Play a Game of "Would You Rather" and We'll Guess What Sport You Played in High School

By: Zoe Samuel
Estimated Completion Time
4 min
Play a Game of "Would You Rather" and We'll Guess What Sport You Played in High School
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About This Quiz

You can play a sport, but after a while the sport plays you. You begin to think along the lines of the sport, and even speak in terms of sport. You see life as the sport you played, and if you have the right framework, you might do well in life seeing things this way. Some people will refer to their successes as touchdowns. Other folks will look at failures and say that pro baseball players will fail seven out of 10 tries. Showboating at work could be termed spiking the ball, and one might call someone who works hard into the night "a grinder".

Sports become a part of us. We don't just root for the home team because we like their uniforms, we do it because they represent us, like medieval champions in a joust. Sports are ingrained in those of us exposed to them, and it shows in unexpected ways. We have devised a test for you. You will answer a series of scenarios in a "would you rather" format, and we will run your answers by our analysts. This will tell us, with nearly perfect accuracy, which sport, which activity that shaped you, was the one you played in high school.

Would you rather work in a factory or a lab?
Probably a lab
Definitely a factory
Probably a factory
Definitely a lab
Would you rather lose your sight or your sense of touch?
Probably my sense of touch
Definitely my sense of touch
Definitely my sight
Probably my sight
Would you rather a zombie apocalypse or an alien apocalypse?
Definitely zombies
Probably zombies
Probably aliens
Definitely aliens

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Would you rather win the lottery but find out you have stage 1 cancer, or be healthy for life, but never win anything?
Definitely the lottery
Probably just stay healthy
Definitely stay healthy! I don't care about the lottery.
Probably the lottery
Would you rather have the job of your dreams for ten years or your second pick for twenty?
Definitely the job of my dreams
Definitely my second pick
Probably my second pick
Probably the dream job
Would you rather be the hero of a horror movie that ends badly, or the villain in that movie who comes out on top?
Probably the villain
Definitely the hero
Probably the hero
Definitely the villain

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Would you rather only drink coffee from now on, or never again?
Probably only coffee
Definitely only coffee
Probably never again
Definitely never again
Would you rather everything taste like chicken, or only eat protein bars?
Probably chicken
Definitely protein bars
Definitely chicken
Probably protein bars
Would you rather look amazing but not like yourself in every photo taken of you, or just look like hell in every picture taken of you?
Probably look bad
Probably look unrealistically good
Definitely look bad
Definitely look unrealistically good

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Would you rather lose a finger or a toe?
Probably a finger
Definitely a finger
Probably a toe
Definitely a toe
Would you rather be worthless in the regular season or crumble in the playoffs?
Definitely crumble in the playoffs
Definitely be worthless in the regular season
Probably crumble in the playoffs
Probably be worthless in the regular season
Would you rather be strong or fast?
Definitely fast
Probably strong
Definitely strong
Probably fast

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Would you rather have amazing stamina or an amazing eye?
Probably an amazing eye
Definitely an amazing eye
Probably amazing stamina
Definitely amazing stamina
Would you rather see the field perfectly or have great instincts for when you cannot?
Probably have great instincts
Probably see the field perfectly
Definitely have great instincts
Definitely see the field perfectly
Would you rather only get to play basketball, or only get to play football?
Probably basketball
Definitely basketball
Definitely football
Probably football

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Would you rather have perfect ball handling skills, or be able to out-think your opponent?
Probably be able to out-think my opponent
Definitely perfect ball handling skills
Probably perfect ball handling skills
Definitely be able to out-think my opponent
Would you rather have more leverage or more power?
Probably leverage
Definitely power
Definitely leverage
Probably power
Would you rather have greater range or greater speed?
Definitely speed
Definitely range
Probably speed
Probably range

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Would you rather be a five-tool player or a genius?
Probably a genius
Definitely five tools!
Probably five tools
Definitely a genius
Would you rather be light on your feet or comfortable on the ground?
Definitely light on my feet
Probably light on my feet
Definitely comfy on the ground
Probably comfy on the ground
Would you rather have more time or more points?
Probably more points
Definitely more points
Probably more time
Definitely more time

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Would you rather have the better strategy or the better technique?
Definitely technique
Probably strategy
Probably technique
Definitely strategy
Would you rather have a strong back or nerves of steel?
Definitely nerves of steel
Probably a strong back
Definitely a strong back
Probably nerves of steel
Would you rather win a championship or win a scholarship?
Probably a scholarship
Definitely a championship
Definitely a scholarship
Probably a championship

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Would you rather have great equipment or a great venue for your sport?
Definitely the equipment
Definitely the venue
Probably the equipment
Probably the venue
Would you rather like your teammates or like your opponents?
Probably my opponents
Definitely my teammates
Probably my teammates
Definitely my opponents
Would you rather not have the medicine you needed to be physically healthy, or not have the psychological medicine you need?
Probably the medicine for my mind
I'd definitely want the medicine for my body.
Probably the medicine for my body
I'd definitely want the medicine for my mind.

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Would you rather speak all languages, or be able to communicate without the need for them?
Probably all the languages
I'd definitely prefer to speak them all.
Probably not needing language
I'd definitely prefer to not need language.
Would you rather know or understand?
Definitely understand
Probably understand
Probably know
Definitely know
Would you rather win entirely by skill, or because of luck?
Definitely skill
Definitely luck
Probably luck
Probably skill

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