Comments on: The Likelihood of Death

By: Ko

Ko — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:35:55 +0000

Weak.

By: lauredhel

lauredhel — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:39:07 +0000

Okinawans? I was thinking of India and China, which will of course dramatically dominate any “average” figure.

By: Neatoramawontsendmeapassword

Neatoramawontsendmeapassword — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:35:20 +0000

I interpreted “Asian woman” as “a woman who lives in Asia”… and I got it right. For that question, I was thinking of Okinawans…

And I’m not American, and I still got 100%. While the quiz was somewhat biased towards Americans, it doesn’t mean the rest of us can’t know some trivia.

By: lauredhel

lauredhel — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:31:24 +0000

There’s an absolute clanger of a question in there, and it’s the one I got “wrong”:

“How much longer will the average Asian woman live than the average African-American man?”

Uh, yeah. I interpreted “Asian woman” to mean “Woman who lives in Asia”. The quiz writers meant it as “Woman of Asian descent who lives in America”.

By: Easy

Easy — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:25:49 +0000

Well the one I got wrong was the Tennessee / Sth Dakota one. Which is not surprising considering I have no idea where either one is within the US, or anything else about them for that matter.

Every now and then I get upset about the American slant behind the global phenomenon of the WWW.

By: inkedgal

inkedgal — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:39:43 +0000

i missed 2.

By: Neatoramawontsendmeapassword

Neatoramawontsendmeapassword — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:41:14 +0000

I got 100% correct, too.

I hope that doesn’t mean I’m more likely to die.

By: jenjen

jenjen — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:37:15 +0000

Wow, of all the quizzes you’ve posted this is the first one I’ve got 100% correct. I guess I’m in touch with my inner cadaver.

By: Public Relations

Public Relations — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:33:47 +0000

YIKES! Great way to start of a Monday morning