How observant are you?

Think you have great powers of observation? Think you see and know more than others? Then prove it — the average person only gets seven of the following 25 questions right. This is based on U.S. info (sorry Canadians and other foreigners), so use all lobes of your brain. This can be more difficult than it looks — it just shows how little most of us really see!

There are 25 questions about things we see most every day or have known about all our lives. How many can you get right? These little simple questions are harder than you think. It just shows how little we pay attention to the commonplace things of life.

Write down your answers and check answers (on the bottom) but not until AFTER completing all the questions.

By the way … I got 21, heh-heh.


LET'S JUST SEE HOW OBSERVANT YOU REALLY ARE.

If not, just have fun!

Here we go!

1. On a standard traffic light, is the green on the top or bottom?

2. How many states are there in the USA? (Don't laugh, some people don't know.)

3. In which hand is the Statue of Liberty's torch?

4. What six colors are on the classic Campbell's soup label?

5. What two numbers on the telephone dial don't have letters by them?

6. When you walk does your left arm swing with your right or left leg? (Don't you dare get up to see!)

7. How many matches are in a standard book?

8. On the United States flag is the top stripe red or white?

9. What is the lowest number on the FM dial? (Don't look at that dial!)

10. Which way does water go down the drain, counter or clockwise? (Get out of the bathroom!)

11. Which way does a "no smoking" sign's slash run?

12. How many channels on a VHF TV dial?

13. On which side of a women's blouse are the buttons?

14. Which way do fans rotate?

15. How many sides does a stop sign have?

16. Do books have even-numbered pages on the right or left side?

17 How many lug nuts are on a standard car wheel?

18. How many sides are there on a standard pencil?

19. Sleepy, Happy, Sneezy, Grumpy, Dopey, Doc. Who's missing?

20. How many hot dog buns are in a standard package?

21. On which playing card is the card maker's trademark?

22. On which side of a Venetian blind is the cord that adjusts the opening between the slats?

23. There are 12 buttons on a touch-tone phone. What 2 symbols bear no digits?

24. How many curves are there in the standard paper clip?

25. Does a merry-go-round turn counter or clockwise?









ANSWERS
1. Bottom
2. 50
3. Right
4. Blue, red, white, yellow, black & gold
5. 1, 0
6. Right
7. 20
8. Red
9. 87.7
10. Clockwise (north of the equator)
11. From lower right to upper left
12. 12 (there is no #1)
13. Left
14. Clockwise as you look at it from the front.
15. 8
16. Left
17. 5
18. 6
19. Bashful
20. 8
21. Ace of spades
22. Left
23. * and #
24. 3
25. Counter

Random Guam Fact Of The Day:
• The most popular cold appetizer from the Chamorro menu is kelaguen. It can be made with chicken, beef, deer, fish, octopus, shrimp — even Spam! The basic mix is the meat/fish/etc., grated coconut (fresh, not that packaged stuff for baking, it's too sweet), lemon juice (fresh squeezed best), diced onions and green onions, finely chopped super-hot boonie peppers and salt. Here's the thing — the main ingredient in the kelaguen isn't fully cooked. Only chicken is cooked at all, about 3/4 of the way through. Beef and seafood isn't cooked, period. The ingredients are mixed and the key is letting the citric acid "cook" the food, so you have to let it set for some time before consuming. Best served nice and chilly out of the fridge, with corn or flour tortillas.