TEST YOUR COURAGE QUOTIENT

[Graham]

TEST YOUR COURAGE QUOTIENT
Here is a sample of a test psychologists use to help determine your potential for being brave when faced with danger. Check whether you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. Answer each the way you really feel, not the way you think you should feel. After completing the test, see the scoreboard at the end of this article for your total number of points and your Courage Quotient.

1. Any man should love camping and hunting
2. Only a sucker goes out of his way to help people
3. It’s more exciting to be a bank clerk than a lumberjack
4. Practical jokes are fun
5. I would like to be a skillful mountain climber
6. I wouldn’t like a job with irregular hours
7. A man should get tough when people pick on him
8. A man who is good at making outdoor fires should be admired
9. Bad weather always annoys me
10. Most people are essentially selfish
11. A man should be loyal to his friends, whether they are right or wrong
12. Nobody should work hard if he can get away with it
13. A totalitarian system of government is more efficient
14. Always follow the rules if you want to get places
15. A boy who likes pets grows up to be a better man
16. A cowboy movie is more interesting than a good love story
17. A man who spends his money too freely is a fool
18. A man who seldom boasts should be admired
19. I would get enjoyment from any job if I did it well
20. Desk work is more for a woman than a man
21. I’d rather read a detective story than a humorous story
22. A foreigner can’t think or act as fast as an American
23. After most wars, the U.S. came out the loser in the peace treaties
24. A man without close friends would be lonely

COURAGE QUOTIENT SCOREBOARD
Match your answers on the Courage Quotient Test with the scores given below. Then add up your total number of points.
Question      Agree    Disagree
1.                  10          5
2.                    5         10
3.                    5         10
4.                    5         10
5.                  10          5
6.                  10          5
7.                  10          5
8.                  10          5
9.                  10          5
10.                   5        10
11.                 10         5
12.                   5        10
13.                   5        10
14.                   5       10
15.                 10        5
16.                   5       10
17.                   5       10
18.                 10        5
19.                 10        5
20.                 10        5
21.                 10        5
22.                   5        10
23.                   5        10
24.                 10        5

Your total score___
If your score is above 180 your Courage Quotient is excellent. From 180-140: average. If your total score is below 135 your potential for being a hero when confronted by danger is poor.



I got 200.

[Vltava]

A totalitarian government is way more efficient.

[RabidTreeFrog]

smoof, i got 200 also.

hooray for my blind courage/defiance/badassity/stupidity/not-realising-the-danger-infront-ofme-!

[The Geologist]

I got 220, but I have a problem with a few of those answers. 

If you're a "real man" then why should you lose points for not being bothered by bad weather?  Seems a real man shouldn't mind it.

[Dascoo]

175.  around 5 of those questions are dumb as pie.

[Vltava]

Graham, did you find this on MySpace?

[a-4-year-old]

195, har har... im brave!

what the hell is wrong with bad weather anyway? i mean wtf?

[Graham]

Graham, did you find this on MySpace?

boingboing.net

[Dascoo]

20. Desk work is more for a woman than a man

I didn't care so I said disagree

9. Bad weather always annoys me

What the fuck?

3. It’s more exciting to be a bank clerk than a lumberjack

You suck.

22. A foreigner can’t think or act as fast as an American

Banned.

See I said around 5, not 5, not 6, but around 5, and it's 4.

[Cookie.]

http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/08/23/could-you-be-a-hero/

Here is the actual site boingboing linked to

[VijchtiDoodah]

It's not very scientific, nor does it actually measure your courage.  If it were scientific, it would have a few fake answers in there to get rid of bias.  If it actually measured your courage, it would ask personal questions, not what standards you hold other people to.  For instance, I don't think "A man should get tough when people pick on him," I think he should get a baseball bat.

[Gold]

There is an easier way to test it... throw an old lady infront of a moving truck and if you dont save her...

[VijchtiDoodah]

Then you pick up her purse and walk off, because only men with balls do that.

[frogboy]

22. A foreigner can’t think or act as fast as an American

Huh? Americans are foreigners.

Also, some of the answers are pretty stupid. Since when was doing work seen as courageous?

[The Geologist]

22. A foreigner can’t think or act as fast as an American

Huh? Americans are foreigners.

The first Americans were, as are the ones who migrate in, but not all Amercans are.  You know, the ones who were actually born in America?

[frogboy]

Yeah, but I'm Australian, so you're all foreigners to me.

[Milkman Dan]

This quiz is bullshit. Since when was wanting to save other people courageous? I could be courageous but not give a fuck about other people. Also, I'm better than Americans but Americans would disagree with that. But that gives me points??

[SadistAtHeart]

-presses control+f-
-searches zombies-

"No search results found."

=/

-leaves topic completely unread-

[Graham]

haha, funny story, Ive been in a very zombie mood for the past month. I was running errands and in my house we have a little board to write on if we need to leave notes... so in big letters I wrote "ZOMBIES HAVE ATTACKED Love, Graham" Its still up there

[Slashnoob]

seriously wtf?

1. Any man should love camping and hunting ("brave" answer is 'agree')
am i less of a man if i don't love camping and hunting?

3. It’s more exciting to be a bank clerk than a lumberjack ("brave" answer is 'disagree')
WTF is so exciting about being a lumberjack?! i'd seriously prefer being a clerk if i was being asked.

5. I would like to be a skillful mountain climber ("brave" answer is 'agree')
..... maybe i think mountain climbing is boring?

8. A man who is good at making outdoor fires should be admired
LMFAO!!!


this thing is goddamn ridicilous. why does it looks like an outdoor hillybilly freak with a fetish for camping created this test? i mean, it basicaly says "IF U DONT LIKEZ OUTDOOR N' STUFF UR A WUSS".