Americans don't recognise a lot of (their own) politicians & celebrities

[therearewords]

How readers did on Upshot's facial recognition quiz, and what we can learn from their mistakes. https://t.co/MdyCjT1keR
- The Upshot (@UpshotNYT) January 3, 2020

- Are you good at putting a name to a face? Depending on your age and media-intake, you might not be;

- NYT offered a quiz in which you had to put a name to 52 faces

Comments

[savannah_rose24]

Not surprised, but I went and took the quiz and if you spelled the name even slightly wrong they said it was incorrect. Even if you got the last name correct.

[piratesswoop]

i put “xu” then accidentally hit enter for xin jinping and it said close enough 💀

[weighty_ghost]

yeah, thats my problem too. if you put the first name (I wrote Greta only) and got 'close enough' but spelt Mitch McConnell wrong and got it wrong...

[tetrazzinichikn]

I put Greta Thurnberg and got it wrong. “President of Ukraine” was close enough, though. Wtf??

[piratesswoop]

it’s crazy how if you went almost anywhere else in the world, ronaldo and messi would be household names and immediately recognisable to most, even if you weren’t a football fan, but in the states, as this poll reflects, it’s like, who?

i think this poll definitely shows a need to engage young people more in the democratic process. some of those numbers for the dem candidates are dismal. how are you going to made an informed choice if you don’t even visually recognise the candidates???

[trendsnational]

it’s crazy how if you went almost anywhere else in the world, ronaldo and messi would be household names and immediately recognisable to most, even if you weren’t a football fan, but in the states, as this poll reflects, it’s like, who?

Yeah, its always been crazy to me how oblivious majority of Americans are to soccer.

[vespertinev]

They're lucky they don't have to deal with it

[jeff_koons]

I guessed Messi randomly even though he’s in every commercial break ever and on every pack of Lays
Same with LeBron and Brady. I just knew they were the most well known athletes of their respective sport but I did not know their faces

[bananasnrum]

lol I had no idea who the football players, Emma Chamberlin, and Steve Bullock were. otherwise I knew everyone.

[savannah_rose24]

I had no clue who Emma Chamberlin or Pewdiepie were, I know of Pewdiepie but I couldn't pick his face out of a line up. Lol.

[mhfromnh]

nobody knows who Steve Bullock is.

[arisma]

Emma Chamberlin is the only one I missed.

[euraylie]

10% is too high for Jeffree Star... it’s depressing , but lol at people confusing him with Marilyn Manson

[problematic]

Loved it

[chaotic_n]

I got 38 of 52 questions correctly, better than 58% of Times readers

I skipped a few bc I didn't know their name but I knew what they did. Then I realized you could also put their title instead of the name and that marks it correct. You can also just type in their last name

[jeff_koons]

Really? I would’ve gotten a bunch of z-list Democratic candidates and the female soccer player then

[vespertinev]

Same