Comments on: Confession: I compulsively take online quizzes.

By: I’m a thirty-nine. What’s your score? « The View From Here

I’m a thirty-nine. What’s your score? « The View From Here — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 04:21:17 +0000

[...] 13, 2008 in just for fun, online quizzes, personality tests We already know I compulsively take online quizzes. Here’s one from my e-mail. Rumor has it Dr. Phil did this test on Oprah, but I have no idea [...]

By: My dream home has a sulking corner. « The View From Here

My dream home has a sulking corner. « The View From Here — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 18:26:06 +0000

[...] authors, books, cats, daydreaming, dogs, dream homes, home building, home plans, online quizzes A compulsive quiz-taker, I just had to find out what my dream home would really look like. Loved the “sulking corner [...]

By: Lori Stevens

Lori Stevens — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 07:00:30 +0000

I agree with what Lisa said…I’m on the tail end of being a boomer, I would have done better if there were more Brady Bunch and Partridge Family (let’s not forget The Waltons and Little House on the Prairie) TV show questions, and my reading tended toward more of the classics–you know, Little Women, The Bobbsey Twins, Nancy Drew, and Trixie Belden. I remember I first learned about sales tax when the $1.50 I saved didn’t cover the $1.49 cost of the Bobbsey Twins book I was trying to buy. How mortifying and crushing to find this out in the check-out line at Valu-Mart!

My score on the quiz was an embarrassing 32%. I then succumbed to the “boomer’s carnal knowledge quiz” on which I scored a whopping 45%. Is that good or bad?!

Thanks for the fun online quiz idea, Susan!

By: Michelle Willingham

Michelle Willingham — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 23:40:47 +0000

What a great story about Ray Bradbury. Isn’t it great to have a book passed down so many generations?

Now, off to try the quiz…

By: Wendy Roberts

Wendy Roberts — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 15:52:42 +0000

I got 61% which is actually higher than I expected LOL.

A couple years ago I was quietly writing on my laptop in the corner of a Boy Scout meeting. A four year old sibling of one of the Scouts frequently ran over to see what I was doing and finally asked. When I told him I was writing a book he looked up at me with big eyes and said, “I know who you are, you’re Dr. Seuss!”

By: Patricia Wood

Patricia Wood — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 04:14:39 +0000

This was a great way to allow me to procrastinate with impunity.
I was shocked at how poorly I did.
Maybe this means I can lie about my age.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 22:26:17 +0000

If they asked questions about the Hardy Boys or Nancy Drew, I would have been all over that. Oh, well.

By: susanwiggs

susanwiggs — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 21:02:06 +0000

I was tempted to go low on the Cat in the Hat, but I got it correct because I freakishly can recite nearly the whole book, so most of the words are in my head.

Dr Seuss is my muse. I should write a blog post about that …

By: april

april — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 20:54:57 +0000

OK, my mom got a 29% and half of those she guessed. Plus, she told me she never read Farenheit 251 (I know that’s spelled incorrectly). So, I told her she had to put it on her list.

Strangely, we got many of the same ones in correct. She also is objecting to The Cat and the Hat question. She swears it was around 100 words (and she does hate to be wrong about Dr. Seuss who is one of her heroes). My mother is, indeed, incorrect.

“The story is 1626 words in length and uses a vocabulary of only 236 unique words, of which 54 occur exactly once and 33 twice. Only a single word – another – has three syllables, while 14 have two and the remaining 221 are monosyllabic. The longest words are something and playthings.”

By: april

april — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 19:42:53 +0000

I was with 17% of folks who fell in the 51-60% with a 53% myself.

In my defense, I’m not a baby boomer. My mom turned 59 this year. I should have her take the quiz. She’s not to up on popular culture, but she’s somewhat well-read. So, it’s a toss up.

Surprisingly, I didn’t do well on any one particular subject matter. I got maybe half of the children’s lit questions. I had a few lucky guesses and a few that I knew from school. This is where it did help to be an English major.

~ april, feeling a young 31 today