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16 Everyday Adulting Questions That Are Harder Than They Should Be – See If You Can Make It
Think you’ve mastered the basics of adult life? From cooking temperatures and laundry mistakes to budgeting and everyday household hacks, this home economics trivia quiz is here to put your real-world knowledge to the test!
Some questions will feel ridiculously easy at first, until you second-guess yourself. Others might expose the tiny adulting skills nobody actually taught us in school.
Whether you’re a meal-prep pro, a budgeting genius, or someone who still googles how long pasta should boil, these 16 questions are packed with fun, relatable challenges everyone can try.
So, are your life skills actually impressive, or are you just winging it like the rest of us?
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Ace 6 days ago
No 14, the Emergency fund thing, is completely arbitrary. I mean, I don't mind that it's only relevant for the US and other socially-backward countries, but who is defining such things and why did they pick on that length of time?
StrangeOne 6 days ago
I think it has to do with the average time it takes to find a job, get situations under control, etc, etc. I'm in Canada and I've hear financial professionals mention people should have 2 years worth of savings. It's not realistic for a lot of people. Even 6 months is not possible for the low and medium low earners.
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Crystalwitch60 6 days ago
Question 6 is not only confusing ie which is it wash or dry ? And the answer isn’t in it ffs cotton does not shrink 🤦♀️that can be washed at 90 ,well it can in uk lmao and dried on hot to as cotton does NOT shrink, that would be wool 😕🤷♀️
Ace 6 days ago
Yeah, I thought that too, but there can be some shrinkage - we've all had that feeling of freshly-laundered Jeans being too tight until you've worn them a few times, haven't we? Yeah, it's more about them stretching but the wash can kinda 'undo' the stretch.
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UKGrandad 6 days ago
Q4: you only need to try a jump-start if the engine is turning over slowly or not at all. There are myriad reasons that a car won't start that don't involve a low battery.
WindySwede 6 days ago
I pushed the car down a hill and got the engine started, Thought the battery had given up (it was 12y old battery...) but was the starter.. 😸
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MonsterMum 6 days ago
Laundry symbols are not universal worldwide. A property lease in the UK is not the same thing as in the USA.
Claudia Cielensky 6 days ago
7. Well, you should wash your hand first too... 8. Also worth noting, using bleach in the toilet can be risky. If you're cleaning a toilet with caked on urine you can create a very dangerous chemical reaction. Hopefully you don't have to clean an especially gross toilet but it's worth knowing if you ever have to.
StrangeOne 6 days ago
Using bleach in dish soap is also dangerous, too. There should have been an option for nothing. Don't mix bleach with anything.
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QuincyForrest 6 days ago
#14, *at least* six months. What would be the problem with having an emergency fund that was viable for more than six months? ..... #15, I haven't had a washing machine with a user-accessible filter for over thirty years, and have never heard of one that needed to be drained monthly. I don't think we have that kind of machine here in the U.S. Certainly not here at my very new laundry machines at my apartment complex in California. The washing machines have self-cleaning and self-draining filter and pump mechanisms. The dryers do have lint filters that need to be cleaned once per load.
nm 6 days ago
I'm 73 yo and failed miserably in anything related to cuisine. I hate cooking. So I'm not adult?
Ace 6 days ago
You can clearly be an adult without being good at 'adulting'. Yes, I know it's not a proper verb but that's what kids these days are calling it...
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olivejuicedrinker (she/her) 6 days ago
got 11/16. still got some things to learn before the unc age of 18
Mari 5 days ago
I am 25 years an adult and I have still 2 questions wrong
Load More Replies... GPawesomeness 4 days ago
The washing machine question only pertains to front loaders. Newer top loaders (after 2001 and top loaders are by far the most common) don't require the filter drain and clean referenced in the question.
marianne eliza 6 days ago
4: I don't carry jumper cables, but I do have auto club. Of course I would call them.
Ace 6 days ago
No 14, the Emergency fund thing, is completely arbitrary. I mean, I don't mind that it's only relevant for the US and other socially-backward countries, but who is defining such things and why did they pick on that length of time?
StrangeOne 6 days ago
I think it has to do with the average time it takes to find a job, get situations under control, etc, etc. I'm in Canada and I've hear financial professionals mention people should have 2 years worth of savings. It's not realistic for a lot of people. Even 6 months is not possible for the low and medium low earners.
Load More Replies... Crystalwitch60 6 days ago
Question 6 is not only confusing ie which is it wash or dry ? And the answer isn’t in it ffs cotton does not shrink 🤦♀️that can be washed at 90 ,well it can in uk lmao and dried on hot to as cotton does NOT shrink, that would be wool 😕🤷♀️
Ace 6 days ago
Yeah, I thought that too, but there can be some shrinkage - we've all had that feeling of freshly-laundered Jeans being too tight until you've worn them a few times, haven't we? Yeah, it's more about them stretching but the wash can kinda 'undo' the stretch.
Load More Replies... UKGrandad 6 days ago
Q4: you only need to try a jump-start if the engine is turning over slowly or not at all. There are myriad reasons that a car won't start that don't involve a low battery.
WindySwede 6 days ago
I pushed the car down a hill and got the engine started, Thought the battery had given up (it was 12y old battery...) but was the starter.. 😸
Load More Replies... MonsterMum 6 days ago
Laundry symbols are not universal worldwide. A property lease in the UK is not the same thing as in the USA.
Claudia Cielensky 6 days ago
7. Well, you should wash your hand first too... 8. Also worth noting, using bleach in the toilet can be risky. If you're cleaning a toilet with caked on urine you can create a very dangerous chemical reaction. Hopefully you don't have to clean an especially gross toilet but it's worth knowing if you ever have to.
StrangeOne 6 days ago
Using bleach in dish soap is also dangerous, too. There should have been an option for nothing. Don't mix bleach with anything.
Load More Replies... QuincyForrest 6 days ago
#14, *at least* six months. What would be the problem with having an emergency fund that was viable for more than six months? ..... #15, I haven't had a washing machine with a user-accessible filter for over thirty years, and have never heard of one that needed to be drained monthly. I don't think we have that kind of machine here in the U.S. Certainly not here at my very new laundry machines at my apartment complex in California. The washing machines have self-cleaning and self-draining filter and pump mechanisms. The dryers do have lint filters that need to be cleaned once per load.
nm 6 days ago
I'm 73 yo and failed miserably in anything related to cuisine. I hate cooking. So I'm not adult?
Ace 6 days ago
You can clearly be an adult without being good at 'adulting'. Yes, I know it's not a proper verb but that's what kids these days are calling it...
Load More Replies... olivejuicedrinker (she/her) 6 days ago
got 11/16. still got some things to learn before the unc age of 18
Mari 5 days ago
I am 25 years an adult and I have still 2 questions wrong
Load More Replies... GPawesomeness 4 days ago
The washing machine question only pertains to front loaders. Newer top loaders (after 2001 and top loaders are by far the most common) don't require the filter drain and clean referenced in the question.
marianne eliza 6 days ago
4: I don't carry jumper cables, but I do have auto club. Of course I would call them.
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