Can You Answer These Super Basic Physics Questions?

by Kurt

Posted: 9 years ago 19 replies

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Can You Answer These Super Basic Physics Questions?

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arindamroy 9 years ago

Hell yeah, i got 8/10. May be its simple but the basics are revived of the younger times.
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Zodiax 9 years ago

No, I almost failed Math and Physics, and copied all my tests in High School.
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whateverpedia 9 years ago

Can You Answer These Basic Physics Questions?

Yes. I can answer those basic physics questions.
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alistair 9 years ago

I only bothered to answer one and that's because I knew I was right. Turns out I was wrong. Never did enjoy physics anyway.
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butters 9 years ago

Got 5, my physics is poor but still got 50%!!
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- Claude Whitacre 9 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by butters
  
  Got 5, my physics is poor but still got 50%!!
  
  I also got 5 right. I couldn't remember some of the terminology. And I was too lazy to convert kilometers into miles.
  
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  butters 9 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre
  
  I also got 5 right. I couldn't remember some of the terminology. And I was too lazy to convert kilometers into miles.
  
  We predicted that the other 5 theory's will be wrong in 50 years so we knew they were trick questions!
  
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Dan Riffle 9 years ago

7 out of 10, proving yet again my intellectual superiority to Clauduh.
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- Claude Whitacre 9 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Dan Riffle
  
  7 out of 10, proving yet again my intellectual superiority to Clauduh.
  
  Clever.
  
  It occurs to me, that if I kill you....this will no longer be a problem.
  
  Originally Posted by butters
  
  We predicted that the other 5 theory's will be wrong in 50 years so we knew they were trick questions!
  
  Thank you for the "Out". That was very kind of you. Will you help me kill Riffle?
  
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  Dan Riffle 9 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre
  
  Clever.
  
  It occurs to me, that if I kill you....this will no longer be a problem.
  
  Quoted for posterity...
  
  ...and evidence.
  
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  lanfear63 9 years ago
  
  I just asked Cortana. She's a very clever lady. I'm going to ask her out for dinner.
  
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  arindamroy 9 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by lanfear63
  
  I just asked Cortana. She's a very clever lady. I'm going to ask her out for dinner.
  
  Well asking her out would definitely unsettle Master chief sooner or later, so be-aware
  
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  tagiscom 9 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Dan Riffle
  
  7 out of 10, proving yet again my intellectual superiority to Clauduh.
  
  Yes, me too, but l guessed some!
  
  Originally Posted by butters
  
  We predicted that the other 5 theory's will be wrong in 50 years so we knew they were trick questions!
  
  True, l am working on overturning the perpetual motion machine being impossible, at least til gov, officials come around, make up some BS, and confiscate my Laptop!
  
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bojan92 9 years ago

I wasn't good enough, i answered only 6 out of 10 correctly. It is not a bad score if you know that i wasn't any good in physics in high school
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SteveJohnson 9 years ago

I got 8, but those aren't 'super basic' physics questions. You have to have studied SOME physics to know the answers.
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DJL 9 years ago

Knowing whose name is attached to a particular law of physics can hardly be thought of as useful information.
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- agc 9 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by DJL
  
  Knowing whose name is attached to a particular law of physics can hardly be thought of as useful information.
  
  ^ this. And the exact speed of light.
  
  The conceptual stuff is what counts. The rest is trivia more so than knowledge.
  
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arindamroy 9 years ago

It was really very nice, to answer those questions
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bizgrower 9 years ago

I aced it. 42
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