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97% Of Adults Are Not Able To Pass This Elementary Test, Can You Pass? (Original Post) ebayfool Jun 2016 OP
Same as you. A+ 3% Renew Deal Jun 2016 #1
I wasn't sure of the planetary spin question ... ebayfool Jun 2016 #5
I got that one wrong (SPOILER) Renew Deal Jun 2016 #6
Really? Google hit says Venus spins backwards. ebayfool Jun 2016 #7
if you'd looked closely enough you could have read the answer to the elements question magical thyme Jun 2016 #17
I saw it, but didn't want to cheat. Renew Deal Jun 2016 #18
I just took a couple chemistry classes within the last 5 years, so I immediately knew the answer magical thyme Jun 2016 #19
I got the same, but I'm not "basically a genius" lol! herding cats Jun 2016 #2
Mine is still open, too! I'm hoping someone else can tell me! ebayfool Jun 2016 #3
You're as bad as I am. herding cats Jun 2016 #4
Yeah, but WE are the go to people if someone wants something done right! Right? ebayfool Jun 2016 #8
I'm the person they pull in when a project isn't working out as expected. herding cats Jun 2016 #9
That's a laugh ailsagirl Jun 2016 #10
Hey, take the bennies where you find 'em I say! ebayfool Jun 2016 #11
A+ You're in the 3% Rhiannon12866 Jun 2016 #12
Yuop, I r a ginus two. whistler162 Jun 2016 #36
Me too! Duppers Jun 2016 #40
A+ n/t sarge43 Jun 2016 #13
It says I'm a genius... Really? MrScorpio Jun 2016 #14
A+ Mendocino Jun 2016 #15
another A+ in the 3%er. nt magical thyme Jun 2016 #16
I'm basically a genius--I always knew it.... panader0 Jun 2016 #20
A+, but no score, don't know what if any I got wrong. Useless. Clickbait. Fla Dem Jun 2016 #21
That 97% number is bullshit. Iggo Jun 2016 #22
Same here, but I know I missed the science questions. femmocrat Jun 2016 #23
I learned them in 5th through 7th. Chan790 Jun 2016 #45
Be a LOT harder to learn now... bullsnarfle Jun 2016 #47
QUESTION 87 WILL MAKE YOU CRY Capt. Obvious Jun 2016 #24
That was kinda fun, my score Hayduke Bomgarte Jun 2016 #25
I know I got a few wrong Islandurp Jun 2016 #26
It was fun! hamsterjill Jun 2016 #27
So I'm a genius. Prisoner_Number_Six Jun 2016 #28
that is a hard test trueblue2007 Jun 2016 #29
I got A+ You're in the 3% MattSh Jun 2016 #30
Did anybody NOT get A+ ? I'm suspicious about how well I did. Gidney N Cloyd Jun 2016 #31
I suspect it's graded with a very laaaarge curve or something. I would hope! ebayfool Jun 2016 #35
Same sakabatou Jun 2016 #32
I'm not a rocket surgeon, but thanks for calling me a genius! n/t hibbing Jun 2016 #33
Same here. Probably rigged. Yavin4 Jun 2016 #34
I'm in the 3% too - LiberalElite Jun 2016 #37
How do I know if I missed any? mackerel Jun 2016 #38
A+. Genius. Just like I thought. Kingofalldems Jun 2016 #39
A+ 3%er, for what it's worth. DinahMoeHum Jun 2016 #41
The real test.... Wounded Bear Jun 2016 #42
I'm with ya.....A+ also....... a kennedy Jun 2016 #43
A+ for me. geardaddy Jun 2016 #44
A+ in the 3%. bullsnarfle Jun 2016 #46
My dad used to call me genius too...I think it best not to take this test seriously either. chknltl Jun 2016 #48
Yay! I'm in the 3%, too. Figures, though--we're Democrats. ;) catbyte Jun 2016 #49
perhaps a good test for politicians Angry Dragon Jun 2016 #50
A+ RandySF Jun 2016 #51
A+ and didn't miss any. hobbit709 Jun 2016 #52
You're basically a genius! MerryBlooms Jun 2016 #53

ebayfool

(3,411 posts)
5. I wasn't sure of the planetary spin question ...
Thu Jun 2, 2016, 12:01 AM
Jun 2016

took a guess. Now I'm trying to google it.

Which planet in our solar system is the only one to rotate in a different direction from the others?

Aha! Tricky question @ planets spin. Uranus and Venus. I guessed Venus.


http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/about-us/56-our-solar-system/planets-and-dwarf-planets/general-questions/247-what-direction-do-planets-rotate-beginner

snip/

Every planet in our solar system except for Venus and Uranus rotates counter-clockwise as seen from above the North Pole; that is to say, from west to east. This is the same direction in which all the planets orbit the sun. Uranus was likely hit by a very large planetoid early in its history, causing it to rotate "on its side," 90 degrees away from its orbital motion. Venus rotates backwards compared to the other planets, also likely due to an early asteroid hit which disturbed its original rotation.


 

magical thyme

(14,881 posts)
17. if you'd looked closely enough you could have read the answer to the elements question
Thu Jun 2, 2016, 10:33 AM
Jun 2016

very very tiny, but legible

 

magical thyme

(14,881 posts)
19. I just took a couple chemistry classes within the last 5 years, so I immediately knew the answer
Thu Jun 2, 2016, 10:54 AM
Jun 2016

but then my eye automatically jumped to the exact spot on the table, and then I saw I could read it.

herding cats

(19,549 posts)
2. I got the same, but I'm not "basically a genius" lol!
Wed Jun 1, 2016, 11:54 PM
Jun 2016

Not even close! Maybe it's flawed?

I didn't see where it showed a number for ones missed. The tab is still open if you could point me to it?

ebayfool

(3,411 posts)
3. Mine is still open, too! I'm hoping someone else can tell me!
Wed Jun 1, 2016, 11:58 PM
Jun 2016

But I know damn well I couldn't have got 'em all right

I'll wait all night if I have to.

ebayfool

(3,411 posts)
8. Yeah, but WE are the go to people if someone wants something done right! Right?
Thu Jun 2, 2016, 12:13 AM
Jun 2016

There is joy in learning new 'stuff' in and of itself, though!

herding cats

(19,549 posts)
9. I'm the person they pull in when a project isn't working out as expected.
Thu Jun 2, 2016, 12:26 AM
Jun 2016

So, maybe you're right there!

ebayfool

(3,411 posts)
11. Hey, take the bennies where you find 'em I say!
Thu Jun 2, 2016, 03:55 AM
Jun 2016

I figured it out. I missed the element question and I'm ashamed to say the prime root question. Argh!



Still fun! Imma gonna send it on to my smartass grandson, he of the sheepskin club. Gotta remind him who taught him his stuff before turning him over to university! And he's fun to poke!


Rhiannon12866

(202,992 posts)
12. A+ You're in the 3%
Thu Jun 2, 2016, 06:09 AM
Jun 2016

You're basically a genius! Most adults don't retain most of the information they've acquired during their elementary education, but you're in the 3% who do! Well done!

MrScorpio

(73,626 posts)
14. It says I'm a genius... Really?
Thu Jun 2, 2016, 06:37 AM
Jun 2016


That I'm in the 3% and I got an A+...

Right. As IF I really going to believe anything that I read on the internet.

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)
23. Same here, but I know I missed the science questions.
Thu Jun 2, 2016, 01:05 PM
Jun 2016

We didn't learn the elements until 11th grade! Do they teach them in elementary school now?

 

Chan790

(20,176 posts)
45. I learned them in 5th through 7th.
Fri Jun 10, 2016, 04:17 PM
Jun 2016

So...only partially in grade school. We memorized some of them in 5th, started applying that knowledge in 6th and had a basic "pre-chem" class in 7th.

I don't think I ever had to memorize all of them. I guess they gave up on that before the 1990s; it seemed like they were adding 5-6/year for a while there.

ebayfool

(3,411 posts)
35. I suspect it's graded with a very laaaarge curve or something. I would hope!
Thu Jun 2, 2016, 06:09 PM
Jun 2016

I know I missed 2, but had to retake to copy the questions, then google answers.


Clickbait yes, but I takes my shits and giggles where I finds 'em!

LiberalElite

(14,691 posts)
37. I'm in the 3% too -
Thu Jun 2, 2016, 08:05 PM
Jun 2016

this is grade inflation - I want to know what I got incorrect because there was a whole lotta guessin goin on.

chknltl

(10,558 posts)
48. My dad used to call me genius too...I think it best not to take this test seriously either.
Fri Jun 10, 2016, 05:00 PM
Jun 2016

At least with my dad, I knew he was being sarcastic.

catbyte

(34,172 posts)
49. Yay! I'm in the 3%, too. Figures, though--we're Democrats. ;)
Fri Jun 10, 2016, 05:30 PM
Jun 2016

Heh, I took the test again to intentionally blow the answers just to make sure it was on the level, and it was. It said:

"Like most adults, you don't pass the test. Don't worry though, 97% of the population can't remember the basic lessons they've learned during their primary education either, so you're not alone!"

Translation: You're an idiot, but so are most people, lol.


MerryBlooms

(11,728 posts)
53. You're basically a genius!
Fri Jun 10, 2016, 08:40 PM
Jun 2016

Most adults don't retain most of the information they've acquired during their elementary education, but you're in the 3% who do! Well done!

Okay.

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