"Quiz - Do you know more about science and technology ..." Topic

…than the average American?

Well, I was afraid to made that, specially in other idiom, but it was not so bad.
My result was 10 good over 13.

Tried yourselves boys.

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Hope you enjoy and good luck!.

Amicalement
Armand

I got 13 out of 13, but I have a degree in biochemistry so I guess I should. I did better than 93% of the population and the same as 7%.

Like Pictors, 100%, 93% & 7%. No degree.

Although to be fair, I'm not American.

12 out of 13.

12 outof 13 in 24 sec…. But not american and Si-Fi player!

13 out of 13, I'm not a scientist, but then I'm not American either.

No degree, American, and 13 of 13 in under 30 seconds.

I have serious doubts about the majority of the 1006 randomly sampled adults being bright enough to be ashamed of themselves.

a degree or two, not American, 13

The stats at the end of the quiz were frightening … only 34% of high school students knew an electron was smaller than an atom. Whatever happended to science education?

I got them all. I've got a degree in Botany… not that any of them were hard. Kinda shocking that a lot of folks don't know that stuff… apparently.

13 of 13 – but I teach science

13 out of 13. We may be skewing the poll though!

13 of 13. American. I knew all these answers by age 12.

Phew … 13 … (thankfully, as a European with a degree!).

I've seen these sort of tests before and that looks like a reasonable one (everybody really ought to know the answers but you can see that many people might not get one or two) …

Phil

13/13, American, degree but not in science. Pretty disheartening that a 100% score puts you in the top 7%; all of those questions were high-school level science. 1006 responses is not really that big a sample size though….

-Will

13 out of 13 as well, BA in what a Chemistry professor I had called 'Fuzzy Studies.'

13/13 American under 30 seconds and my degree is in Business Management.

I thought all but three were pretty much junior school level, so I wonder what High School is like?

Education standards must have fallen a great deal in the last thirty years.

13….oops, Canadian

13/13 American MIS degree

13/13, American, engineering degree

Interesting to see in the results how the generations answered differently. I would also like to see how many respondents there were in each category – for instance, does the relatively poor showing among those 65+ mean that age group doesn't know sci+tech as well, or did only a few respond and happen to have scored poorly.?

Never mind: answered my own question by following the link on the results page:

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Well… now I feel like a donkey! (smile).

Amicalement
Armand

My nine-year old son got 11. He reads a lot.

Only 59% of COLLEGE GRADUATES got the electron question right?

That hurts my liberal arts (History) brain.

13 for 13 but what exactly does it prove?

Or is this just a "Aren't we just *so* much smarter than the plebeian Americans." exercise.

Loaded question 12:
Most scientists DO NOT believe that carbon dioxide causes temperatures in the atmosphere to rise.

13 of 13 "You scored better than 93% of the public and the same as 7%."

Well… now I feel like a donkey! (smile).

No comment!

Major, sometimes you have to answer the question the way the teacher wants you to.

:)

Most scientists DO NOT believe that carbon dioxide causes temperatures in the atmosphere to rise.

I'd say most of them agree on that, they just don't agree how much a difference a change in the CO2 makes to the temperature.

13 of 13 "You scored better than 93% of the public and the same as 7%."
Either this quiz is just flat out lying or people are much stupider than I first realised. And I already thought most people were pretty stupid.

..people are much stupider than I first realised

People aren't especially stupid, they're just mostly ignorant. They could learn this stuff easily but they lack curiosity.

Take my two kids for example, both are very sharp but while the boy is curious about most everything, the girl is only interested in knowledge which will get her what she has already decided she wants. Most people seem to be like my girl.

We think the boy would make a fine scientist whereas the girl would be an excellent lawyer.

Years ago Howard Stern had a quiz asking a bunch of fashion models questions that seemed very basic… mostly current events and U.S. history. The models scored very low compared to some random collection of male staff members.
Then he turned it around and asked questions about fashion, high-end cars and alcohol and such… the models scored very high and the staff members bottomed out.
It wasn't about dumb vs. smart… each group was just as ignorant of things they had no interest in.
It seems more important to ME to know who is in the govt. cabinet positions and what the atmosphere is made up of… but it's not like it's knowledge I put to much use on a daily basis… except for conversations with friends.

13 and 7% not bad for a Humanities Masters.

13/13,
British,40, with a degree in Politics and Social Policy, and I didn't study science after age 16.

Scary to think 93% of Americans know less basic science than me. I won't feel so dumb next time I only half understand a documentary about string theory.

13/13, I'm a carpenter with no college degree, and I'm glad they didn't ask me what was raising the temp of the world but what "scientists" thought was.

Add me to the 13/13 group.

What I found curious is some people got zero or one right – you'd think pure chance would get them a higher score – hmmm, maybe those are the people I should be gaming with !

13 out of 13. American Hillbilly with a highschool diploma. Beyond that a series of stints at the college of hard knocks.
As for you, Tango. Don't worry too much about your score. I shudder to think what I would've managed if the test had been in spanish.

13 of 13, no degree, American.

I fear for my country after seeing the results at the end.

13 of 13. American. No Degree.

American, 13/13 2 associates in applied sciences, almost a BA in Manufacturing Engineering (real life intervened and had to take up a job). At one time I would have been shocked but not now. I can't wait for the economic collapse, zombie apocalypse, alien invasion or great plague to chlorinate the gene pool though.

Aced it. 50 y/o American w/GED certificate. Science and reading being my best topic scores on the test when I took it in 1984.

Wonder how many of the respondents who missed the atmospheric composition question answered 'CO2' because of all the AGW 'discussion?'

It was surprising how much lower the percentage of respondents that got the right among college grads was.

I can't help but think that this test points out that many highschool grads from the '70s are better educated than today's college grads. Really, really sad.

13 out of 13 some collage

13/13 for myself. Thought it was mostly general knowledge. I also got a 3/25 for a quiz about that sparkly vampire book.

13/13 here – Ancient History graduate with a Masters in IT.

Education is only valuable to those willing. The hard part is persuading people of it's relevance.