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November 08, 2009
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What are you afraid of? Spiders? Heights? Take our 12-question assessment below and see how much you are like other Americans in your fears.

Discovery Health Channel commissioned a nationally-representative phone study of 1,000 Americans, aged 18 and older from August 22-August 28, 2000.

  1. Are you more afraid of giving a speech, or meeting new people?
    A. Speech
    B. Meeting new people

  2. Are you more afraid of a cockroach, or a rat?
    A. Cockroach
    B. Rat

  3. Are you more afraid of a job interview, or a meeting in-laws for the first time?
    A. Job interview
    B. Meeting the in-laws

  4. What percentage of people say they have an extreme fear or phobia of needles?
    A. 27%
    B. 14%
    C. 8%
    D. 1%

  5. Are you more afraid of driving across bridges, or driving in very fast traffic?
    A. Driving across bridges
    B. Driving in fast traffic

  6. Are you more afraid of doctors, or the dark?
    A. Doctors
    B. The dark

  7. Are you more afraid of getting caught with lettuce in your teeth, or your zipper undone?
    A. Lettuce in your teeth
    B. Zipper undone

  8. Are you more afraid of being stranded in the ocean, or being alone in the woods?
    A. Stranded in the ocean
    B. Alone in the woods

  9. What percentage of Americans say they have an extreme fear or phobia of enclosed spaces?
    A. 3%
    B. 6%
    C. 12%
    D. 20%

  10. Are you more afraid of haggling over the price of a car with a salesman, or talking to you boss about a raise?
    A. Haggling with a car salesman
    B. Asking for a raise

  11. Are you more afraid of getting a physical exam by your doctor, or giving blood?
    A. Getting a physical
    B. Giving blood

  12. Are you more afraid of asking someone for a date, or embarrassing yourself in a sport?
    A. Asking for a date
    B. Embarrassing yourself in a sport
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