Science News Quiz #9 - Science News with Dan Riskin

Science News Quiz #9 (Jan 2024): Three Questions

This week: How to nail that job interview, and feel less pain when you nail your hand. Also Bigfoot.

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Researchers have come up with a crafty new way to highlight your skills when you apply for jobs. Their data show this will make you more likely to make it to the interview round, and that doing this in the interview will make you more likely to get the offer. What should you do?

Humble-brag: e.g. "I just ended up being the only one who knew excel. It was no big deal, but I saved the company."

Humour-brag: e.g. "I am a hard worker. I convert coffee into computer code."

WWE-brag: "Brother, let me tell you, in the ring, I've always been about precision, strength, and keeping a sharp eye on my opponent. It's just like in accounting."

Drag-brag: "As an airfoil, I always produce a force that depends not only on the coefficient of drag, but on the wind speed, the density of the air, and the cross-sectional area of my wings."

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When bilingual people get hurt, does it hurt more when they're thinking in their "home culture" language, or when they are thinking in the other language they speak?

There's no difference. (Don't be dumb, Dan.)

Home language: more pain

Home language: less pain

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According to a new survey of Bigfoot sightings in the US and Canada, what misidentified animal is likely to be what people actually saw.

An actual Sasquatch. They're real.

Your mom

A bear

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The average score is 68%

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