August 12, 2004

Hint: It's all in the eyes

Take this fun quiz where you guess which smiles are fake and which are genuine.

I have to admit that I rule.

I got 19 out of 20 correct.

(via Truly Bad Films)

Posted by sheila
Comments

Well, here I thought I would get a perfect score, dealing with legislators and their staff all the time, and the best I could do was 15 out of 20.

You definitely rule. But we knew that already!

Posted by: Jeff at August 12, 2004 02:40 PM

Oh, it's just cause it's about emotion. I'm all about emotion.

If it were quizzes on ... say ... tax law or window treatments ... I'd suck.

Posted by: red at August 12, 2004 02:42 PM

I'll remember that if we ever find ourselves facing off in a Trivial Pursuit tournament. Since my wife is an interior designer, I have more knowledge on window treatments than I'm comfortable admitting to.

Posted by: Jeff at August 12, 2004 02:56 PM

I only got 14 right, but almost all of the ones I was unsure about were the ones I missed...

Posted by: MikeR at August 12, 2004 03:30 PM

How 'bout that one chick who looked like ... well, like a serial killer of some kind. Do you remember her? With the big high forehead and shadowed eyes? I saw her and thought: Damn, before I even SEE her smile, I know it's fake!!

Posted by: red at August 12, 2004 03:33 PM

Yes, Red, but can you tell if my smile right now is Genuine or Fake?

Posted by: david at August 12, 2004 03:34 PM

David, I can feel the genuine-ness emanating through the Movable Type interface.

Posted by: red at August 12, 2004 03:35 PM

For that one, I was looking for a third button marked "creepy."

17/20. Misjudged two fakes and one genuine.

Posted by: Dave at August 12, 2004 03:35 PM

HAHAHA "Damn, where is that creepy button?"

Posted by: red at August 12, 2004 03:36 PM

#13! that was the first think i was going to mention when i came here, but you beat me to it. definitely channeling aileen warnous. i got 18 right. i got the asian girl wrong and the very last guy wrong. which one did you get wrong, sheila?

Posted by: Allison at August 12, 2004 05:24 PM

Yeah, the serial killer was pretty scary. I'm not sure I WANT to know what a genuine smile from that one would look like...

Posted by: MikeR at August 12, 2004 05:56 PM

The only time you'd see a real smile out of her would be right before she stabbed you.

Allison - I got the chunky-faced guy with the 70s era mustache wrong. I said it was fake, but it was genuine. Believe it or not, I did change my answer on that one. The rest I chose without hesitation, but that one gave me pause.

I chose wrongly.

Posted by: red at August 12, 2004 05:59 PM

Interesting. I thought I was doing terribly, but I got 17/20. Unfortunately, I missed the last two, which hurt my score. I really thought I was getting about half right. If Sheila hadn't mentioned the eyes in her post, I don't think I would have done as well.

Posted by: DBW at August 12, 2004 06:17 PM

The eyes have it.

Posted by: red at August 12, 2004 06:18 PM

Way behind on my reading here!! I got 17/20 right, and I agree with David. I thought I'd only get about 1/2 right. One was a blond guy, and I got gap-tooth guy wrong too. His eyes looked shifty to me. I think it would have been funny if the last test was the actual 70's smiley face, just to have one 'gimme' on the test.

Posted by: Ann Marie at August 12, 2004 06:29 PM

oh, i didn't even read the title of the post, but just instinctively looked at the eyes. the eyes speak volumes and volumes.

Posted by: Allison at August 12, 2004 06:43 PM

19/20. Woo hoo!

Posted by: Ken Summers, Perversion Catalyst at August 12, 2004 07:07 PM

Ahem: 17 out of 20.

Don't say bullshite to me!

Posted by: Alex at August 12, 2004 09:22 PM

17/20 for me too

Posted by: Laura at August 13, 2004 10:36 AM

15 for 20, but then I was on #15 before I figured to look at the eyes...... Dumb, me!

Posted by: Loco^Owl at August 14, 2004 04:40 AM