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I got 11 out of 52 correct
Posted by: freeradical
Date: December 19, 2021 08:42PM
[www.nytimes.com]
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Re: I got 11 out of 52 correct
Posted by: Wags
Date: December 19, 2021 08:49PM
Smells like data mining.
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Re: I got 11 out of 52 correct
Posted by: RgrF
Date: December 19, 2021 08:52PM
We must live under neighboring rocks, I only got 21.
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Re: I got 11 out of 52 correct
Posted by: Sarcany
Date: December 19, 2021 08:57PM
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Smells like data mining.

Hah! Didn't load. I hit the paywall.


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Re: I got 11 out of 52 correct
Posted by: Wags
Date: December 19, 2021 09:00PM
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Smells like data mining.

Hah! Didn't load. I hit the paywall.

OPTION click
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Re: I got 11 out of 52 correct
Posted by: Sarcany
Date: December 19, 2021 09:22PM
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Smells like data mining.

Hah! Didn't load. I hit the paywall.

OPTION click

Thanks! Worked.

25 of 52, but I got really tired of it by #28 and blew a few from fatigue.


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Re: I got 11 out of 52 correct
Posted by: Lew Zealand
Date: December 19, 2021 09:48PM
14 of 52. Recognized another 5 or so from face and what they are known for but just couldn't remember the name, like Manchin and Xi.
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Re: I got 11 out of 52 correct
Posted by: graylocks
Date: December 19, 2021 09:50PM
16.

Most of the ones I didn't know I hadn't even heard of especially in the entertainment and sports categories.


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Re: I got 11 out of 52 correct
Posted by: PeterB
Date: December 19, 2021 10:00PM
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16.

Most of the ones I didn't know I hadn't even heard of especially in the entertainment and sports categories.

That was the same for me... also, I would debate whether or not some of those people were really "notable".



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Re: I got 11 out of 52 correct
Posted by: datbeme
Date: December 19, 2021 10:26PM
I got 26, but I cheated by googling spellings and people I definitely knew but couldn't recall the names of (which was probably at least a half dozen of them). I imagine, I'll be doing that more and more in the next couple of decades

Hopefully Jeremy O. Harris doesn't take it too hard that he was only recognized by 2% of respondents.
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Re: I got 11 out of 52 correct
Posted by: datbeme
Date: December 19, 2021 10:30PM
I only knew BTS from some stupid pop music quiz that someone posted a while back. Never heard of them before that, but they had about 6 of the most popular songs of all time according to whatever bizarre benchmark was being used.
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Re: I got 11 out of 52 correct
Posted by: Sarcany
Date: December 19, 2021 10:58PM
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I only knew BTS from some stupid pop music quiz that someone posted a while back. Never heard of them before that, but they had about 6 of the most popular songs of all time according to whatever bizarre benchmark was being used.

If it weren't for a story I saw last week on K-pop in America that also covered a chunk of the MTV Music awards I would have missed several more of them. Still confused one of the artists, mistook her for Ariana Grande.






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Re: I got 11 out of 52 correct
Posted by: Blankity Blank
Date: December 19, 2021 11:07PM
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….35 of 52… ….pop culture powered by NewtonMP2100…. ….top 5%…. big grin smiley

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Still confused one of the artists, mistook her for Ariana Grande.
Olivio Rodrigo Something? If so, that one got me too, in the same way.


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Re: I got 11 out of 52 correct
Posted by: Filliam H. Muffman
Date: December 19, 2021 11:27PM
27. I got most of the sports and non-NY politicians. BTS was on Colbert and Corden (it was Rain before them). I missed Eilish because I hadn't seen a pic with her hair off of her face. Very few of the actors/celebs since I don't read NYT for that stuff.


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Re: I got 11 out of 52 correct
Posted by: Blankity Blank
Date: December 19, 2021 11:54PM
For the curious, the answer key with percentage of NYT subscribers who were able to name the person.


Wow. A LOT of clinching of sphincters and clutching of pearls in the comment section for the quiz. Actors? Singers?? Internet…”people”??? big grin smiley

”Lots of "celebrities", and few people of real worth and impact on our world.”

”Where are the leaders of STEM subjects?”

”As someone who listens to classic rock, jazz, country and classical music, watches Swedish, Scottish, and British programs, and tends not to go to movie theaters. I found most of the younger individuals unforgettable.” [sic]


National Suicide Prevention Hotline tel:1-800-273-8255

I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.



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Re: I got 11 out of 52 correct
Posted by: N-OS X-tasy!
Date: December 20, 2021 12:26AM
29. In the immortal words of Adam Sandler, not too shabby.


It is what it is.
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Re: I got 11 out of 52 correct
Posted by: jdc
Date: December 20, 2021 02:41AM
28, didnt know the sports peeps. or a few of the political dudes.

knew the singers -- oliva, doja, charlie, billie, nax -- cause teenage daughters. =)




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Re: I got 11 out of 52 correct
Posted by: apocketfulofwry
Date: December 20, 2021 02:55AM
35

Recognized 6 others, but couldn't remember their names.

I watch way too much news.
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Re: I got 11 out of 52 correct
Posted by: Michael
Date: December 20, 2021 04:37AM
Easily recognized and knew I'd be able to figure out their names if I spent more than a couple of seconds: 17.

Named as I saw them: 12.
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Re: I got 11 out of 52 correct
Posted by: pdq
Date: December 20, 2021 08:30AM
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I got 26, but I cheated by googling spellings and people I definitely knew but couldn't recall the names of (which was probably at least a half dozen of them).

Twenty five, using the same technique (Oh, that’s the head of the CDC, and her name is….google, google).

I got too many politicians right, and too few entertainers correct (and even then, I had to guess Billie Eilish twice to get one right…)

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Re: I got 11 out of 52 correct
Posted by: raz
Date: December 20, 2021 09:16AM
25 here. I'm mostly clueless on rap/pop/hiphop artists Luckily, The Times is reasonably loose on spelling.

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Re: I got 11 out of 52 correct
Posted by: gabester
Date: December 20, 2021 09:30AM
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I got 26, but I cheated...

I got 49, but I cheated... by dragging the images of the ones I didn't know to my desktop. They were all named for the person they pictured! I actually knew 27 of them, and the 3 I got wrong I thought I knew, thought the one guy was Terry McCauliffe the former VA gov (it was his replacement Youngkin); it didn't accept PM Xi for the Chinese leader, or Jow Rogan; and I didn't recognize Navalny (had a hunch he was "some Russian guy" but couldn't place him) or Sen. Sinema.

Several other correct guesses I had to use google to call to mind, e.g. "the actor who plays Shang Chi" and "actor who plays dune" cuz I wouldn't have known their names or wanted confirmation I had the correct person in mind.


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Re: I got 11 out of 52 correct
Posted by: richorlin
Date: December 20, 2021 09:31AM
I live in the same neighborhood: 11 out of 52


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Re: I got 11 out of 52 correct
Posted by: Blankity Blank
Date: December 20, 2021 10:36AM
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raz
Luckily, The Times is reasonably loose on spelling.

Yeah, that was greatly appreciated on my part. big grin smiley


National Suicide Prevention Hotline tel:1-800-273-8255

I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.



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Re: I got 11 out of 52 correct
Posted by: vision63
Date: December 20, 2021 02:52PM
I got 22. I can't imagine anyone getting over 25 of them correct
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Re: I got 11 out of 52 correct
Posted by: graylocks
Date: December 20, 2021 03:22PM
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raz
Luckily, The Times is reasonably loose on spelling.

[/spoiler]

Not only spelling, they accepted the name of the character played instead of the actor playing the character for one of the answers.


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