Man! I only had 84%.
For some reason “Inca” meant Mexico to me so I said North America.
I don’t know what I was thinking in question 1 - I really DID know that. I really did!
The autumnal equinox - can’t remember which one I chose wrongly. Duh.
89% I got the two American-centric ones wrong. But I got a couple of wild guesses right. So I’m happy with my score.
Same here…
94%, I also said that the Grand Canyon was in New Mexico rather than Arizona.
I missed two, the lowest prime number one. For someone who is good at math, I always see prime number and think “What is that again?” a lot. The other one I missed was the heptagon one, because I, of course saw "hex"agon. :smack:
So, the lowest prime number isn’t 2?!
1 wrong - lowest prime number. This seems to be a favorite one to get wrong …
Prime number and four corners for me – 89%.
Yeah …somebody get in here and tell us what a damn prime number is anyway. :mad:
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That was exactly why I got that wrong.
That and the prime number thing gave me a 89%
It is indeed 2, and I got credit for answering it (as well as all other questions – hi NinjaChick and TwoTrouts!) correctly.
Ellen Cherry: A prime number has two distinct factors, those being 1 and itself. 1 is 1 x 1 – the factors are identical, not distinct, so 1 is not prime. 2 is 1 x 2 – prime. 3 is 1 x 3 – prime. 4 is 2 x 2 – not prime. Any greater multiple of 2, 3, 5 (which is prime), or any other prime is, thus, not prime. Any non-prime number greater than 2 can be expressed as the product of primes – for example, 896 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 7, or 2 to the seventh power x 7.
Without that “distinct” bit, 1 would be. And I’ve heard it said that 2 isn’t, because it’s even, or some such nonsense.
On the TV show, one of the questions was “How many planets are there in the solar system?” Who the hell could answer that?
Well I had something of a whiff of this, but I chose 0 because I thought 1 x 0 are two different factors… But mostly I’m too lazy to throw much brain power in math’s direction, so I really didn’t expect to get that one right.
100%. I is smrt.
Surely they were going for 9, even though it seems to change daily whether Pluto is or not. … or if there’s some other one out there.
Yes, but 0 can also be expressed as 0 x 2, 0 x 3, 0 x 4, et cetera to infinity.
Question 12 seemed interesting…
“12. Who was the first person to **step ** foot on the moon?”
I missed the America-centric ones too - I still have no idea what a Four Corner is. 
The only point in the lower 48 where four states meet at a central location
Four Corners generally refers to point where four separate states meet - Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah. It’s the only place in the US where four states touch. There’s a little monument marking the exact spot, a whole bunch of Native guys selling overpriced jewelry and postcards, and absolutely nothing else.
I got 94%. I know nothin’ about turtles.