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Old Sep 25, 2013, 09:28 PM
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Some of these questions test that (first year university science level) and some of them test knowledge of Greek mythology! Astronomy buffs will have an advantage.

Are you scientifically literate? Take our quiz - Composing about 78 percent of the air at sea level, what is the most common gas in the Earth's atmosphere? - CSMonitor.com
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Old Sep 25, 2013, 11:40 PM
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Oh, my, sounds hard to me. I think I can predict that the answer to this question for me will be "no"!
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Old Sep 26, 2013, 04:43 AM
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I'd say no; it's not really my area. xD
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Old Sep 26, 2013, 04:59 AM
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Fun questions with some interesting facts. Thanks for sharing this.
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Old Sep 26, 2013, 05:57 AM
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I think I can say no just based on the title of your thread
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Old Sep 26, 2013, 08:08 AM
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Haha i guess that No is nearly right. Started it but it was soooo slow.
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Old Sep 26, 2013, 08:25 AM
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I scored 66% so I guess that's not to bad. I thought I knew science better. I did great on the physics questions. Thanks H3rmit.
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Old Sep 26, 2013, 08:32 AM
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Apparently I am as I got them all right. Yay, that's a nice little confidence booster when I've been feeling so incredibly down lately. Now when he comes home, I will feel so much better.
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Old Sep 26, 2013, 12:30 PM
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Old Sep 26, 2013, 11:05 PM
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56% is still a pass!
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Old Sep 26, 2013, 11:09 PM
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I got all of them right, which I really hoped I would since I spent years studying biology and physics lol. I did have to think about some for longer than I thought, some of these were hard!
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Old Sep 27, 2013, 03:06 AM
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I didn't bother going through with the whole test, I failed at a lot of the questions, plus the questions were going so slow! My ADHD was acting up, I didn't have the patience to finish. Nice attempt though. Thanks for sharing!
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Old Sep 27, 2013, 10:28 AM
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52%...mirroring my high school physics scores! That test was tough for the unscientifically inclined. Whens the arts/lit quiz???
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Old Sep 27, 2013, 10:59 AM
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I scored 33 out of 50. I guessed a lot of them, but many I knew from taking geology and high school science.
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Old Sep 27, 2013, 11:05 AM
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Wow, a couple of people got 100%! I got 94. Lost touch with the astronomy stuff some years ago.
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Old Sep 28, 2013, 10:32 AM
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I got a 58%. I was surprised I got the chemistry questions right. I struggled in chem classes in high school and college. My hubby would have been upset with me for my answers to the physics and astonomy questions. He was a physics/astronomy major in college. I blew almost every one of the physics questions. No surprise to me there. I struggled through the physics classes I took. At least with the astronomy questions I got wrong I had two anwers I thought were right. My other answer was the correct one on the ones I missed.

I thought I would score higher, but I guess it's not too bad for someone whose last science class was 40 years ago.
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