Test Your Survival Quotient
August 5, 2008 at 8:34 AM |
18 comments
Check out this quiz that columnist Tara Parker-Pope of the New York Times put together—based on THE UNTHINKABLE. I actually always wanted to do a quiz like this, but I never got around to it. So thanks, Tara! It’s a really lovely way to kill 10 minutes.
Topic for next book: Why does the human brain love quizzes so much? What is it about quizzes? And how is it related to our lust for Top 10 lists?
T. W. said on August 05, 2008 at 6:46 pm
Your friend from Oz (aka Kansas) scores 11/11…..
How did you do…?
Dennis said on August 11, 2008 at 5:36 am
Amanda,
In the question on where you get your news from, you left out Radio.
It is my main source of news along with the internet as I do not watch
TV or read newspapers. And there are a lot of folks like me who listen to the radio for several hours each day like your interview with Ian tonight.
Dennis
Stephanie said on September 08, 2008 at 4:28 am
I finished your book yesterday afternoon — otherwise I certainly wouldn’t have scored 10/11 today on this quiz. Thank you, Amanda, for a terrific achievement. Not only is it a great read, it’s also a powerful weapon in today’s climate of fear. The more people know, the less helpless we feel. And feeling helpless, as you point out, can lead to some dreadful outcomes.
With luck, “The Unthinkable” may help change the mindset of those who still believe the less we know, the better.
Definition said on September 03, 2010 at 5:54 am
That was a good quiz- (I got a miserly 3/11)! I think Amand Ripley’s Unthinkable is a must read if this is a sample we are going to read there!! We are all so cocooned in our comfortable lives that we go absolutely berserk when faced with some catastrophe and I feel “Unthinkable” is just what we need to keep our heads firmly on our shoulders and face the calamity whatever it may be!! This is definitely going to be a priority of “must reads’!
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We are all so cocooned in our comfortable lives that we go absolutely berserk when faced with some catastrophe and I feel “Unthinkable” is just what we need to keep our heads firmly on our shoulders and face the calamity whatever it may be!! This is definitely going to be a priority of “must reads’!
Mono symptoms said on February 08, 2011 at 11:39 am
Thank you, Amanda, for a terrific achievement. Not only is it a great read, it’s also a powerful weapon in today’s climate of fear. The more people know, the less helpless we feel. And feeling helpless, as you point out, can lead to some dreadful outcomes.
Car price said on February 10, 2011 at 7:31 am
In the question on where you get your news from, you left out Radio.
It is my main source of news along with the internet as I do not watch
TV or read newspapers. And there are a lot of folks like me who listen to the radio for several hours each day like your interview with Ian tonight.
Competitive exams said on February 13, 2011 at 7:15 am
There are a lot of folks like me who listen to the radio for several hours each day like your interview with Ian tonight.
HGH said on February 20, 2011 at 7:02 am
I finished your book yesterday afternoon — otherwise I certainly wouldn’t have scored 10/11 today on this quiz. Thank you, Amanda, for a terrific achievement. Not only is it a great read, it’s also a powerful weapon in today’s climate of fear. The more people know, the less helpless we feel.
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Thank you, Amanda, for a terrific achievement. Not only is it a great read, it’s also a powerful weapon in today’s climate of fear. The more people know, the less helpless we feel.
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Hey Amanda, Thanks for a terrific achievement. its not only a fit read, it’s also a powerful material in today’s fearful environment. The more people know,less helpless we feel. And feeling helpless, as you point out, can lead to some awful outcomes.
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I dont watch TV or read newspapers. And there are a lot of people like me who listens to the radio for many hours a day as your interview tonight with Ian.
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I think humans want to be a winner so therefore we love quizzes
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Thank you, Amanda
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