# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![stretch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@stretch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stretch)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile-quiz/560201/121 "2010-11-15T17:00:38Z")
Female, 40s, doesn’t much like people 17/20 ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile-quiz/560201/122 "2010-11-15T17:06:57Z")
Male, 18/20. I missed #1 and #3, got the rest correct. ---
**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 15, 2010, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile-quiz/560201/123 "2010-11-15T17:24:56Z")
> [@Polerius](#): > > ```auto > > men women > How many got 18 right: 0 3 > > ``` You might want to go over your numbers again. Both **Doctor Why** and I got 18 right and are male. If you had the data, it would be really interesting to see if there’s any gender related pattern to the errors, such as a face that men are more likely to guess as fake. Edit: and you can add **interface2x** to our numbers. ---
**Author:** ![araminty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5e925/32.png) [@araminty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/araminty)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile-quiz/560201/124 "2010-11-15T20:45:46Z")
Female - 9/20. Ouch. I think most of my errors were real smiles I categorized as fake. I also noticed I was much more willing to believe men were smiling at me than women. Meaningful? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile-quiz/560201/125 "2010-11-15T21:21:00Z")
14/20 Male I suck at spotting other guys with fake smiles. Got every female correct though. ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2010, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile-quiz/560201/126 "2010-11-17T20:16:46Z")
> [@even\_sven](#): > > Female 18/20. Judging quickly, just looking at the eyes. I seriously stopped even looking at their mouths. Me too. ---
**Author:** ![Nortia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Nortia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nortia)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2010, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile-quiz/560201/127 "2010-11-17T23:24:36Z")
13/20, f ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile-quiz/560201/128 "2010-12-13T22:25:12Z")
Male, 17/20. Did better than I thought I would. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile-quiz/560201/129 "2010-12-14T05:07:44Z")
14/20, male ---
**Author:** ![The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile-quiz/560201/130 "2010-12-14T14:24:31Z")
14/20, female. I wasn’t real confident in a lot of my selections as I was taking the quiz. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile-quiz/560201/131 "2010-12-14T14:42:15Z")
16/20. Male. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile-quiz/560201/132 "2010-12-14T15:46:23Z")
15/20 male, I’m surprised I got as many as I did. Also, all the ones I missed are guys. > [@KinkiNipponTourist](#): > > Jeezus! What’s with the meth users in thar? They’re not meth users, just English. It’s a common mistake 😛 ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile-quiz/560201/133 "2010-12-14T16:19:53Z")
20/20 male. It’s all in the eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile-quiz/560201/134 "2010-12-14T16:26:12Z")
Male, 17/20, and I looked at the eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile-quiz/560201/135 "2010-12-14T17:13:27Z")
I’m male, guessed 15 right out of 20. Out of the five wrong, three were fake and two were genuine. Only one of my wrong guesses was female, and she was the asian woman. What would be the probability of my guessing 15 right by pure chance? ---
**Author:** ![shellofmyformerself](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@shellofmyformerself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shellofmyformerself)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile-quiz/560201/136 "2010-12-15T01:39:41Z")
Female, 16/20. I missed 3, 6, 16, and 20 ( 2 fakes and 2 genuine). Definitely in the eyes… ---
**Author:** ![booklover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@booklover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/booklover)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile-quiz/560201/137 "2010-12-15T01:48:33Z")
17/20, female. Missed all three when the child was asking me homework questions while I was taking the quiz 😛 I knew to look at the eyes, though. ---
**Author:** ![Waxwinged](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c2a13f/32.png) [@Waxwinged](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waxwinged)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile-quiz/560201/138 "2010-12-15T14:30:19Z")
Female, 1/20. Wow, I suck. o\_O ---
**Author:** ![marshmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile-quiz/560201/139 "2010-12-15T16:38:52Z")
Anti-social male, 18/20. I thought reals were fakes, which makes sense. I tend to think people are faking or being deceptive, so I lean that direction if I’m unsure. I swear I took this exact test like 2 years ago. I wonder what the the researchers would think of my fake laugh. I can do a very convincing fake belly laugh that freaks people out when I stop abruptly. Thing is, if I do it for more than 10 seconds I start to laugh for real and get the warm fuzzy feelings associated with an actual laugh, but I don’t do anything differently in my face AFAIK. ---
**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile-quiz/560201/140 "2010-12-15T17:38:53Z")
18/20, male. I missed number 8 and 20. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile-quiz/560201.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-fake-smile-quiz/560201.md?page=8)