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Daily Trivia for November 13, 2024

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45 Comments
ItzIngenious
+6
Level 66
Nov 13, 2024
7 and 8 I wouldn’t expect myself to get. 1 and 3 I’m kicking myself for missing, though.
McKenzieFam
+6
Level 68
Nov 13, 2024
Yikes, I only got 5. There goes my good run.. lol

My 4th worst score all-time. Good thing it doesn't explicitly tell me that upon finishing the quiz

Dimby
+10
Level 83
Nov 13, 2024
Wow, I knew they were old but not THAT old. How’s that even possible? What’s the life expectancy for an American Catholic nun?
FrankiiLynx
+4
Level 89
Nov 13, 2024
I was just wondering the exact same thing, are these women immortal? 😂
Dimby
+6
Level 83
Nov 13, 2024
Maybe there’s a link between female health problems and men. 🤔
FrankiiLynx
+4
Level 89
Nov 13, 2024
That wouldn't surprise me 😂

This has made me curious though and I've found a few sources making this claim, most notably an ABC News article, but the study it cites doesn't actually give that figure anywhere. I am perplexed 😅

Dimby
+6
Level 83
Nov 13, 2024
Yeah, this stat doesn’t pass the sniff test. Smells like news organizations manipulating data for a headline.
iharding
+9
Level 93
Nov 13, 2024
I thought the same thing and decided to track down where this stat came from. Seems like all the news stories are citing a study from 2014 (which itself cites data from 2009) that suggests the average age of a nun around that time was somewhere in the mid-70s. Other stats (and extrapolating the trends from that study) say that fewer and fewer people are becoming nuns, so it stands to reason that the population would be getting older and that 80 is a reasonable guess at an average today.

If anyone can find a more recent source, I'd be interested to see what it says.

Study in question linked here.

FrankiiLynx
+1
Level 89
Nov 13, 2024
Thank you for linking the study, some very interesting data in there! I think the most surprising part for me is how many of them are (or were) aged 90+, putting them a decade or more beyond the average life expectancy for US women. I'd be very interested to see if that trend has indeed been maintained, it's a shame the most recent data we have are from 15 years ago haha
duckwantbread
+11
Level 66
Nov 13, 2024
Keep in mind if a 40 year old nun died then that would actually increase the average age because the average is only for nuns that are still alive. Since there are hardly any new nuns joining that means each year the average will like go up because the nuns with naturally long life spans are still alive whilst the ones with lower life spans die (with no one replacing them).
rabble
+3
Level 68
Nov 13, 2024
Do people just not want to be nuns anymore?

Or is there something like you're called a nun-in-training until you're 65, then you get bestowed the title nun? Or maybe it requires a number of years of service

Tbh I don't know what a nun is/does

Quizmaster
+11
Level ∞
Nov 13, 2024
> Do people just not want to be nuns anymore?

No, they do not.

GlassMonkeyOLD
+5
Level 69
Nov 13, 2024
I can't think of anyone I know in this profession, nun!
GeorgiaPeanut
+3
Level 72
Nov 13, 2024
Aarrgghh. I’m not in the habit of groaning, but…
FrankiiLynx
+5
Level 89
Nov 13, 2024
9/10, fell on the nun question, still struggling to wrap my head around that one 😅

Tbf though it could've been worse, I was not at all confident on butter vs. sugar either lol

Patah
+3
Level 72
Nov 13, 2024
Same here, 9/10, got tricked by the nun age, and hesitated more than I should have on butter vs. sugar. You were quicker though, while I was stupidly drawing a blank on the first one!
Dontforget
+16
Level 76
Nov 13, 2024
The last option of the calories question feels like the classic "which weighs more, a pound of bricks or feathers"
Noivern
+1
Level 65
Nov 13, 2024
i misread the nun question as the average life expectancy of nuns, and thought it was an easy choice.
leborham
+2
Level 67
Nov 13, 2024
9/10, “Hot ones”, just how come everyone knew?
mpepperdine
+5
Level 79
Nov 13, 2024
I was surprised how many people got it, but I think it was the most believable one from the pool of answers. I’ve never watched it but they’ve had loads of very high-profile celebrities on iirc
Thedodobird
+1
Level 33
Nov 13, 2024
yo mama
Xtrordinary
+4
Level 75
Nov 13, 2024
The thing about these questions with numbers as answers is that it's always the biggest number that's the correct answer for the question.
mpepperdine
+2
Level 79
Nov 13, 2024
That feels like my least deserved 10/10 ever. So many guesses.
vitriden
+2
Level 84
Nov 13, 2024
"Who two countries..." I am not a native speaker, am I missing something here?
Minecraftyoshi2
+2
Level 57
Nov 13, 2024
Yeah, I think it should be Which instead of Who probably a typo. Honestly, I didn't see it until you pointed it out so probably just overlooked by QM
britinaus
+1
Level 89
Nov 13, 2024
I stupidly clicked the wrong answer for question 2 (I clicked Mao Zedong, even though I knew that wasn't the answer). I'm so annoyed at myself!
greenapple7
+3
Level 62
Nov 13, 2024
LOVE that Babar was on here, I loved the TV show when I was a kid!
dcc
+2
Level 99
Nov 13, 2024
Apparently, there has been a rash of nuns tragically dying at a young age, which has driven up the average age.

It's a dangerous profession, if you don't know what you're doing.

MovieQuizGuy
+1
Level 64
Nov 13, 2024
"Around, around, around, around, over, and under, and through." Thanks again, Grover!
Emiosoputoamo
+1
Level 49
Nov 13, 2024
8/10 but, how the *** did I not get the first right!!!! That is simply sad.
Trolololz
+2
Level 79
Nov 13, 2024
Too many of you thought they discovered gold in Back to the Future
Chirag2013
+1
Level 25
Nov 13, 2024
6/10. Had no idea about Catholic nuns' age, Calories in sugar, Population of USA in 2060 of the Gold rush
ThomasCJames
+1
Level 47
Nov 13, 2024
I've seen plenty of young nuns. I doubt that statistic is even true.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Nov 13, 2024
I haven't seen a young nun maybe ever.
ThomasCJames
+2
Level 47
Nov 13, 2024
Well, I've spent a lot of time in the church. They're around!
ThomasCJames
+1
Level 47
Nov 13, 2024
Once, in church, I was paying attention to this young, pretty nun who I'd been in line for confession with, and when church ended and she turned around, it turned out it was an older, different nun, but I hadn't noticed, and the Bible passage, "All flesh is like grass and the beauty thereof as the flower of the field: the grass withers, and the flower wilts, but the word of the Lord remains forever," occurred to me. It seemed like a young nun miraculously became an old nun to remind me of that.
tizzlizz
+2
Level 66
Nov 13, 2024
Google AI:

The average age of a Catholic nun in the United States is nearly 80 years old. The number of Catholic nuns in the U.S. has been declining for decades, and fewer young women are replacing those who retire or pass away:

Fewer young nuns: Less than 1% of nuns in America are under 40.

Aging population: The aging population of nuns is creating issues for how the institute will care for them.

Waning interest: Interest in the vocation has been waning for decades.

More career options: With more career options available, vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience don't seem to hold as much allure.

However, some orders of nuns are eager to accept older aspirants. The average age of those taking perpetual vows in 2023 was 36.

Dolphinsrock10
+2
Level 44
Nov 13, 2024
First time I've ever gotten 10/10!!!!!!! I'm very proud of myself.
Jayjaysciz
+1
Level 57
Nov 13, 2024
8 out of 10. Misses Nun question and hit the wrong button on the China question.

Hate when I make stupid mistakes!

tizzlizz
+1
Level 66
Nov 13, 2024
9/10 second guessed myself wrong on the calorie question, nice quiz today
armaandoman2796
+1
Level 47
Nov 13, 2024
10/10, my personal best
Eomer
+1
Level 36
Nov 13, 2024
5/10
dogmeat
+1
Level 69
Nov 13, 2024
5 - Worst score ever :(
PlaneEnthusiast
+1
Level 18
Nov 13, 2024
I’m so bad at this :,)

5/10

KatyM
+3
Level 70
Nov 13, 2024
I only got 5 right. I swear to pete, I said I want to say the Hague, but I'll click Rotterdam instead, wanted to choose the correct answer for the Chinese leader (not pretending I actually knew it, just thought it looked right) and chose a different one instead. Said it's probably Nigeria and Pakistan, so I'll clicke Ethiopia. I could have had 8 if I had any self-confidence.
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