From my friend Lisa, I learned recently of this most useful quiz: What Are Your Chances of Surviving a Zombie Apocalypse? Turns out my chances are only about 47%, probably because as a mom I just can’t get into the whole “every woman for herself” mentality. On the upside, I’m fairly ruthless and I do enjoy blowing things up.
But, hey, that beats her chances of 16%. And, to paraphrase the old joke, I don’t need to outrun the zombies. I just need to outrun her. So chances are I might come out OK. Sorry, Lisa. ;) It’s only 15 questions — why not take it yourself, and let me know how you did?
Anyway, that led me to this whole page of eminently informative quizzes. In addition to assessing your chances of making it through a zombie attack, you can find out whether you’d make a good human shield, how long you’d likely survive in the vacuum of space (handy to know, fer sure), how many five year old children you could fight at once and win (moms and daycare workers might want to check this out) and much, much more. (For the record, my body is only 36% effective as a human shield, I would survive approximately one minute, eleven seconds in space and could take on 26 preschoolers in a fight.)
See? You can learn stuff even when you spend all day hanging out in the kitchen!
— Diane
