Today’s Silly Quiz Question

Posted on November 26, 2006 by Michael Froomkin

Question: What do these people have (somewhat) in common?

William Hurt (74%)
Robert H. Grubbs (64%)
Billie Jean King (62%)
Daniel Kahneman (58%)
Hafez al-Assad (57%)
Kevin Costner (57%)
Peter O’Toole (55%)
Richard Gere (55%)
Linus Tovalds (54%)

Answer below…

The MyHertage facial recognition site thinks they look a bit like me:

I am glad to see that facial recognition technology still has a long way to go.

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5 Responses to Today’s Silly Quiz Question

  1. BroD says:
    November 26, 2006 at 10:03 pm

    Separated at birth?

  2. p.lukasiak says:
    November 27, 2006 at 9:02 am

    the funny part is that if you lose the beard, you’d be a dead ringer for Billy Jean King 🙂

  3. p.lukasiak says:
    November 27, 2006 at 9:16 am

    I just did it…

    George Lazenby 70%
    Francisco Franco 63%
    Mel Gibson 62% (this program needs a LOT of work)
    Mariah Carey 60% (did I mention how much work this program needs)

  4. Ann Bartow says:
    November 27, 2006 at 11:28 am

    Well, the program did find matches that had the same numbers of eyes and noses as you…

  5. Joey says:
    November 27, 2006 at 8:16 pm

    I just did it and my closest match was Kate Winslett. I am a 25 year old guy. I think its time to grow a beard.

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