David E. Petzal's Gun Nut Quiz

[gunsmith]

http://www.fieldandstream.com/fieldstream/quizes/quiz2/quiz2.html

I got 7 out of ten (I really wanted 7 of 9)

Question: Which is more fun, a really good gun quiz or a date with Jessica Simpson? Answer: It hardly matters. You have no chance at all with Jessica Simpson, so you might as well take the quiz.

After answering each question you'll be able to see the percentage of quiz-takers that got the question right, as well as the number of people who've answered the question so far. And, of course, you'll find your score. You get to test your gun knowledge against the best gun writer in the country. We get to figure out how many of you can tell a breechblock from a breach cloth. So get cracking!

 

[limbaughfan]

I scored 6 out of 10

 

[razorburn]

9/10. I misread the question on the last one. I thought it said there is no such thing as an automatic revolver and marked false, but it actually said there is such a thing as an automatic revolver. But admittedly, I was thinking of the mateba rather than that english revolver they were talking about so maybe I deserved to miss it.

 

[.45&TKD]

Another 7 out of 10, here.

 

[Bruce333]

8 out of 10 for me

I really wanted 7 of 9

mmmm...Jeri Ryan....get in line...

 

[Detritus]

9 out of 10, i didn't know the one about flat springs. probably b/c so few of the guns i've owned HAD flat springs.

 

[Shaughn Leayme]

10 for 10 almost flubbed the spring question.

 

[Ala Dan]

7 of 10 for me too~!

 

[gudoldboy]

I had to try it.. I got 8 of 10...... Not too bad...

 

[Gord]

7/10. Had no idea on the Parker Invincible or the .220 Swift, though my first instincts were right both times - gotta learn to stop second-guessing myself!

Was also wrong about flat vs. coil springs, although my answer was, technically, correct.

Anyone else notice that 49.5% got the front-sight question wrong?

 

[Just_a_dude_with_a_gun]

I got 8 of 10.

I don't know crap about .220 swift or flat springs.

 

[yhtomit]

The Tyranny of Testing

If you haven't read this book (an old classic, quite slim), you should!

A good example of what's wrong with standardized testing:


Question:
"The Invincible was Parker's top-grade shotgun, and is probably the most valuable firearm ever made in the United States. How many are known to exist?"

"How the crowd answered":
A: One %
B: Two %
C: Three %
D: Five 6.5%
E: No one knows for sure. %

Details: "There are three for sure, and rumors of a fourth, but so far they are only rumors."

I picked C ("There are three known to exist.") but it was called wrong, on the basis that "No one knows for sure."

The question was "how many are known to exist?"!

Ah well, I guess I could get my money back from the free quiz

timothy

 

[AirForceShooter]

I screwed up the .22 question.
Otherwise 9 out of 10.
Gotta go Jessica is waiting for me.


AFS

 

[HRT]

8 of 10 Invincible springs got me

 

[deadin]

9 out of 10. That spring question got me. The worse part is that I knew that, but still answered wrong.:banghead:

 

[SDC]

8 out of 10; missed the spring and the 220 Swift questions.

 

[Psssniper]

yhtomit I agree with you I got 9/10 and missed the Parker question. In my mind "How many are KNOWN to exist" means how many are KNOWN to exist, not how many there might be or how many are rumoured to exist. So the correct answer is three and I now have 10/10 answers correct

 

[michiganfan]

7/10

 

[fordfan485]

6/10

 

[XD Fan]

I got 8 of 10.

I don't know crap about .220 swift or flat springs.

My exact situation.

 

[Geronimo45]

8/10
Mind skipped a track on .22 primers, don't know a thing about .220 Swift.

 

[carpediem]

9/10 - all but the last one

 

[massnee]

I got 8 out of 10...I did not know the answers for many of them...for some I did not even understand the question.

 

[tellner]

9/10

 

[Fosbery]

7/10. Would have been 8 out of 10 but I misread the last question - thought it said "there is no such thing" but it said "there is such a thing"