Can you name the correct answers to these over/under questions (please read game note)?

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You're given a category and a number. The real number is over or under the number given- you just need to guess which one. You're guessing whether the ACTUAL number is over/under the one given.
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Question and Number	Actual is Over or Under	Actual Number
Simple machines: 8		6
Basic Trigonometric functions: 9		6
Speed of sound (in 20° C dry air): 2,000 km/h		1,236 km/h
Stars in the Big Dipper: 11		7
Human chromosome pairs: 46		23
% of Earth's surface that is water: 78%		71%
Known chemical elements: 103		118
Atomic number of Hydrogen: 7		1
% volume of air that is oxygen: 36.7%		20.9%
Natural (proteinogenic) amino acids: 35		20
Bones in the human skeleton: 148		206
Prime numbers lower than 20: 9		8

Question and Number	Actual is Over or Under	Actual Number
# of the final Apollo mission: 13		17
Transition metals: 22		38+
Min. wind speed for EF5 tornado: 195 MPH		200 mph
Celsius boiling point of water: 212°		100°
Time, in months, of elephant gestation: 18		22
Permanent human teeth: 24		32
Ounces in a pound (US): 24		16
Avg. distance from Earth to Moon: 114,000 mi.		238,857 mi.
Pints in a gallon (US): 6		8
U.S. Patents held by Thomas Edison: 506		1093
Age of oldest confirmed human ever: 114		122
Mean radius of the Earth: 2,822 miles		~3,959 mi.
Transition metals: 22	~3,959 mi.
# of the final Apollo mission: 13	~3,959 mi.
Basic Trigonometric functions: 9	~3,959 mi.
Speed of sound (in 20° C dry air): 2,000 km/h	~3,959 mi.
Natural (proteinogenic) amino acids: 35	~3,959 mi.
Bones in the human skeleton: 148	~3,959 mi.
Stars in the Big Dipper: 11	~3,959 mi.
Min. wind speed for EF5 tornado: 195 MPH	~3,959 mi.
% volume of air that is oxygen: 36.7%	~3,959 mi.
Mean radius of the Earth: 2,822 miles	~3,959 mi.
Prime numbers lower than 20: 9	~3,959 mi.
Permanent human teeth: 24	~3,959 mi.
Known chemical elements: 103	~3,959 mi.
Simple machines: 8	~3,959 mi.
Human chromosome pairs: 46	~3,959 mi.
Atomic number of Hydrogen: 7	~3,959 mi.
Age of oldest confirmed human ever: 114	~3,959 mi.
Celsius boiling point of water: 212°	~3,959 mi.
Time, in months, of elephant gestation: 18	~3,959 mi.
Avg. distance from Earth to Moon: 114,000 mi.	~3,959 mi.
Ounces in a pound (US): 24	~3,959 mi.
Pints in a gallon (US): 6	~3,959 mi.
U.S. Patents held by Thomas Edison: 506	~3,959 mi.
% of Earth's surface that is water: 78%	~3,959 mi.

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Over/Under: Science Quiz

by Hejman

Created Aug 15, 2011 in Science
Featured Mar 7, 2012
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	beanie2222:	Mar 7th, 2012 at 15:20 GMT		19 points
	i like the range of questions but i think you should only have to type 'u' or 'o'

	Mirrorboy:	Mar 7th, 2012 at 15:23 GMT		30 points
	F5 hurricane is dangerous; if you press it, it will even reload the page

	bigjoeco:	Mar 7th, 2012 at 15:40 GMT		4 points
	Actually, if you press F5, Brock Lesnar shows up and uses a finishing maneuver on you.

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	uberhobo:	Mar 7th, 2012 at 17:01 GMT		5 points
	The number of transition metals, while over 22, is not 35. I don't know where you came up with this number. Most chemists would say 40. If you discount lanthanum and actinium (even though they have a d1 configuration), you get 38, and if you don't consider group 12, you get 36. The minimum number you could count is 34; those are the only ones that make sense. 35 is just wrong.

	dje:	Mar 7th, 2012 at 17:19 GMT		4 points
	@uberhobo- though I 100% agree with you, that the acceptable number of transition elements are either 34, 34, 36, 38, 40, or (at most) 66 if you include the lanthanide and actinide elements as some people refer to them as "inner transition metals", i can see why 35 is the answer. This quiz was created in august of 2011, and its possible that somehow that names of elements 110-112 (Ds, Rg, Cn), which werent officially approved by IUPAP until november, were disregarded in the total. I'm still not sure how 35 was the final count, but that my possible explination

	Evil44:	Mar 7th, 2012 at 17:44 GMT		7 points
	Speed of sound is also temperature dependent...the figure used is based on 20°C.

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	socraticmethod:	Mar 7th, 2012 at 18:08 GMT		9 points
	I get the first 12 right and I get to "pints in a quart"... I feel completely stumped. I'm American. Clearly our system sucks if I can't remember something that simple but I know the mean radius of the earth...

	TheGreatZo:	Mar 7th, 2012 at 18:18 GMT		2 points
	The F-Scale (Fujita Scale) is no longer used in the US, though it is still used in some countries. It is probably better to use the EF-Scale (Enhanced Fujita Scale) for the purposes of this quiz. The answer would remain the same (over) although the numbers are different (200+ MPH).

	matt01:	Mar 7th, 2012 at 18:26 GMT		4 points
	I got the bones one correct purely because about 5 minutes ago while watching scrubs the Janitor mentions the exact number to JD lolballz

	Exobius:	Mar 7th, 2012 at 19:00 GMT		7 points
	I'm from portugal. The two questions I missed were the F5 tornado and the radius of earth ones... because they were in mph (at least the second one I know for sure it was because of that). The weird thing is that the speed of sound is in kph. I think both units should be shown for all questions. Moreover, I didn't get the boiling temperature of water trick until I read the comentaries, so... it didn't work for me. As for the pints and ounces ones, well I was lucky :)

	Hejman:	Mar 7th, 2012 at 19:08 GMT		9 points
	My apologies that I'm just now checking in on this quiz- I've been in court all afternoon and didn't have a chance to see it before now. The early quizzes in this series didn't accept the single character o/u and I've been adding that in before they get published. I simply forgot that this one hadn't been converted. I've done it now and you can now type just 'O' and 'U'. I don't honestly remember where I came up with 35 transition metals, though dje's explanation may be correct. I'm going to change the displayed answer to '38+'. I'll also change the F scale to EF and change the displayed answer. Thanks for the wonderfully helpful comments!

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	Gianni:	Mar 7th, 2012 at 20:19 GMT		7 points
	@Euan27 There are 8 UK pints in a UK Gallon. There are 4.5 litres in a UK Gallon.

	koopa08:	Mar 7th, 2012 at 20:32 GMT		4 points
	Argh! Edison! You screwed me out of a perfect score! Fun!

	Chocolatl:	Mar 7th, 2012 at 20:32 GMT		4 points
	socraticmethod--Nothing wrong with the system. The question says pints in a GALLON, not a quart.

	StrobesAU:	Mar 7th, 2012 at 21:22 GMT		3 points
	Thank you law school - the only reason I know the gestation period of an elephant.