"Are you scientifically literate? Take our quiz"

[Reverend Rick]

Am I scientifically literate?

No I am not. :no:

No science in college.
No science in high school.
No chemistry ever.

I took general science in eighth grade over 50 years ago.

I still got more right than wrong, 54%

Thank God there where some electrical questions.

 

[Kathryn]

FYI - I've posted a different quiz that's more in your area of expertise... though beneath your level of knowledge. You'd better get 100% on this one.

http://www.religiousforums.com/forum/general-debates/127494-financial-knowledge-quiz.html

Are you talking about the three financial questions you posted? I got all three right, of course!

 

[Kathryn]

Am I scientifically literate?

No I am not. :no:

No science in college.
No science in high school.
No chemistry ever.

I took general science in eighth grade over 50 years ago.

I still got more right than wrong, 54%

Thank God there where some electrical questions.

You've got a point. I got 52% correct and the only college science class I ever took was Biology 101. In high school I took one chemistry class, drove my lab partner crazy, made the lowest C one can make, and got the hell out of dodge and wiped my memory bank clean the minute the final exam was over!

All that was over 30 years ago. I think you and I did OK on this!

 

[Reverend Rick]

All that was over 30 years ago. I think you and I did OK on this!

Just guessing one should get 25%. :help:

 

[Kathryn]

Just guessing one should get 25%. :help:

Hey, don't bust my bubble! I'm feeling pretty good about that 52%!

So far, I think I am still the winner when it comes to the lowest score.

 

[Reverend Rick]

Just looking at everyone elses scores, I feel pretty dumb. I guess the people who did real bad did not post. :yes:

 

[Kathryn]

Just looking at everyone elses scores, I feel pretty dumb. I guess the people who did real bad did not post. :yes:

I don't ever feel dumb. Sometimes I feel uninformed, sometimes I feel embarrassed, and sometimes I feel humiliated -but not dumb!

Know why? Cuz I AIN'T dumb!)(

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

That's it! You are now banned from medical assistance, buying ornamental plants, and eating Flavr Svr tomatoes.


OK, maybe that last one will not be missed.

*Brandishes nice and shiny pitchfork in Penguin's general direction

You realize that I only said that because I always sucked at biology and I'm kinda jealous, right?

 

[InformedIgnorance]

I got a 40

Mind you about five of those were lucky guesses... and the quiz seems to give a lot of non-scientific hints for those who are more religiously minded...

 

[Revoltingest]

I don't ever feel dumb. Sometimes I feel uninformed, sometimes I feel embarrassed, and sometimes I feel humiliated -but not dumb!

Know why? Cuz I AIN'T dumb!)(

Ignorance is noble....especially when one is aware of one's own.
You'd be amazed how little I know.

Well, maybe not.

 

[Falvlun]

You realize that I only said that because I always sucked at biology and I'm kinda jealous, right?

You know, if we joined forces, we probably could rock science's socks off.

 

[Erebus]

Just looking at everyone elses scores, I feel pretty dumb. I guess the people who did real bad did not post. :yes:

Or perhaps they had a little help from Google on occasion

 

[DreadFish]

Having not studied most of this stuff since middle school, I got 26 right and 24 wrong


I found this one funny:

33. What word, which comes from Ancient Greek words meaning "entire" and "Earth," describes a supercontinent thought to have existed during the Paleozoic and Mesozoic eras, about 250 million years ago?


Gaia


Eurasia


Pangaea


America

There you go, Amurrca is the "entire earth" (Note that I did answer this one correctly with "Pangaea")

The easier ones for me were the linguistic ones, interestingly.

 

[Alceste]

I did! Because of this book: Bully for Brontosaurus, by Stephen Jay Gould. I love that man, and highly recommend all of his reflections on natural history.

As for me:
You answered 33 of 50 questions correctly for a total score of 66%.

Yes, a bit embarrassing. But I really don't remember my physics.

I almost failed physics. I am terrible at remembering things. Names, faces, capital cities, atomic numbers, etc. For some reason I have no problem remembering several thousand fiddle tunes and the lyrics to hundreds of songs. Not the names of them though. lol. I guess I'm a specialist.

 

[Alceste]

Overall, it seemed to be more of a test of common knowledge and word roots than science.

"General knowledge". Pff. Says you!

 

[Alceste]

Hey, don't bust my bubble! I'm feeling pretty good about that 52%!

So far, I think I am still the winner when it comes to the lowest score.

Great, now I can't even win at being the most scientifically ignorant. Way to steal my thunder!

 

[Kathryn]

Great, now I can't even win at being the most scientifically ignorant. Way to steal my thunder!

 

[Falvlun]

I almost failed physics. I am terrible at remembering things. Names, faces, capital cities, atomic numbers, etc. For some reason I have no problem remembering several thousand fiddle tunes and the lyrics to hundreds of songs. Not the names of them though. lol. I guess I'm a specialist.

I find that quite impressive. In general, I don't remember anything that well. So, I'm basically mediocre at everything.

 

[Seabear]

80%, ugh I'm disappointed. I really need to learn more chemistry.

 

[Alceste]

I find that quite impressive. In general, I don't remember anything that well. So, I'm basically mediocre at everything.

It's stupid though, really. The musicians I play with often express surprise at how many tunes I can roll off and how quickly I can learn them (if you play a normal jig in a standard key three times at a moderate pace, I will have it forever), but even after two years I don't know the names of the tunes I play with my band. EVERY WEEK, for TWO YEARS, when somebody says "let's play the Crosses of Annagh set", I have to ask "Which one is that, then? What instrument do I play" and they have to hum the first bar for me.