Are you scientifically literate? - Page 2

Sundae · 02-02-2012, 03:07 PM

Am up to 20/34.
Might give up soon.

At least those I've known I've known... well - three lucky guesses.
I now know I am not scientifically literate. But then I knew that.
I reckon I score higer than the general public. But then the average Briton can't name the Deputy Prime Minister or identify the various seas/ oceans around this country.

I also know I am ridiculously impatient.
But again, I knew that anyway.

I might rewatch an episode of No Heroics and keep flicking back to Slow-Science-Slow-I-Don't-Know-In-A-Million-Years-Quiz. One of them will make me feel smiley and comforted at least.

ETA - weary of it now.
21/37.

BigV · 02-02-2012, 03:55 PM

slow is strange... I just went to the link and retook the first five or six questions, no lag, no delay beyond my own internet connection latency... and plenty fast enough. I did think it was kinda awkward to have to click twice for each question. But I believe that was so you'd have a chance to review your answer and compare it to the right answer. Hopefully they were the same.

Pico and ME · 02-02-2012, 04:03 PM

32 with some really good guesses.

At first I was really enjoying revisiting high school biology and chemistry, but then the physics question came around. And I need to bone up on my planetary trivia.

Clodfobble · 02-02-2012, 04:51 PM

I had the same slowness problem as Sundae. We're talking a good 30 seconds between each answer result and each new question. I'd only missed 1 up to question 24, but it just took too damn long.

richlevy · 02-02-2012, 08:34 PM

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Originally Posted by DanaC

29 correct.

And, in fairness quite a few of those I only got right because of the clues about Greek and Latin terms.

We're tied. A few questions that were 50/50 I got wrong and I got a few wild ass guesses right. For the dinosaur question, I talked myself out of the right answer.

Griff · 02-02-2012, 08:39 PM

I'm unlitterate as well.

classicman · 02-02-2012, 10:20 PM

(33 of 50 correct)
Don't ask again - I guessed on so frikkin many of them...
Why do I feel like I was back in college for the last hour.

monster · 02-02-2012, 10:28 PM

couldn't even get it to move on from question 1.... maybe heavy traffic right now? might try again tomorrow, too tired to be patient.

Happy Monkey · 02-02-2012, 10:41 PM

Only 40.

Ibby · 02-03-2012, 01:32 AM

37, drunk at 2:30 AM. three or four dumb mistakes I woulda gotten if I wasn't trying to go fast - D'OH moments as soon as I hit submit, sorta things. Still, 37 out of 50... that's a passing grade at least!

glatt · 02-03-2012, 08:01 AM

I got 40 out of 50.

But I'm annoyed with myself. I helped my son study for a weather science test last night, and I spent 2-3 minutes going over the clouds with him. I am embarrassed to say I got the cloud question wrong this morning, when we had gone over it just last night. He would have gotten it correct, and he's in 3rd grade.

Lamplighter · 02-03-2012, 08:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by monster

couldn't even get it to move on from question 1....
maybe heavy traffic right now? might try again tomorrow, too tired to be patient.

Life instills a lot of data, but doesn't always include how to take the test !
Click the Continue button again

My grandkids love it when I screw up the ordering at the McD's drive-thru.

infinite monkey · 02-03-2012, 11:23 AM

No, I was home when I tried it, and I clicked what was supposed to be clicked when it was supposed to be clicked. Since my home comp sucks, I figured that was the problem. I quit after 2 questions, as I am not ready for a lifetime committment.

Now I'll try it from work but if it's still really slow I won't waste my entire lunch hour on it.

infinite monkey · 02-03-2012, 11:37 AM

Well, it's faster than at home, but I still feel like I'm waiting for Regis or Meredith to tell me if I'm right or wrong.

Otherwise, it would be fun to take.

I'm quitting with 10 of 17 correct. I was on the road to suck anyway.

ZenGum · 02-04-2012, 12:48 AM

45 / 50 (Doffs cap to Scriven)

I got wrong the ones on: (MILD SPOILER ALERT)
The name of the trans-Plutonic object
The value of e
The cell division one (never into biology)
Who h was named after
The cloud one.

Of those I got right, there were two where I did an instinctive choice between three options, and six where I chose from two options. A bit of luck, a bit of mmmmyeahIthinkso...

Latin and Greek helped a bit, and I liked the way almost every question offered a few different ways to the answer, such as which element, atomic number XX, named after the Greek YYY, is commonly used in ZZZZ. Theoretical, literary or practical knowledge can get you there.

Loved the first option for the age of the earth.

02-02-2012, 03:07 PM	#16
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Am up to 20/34. Might give up soon. At least those I've known I've known... well - three lucky guesses. I now know I am not scientifically literate. But then I knew that. I reckon I score higer than the general public. But then the average Briton can't name the Deputy Prime Minister or identify the various seas/ oceans around this country. I also know I am ridiculously impatient. But again, I knew that anyway. I might rewatch an episode of No Heroics and keep flicking back to Slow-Science-Slow-I-Don't-Know-In-A-Million-Years-Quiz. One of them will make me feel smiley and comforted at least. ETA - weary of it now. 21/37. Last edited by Sundae; 02-02-2012 at 03:20 PM.

02-02-2012, 03:55 PM	#17
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	slow is strange... I just went to the link and retook the first five or six questions, no lag, no delay beyond my own internet connection latency... and plenty fast enough. I did think it was kinda awkward to have to click twice for each question. But I believe that was so you'd have a chance to review your answer and compare it to the right answer. Hopefully they were the same. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

02-02-2012, 04:03 PM	#18
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	32 with some really good guesses. At first I was really enjoying revisiting high school biology and chemistry, but then the physics question came around. And I need to bone up on my planetary trivia. __________________ Jesse LaGreca in 2012 “Seven Deadly Sins: Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Science without humanity, Knowledge without character, Politics without principle, Commerce without morality, Worship without sacrifice.” – Mahatma Gandhi

02-02-2012, 04:51 PM	#19
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	I had the same slowness problem as Sundae. We're talking a good 30 seconds between each answer result and each new question. I'd only missed 1 up to question 24, but it just took too damn long. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

02-02-2012, 08:39 PM	#21
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I'm unlitterate as well. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

02-02-2012, 10:20 PM	#22
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	(33 of 50 correct) Don't ask again - I guessed on so frikkin many of them... Why do I feel like I was back in college for the last hour. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

02-02-2012, 10:28 PM	#23
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	couldn't even get it to move on from question 1.... maybe heavy traffic right now? might try again tomorrow, too tired to be patient. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

02-02-2012, 10:41 PM	#24
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Only 40. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

02-03-2012, 01:32 AM	#25
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	37, drunk at 2:30 AM. three or four dumb mistakes I woulda gotten if I wasn't trying to go fast - D'OH moments as soon as I hit submit, sorta things. Still, 37 out of 50... that's a passing grade at least! __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

02-03-2012, 08:01 AM	#26
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I got 40 out of 50. But I'm annoyed with myself. I helped my son study for a weather science test last night, and I spent 2-3 minutes going over the clouds with him. I am embarrassed to say I got the cloud question wrong this morning, when we had gone over it just last night. He would have gotten it correct, and he's in 3rd grade.

02-03-2012, 11:23 AM	#28
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	No, I was home when I tried it, and I clicked what was supposed to be clicked when it was supposed to be clicked. Since my home comp sucks, I figured that was the problem. I quit after 2 questions, as I am not ready for a lifetime committment. Now I'll try it from work but if it's still really slow I won't waste my entire lunch hour on it.

02-03-2012, 11:37 AM	#29
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Well, it's faster than at home, but I still feel like I'm waiting for Regis or Meredith to tell me if I'm right or wrong. Otherwise, it would be fun to take. I'm quitting with 10 of 17 correct. I was on the road to suck anyway.

02-04-2012, 12:48 AM	#30
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	45 / 50 (Doffs cap to Scriven) I got wrong the ones on: (MILD SPOILER ALERT) The name of the trans-Plutonic object The value of e The cell division one (never into biology) Who h was named after The cloud one. Of those I got right, there were two where I did an instinctive choice between three options, and six where I chose from two options. A bit of luck, a bit of mmmmyeahIthinkso... Latin and Greek helped a bit, and I liked the way almost every question offered a few different ways to the answer, such as which element, atomic number XX, named after the Greek YYY, is commonly used in ZZZZ. Theoretical, literary or practical knowledge can get you there. Loved the first option for the age of the earth. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

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