I've also often mused that it would be interesting and revealing if there was some way to see wrong answers as well as right answers in percentages after taking each quiz.
They would have to change the site so that pressing "enter" was required to register an answer rather than having it happen automatically. One the one hand that would add an extra keystroke to ever answer, on the other hand it would end complaints from people about having to delete the "h" left over after typing in "Riyadh" or "Pittsburgh"
No, Pharley got me. I really was confused about the difference between the words "ever" and "every." I've written to George Mason University and told them to revoke my Bachelor's degree in English and post-baccalaureate TESL certificate. I hope this result satisfies all parties involved and I thank those responsible for bringing it to everyone's attention.
The point is that many people will have been taught that Pluto is the smallest planet, since until relatively recently it was. Admittedly Ceres used to be considered the smallest planet too, but that was over 150 years ago.
The comments section of these quizzes is basically just a penis measuring contest for people who want to show that they're clever isn't it? I'm fairly new to this and I was going to type a normal comment like "I enjoyed this quiz" or something similar but I now realise that this would be completely out of sync with the general vibe.
True that. It's a really weak test, not up to the usual standards.
Many of the answers really do not belong to a "smallest things" quiz, including three questions about altitude and one about military ranks. And 4 specific US questions on a test that should be about absolute records does not help either.
I love this quiz, but enough of the Bible questions. It's like the same thing as if every ten percent of a general knowledge quiz was about Harry Potter.
Right, to get all anoraky... I'm afraid it's a myth that "Jesus wept" is the shortest verse in the Bible. If you're looking at English translations, then Job 3:2 can just be a single word, "saying". If you're looking for the shortest verse in the original language, 1 Chronicles 1:25 is 9 letters long (I think).
"Jesus wept" isn't even the shortest verse in the Greek... Luke 20:30 is 12 letters long (καὶ ὁ δεύτερος), four letters shorter than Ἐδάκρυσεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς, "Jesus wept".
The clue for Planck length is not really accurate. I don't think it is possible to give a hint for it, that is at the same time short, accurate and understandable for the general public. I would just remove or replace the question.
I answered the "Jesus wept" question, and when getting to the next question I thought the quiz was asking for which book "Jesus wept" was from. After going through the Gospels, I panicked and started going through every book in the New Testament. Man I felt stupid when I realized it was asking for the shortest -title-, but at least it was before the time ran out.
It boggles my mind that 40% knew the shortest verse in the bible. Even if you are fanatic Christian who has read the book multiple times... why on earth would you store such info. Probably other verses with very short sentences too.
Many of the answers really do not belong to a "smallest things" quiz, including three questions about altitude and one about military ranks. And 4 specific US questions on a test that should be about absolute records does not help either.
Right, to get all anoraky... I'm afraid it's a myth that "Jesus wept" is the shortest verse in the Bible. If you're looking at English translations, then Job 3:2 can just be a single word, "saying". If you're looking for the shortest verse in the original language, 1 Chronicles 1:25 is 9 letters long (I think).
"Jesus wept" isn't even the shortest verse in the Greek... Luke 20:30 is 12 letters long (καὶ ὁ δεύτερος), four letters shorter than Ἐδάκρυσεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς, "Jesus wept".
Ok, anorak time over
For the zodiac, please accept ram too. And specify what kind of zodiac in the clue (rats are in the Chinese zodiac).
Thanks !