A marathon game of Trivial Pursuit between the sexes has finally ended after five months - with women proving to be cleverer than men.The female of the species narrowly clinched victory after the online contest which featured more than 15 million questions conducted in nine languages. Women answered 4,088,139 questions correctly, compared to the 4,077,596 right answers given by men, reports the Daily Telegraph.
The most popular overall category was Entertainment, followed by Science & Nature, Sports and Leisure, History, Arts & Literature, Geography and finally People & Places. Women were strongest when answering questions from Entertainment. They answered twice as many from the category, traditionally characterised as pink, as men with 56.8% of answers given correctly.
The People & Places category presented the greatest challenge for women with just 41.7% of questions provided with the right answer. The best categories for the men were Science & Nature (57% accuracy). They answered twice as many questions on Sports & Leisure as women with a 54.8% success rate.
Their weakest subject areas were Geography and People & Places with just under half of questions answered correctly for each. “The online Trivial Pursuit Battle of the Sexes experiment invited people worldwide to compete for the ultimate bragging rights – to be a member of the smartest team,” said spokeswoman Katreena Lines.
The next battle planned is between the generations – between the under 30s and the over the 30s. It will begin in mid-March 2010 at http://www.trivialpursuitexperiment.com
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