Are You Risk Taker?

1. You're at a dinner party with people whom you don't know well. The conversation is
dragging, and you remember a hilarious joke that a friend recently told you. You:
a. Tell the joke, of course!
b. Quietly tell the joke to the woman sitting next to you -- if she thinks it's funny, then you'll
repeat it to rest of the group.
c. Wait until you -- and everyone else -- has had a bit more to drink.
d. Would never tell a joke at a dinner party.

2. You're picnicking at a waterfall in the mountains, where some teenagers are jumping off a
high rock into the blue waters. Then someone in your group tries to rally everyone to take the
plunge. You:
a. Hang out in the wading area.
b. Find a lower rock to jump from.
c. Watch the others do it for a while and then jump.
d. Are the person cajoling everyone to jump

3. Your boss calls you into her office and informs you that you're fired. You:
a. Press her for details on exactly went wrong.
b. Are terrified and beg her to give you another chance.
c. Are shocked initially, but find yourself fantasizing about your new life as security escorts
you out the door.
d. Accept the news graciously and then ask if she would tell the others that you're leaving to
spend more time with your family.

4. You're in a work meeting where you hear a superior discussing a strategy that you think is
off the mark. You:
a. Keep quiet -- contradicting a superior is career suicide.
b. Cut in and explain why you think the idea won't work.
c. Compliment something about the proposal and then gently ask if he had ever considered
taking a slightly different tack.
d. Stay quiet -- for now. Then go to your desk, research an alternative strategy, and present it
to the superior in private.

5. You can't stand your boss and this morning he adds insult to injury by belittling you in front
of a whole meeting:
a. You remain tight-lipped for the rest of the day to show how annoyed you are.
b. You take a week off sick to make the point.
c. You hand in your notice straight afterwards.
d. Confront him with the issues that are affecting you.
6. Your new friend and her parents invite you out to eat at a fancy French restaurant and you
don’t understand a thing on the menu. You see something called Escargot and you decide to
order the same, but you don’t find out what it is until the food arrives- tenderly cooked
special vegetable mix (and you have never seen or tasted any of these vegetables before)
EWW! You:
a. Shrug your shoulders and try it-you never know what you'll like until you try it!
b. Explain to the waiter and to your friend’s parents that you were confused about what the dish
would be and ask to order something else instead.
c. Nibble a bit to be polite, but stash the snails in your napkin when no one is looking.
d. Eat it all quietly in order to maintain appearances.

7. During a picnic to a water park, all of your friends are daring each other to go on the super
tall, super twisty, super SCARY new waterslide. You:
a. Are the first to accept the dare and start the long climbs to the top of the slide-your friends
are such chickens!
b. Decide to take the ride only after someone else does and survives!
c. Are freaked out but decide to try it because all of your friends are going
d. Would rather not risk your life on a stupid crazy slide.

8. You're at summer camp hiking through the woods when someone spots a little green snake in
the bushes. Before anyone can start screaming, He grabs it and holds it up saying “See? It’s
harmless!” You:
a. Say “Cool! Can I hold it?”
b. Gather around him to catch a good look at it but dare not to touch it.
c. Back away slowly-you don’t want to be too near in case it attacks.
d. Ask your friend to hold it so you could have a closer look.

9. It’s just after midnight at your best friend’s party and everyone is awake telling super spooky
ghost stories. Suddenly you hear a strange "bump bump" noise coming from the basement!
Everyone just stares with their mouths open. You:
a. Grab a flash light and head to the basement door. Whatever is down there, you can handle it.
b. Want to get help but when your friend says he wants to check out the noise himself, you
decide to give him company.
c. Crawl into your bed and don’t come out until morning. That was just a little too spooky.
d. Tell everyone to ignore it! It will go away by itself!

10. Your ultimate Holiday destination is:

a. Goa- Sun, Sand, fun with friends
b. Rishikesh: White water rafting in the Ganges
c. Your home town- meet family, relatives and relax
d. Holiday? When will that be?
Scoring Table:

Question \ Score 4 3 2 1
1. a b c d

2. d c b a

3. a c d b

4. b c d a

5. c d a b

6. a d c d

7. a c b d

8. a d b c

9. a b d c

10. b a c d

Sum total: ____________________