# Any online quiz from FB that you didn't ace? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 10, 2017, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-online-quiz-from-fb-that-you-didnt-ace/790961 "2017-07-10T23:28:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Marci\_Al](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@Marci\_Al](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marci_Al)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2017, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-online-quiz-from-fb-that-you-didnt-ace/790961/1 "2017-07-10T23:28:49Z")
This is almost a pit. Maybe it’s a way to encourage millennials and generation Z’s that reading and being knowledgeable is cool. But they put in ridiculously easy multiple choice questions and challenge people to ace it, assuring them that doing so puts them in the top-1% or something. The latest is one asking for the capitals (de facto or seat of government?) of 29 countries. So to have an IQ of 149 one only has to spend an afternoon with a map of the world (an old map at that.) They didn’t even ask tough ones like Bangui, or Antananarivo, or any capital of the former Soviet states. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-online-quiz-from-fb-that-you-didnt-ace/790961/2 "2017-07-11T00:57:39Z")
The point of 99.9% of those “quizzes” is to get you to click through multiple pages of ads. They are not trying to do _anything_ other than sell advertising. I have even seen quizzes that will mark you correct regardless of your answer. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-online-quiz-from-fb-that-you-didnt-ace/790961/3 "2017-07-11T03:33:23Z")
FB is basically second-grade refrigerator art, taped up to make the mediocre feel good. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-online-quiz-from-fb-that-you-didnt-ace/790961/4 "2017-07-11T11:15:17Z")
You meant I’m not qualified to be a brain surgeon?!?!? ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-online-quiz-from-fb-that-you-didnt-ace/790961/5 "2017-07-11T12:19:24Z")
I found out just yesterday that I am apparently already an expert nurse. The only ones that I have ever “failed” involve TV shows, movies and music post-2000. I am a full-blown retard when it comes to those and not even Facebook quizzes can deny that simple fact even though I tend to get most questions right just because the answer choices are even dumber than I am. I like the way that many of them give you the answer in the form of a picture right above the choices. If only all of life was that easy… That said, I love clickbait in general and almost always go for it. Why yes, I do want to see what 70’s sitcom star has aged shockingly badly even though I know that the person in the ad won’t be included in the list at all. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Shine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr_shine/32/464_2.png) [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-online-quiz-from-fb-that-you-didnt-ace/790961/6 "2017-07-11T12:29:43Z")
My current top 3 facebook peeves: 1. The new large coloured boxes of text. 2. Ohhh Jeremy Corbynistas 3. “I just got 9/10 on this quiz and I’m a genius” posts. (No, dear. You’re actually a moron for i) not getting 10/10 on such an absurdly easy quiz and ii) posting about it.) ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-online-quiz-from-fb-that-you-didnt-ace/790961/7 "2017-07-11T12:40:39Z")
Not sure if it was Facebook but I did take a similarly-styled quiz that asked me to name English counties by shape and I only got a little above random chance because I’m not English and the boundaries are more fluid/less meaningful than US States. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-online-quiz-from-fb-that-you-didnt-ace/790961/8 "2017-07-11T13:12:39Z")
Earlier this year I had some serious vision problems. At one point while I was awaiting surgery, I took this clickbait vision test on Facebook and I was assured that " I had the superior vision of a pilot". ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-online-quiz-from-fb-that-you-didnt-ace/790961/9 "2017-07-11T13:15:03Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > You meant I’m not qualified to be a brain surgeon?!?!? Do you know where the brain is? Have you ever unmolded Jello? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-online-quiz-from-fb-that-you-didnt-ace/790961/10 "2017-07-11T13:24:23Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > You meant I’m not qualified to be a brain surgeon?!?!? > [@running\_coach](#): > > Do you know where the brain is? > Have you ever unmolded Jello? Were the pyramids used for grain storage? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-online-quiz-from-fb-that-you-didnt-ace/790961/11 "2017-07-11T13:28:20Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > Were the pyramids used for grain storage? _Shake_ _shake_ _shake_ Reply hazy, try again. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-online-quiz-from-fb-that-you-didnt-ace/790961/12 "2017-07-11T14:05:53Z")
At my Monday Evening Literature Meeting, the bartender and I took a **Are You Smarter Than The Bartender** quiz. I scored 9 out of 10 (I didn’t know what a cop wanted when he ordered an “Against The Wall”\*\*\*\*\*) The bartender scored 8 out of 10, missing the same one I missed and misreading an easy one. \*Galliano was the answer they wanted. ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-online-quiz-from-fb-that-you-didnt-ace/790961/13 "2017-07-11T18:40:54Z")
Don’t take those quizzes. Here’s just some of the information you are sharing when you do: INFO YOU PROVIDE TO THIS APP: Public profile (required) Friend list Email address Relationships Your loved ones and other family members on Facebook. Relationship interests Your relationship details. Birthday Work history Status updates Your status updates. Education history Events Your events. Groups Your groups. Hometown The city where you grew up. Current city Photos Photos uploaded by you, photos you’re tagged in Religious and political views Your perspectives or affiliations in religion or politics. Videos Your personal videos or those shared from Youtube, Vimeo, and other networks. Website Your personal Website Personal description Your personal summary of yourself on Facebook. Likes All the things you “like” THIS APP CAN: Post Lets the app post on your behalf. These posts may appear on your Timeline and in News Feed. View them all in your Activity Log. Access the groups you manage The content and member list of the groups you manage. ---
**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-online-quiz-from-fb-that-you-didnt-ace/790961/14 "2017-07-11T19:53:18Z")
Never have taken one, never will. Reasons above. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-online-quiz-from-fb-that-you-didnt-ace/790961/15 "2017-07-11T20:43:09Z")
Are the quizzes now set up where they actually get that info? In the past, they always ended with asking me for my Facebook info, which I would refuse to give them. Often, this was after they showed the score, so I would just copy and paste. Granted, these weren’t quizzes where you were trying to get 100%, which are pretty much always guaranteed to ace and no fun. They were the ones that tell you who you are most like. And the fun in them comes in seeing if you can figure out how the algorithm works. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Shine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr_shine/32/464_2.png) [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2017, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-online-quiz-from-fb-that-you-didnt-ace/790961/16 "2017-07-12T08:49:35Z")
In order to satisfy myself that the quizzes were as easy as I suspected I took a few, always by right-clicking it and starting in private window, never had a problem taking any. One thing to note also, a lot of them don’t even keep score accurately, choose answers at random and it’ll give you 100% ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2017, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-online-quiz-from-fb-that-you-didnt-ace/790961/17 "2017-07-12T15:46:29Z")
> [@Mr\_Shine](#): > > . One thing to note also, a lot of them don’t even keep score accurately, choose answers at random and it’ll give you 100% What good is that? The duming down of America continues. “Don’t worry, scrote. There are plenty of 'tards out there living really kick-ass lives. My first wife was 'tarded. Then she took a FB quiz - She’s a pilot now.” ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2017, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-online-quiz-from-fb-that-you-didnt-ace/790961/18 "2017-07-12T15:53:45Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > They were the ones that tell you who you are most like. And the fun in them comes in seeing if you can figure out how the algorithm works. Well, you are bashful, which I totally get. But I’m _sneezy_, which makes no sense at all.☹ ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2017, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-online-quiz-from-fb-that-you-didnt-ace/790961/19 "2017-07-12T16:01:53Z")
I somehow got The Door to the Cottage. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2017, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-online-quiz-from-fb-that-you-didnt-ace/790961/20 "2017-07-12T16:14:27Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > What good is that? The duming down of America continues. :snort: