Are you one of the 7%

Here’s a quiz on how much science adults know. Only 7% of the adult population gets all 13 questions correct. See how you do.







» Science and Technology Knowledge Quiz

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

No

You answered 13 of 13 questions correctly.



i wasnt sure about the sunscreen one cos like... Ireland

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

No

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

You answered 13 of 13 questions correctly.



i wasnt sure about the sunscreen one cos like... Ireland

Always wear sunscreen.

The Backwards Man

Don't know

12 out of 13. I feel so inadequate and a failure at life.:(

Ficheall

No

Top 7% :cool:

AlmightyCushion

I got all thirteen correct, where do I pick up my Nobel prize and my million euro research grant???

Herb Powell

No

I AM THE 7%

Don't know

I got 12 out of 13 right, which is better than I expected since I don't have any science-based knowledge beyond the cursory.

Littlehorny

ah balls i got 12! thats even more annoying than doing badly

murphy05

No

13 out of 13

Seaneh

No

Got all 13. Fairly basic stuff, surprised it's that low.

Manach

No

One of the 7%, but as this in of Americans and not Irish so thus hardly of note

GLaDOS

No

13/13, would have been a bit embarrassing otherwise :pac:

AlanS181824

You answered 10 of 13 questions correctly.

Eh yay I guess....?

AlmightyCushion

Candie wrote: »

I got 12 out of 13 right, which is better than I expected since I don't have any science-based knowledge beyond the cursory.

Saying fuck and shit isn't science.

The Backwards Man

Don't know

So far one thing has been proven;

75% of Irish people lie in polls.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

No

Easy stuff that. 13 out of 13. The standard scores seem very low. Aimed at Americans I I see!

Piriz

got 12/13 i've a MSc in a health science... got the Earth’s atmosphere Q wrong...

dxhound2005

No

13 correct.

Would I be right in thinking that Nitrogen was the answer that people went wrong on?

NuckingFacker

I got thirteen correct, which suggests that the 7% might be out of the spectrum of people that got dropped often as a baby..

GLaDOS

No

I'd hazard a guess and say the average boards user knows more about science than the average Irish person. That said, 7% is incredibly low for such an easy test.

Thrill

Don't know

12/13. It sucks not being in the top 7%.

jam_mac_jam

Don't know

One wrong..damn you hydrogen.....

kneemos

Any fourteen year old could answer those.

MurdyWurdy

I got 11 and was very annoyed afterwards at the ones I got wrong. That should not have happened!

Aineoil

No

I got 13 out of 13.

The Backwards Man

Don't know

dxhound2005 wrote: »

13 correct.

Would I be right in thinking that Nitrogen as the answer that people went wrong on?

Yeah, looking at the results page it would seem to be the case.

Tricky question, seeing as Hydrogen is the most abundant element.

Lisha

Don't know

I got 11 correct, am impressed especially as I was talking to my kids at same time

Went wrong on lasers qt and nitrogen qt

emo72

Don't know

one wrong. the oxygen one. i wavered a bit i knew it was tricky

No

Well boards is clearly not going to reflect a standard population and will have a high proportion of 10+ correct results. It's a relatively easy quiz for anyone who's done secondary school level science and it's also very short.


But even still, I got 13 and anyone who didn't can suck my d*ck.

micar

No

You answered 13 of 13 questions correctly.

Whoop Whoop!!!!!

kryogen

I got 12 out of 13.

Fentdog84

i got 8 Im stupid

AlmightyCushion

Don't know

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

Saying fuck and shit isn't science.

Definitely a top 1% quip.

wretcheddomain

No

emo72 wrote: »

one wrong. the oxygen one. i wavered a bit i knew it was tricky

It wasn't - it was easy.

masti123

Don't know

10/13 not bad considering i'm 16 and never done Science in school

Frank Lee Midere

No

I got 13. Yes any 15 year old should get 12-13. Nitrogen question isn't hard.

dxhound2005

No

true-or-false wrote: »

Well boards is clearly not going to reflect a standard population and will have a high proportion of 10+ correct results. It's a relatively easy quiz for anyone who's done secondary school level science and it's also very short.


But even still, I got 13 and anyone who didn't can suck my d*ck.

The majority of the population will have a secondary or higher education. But 55% of people had difficulty understanding a simple referendum question.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/1218/493688-referendum/

The Referendum Commission has said consideration should be given to a review of how ballot papers are designed after it found significant confusion among voters in the recent Seanad referendum.

It said 55% of those it surveyed after last October's vote said it was quite difficult or very difficult to tell from the ballot paper what they were being asked to vote for.

b_mac

Vito Corleone wrote: »

Top 12%. Got 10/13.

I got the same. Feel stupid next to the rest of ye

wretcheddomain

No

You'll find a lot of people who didn't score 13 won't register the result in the poll above, out of shame of course, and so they should be.

Duckworth_Luas

No

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

Hello_MrFox

I got 14 out of 13 correct.


Losers.

ted1

No

I got a full 16 out if 16 right. Nearly dropped a point when they asked my age, but got it right in the end

grindle

No

true-or-false wrote: »

I got 13 and anyone who didn't can suck my d*ck.

What about those of us who got 13 that want to suck a d*ck or two to celebrate?

GrumPy

Don't know

You answered 11 of 13 questions correctly.


smeh.

Aineoil

No

ScienceNerd wrote: »

13/13, would have been a bit embarrassing otherwise :pac:

I am not a science nerd and I still managed 13 out of 13. Shocked that I managed that.

I think the quiz was very basic as my knowledge of science could be written on a postage stamp.

The study of science is very difficult. I take my hat off to you all, science people. You are all so intelligent.

Crea

Don't know

12 -Dammit!

Stupid electrons!

WilyCoyote

Don't know

No, but I'm alright with that 11/13

You scored better than 75% of the public, below 15% and the same as 10%.

1%01%13%24%36%48%58%610%711%811%912%1010%118%127%13
TOTAL NUMBER OF QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY
These percentages only reflect the 1,006 adults that took part in the national survey; online quiz results are not included in the sample.

Considering I'm out of the classroom since 1966, not bad. I now get most of my information from Google and The Kerryman

Capri86

No

13/13. Pretty basic though I would have thought

PizzamanIRL

Why does the scientist have to be a female?

If a scientist has a group of 1,000 volunteers with the disease to study, should she

grindle

No

grindle wrote: »

What about those of us who got 13 that want to suck a d*ck or two to celebrate?

You can do as you like elsewhere but you ain't gettin' all up on this with your 13.