One of my students brought me this: Ten TRUE or FALSE questions about random subjects.

1: The continents have been in motion for a long time.

2: Humans evolved from primitive animal.

3: The center of the earth is extremely hot.

4: The oxygen we breathe is made from plants.

5: All radiation is man made.

6: Humans and dinosaurs lived at the same time.

7: An electron is smaller than an atom.

8: A laser beam is made of concentrated sound waves.

9: A child's gender is determined by the father's gene.

10: Antibiotics will kill both a bacteria and a virus.

Two thousand people, ages 18~69, were interviewed in each of the following countries. (Their correct scores follow):

1- Denmark 64%
2- England 63%
3- USA 61%
4- France 61%
5- Netherlands 59%
6- Germany 58%
7- Luxembourg 56%
8- Belgium 55%
9- Italy 55%
10- Ireland 52%
11- Spain 51%
12- Japan 51%
13- Greece 44%
14- Portugal 43%

This was in the Asahi last year..

Looks like the Japanese need an 8 day school week.

GJ