Sex quiz: Test your Carnal Knowledge
A quick quiz to determine how keenly you're attuned to the science of sex - and whether that's a good thing.
The past year brought us more shocking insights into the world of sex: from the secret lives of Komodo dragons to new hope for erectile dysfunction, from progress in the long-standing puzzle about human/Neanderthal sex to scientific confirmation of the tricks of pickup artists.
Have you been paying attention? Here's our second annual sex-and-science quiz to test your Carnal Knowledge.
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1. In the course of some scientific investigations, scientists recently found they could make heterosexual male snakes attempt to have gay sex. How did they do it?
2. The recent census found that in the U.S., only 49 percent of women were living with spouses, compared with 53 percent of men. Why do single women outnumber single men?
3. Tests show that women prefer the scent of a man with potentially compatible immune genes known as the MHC complex. Which of the following interferes with women's scent preferences?
4. Which of these constituted the biggest male/female differences seen on a University of Wisconsin survey?
5. At the Chester Zoo in England, a Komodo dragon named Flora made the news last year for what?
6. Which of these effects of eating too much soy was substantiated scientifically?
7. When hermaphroditic sea worms meet, how do they figure out which one is going to take on the male role and which will play the female?
8. Scientists recently figured out the identity of some flea-sized parasites riding on deep-sea anglerfish. What are they?
9. How do male sea urchins compete with one another for the chance to procreate?
10. What new erectile-dysfunction treatment proved safe in a recent clinical trial?
11. Who do male chimps find most attractive?
12. How are scientists planning to determine whether early Homo sapiens interbred with Neanderthals?
13. Which of the following is a tactic for picking up women recommended in The Mystery Method and later shown to work in a psychology experiment?
14. Which of the following does zoologist Robin Baker consider a real side effect of male masturbation?
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Your score. 10-14 correct: You are either a faithful reader or extremely science savvy, or both.
5-9 correct: You're probably a faithful reader and very science savvy but were tripped up by the trick questions.
0-5 correct: Congratulations, your sex life was so great that you didn't have time to read the paper.