NYT: Quiz: Can You Identify These Politicians, Athletes and Celebrities? Most Americans Can’t.

[Cooked Crack]

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/12/23/upshot/recognizability-quiz.html

 

49/52 for me. Only trouble was internet personalities.

 

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[China]

Since I'm not a subscriber I can't get past the paywall, so can't take the quiz.

[Cooked Crack]

2 minutes ago, China said:

Since I'm not a subscriber I can't get past the paywall, so can't take the quiz.

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[China]

33 of 52.  Some I'd never even heard of, let alone seen before.  Some, like Drake and Rihanna I know of but didn't recognize because I don't listen to their music or watch their videos.

[GhostofSparta]

Not too bad. I got 35, but I protest that it should have been 36. They did not accept "Winnie the Pooh" for Xi Jinping, which I disagree with.

[Vilandil Tasardur]

34 out of 52. I struggled with 1 or 2 of the internet personalities, most of the B rate politicians, and most of the old rich white dudes that weren't politicians.

Just now, GhostofSparta said:

Not too bad. I got 35, but I protest that it should have been 36. They did not accept "Winnie the Pooh" for Xi Jinping, which I disagree with.

I actually just typed President of China and they accepted it; I was surprised 😅

[Forehead]

I got 38, mostly politicians and sports.  Zero idea on the internet stars.  My worst miss was MIchelle Obama, after the first couple I had a specific group of people I expected to show up and drew a complete blank, yet I got Stacey Abrams correct.  Go figure.

 

Sadly, I also missed several of the fringe democrat contenders like John Delaney, they haven't been on screen enough to register.

[Destino]

I got 42.  I mostly read the news so some of these faces I've simply never seen before.  There were a few I've never heard of like Jeffree Star, Emma Chamberlain, Markplier.  Even upon learning their names, I still have no idea who those people are. 

[PokerPacker]

I don't remember what my score was, but it was low.  Very low.

[88Comrade2000]

I got 38. Should have been 40. They didn’t like my spelling for Stacy abrams and Kamala harris.

[Riggo-toni]

15 hours ago, Vilandil Tasardur said:

 

I actually just typed President of China and they accepted it; I was surprised 😅

I typed Xi Xinping instead of Jinping and was marked as wrong...assholes.

 

I got all the politicians/world leaders/billionaires right except the stupid self help guru.

Missed the sports except for Brady, LeBron and guessed right on Serena.

Clueless on nearly all celebrities.

34/52.

[Destino]

10 minutes ago, Riggo-toni said:

I typed Xi Xinping instead of Jinping and was marked as wrong...assholes.

Were we supposed to write out full names?  I just typed in Xi and got it right.

[dchogs]

42/52... didn't know the internet people or the random politicians (I recognized some but didn't know names).

[Sacks 'n' Stuff]

2/52. I have prosopamnesia though so...

[Hersh]

I’m giving myself a 43 cause it didn’t accept Moscow Mitch nor Dip**** for Pres. Dip****.

 

have no idea who pewdiepie and I don’t have any interest in knowing. Same for markiplier or something like that.

[CousinsCowgirl84]

27.

[JCB]

46. Didn't know them youngsters.

[PleaseBlitz]

44.  I don't Hollywood.

 

Fairly happy I didn't get this person.

 

[PokerPacker]

4 hours ago, Hersh said:

I’m giving myself a 43 cause it didn’t accept Moscow Mitch nor Dip**** for Pres. Dip****.

 

have no idea who pewdiepie and I don’t have any interest in knowing. Same for markiplier or something like that.

pewdiepie is an online racist who makes millions of dollars a year playing video games while acting like a moron.

 

You're welcome.

[Hersh]

18 minutes ago, PokerPacker said:

pewdiepie is an online racist who makes millions of dollars a year playing video games while acting like a moron.

 

You're welcome.

 

[Cooked Crack]

27 minutes ago, PleaseBlitz said:

44.  I don't Hollywood.

 

Fairly happy I didn't get this person.

Didn't get that one. Must be the modern day Marilyn Manson. Have no desire to search the ones I didn't recognize. Figure I'm not missing much.

 

6 hours ago, Sacks 'n' Stuff said:

2/52. I have prosopamnesia though so...

Hmm. Which 2 did you get right?

[CousinsCowgirl84]

49 minutes ago, PleaseBlitz said:

44.  I don't Hollywood.

 

Fairly happy I didn't get this person.

 

I guessed Marilyn Manson...

[Riggo-toni]

3 hours ago, PleaseBlitz said:

44.  I don't Hollywood.

 

Fairly happy I didn't get this person.

Is that even human?

[RansomthePasserby]

23 hours ago, PokerPacker said:

pewdiepie is an online racist who makes millions of dollars a year playing video games while acting like a moron.

 

You're welcome.

Yup, his net worth is $30 Million and he plays video games while bantering obnoxiously at the camera. Basically every 13 year old’s dream life.