About This Quiz
The zombie apocalypse might not be upon us just yet, but it's probably a good idea to be prepared. See if you're ready to face the living dead by trying your hand at this quiz.Also referred to as the "undead," zombies are popularly depicted as walking corpses who wander Earth feeding on human brains.
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One theory is that people who are cursed while they are alive come back as zombies after they die.
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In most of the zombie apocalypse scenarios captured on TV and the big screen, the undead multiply faster than they can be re-killed, slowly taking over a town, city or planet.
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While ingredients vary by region, many of the powders believed to turn the living into the undead contain puffer fish, a spiky Nerf ball-esque creature named for its ability to "inflate."
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Zombies are typically depicted as walking and even stumbling, but rarely running or jogging.
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George Romero's 1968 classic tells the story of undead creatures who terrorize a Pennsylvania farmhouse.
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After the agency posted a tongue-in-cheek blog entry on tips for surviving a zombie apocalypse, CDC spokesman David Daigle had to clarify that the agency “does not know of a virus or condition that would reanimate the dead (or one that would present zombie-like symptoms).”
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Only a shot (or blow) in the head can kill a zombie.
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Data centers are buried well below the surface in places like Norway and Sweden where they are protected from fire, flood, and even a potential apocalypse.
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In books, on TV and in film, zombies typically feed on human brains.
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The second popular theory on how a person becomes a zombie is through the transfer of bodily fluids. Zombies turn humans into zombies by biting them. That means zombyism spreads fast.
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Bath salts are hallucinogenic drugs that also mimic the effects of cocaine and methamphetamines.
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Toxoplasma gondii is a single-celled parasite that makes rats attracted to the smell of cat urine -- which increases the risk of the rat being eaten by the cat. This wily parasite can only reproduce in a cat's gut.
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"Zonbi" is the Haitian term for "ghost."
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As the CDC recognized, zombies often represent widespread annihilation driven by the spread of infectious disease.
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A species of Ophiocordyceps forces an infected ant (called a zombie ant) to climb up a tree and eat a leaf. The ant dies and a long stalk grows out of its head dropping fungal spores below so the cycle continues.
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Jackson's 13-minute "Thriller" video features dancing undead.
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The show follows a group of zombie survivors in the Atlanta metro area.
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As described by Brooks in "The Zombie Survival Guide," solanum travels through the bloodstream and stops a person's heart while keeping the brain alive.
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Zombies are night walkers only in films like "I am Legend," but are depicted as day walkers in "The Walking Dead."
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