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Aredwood

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#154535 31-Oct-2014 00:27

After seeing This thread in the "Health and fitness" forum about a politician who signed a pro homoeopathy online petition. It Got me thinking "there needs to be some sort of min standard that politicians should have to pass". Before they can get into Parliament.

So here is an online test of 13 multichoice questions about scientific concepts.

http://www.pewresearch.org/quiz/science-knowledge/

Hoping that most Geekzoners get full marks or close. You will see why I picked this particular test. Due to 1 of the questions it asks.

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#1165414 31-Oct-2014 00:39

13/13 (15/15 if you include "what is your gender?" and "what is your age?"). Interesting to note that more education gives higher scores. Most of these questions should be general knowledge. I wonder if the older folks received better scores.

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#1165416 31-Oct-2014 00:58

13/13 everything in that test was taught at school at some point, also I have a vague recollection of a very similar thread from quite while ago and everyone seemed to be getting 12s and 13s. I expect very similar results this time around too ;)

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#1165427 31-Oct-2014 07:21

11/13.

I'm old and quite uneducated though.

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#1165446 31-Oct-2014 07:37

13/13 although some questions are more general knowledge than science really.

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#1165460 31-Oct-2014 08:14

13/13.

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#1165482 31-Oct-2014 08:45

13/13.

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#1165499 31-Oct-2014 09:00

0/13. I wanted to see if there was a prize for getting none correct. There wasn't.

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#1165503 31-Oct-2014 09:02

12/13 - surprised myself ;)

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#1165505 31-Oct-2014 09:03

13/13

The majority of these questions are primary school level general knowledge, surely... a few would require a bit more of a clue, though.

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#1165518 31-Oct-2014 09:11

Friend sent me this link after I gave him the test....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NK0Y9j_CGgM

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#1165526 31-Oct-2014 09:18

People on average did quite well on questions relating to health (UV, red blood cells, AB resistance), yet poorly on questions related to physics or the natural world (nitrogen, fracking, electrons).

Question number 11 (drug trial) 75% of people got right.
The question was "better way". The correct answer would not be a good method to throw doubt on homeopathic methods - it would be a very poor method.

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#1165530 31-Oct-2014 09:26

13/13. Thought I may have buggered up the nitrogen one - I have got that wrong before by over thinking it. Went with my gut this time.
Pretty easy questions though.

Paul1977

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#1165534 31-Oct-2014 09:29

12/13. the one I got wrong... I really shouldn't have!

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#1165535 31-Oct-2014 09:31

Paul1977: 12/13. the one I got wrong... I really shouldn't have!

Although, based on the stats given at the end it was the second hardest question... makes me feel a little better (but just a little)

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#1165540 31-Oct-2014 09:34

13/13. It's amazing that only 7% of respondents got all of these high school-level questions right. Now, excuse me while I go and drink some hydric acid.

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