in college/high school, and statistically more likely to have picked up a book/magazine/watched a history special on those topics.
  • The_Enginerd
    The_Enginerd Posts: 3,982 Member
    13/13. Quiz seemed awfully easy...
  • StarChanger
    StarChanger Posts: 605 Member
    I thought it was interesting that women scored proportionally better on the healthcare questions (antibiotics, drug testing, ultraviolet light) than the others

    It is no secret that women excel more in the biolgoical sciences than the physical sciences and engineering.

    You mean some women.

    Ahem... :drinker: :bigsmile:
    ROR

    *snort*

    As an aside, I've always been fascinated with engineering and fancy I would have made a good one....except that I hate math. Advanced mathematics made my eyes bleed....

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