Thursday, August 5, 2010

Don't Be So Sure...

A few weeks ago while I was at the library loading up on my usual rom-com books, I decided to go over to the non-fiction area. I told myself I had to get at least 1 book from there and actually read it.  And guess what? I succeeded!  Aren't you proud of me?

Well don't hold your breath... the book I chose was called "I'm With Stupid" and it was written by a guy and a girl who didn't know each other (they were set up by their publisher) sending emails back and forth discussing the phycological differences between men and women.  The girl was a PhD with an undergraduate in feminism (thats possible?) and the guy was a humor columnist.  Interesting.

Anyway, in chapter 3 there was a quiz titled "Are You Male or Female? Don't Be So Sure..." A multiple choice quiz to determine whether you are male or female.  I've decided to put the quiz on my blog for you to take yourself!  I'll tell you later what I scored... (note: I made a few adjustments and I don't own this book or their intellectual property at all... blah blah blah please don't sure me!)

Be sure to write down your answers!  And you can't choose more than one per question or it doesn't work.

1) You might drive your car 100 mph if...
a) A passenger was bleeding to death and had to get to the hospital
b) You were being pursued by a serial killer
c) You were drunk
d) It was a rental car

2) You are at a dinner party, and after using the toilet, you discover that there is no toilet paper to be found.  You...
a) Use a tissue and mention this to the hostess so no one else will be inconvenienced
b) Use a tissue then go and search the house for TP
c) Leave as though nothing happened and waddle to another bathroom
d) What's toilet paper?

3) Someone tells you that you are fat. This makes you feel...
a) Suicidal
b) Awful
c) Fat
d) Feel?

4) You are set up on a blind date with someone your friend describes as having a "terrific sense of humor". What goes through your head?
a) "I hope I'll understand all their jokes!"
b) "Perfect!"
c) "Uh oh!"
d) A bullet

5) You are given $5,000 to spend on a single item for your house. You pick:
a) An eighteenth century French armoire
b) A big fancy 6-burner stove
c) A sofa made of Corinthian leather
d) A TV the size of a UPS truck

6) How do you remove a coffee stain from a nice silk shirt?
a) Sodium bicarbonate and club soda
b) The dry cleaners
c) A soapy sponge
d) Windex

7) What is the best tool to clear snow off of your car?
a) Some guy
b) One of those ice-scraper brush thingies
c) Your sleeve
d) Wind

8) When filled, a cup holds a volume of 9 cubic inches. How much is that in cubic centimeters?
a) I don't know
b) I don't care
c) 148 cubic cm
d) Less than a handful

9) The Wizard of Oz would have been an even better movie if...
a) The flying monkeys were less scary
b) How dare you? It could not have been a better movie!
c) Toto was a rotweiler
d) Dorothy was played by Meagan Fox

10) Your favorite TV show has been canceled, so you...
a) Lock yourself in your room and cry
b) Feel sad about all the poor people who lost their jobs working on the show
c) I don't have a favorite TV show
d) What?!?! They canceled football????

Now give yourself 1 point for every A, two for every B, three for every C, and four for every D. The maximum is 40, and the minimum is 10.  The lower the number, the more feminine you are.

Please comment and let me know what you scored! I'm curious! :)

PS My score: 16

5 comments:

  1. man....as i predicted
    i have no gender...
    as in in got about 26, which is approximately half way between ten and fourty, though i dont feel quizes like this really offer a true understanding of exactly how the human mind works, especially when i found myself wishing they had the answer i REALLY would have chosen on the quiz...
    anyway, im proud that you decided to pick up a nonfiction, but dont rely all you know too heavily on this one book, because im not about to trust conversations between someone with a "mysterious" phd, which she could have in pretty much anything and does not prove she knows what she's talking about, and a humor columnist, who's JOB is to bring out the stereotypes as a comedian, especially when the publisher is very obviously conforming to the classic "girls have to work ten times harder than boys to be noticed"
    still, it sound like a funny book to say the least :D next time im at the library i need to check it out...

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  2. I got 19. Which is pretty much what I expected. I figured the quiz out pretty easily though when I was doing it...I don't like the ones that make it so obvious what answer is what result, cause then you can make it go the way you want.

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  3. I had mostly Bs... but I had 1 D and a few As :) The real quiz was actually 20 questions, but some of them weren't "suitable" for me to post so I just picked the 10 most appropriate.

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