Physics: How smart are you?

[Analog]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4308292.stm

post your score.

 

[Frew]

9 out of 10


16 and junior in high school...

 

[Mo0o]

9

 

[Goosemaster]

14/10

hyphen my ass:|

 

[xSauronx]

4/10
i never took physics and guessed on most of them

 

[Heisenberg]

10/10. I'd better get them all right or they're liable to take my degree back.

 

[Tiamat]

got the smoke detector one wrong since i didnt know anything about the technology.

I was torn between alpha and infra-red.

 

[Whitecloak]

8/10. I suck.

 

[PurdueRy]

8/10

smoke detector, and wires...

I haven't wired up to many 3 prong plugs in my EE classes....ever....

 

[MaxFusion16]

8/10

i missed the wiring and smoke detector questions.

 

[Eli]

8/10

I missed the smoke detector one and the mass one.

Those weren't the type of questions I was expecting in a physics test though for some reason.. well, a couple of them were, but in general.

 

[newParadigm]

i got like 5, but as said, no physics....

 

[Rubycon]

It's all about specifics, bob!

Ionization detectors use 1 microcurie of Americium-241 that emits alpha particles.
Photoelectric detectors use a gallium arsenide light emitting diode at 940 nanometers for simple detection.

So the way the question was phrased, alpha and IR are correct answers.

 

[dawnbug]

5/10, but I haven't had physics since freshman year of high school (I'm a junior in college, now).

 

[DrPizza]

10/10... rather easy, I thought. I hesitated on the colors of the wires. I'm too used to black, white, and green.

 

[Anubis]

8/10 missed the smoke dector and the wires, ive never wired a plug in my life and we didnt learn that in electronics

 

[Umberger]

9/10 wtf is with the wire color question.

 

[miniMUNCH]

lol at bbc's water down physics quiz...

10/10 - i used to do control system engineering & installation so I got the wiring question right.

 

[LongCoolMother]

8/10

currently taking physics C in high school

 

[hjo3]

What does the order of the planets have to do with physics? That's an astronomy question, yo.

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

Is this the retards physics quiz?

 

[statik213]

9/10, fscking smoke detector

 

[bradruth]

6/10. Never took physics, but I've had a couple Astronomy classes (one in HS, one in college).

 

[Sheepathon]

6/10 I'm wack.

 

[CheesePoofs]

6/10, but I still haven't taken physics in high school (taking it second semester this year).