Beat 20 out of 25.
Enjoy
Lew
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O/T: Think Test
Oct 30, 2009
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Bill
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The test should factor time into account. I refused to eat any soup as a kid, so the Campbell's soup can was a problem.
R
Well, you can either add or subtract one, depending on how you answered this:
"Which way does water go down the drain, counter or clockwise?" (north of the equator) [] Counter Clockwise [] Clockwise [] Straight down
Yeah, that bothered me, too. I knew the answer the test was looking for, but it's a stupid question.
R23
The question remains how did you answer the question?
Lew
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Weather and drains in the top half rotate the same way. Think of a screw stuck in the ground. A low pressure area is air moving up. It has to move counter-clockwise to move up. High pressure (air descending), or water going down a drain, has to move clockwise to go down. Easier than soup, and I don't smoke (matches).
I answered "Straight down", since "none of the above" wasn't an option. Result:
Wrong! [which I expected] Clockwise. (north of the equator) [which I found amusing]
They even got wrong, wrong.
Reminds me of the movie, "Yahoo Serious." In it they answer the question - Jokingly...
What is commonly refered to as the Coriolis Force (the force resulting from the Earth?s spin) is a couple orders of magnitude too small to affect the spin of a drain.
But if it weren't the water would travel counterclockwise.
They should have added a forth option, "The direction the jets are pointed in the toilet bowl."
Greg G.
Actually, it was the movie, "Young Einstein", starring Yahoo Serious. My bad... You know you're a sick puppy when you argue with yourself.
Greg G.
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But I'll have to admit cheating on the first phone question, it was sitting between me and the keyboard and I have never been all that great with minor temptations.
basilsik
21/25. no cheats. not even the phone or book ones ;-)
jc
My nitpicks were with the fan, the question doesn't state whethere looking at it from the endcap or the blade end, and I would bet that the "standard" number of wheel lugs is probably now 4 rather than 5. I did get both of those questions right though.
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Zero - I don't do flash.
21, but some of those don't have absolute answers.
If you don't, there are plenty of people in here waiting to. :-)
I think you're wrong about that.
R
I've heard teachers spout that crap about the water rotation. People will believe anything.
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> Also, the Campbell's' soup question is unreasonable, it assumes you actua= lly
Hear, hear! I don't even like the design of the label.
R
You're out of your mind if you believe that bull$h!t.
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