Strange Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 From the Perimeter Institute: https://insidetheperimeter.ca/a-quiz-with-questions-from-quantum-to-cosmos/ I got a very disappointing score (10/15). Let us know how you get on! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StringJunky Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 Woohoo! 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beecee Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 10 also, but disappointed in that I believe I should have answered at least two more correctly if I had given more thought to the subject at hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange Posted October 14, 2018 Author Share Posted October 14, 2018 (edited) 30 minutes ago, beecee said: 10 also, but disappointed in that I believe I should have answered at least two more correctly if I had given more thought to the subject at hand. Yep. That's my excuse too! Edited October 14, 2018 by Strange Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
et pet Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 14/15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange Posted October 14, 2018 Author Share Posted October 14, 2018 8 minutes ago, et pet said: 14/15 Well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eise Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 12 I was wrong on Q15: The 'M' of 'M87' brought me on the wrong track. Charles Messier himself could never have seen a black hole, so it must be a nebula or a galaxy. So in a certain sense the question is wrong: M87 is a galaxy, not a black hole. On Q9 I did not expect so many planets especially in the Goldilocks zone And Q6, I expected that it had to be farther away, the Lagrange points of the earth orbiting the sun, but obviously they are closer than I thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange Posted October 15, 2018 Author Share Posted October 15, 2018 1 hour ago, Eise said: 12 I was wrong on Q15: The 'M' of 'M87' brought me on the wrong track. Charles Messier himself could never have seen a black hole, so it must be a nebula or a galaxy. So in a certain sense the question is wrong: M87 is a galaxy, not a black hole. On Q9 I did not expect so many planets especially in the Goldilocks zone And Q6, I expected that it had to be farther away, the Lagrange points of the earth orbiting the sun, but obviously they are closer than I thought. I got those wrong too, for similar reasons. So I don't feel so bad now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outrider Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 Thanks Strange. That was fun. I missed 6, 7, 9 and 11. I just guessed on the plank length question and got lucky. So I probably don't deserve my 11 score but will take it. https://insidetheperimeter.ca/physics-quiz/ 12/15 on this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eise Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 2 hours ago, Outrider said: https://insidetheperimeter.ca/physics-quiz/ 12/15 on this one. Only one miss, and I can really not care: "The Large Hadron Collider at CERN uses 1.3 terawatt hours of electricity annually. That’s equivalent to:" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zapatos Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 11/15 In all sincerity, thanks to everyone here for getting me to the point where I could score that well! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StringJunky Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 12 minutes ago, zapatos said: 11/15 In all sincerity, thanks to everyone here for getting me to the point where I could score that well! This is true. A few years ago I probably would have got less than half right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koti Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 I got 12/15 and this is outrageous, I should have gotten all of them. I'm not talking to anyone ever again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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