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Why Men Don't Iron This quiz maybe fun, but it's also based on a scientific study undertaken in 1988 and, claims Dr Anne Moir, executive producer of "Why Men Don't Iron", gives very consistent results. But you must be honest - men tend to overestimate themselves, women do the opposite. So which are you - old man or new man, girlie or tomboy? (Source: Channel 4, from 23 June 1998 Radio Times article, 20-26 June ) 1: You hear an indistinct miaow. Without looking around, how well can you place the cat? 1. You hear an indistinct miaow. Without looking around, how well can you place the cat? (a) If you think about it you can point to it (b) You can point straight to it (c) You don't know if you could point to it 2. How good are you at remembering a song you've just heard? (a) You find it easy and you can sing part of it in tune (b) You can only do it if it's simple and rhythmical (c) You find it difficult 3. A person you've met a few times telephones you. How easy is it for you to recognise that voice in the few seconds before the person tells you who they are? (a) You find it quite easy (b) You recognise the voice at least half the time (c) You recognise the voice less than half the time 4. You're with a group of married friends. Two of them are having a clandestine affair. Would you detect their relationship? (a) Nearly always (b) Half the time (c) Seldom 5. You're at a large and purely social gathering. You're introduced to five strangers. If their names are mentioned the following day, how easy is it for you to picture their faces? (a) You remember most of them (b) You remember a few of them (c) You seldom remember any of them 6. In your early school days how easy were spelling and the writing of essays? (a) Both were quite easy (b) One was easy (c) Neither was easy 7. You spot a parking place but you must reverse into it - and it's going to be a fairly tight squeeze. Do you: (a) look for another space? (b) back into it ... carefully? (c) reverse into it without much thought? You've spent three days in a strange village and someone asks you which way is North. (a) You're unlikely to know (b) You're not sure, but given · moment you can work it out (c) You point North You're in a dentist's waiting room with half-a-dozen people of the same sex as you. How close can you sit to one of them without feeling uncomfortable? (a) Less than 6in/15cm (b) 6in to 2ft/I5cm to 60cm (c) Over 2ft/60cm-plus You're visiting your new neighbour and the two of you are talking. There's a tap dripping gently in the background. Otherwise the room is quiet. (a) You notice the dripping sound immediately and try to ignore it (b) If you noticed it you'd probably mention it (c) It doesn't bother you at all 20-26 JUNE 1998 UROW to scope Males score (a) 10 points (b) 5 points (c) minus 5 points Females score (a) 15 points (b) 5 points (c) minus 5 points Unanswered questions count for 5 points. What it adds up to Most men will score between 0 and 60. Most women will score between 50 and 100. Male scores above 60 may show a female bias, women scoring below 50 a bias towards the mate. What it all means:
* Questions from Brain Sex., the Real Difference Between Men and Women by Anne Moir and David Jessel (Penguin Books) |