On Tuesday morning, The New York Occasions despatched out a facial recognition quiz to its readers, displaying footage of 52 completely different faces for them to accurately establish. These faces included main political figures, artists, actors and athletes that made headlines throughout 2024.
American swimmer Katie Ledecky was one of many 52 faces, and 50% of quiz-takers have been capable of establish her as of Tuesday afternoon. She was the Thirty sixth-most acknowledged particular person, in addition to the fifth-most acknowledged athlete out of the 9 within the quiz.
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On the 2024 Olympic Video games, Ledecky took dwelling two gold medals, a silver and a bronze, changing into essentially the most embellished U.S. feminine Olympian of all-time. Together with her victory within the 800 freestyle, she additionally turned the second swimmer to ever win the identical occasion 4 Olympics in a row.
The lively athlete that the majority quiz-takers acknowledged was American gymnast Simone Biles, who scored an awesome 92%. WNBA participant Caitlin Clark, NBA participant Bronny James and just lately retired Spanish tennis participant Rafael Nadal additionally scored above 50%, getting 76%, 61% and 56% of all quiz-takers’ recognition respectivley.
Full Quiz Outcomes as of December 24, 2024 (Athletes In Daring):
Be aware: Occupations of every particular person are listed as how they’re listed within the precise New York Occasions quiz.
- Kamala Harris, Vice President of america — 97%
- Elon Musk, Businessman — 96%
- Donald Trump, President-Elect of america — 96%
- Cher, Singer — 94%
- Nancy Pelosi, Home member from California— 94%
- Simone Biles, Gymnast — 92%
- Martha Stewart, Businesswoman — 91%
- JD Vance, Vice President-Elect of america — 89%
- O.J. Simpson, Former soccer participant and homicide suspect — 89%
- Tim Walz, Governor of Minnesota — 87%
- Jennifer Lopez, Singer and actress — 85%
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Politician — 85%
- Catherine, Princess of Wales, British royal member of the family — 84%
- Matt Gaetz, Former Home member from Florida — 83%
- Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime minister of Israel — 83%
- Eric Adams, Mayor of New York Metropolis — 78%
- Hulk Hogan, Wrestler — 77%
- Liz Cheney, Former Home member from Wyoming — 77%
- Hunter Biden, Lawyer — 77%
- Diddy, Rapper — 76%
- Ariana Grande, Singer and actress — 76%
- Ryan Reynolds, Actor — 74%
- Caitlin Clark, Basketball participant — 73%
- Larry David, Comic — 71%
- Stormy Daniels, Grownup movie star — 70%
- Denzel Washington, Actor — 68%
- Maggie Smith, Actress — 68%
- Joe Rogan, Podcaster — 67%
- James Earl Jones, Actor — 66%
- Timothee Chalamet — 65%
- Zendaya, Actress — 62%
- Bronny James, Basketball participant — 61%
- Drake, Rapper — 61%
- Rafael Nadal, Former tennis participant — 56%
- Bashar al-Assad, Former president of Syria — 56%
- Katie Ledecky, Swimmer — 50%
- Sabrina Carpenter, Singer — 46%
- Chappell Roan, Singer — 41%
- Kendrick Lamar, Rapper — 41%
- Charli XCX, Singer — 40%
- Cynthia Erivo, Singer and actress — 38%
- Josh Allen, Soccer participant — 36%
- Aaron Decide, Baseball participant – 35%
- Moo Deng, Pygmy hippo — 32%
- Glen Powell, Actor — 31%
- Rachael “Raygun” Gunn — Breakdancer — 27%
- Claudia Sheinbaum, President of Mexico – 23%
- Ta-Nehisi Coates, Writer — 22%
- Alex Cooper, Podcaster — 16%
- Sarah McBride, U.S. representative-elect for Delaware — 16%
- Yahta Sinwar, Former chief of Hamas — 14%
- Anna Sawai, Actress — 9%
People who turned viral sensations on social media platforms similar to Australian breakdancer Raygun and hippo Moo Deng each scored beneath 35%, seeming to spotlight that both a lot of the New York instances readership is just not “chronically on-line,” or that on-line tendencies don’t actually affect actual life.
Clearly, The New York Occasions readers usually are not consultant of the entire inhabitants. As of 2023, 84% of its subscribers are American and 91% of its readers establish as Democrats. As well as, 61% of all on-line readers are a part of the Gen Z or millenial age group.
As well as, there was additionally a separate “onerous mode” sports-specific quiz, the place the names of a further ten athletes got out. Probably the most acknowledged athlete in that quiz was Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson, who 54% of readers have been capable of establish.
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Full “Laborious Mode: Sports activities” Quiz Outcomes as of December 24, 2024:
- Lamar Jackson, Baltimore Ravens quarterback — 54%
- Juan Soto, New York Mets outfielder — 49%
- Jayson Tatum, Boston Celtics ahead ‚ 44%
- Sha’Carri Richardson, American sprinter — 41%
- Carlos Alcaraz, Tennis participant — 38%
- Max Verstappen, System 1 champion — 31%
- A’ja Wilson, Las Vegas Aces heart — 25%
- Daybreak Staley, College of South Carolina coach — 25%
- Ilona Maher, Rugby participant — 23%
- Lamine Yamal, Spanish soccer participant — 11%
