Are You Smarter Than a Door Knob? Answer These Basic Questions to Find Out!

By: Zoe Samuel

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About This Quiz

You might be smarter than a 5th grader, but are you smarter than a doorknob? A what? That's right. A doorknob! In case you haven't heard, it's the latest in academic measurement standards. Derived from a long line of genius hardware store owners in a remote part of Alaska, the Door Knob Intelligence test is becoming the internet's latest sensation! You might not remember your password to access the internet, but we're sure you'll be almost as smart as the Fort Knox doors!

Do not be fooled! Just because a doorknob intelligence quiz sounds goofy, it doesn't mean that it is! In fact, the questions you will find hidden behind our website door might be a bit tricker than you would imagine. We feel that we must warn you because we don't want you to end up feeling insulted by a doorknob. You'll have to up your game to prove that you more of a classy door knocker than a battery operated doorbell from Walmart.

If you think you're ready to find out what's behind door number one, enter and begin! However, don't say we didn't warn you about how intelligent doorknobs can be! Just as the Alaskan bush handymen!

Are you often intimidated by smart people?

Nope

It happened when I was younger.
Sometimes

All the time

Do you read "important" books for fun?

I am reading De Tocqueville.

I am reading Jane Austen.
I am reading Harry Potter.

I don't read.

Do you have at least one thing you do really well?

Sure

Sort of
A little

No

Do you have more than one above average skill?

I have ten.

I have five.
I have one.

Nope

Do you feel like you're pretty average?

Never

Once
Only in a room of smart folk

Yes

What is MRS GREN in science?

It's all the ways you know a thing is living.

It's how you define plants.
It's a mnemonic of... something.

It's a nice lady scientist.

How smart is Homer Simpson?

Dumb as a box of rocks

Not smart
Not as dumb as people think

About normal

What five characteristics does something have to enjoy before it counts as science?

Logical, objective, verifiable, quantifiable, empirical

Peer-reviewed, intelligent, objective, repeatable, true
Clever, repeatable, arcane, certain, researched

Confusing, hard, difficult, boring, and nerdy

What happens at CERN?

They look for the Higgs Boson.

They do physics.
They do science.

They make dinner.

What does NASA stand for?

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

National Astronaut and Space Association
National American Space Association

It is the name of the founder's wife.

What is the difference between perpendicular and parallel?

One is next to the other, one is at 90 degrees.

One is straight up, the other is sideways.
One is side by side, one is round the bend.

Trick question, they are the same.

Which words might be missing in this sentence: "The men were laughing hard __ hear"?

Two, too, to.

Too, to, to again.
To, two, too.

Silly, very, you.

How does a plane stay in the air?

The Bernoulli Effect

Using an aerofoil
Speed

Magic

Do you play an instrument?

Four

Two
One

Nope

What is BODMAS?

It is how you do equations.

It is something in math.
It is science.

It is what pagans call Christmas.

Do you speak a second language?

Three

One
I get by.

I know a few curses.

If someone throws a ball, are you good at predicting where it will land?

Every time

Usually
Sometimes

Ow!

How's your trigonometry?

I am Pythagoras himself.

Very good, including 3D
Not bad

I hate trig.

How good are you at packing your suitcase?

I am a Tetris maven.

I do very well.
I always have to redo it.

I make my boo do it.

Do you ever tell jokes while on line at customs?

That's stupid and dangerous, so no.

Only while far away from the head of the line.
Only under my breath.

All the time

What commonly known thing might this be the acronym for: MVEMJSUNP?

The planets

The plants
Diseases

The fractional distillation of crude oil

Why is grass green?

Chlorophyll

It is full of vitamins.
It looks that way to humans, but it is actually red.

It is reflecting the sky, but not well.

What do frogs say?

Chirp, tweet, bark, or ribbit

Chirp or ribbit
Ribbit

Ring ding ding ding ding ding!

What do diamonds have in common with buckminsterfullerene?

Carbon

Structure
Purity

Helium

If something has a PH of 7, which country is that like?

Switzerland

Andorra
France

Antarctica

Last time you hung out with your bestie, what did you talk about?

Science

The economy
Our friends

Celebrities

You arrive at your friend's house. There is no cell reception, no doorbell, and no knocker. What do you do?

Call them

Knock hard
Look in the window

Leave

Do you read "unimportant books"for fun?

Yeah, on planes or late at night.

Sometimes
I only read those.

I don't like reading.

What are the characteristics of movement of a body in flight?

Pitch, roll, yaw, thrust

Thrust, angle, vertical, speed
Up, down, sideways

This, that, and the other

There's someone behind you!%0DSorry - our mistake, there isn't.%0DBe honest: did you look?

No

Almost
Yes

Are they there again?

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