1. Ice cream sales and the timing of shark attacks are highly related. Why?
My answer: Ice cream sales and the timing of shark attacks are related because of the summertime. Ice cream sales increase and sharks are more abundant in the warm waters.
Explanation: The actual cause is probably the temperature, which causes both sales of ice cream and ocean swimming to increase.
I was very close on this one. I didn't think of the swimming factor but I was right on with the summertime/warm weather explanation.
2. The number of cavities children have and the size of their vocabulary are closely related. Why?
My answer: These are related because the older a child gets the more he learns (vocab) and the better the chance of developing cavities.
Explanation: Both the number of cavities children have and the size of their vocabularies are related to their age.
I got this one right away.
3. Skirt hemlines tend to rise as stock prices rise. Why?
My answer: I don't know.
Explanation: Skirt hemlines go up, as does the stock market, when people are feeling less conservative and more optimistic.
I had no idea why these could be related. After seeing the explanation I still don't know if I agree with it. It could be possible, just doesn't seem likely to me.
4. Women with breast implants have a higher rate of suicide than those without breast implants. Why?
My answer: Women with breast implants are more insecure about themselves.
Explanation:Having breast implants and committing suicide both may be a result of unhappiness or a poor self-image.
This one was pretty easy. If a woman gets breast implants, she is obviously unhappy with her appearance.
5. People who own washing machines are more likely to die in car accidents than those who don't. Why?
My answer: They get in accidents while bringing the washers home from the store.
Explanation: People who own washing machines are more likely to own cars, and therefore they stand a higher risk of dying in a car crash.
I'm not sure about this one either. Many people live in apartment complexes where they don't own a washer. Also many people drive to the laundromat to do laundry.
6. Men who carry their cell phones in their front pants pockets have a lower sperm count than those who don't carry them in their front pants pockets. Why?
My answer: Cell phones give off radiation which causes the lower sperm count.
Explanation: Men with high stress jobs may be more likely to have cell phones, and it is the stress that produces the low sperm count-not the placement of a phone in their pocket.
This makes sense, but it would probably be more fitting 10 years ago. Now that almost everyone has a cell phone I don't think I agree as much
I definitely agree with you that a lot of the answers provided to the questions did not make a whole lot of sense. In some cases after I read the answer I was like "duh!". Like the cavity and vocabulary question, it's so simple of you think about it but for the life of me I could not figure it out. I agree that the cell phone explanation would have made more sense 10 years ago, everyone has a cell phone now so it just doesn't fit in today's society.
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