some fun: how observant are you?!

[movie zombie]

http://www.oldjoeblack.0nyx.com/thinktst.htm

for the record, i got 17 out of 25.....

movie zombie

 

[rockzilla]

17/25 but some are unfair (what is VHF?)

 

[movie zombie]

tv channel band: UHF and VHF.....that''s all i seem to remember. and i should have remembered that there wasn''t a channel 1.... yep, only 2-13.....

movie zombie

 

[Circe]

Is this like the Emperor''s New Clothes, or is my computer just crap?

 

[Regular Guy]

Date: 4/3/2008 4:46:57 AM
Author: Circe
Is this like the Emperor''s New Clothes, or is my computer just crap?

Works OK for me.

16 here. I remember VHF, but, yes, forgot to take away #1.

 

[HeartingDiamonds]

15 for me

 

[ladypirate]

Date: 4/3/2008 4:46:57 AM
Author: Circe
Is this like the Emperor''s New Clothes, or is my computer just crap?

Told me there were errors opening the page--maybe it only works in IE? (I have a mac)

 

[Erin]

Yay 20!
Thanks for the link

 

[LAJennifer]

18! That was fun.

 

[Kaleigh]

17/25 here. That was really fun!!

 

[choro72]

Date: 4/3/2008 4:46:57 AM
Author: Circe
Is this like the Emperor''s New Clothes, or is my computer just crap?

I had the same issue with Firefox, but I used IE, and it worked.

Woo, got 23! I''m ashamed though...As a Physicist, I should know what a VHF TV is...Got it right by chance

Off to Wiki!

 

[oobiecoo]

16 out of 25!!

 

[coatimundi_org]

19! More observant than I thought I''d be!

 

[anniee19]

I also got 17 correct!

 

[partgypsy]

16. Some questions I answered I didn''t even know what they were talking about VHF, side of venetian blinds the cord is...

My former advisor did a similar study asking people questions about what were on nickels, dimes, and pennies (well, this was 10 years ago). Even if it is something that you have handled 100''s, or even 1000''s of time, people are notoriously bad at remembering that kind of information (unless you are rainman

).

 

[curlygirl]

I surprised myself with 18! Some were just good guesses!

 

[onvacation]

If anyone gets stuck at the "no smoking" sign question, I realized there''s a hint on the bottom right corner!

Also, I rarely use matches, so I was thinking the match box question was way hard and was about to randomly pick on until I remembered the band name.

Does that count as being observant?

 

[Diamond*Dana]

16/25

 

[movie zombie]

not all matches have the brand name......but any ex-smoker, which i am, should remember how many matches there are as it equals the number of cigs in a pack.

movie zombie

 

[LegacyGirl]

21.... who the heck listens to AM radio or has a VHF television... what the heck is that???

 

[Erin]

Date: 4/4/2008 11:13:04 AM
Author: LegacyGirl
21.... who the heck listens to AM radio or has a VHF television... what the heck is that???

AM radio - still good for live sports broadcasting

 

[ladypirate]

21--I had no idea about the matches or the way a ceiling fan turns...I''ve never had a ceiling fan!

 

[phoenixgirl]

I got 20 which surprised me because I consider myself unobservant. But I think this has more to do with recall than observation.

 

[butterfly 17]

I suppose I am a a loser, I only got 13 right.

 

[movie zombie]

no winners, no losers: just an observation about observation skills!

some of those questions do seem geared to those of us a bit older in the tooth.......

movie zombie

 

[monarch64]

Darn, I got 14/25! I should have DH take this...he prides himself on being observant (he told me that back when we were dating, it proved to be true and sometimes not in a good way, lol!)

 

[KimberlyH]

17/25 I''m pretty observant about people but not things so I was suprised.

 

[onvacation]

Date: 4/4/2008 10:51:51 AM
Author: movie zombie
not all matches have the brand name......but any ex-smoker, which i am, should remember how many matches there are as it equals the number of cigs in a pack.

movie zombie

Wow, I must sound really stupid, but I never knew that! It never occured to me to put the two together. The things I learn on PS...

 

[isis~goddess]

19, i made a stupid mistake with the direction water goes down the drain, but i just took pain medication, so i think i did pretty good considering.

 

[violet02]

Jeez 14/25 for me. I was blazing through it trying not to ''think'' too hard to cheat haha. I suck.