Chinese, Japanese, Korean? Test your knowledge of Asian faces here. Through a combination of wild guesses and inspired hunches I got 10/18. The best score so far among my friends has been 11/18 (by a Chinese Canadian).
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October 02, 2006
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My score said: Hopeless. Might as well toss a coin. I got 4/18
Posted by: frayed | October 02, 2006 at 07:49 AM
I'm also in the 'coin toss' range (5/18) - in an area where i thought i would do well. I only got one of the women right.
Posted by: cvj | October 02, 2006 at 08:26 AM
Drats. 8/10 only for me!!
Posted by: rina | October 02, 2006 at 09:06 AM
Drats. 8/18 rather, which is a worse percentage.
Posted by: rina | October 02, 2006 at 09:06 AM
I'm so ashamed -- got a 9. I think I need to move back to where there's more diversity among my neighbors. :(
Posted by: Gigi | October 03, 2006 at 12:41 AM
7/10 Very bad report card!
Posted by: Sidney | October 03, 2006 at 01:41 AM
Now if it were a test on whether they were Pinoy, Thai, Malaysian or Indonesian, I'd ace it. (I'd be 99% sure if they were Pinoy anyway, I think..)
Posted by: frayed | October 03, 2006 at 04:39 PM
"Very bad" as well. Only 7/18.
Posted by: Willy B Prilles, Jr. | October 03, 2006 at 07:38 PM
8/18. Bad. Above the average of 6 out of 18 though.
A lot easier to distinguish when people start talking, then it's easy to tell them apart. I couldn't figure out whether the funky hairdo meant the person was Japanese lol.
Posted by: Mila | October 03, 2006 at 09:10 PM
I thought the ones with the funky hairdos were "trick questions" like, "I look Japanese but I'm not" so I thought they might be Korean. Turns out, they WERE Japanese. That's what I get for over-analyzing.
Posted by: frayed | October 04, 2006 at 01:17 AM
I CANNOT BELIEVE IT!!! I got a pathetic 6 out of 18, whereas my totally clueless (as far as I'm aware) Anglo-Saxon husband (who usually calls ALL Asians V.C. - jokingly one would hope) 7/18! I think they got the most un-Japanese/Korean/Chinese folks to model for it! I'm usually bang on with these things, heck I even bragged about it on one of my previous posts!
Posted by: loony in Barnsley | October 04, 2006 at 06:26 AM
11/18 for me and I'm an Ugly Caucasian (United States of) American
Posted by: Burke | October 04, 2006 at 07:28 PM
crap! 7/18! Here I am in Europe, telling everybody they all look the same. Tapos ako, hindi ko ma-identify ang asians!
Posted by: Cathy | October 05, 2006 at 01:30 PM
Hey, I got 10/18. Same score as yours torn. :)
Posted by: Jon Limjap | October 20, 2006 at 09:29 AM
Found an interesting site on alllooksame.
http://www.jref.com/forum/showthread.php?t=27828
Its point is generally "alllookdifferent". Has a nice academic reference to "Northern European" alllooksameness.
Posted by: parrobots | December 30, 2006 at 11:46 PM
Found an interesting site on alllooksame.
http://www.jref.com/forum/showthread.php?t=27828
Its point is generally "alllookdifferent". Has a nice academic reference to "Northern European" alllooksameness.
Posted by: parrobots | December 30, 2006 at 11:46 PM