# Spot The Fake Smile -- Quiz **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 10, 2010, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile-quiz/560201 "2010-11-10T18:58:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile-quiz/560201/41 "2010-11-10T22:26:43Z")
Male, 15/20. Fairly even mix on my misses, although 3 of my misses I was inclined to go the other way at first, then talked myself out of it (numbers 5, 7 and 12). ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile-quiz/560201/42 "2010-11-10T22:30:30Z")
female 19/20 it is all in the muscles around the eyes. But I am cheating, I already knew that - one psychology class I took had a small segment in reading the face and body for clues. ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile-quiz/560201/43 "2010-11-10T22:30:36Z")
Male 13/20 ---
**Author:** ![35\_U.S.C](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/a4c791/32.png) [@35\_U.S.C](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/35_U.S.C)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile-quiz/560201/44 "2010-11-10T22:37:15Z")
Male. 15/20 correct. I missed 3 males and 2 females. Answered “The eyes” at the end. Made me happy I knew what was missing, but disturbed that 25% faked me out 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile-quiz/560201/45 "2010-11-10T22:43:43Z")
female, 17/20 It’s in the eyes. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile-quiz/560201/46 "2010-11-10T22:44:38Z")
Female, 18/20. I missed 13, thinking it was maybe genuine, and 15, thinking it false. (I’m not sure of the gender of 13, to be honest, but 15 is a male.) The eyes have it. ---
**Author:** ![hende](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/aca169/32.png) [@hende](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hende)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile-quiz/560201/47 "2010-11-10T22:44:45Z")
16/20 - Male I missed 2 female and 2 male. Two of those were fake and two of those were genuine. ---
**Author:** ![Chopper9760](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cdc98d/32.png) [@Chopper9760](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chopper9760)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile-quiz/560201/48 "2010-11-10T22:58:10Z")
Female 13/20 I told myself to look at the eyes but ended up looking at the mouth. Clips were fast and I suck way worse than I thought. ---
**Author:** ![Osiris\_the\_1st](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9de0a6/32.png) [@Osiris\_the\_1st](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Osiris_the_1st)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile-quiz/560201/49 "2010-11-10T23:26:17Z")
16/20 Male. All the ones i missed were genuine, that I thought were fake. Though I did have 2nd thought about 2 of those. ---
**Author:** ![KinkiNipponTourist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9bcb4/32.png) [@KinkiNipponTourist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KinkiNipponTourist)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile-quiz/560201/50 "2010-11-10T23:56:40Z")
Jeezus! What’s with the meth users in thar? I found myself worried that some of those folk needed a good rehab program more than they needed to be taking part in a fake smile test. 15/20, female. ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile-quiz/560201/51 "2010-11-10T23:59:52Z")
M -12/20 ☹ ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile-quiz/560201/52 "2010-11-11T00:06:12Z")
F: 19/20, judged strictly by amount of eye-crinkling. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Mondegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/91b2a8/32.png) [@Lord\_Mondegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Mondegreen)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile-quiz/560201/53 "2010-11-11T00:14:24Z")
19/20 Male. Number 17 was the one I got wrong. I’m hardly one to judge, but my word there were some, … ah …, unusual looking people in that group. Edited to add: I mean I scored 19/20 and am male. I’m not 95% male. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![hdc\_bst](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/9f8e36/32.png) [@hdc\_bst](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hdc_bst)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile-quiz/560201/54 "2010-11-11T00:43:10Z")
Male. 18/20. Mistook 4 and 12 as fake. I concentrated on expressiveness of the eyes, particularly ‘eye crinkling.’ ---
**Author:** ![Hedda\_Rosa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hedda_rosa/32/1204_2.png) [@Hedda\_Rosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hedda_Rosa)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile-quiz/560201/55 "2010-11-11T00:44:28Z")
16/20. Only looked at the eyes & not the mouth, but still not a perfect guide for me clearly. ---
**Author:** ![sunstone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunstone/32/3372_2.png) [@sunstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunstone)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile-quiz/560201/56 "2010-11-11T01:15:47Z")
Missed the fourth person from the end of the quiz (# 17); I was pretty indecisive about his smile. Olives and others pretty well nailed it with her reference to the eyes, but don’t forget other parts of the face. I wonder if the person’s appearance had any effect on test answers… ---
**Author:** ![Susie\_Derkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Susie\_Derkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susie_Derkins)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile-quiz/560201/57 "2010-11-11T01:42:05Z")
18/20, female. Missed 11 and 17. ---
**Author:** ![TheTerribleTako](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@TheTerribleTako](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheTerribleTako)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile-quiz/560201/58 "2010-11-11T01:46:58Z")
18/20, female. It’s the eyes for me too. I missed 15 and 17 since I labeled them as fake. Looks like I missed the two guys that were missed the most often. They were much more subdued than the other genuine smiles. ---
**Author:** ![rhubarbarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rhubarbarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhubarbarin)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile-quiz/560201/59 "2010-11-11T01:47:37Z")
17/20, woman. I thought one genuine smile was fake, two fake were genuine. Eyes and head movement are the key but there were some tricky ones in there! ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile-quiz/560201/60 "2010-11-11T02:02:48Z")
16/20, female. I missed one fake and thought three genuine were not. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile-quiz/560201.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile-quiz/560201.md?page=4)