Timescale questions
Example answers:

24 Answers (23%) had logical contradictions (e.g., dinosaurs becoming extinct before life arose).

About when did dinosaurs become extinct?

Words: 34 (23%)
Ice Age412%
Jurassic26%
Other geological time periods618%
Thousands39%
Millions721%
Billions13%
Misc:1132%
Numbers: 96 (64%)
Less than 1 mya2020%
1 - 9 mya:2828%
10 - 90 mya2121%
100 - 900 mya1010%
1 - 10 bya1111%
More than 10 bya66%

About when did life start?

Words: 28 (19%)
Religious answer932%
Millions311%
Billions414%
Misc1243%
Numbers: 78 (52%)
Less than 1 mya1924%
1 - 9 mya1519%
10 - 90 mya23%
100 - 900 bya79%
1 - 10 bya2836%
More than 10 bya79%

About how old is the Earth?

Words: 34 (23%)
Millions39%
Billions1235%
Misc1956%
Numbers: 88 (60%)
Less than 1 mya45%
1 - 9 mya89%
10 - 90 mya45%
100 - 900 bya45%
1 - 10 bya4753%
More than 10 bya2124%
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This test was designed by John DeLaughter and Seth Stein

Update: 10 Feb 1998