# Risk of being murdered quiz **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 11, 2015, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/risk-of-being-murdered-quiz/714755 "2015-03-11T14:27:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_fun_ball/32/17664_2.png) [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2015, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/risk-of-being-murdered-quiz/714755/21 "2015-03-11T18:26:51Z")
Risk of Murder: -7 (I really think this is a -7) Risk of Assault: 34 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2015, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/risk-of-being-murdered-quiz/714755/22 "2015-03-11T18:28:46Z")
1. Lying about the previous Mrs. Plants, my rote to work and firearms got me down to -6. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2015, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/risk-of-being-murdered-quiz/714755/23 "2015-03-11T19:03:55Z")
1. There were periods in my life when it would have been MUCH higher. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2015, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/risk-of-being-murdered-quiz/714755/24 "2015-03-11T19:27:38Z")
I got a -12. It did say that “•You are drinking too much in public.” Bwhaaa, I definately overstated that part but the selections were quite limited. It also suggested I trade my car in for a Yugo. Ain’t gonna happen. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2015, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/risk-of-being-murdered-quiz/714755/25 "2015-03-11T19:43:07Z")
I got a 2. I work from home and have no spouse, exes, kids or siblings under 16. Don’t drink, do drugs or do anything with firearms. It’s kind of a plumpy 2, though. I walk my somewhat-deserted neighborhood every day between 5 and 5:30. I could be a sitting duck at that point! Otherwise I am safely locked away. Erm…right here, where I always am, where anyone who wants to murder me can find me. ---
**Author:** ![Stuffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2015, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/risk-of-being-murdered-quiz/714755/26 "2015-03-11T19:48:42Z")
I got a 44. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Joker\_and\_the\_Thief](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e79b87/32.png) [@The\_Joker\_and\_the\_Thief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Joker_and_the_Thief)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2015, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/risk-of-being-murdered-quiz/714755/27 "2015-03-11T20:09:16Z")
Intentionally aiming for the highest score, I got 427. In reality, I got 18, mostly due to jogging the same route every day. ---
**Author:** ![Marion\_Wormer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d07c76/32.png) [@Marion\_Wormer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marion_Wormer)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2015, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/risk-of-being-murdered-quiz/714755/28 "2015-03-11T20:46:15Z")
> [@Rhiannon8404](#): > > I got 41. I’m guessing some of that is because I have been in media a couple of times for the charity I work with. Also I don’t know if owning guns lowered or raised my score. Me too. Mostly because I’ve been published in a national magazine and am mentioned in blogs and a forum. (SDMB is not the only forum for me! Hee heee!) Unloaded guns don’t seem to lower your score. Loaded guns will lower your score. I did an excursion to see. However, I think loaded guns in the house raise the risk of unintended death, so they may reduce your risk of murder, but not of death. They completely left out the following question: Do you have a big tough dog with a mean bark and complete dedication to you? Cause we all know, dogs are totally kick ass. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2015, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/risk-of-being-murdered-quiz/714755/29 "2015-03-11T22:39:14Z")
I got a 4. I live in LA, which I think increases my score. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2015, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/risk-of-being-murdered-quiz/714755/30 "2015-03-11T22:49:38Z")
I got -24. I feel very safe. ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2015, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/risk-of-being-murdered-quiz/714755/31 "2015-03-11T22:54:20Z")
I got a 4, but I don’t know how my not instructing babysitters mattered. As my only child is 38, I’m not much into hiring sitters. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/risk-of-being-murdered-quiz/714755/32 "2015-03-12T01:08:20Z")
56 for me. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/risk-of-being-murdered-quiz/714755/33 "2015-03-12T02:48:49Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > 56 for me. That is one way of being shunned. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/risk-of-being-murdered-quiz/714755/34 "2015-03-12T03:06:17Z")
I got a “4”. If my parents didn’t divorced 40 years ago (and one of them is dead), I would have been -2. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/risk-of-being-murdered-quiz/714755/35 "2015-03-12T08:44:36Z")
I’m not telling you what I got! I understand how probability works, but some weirdnesses: Apparently 150,000 people is “the big city”? What is this, the North Dakota test? It seems to think that I am divorced, despite not checking that box. ---
**Author:** ![DrumBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@DrumBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrumBum)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/risk-of-being-murdered-quiz/714755/36 "2015-03-12T12:06:46Z")
I scored a 29 which the quiz rates as Low risk. It did say that based on a couple of G&T’s on the weekend suggests I drink too much. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/risk-of-being-murdered-quiz/714755/37 "2015-03-13T00:26:00Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > That is one way of being shunned. :dubious: Naaah - that would be something under a 10. \ He ain’t wurth killin. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/risk-of-being-murdered-quiz/714755.md?page=1)