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    How observant are you?

    How observant are you?

    There are 20 questions about things we see every day. How many can you get right? These little simple questions are harder than you think--it just shows you how little we pay attention to the common place things of life. Put your thinking caps on.

    1. On a standard traffic light, is the green on the top or bottom?

    2. In which hand is the Statue of Liberty's torch?

    3. What two numbers on the telephone dial don't have letters by them?

    4. When you walk does your left arm swing w/your right or left leg?

    5. How many matches are in a standard pack?

    6. On the United States flag is the top stripe red or white?

    7. Which way does water go down the drain, counter-clockwise or clockwise?

    8. Which way does a "no smoking" sign's slash run?

    9. Which side of a women's blouse are the buttons on?

    10. Whose face is on a dime?

    11. How many sides does a stop sign have?

    12. Do books have even-numbered pages on the right or left side?

    13. How many lug nuts are on a standard car wheel?

    14. How many sides are there on a standard pencil?

    15. Sleepy, Happy, Sneezy, Grumpy, Dopey, Doc: Who's missing?

    16. On which playing card is the card maker's trademark?

    17. On the back of a $1 bill, what is in the center?

    18. There are 12 buttons on a touch-tone phone. What 2 symbols bear no digits?

    19. How many curves are there in the standard paper clip?

    20. Does a merry-go-round turn counter or clockwise?

    Don't look at answers below until you finish all the questions!

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    The Answers:

    1. Bottom

    2. Right

    3. 1, 0

    4. Right

    5. 20

    6. Red

    7. Counter (north of the equator)

    8. Towards bottom right

    9. Left

    10. Roosevelt

    11. 8

    12. Left

    13. 5

    14. 6

    15. Bashful

    16. Ace of spades

    17. ONE

    18. *, #

    19. 3

    20. Counter

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    Goodness, I only got 9 out of 20. But, I know I'm not the most observant person. Cool quiz.


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    i got 11 out of 20,....

    i did better than i thought
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    I don't think I done that well at all! Most of the questions, I just scratched my head over. My goodness, who remembers how many matches are in a box!! Memory really, really bad!

    Willie

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    I missed two (#15, #17). I'm a very visual person, so, for example, I just pictured standing getting ready to jump on a carousel, and knew which way it was turning!

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    I had 16 of of 20 correct.
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    I did pretty good! I've always thought I was oblivious to the mundane!

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    I did pretty well.I didnt bother to count how many i got right or wrong,so i dont know exactly how well i did.
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    I have to say I don't know a lot cause I really don't pay close attention to american stuff and our traffic lights for side ways, not down hah (well most of them)

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    I got 15 correct. I didn't know the american ones either, since I'm not american and some of them were guesses.
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    I got 14 right. I had to laugh at Karen and myself, we both missed #17, the one about the 1 dollar bill. I felt so silly for getting that one wrong. Oh well, I'll blame it on the debit card. Who uses cash any more?

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    I had to go look at that one! It has a 1 on the back of it? I never look at money, just spend it when I have it!!

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    13 right. I was wondering if the stop sign was going to be a trick question and instead of 8 being the correct number of sides, it was going to say 2 - "front and back"

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