Are you scientifically literate? A quiz. (csmonitor.com)

Too bad it costs about 100 ad impressions to complete this quiz.

I missed four and I half-guessed on three questions, though I was able to rule out many impossible answers even on those. I saw two lucky guesses and three brain farts, so it mostly evened out. Without the silly mistakes I could have improved my score to 49/50.

Being able to recite at least the first ten or so elements from memory is rather useful on this quiz. And that last question is a bit out of place, being more of a history question than one of science. Sure, I got it right because I knew it had to be a trap, but even so.

I got impatient after 14, I don't feel any better about myself for having got the first 14 right though.

Fun quiz, but the user interface is terrible. Too many ads, and showing each question again after you answer it is obnoxious.

Wow. Pageview bait. Ugh.

I'm afraid the first question was a general-knowledge question, which led me (perhaps unfairly?) to write the rest of the test off as nothing more than a specialised knowledge quiz.

I don't suppose it went into scientific method, controlled experiments, philosophy of science, etc.?

If not, then it could hardly be called a scientific literacy quiz, any more than a random series of questions about specific APIs is a programming interview.

The reloading of the page wouldn't be so bad if not for the gazillion social sharing widgets. Those things really slow down page loads.

I'm going to go install an extension that blocks those.

Good exercise if you want to join who wants to be a millionaire. I got 32 out of 50 for the record.

Better title: How many ads are you willing to look at? A test.