Worst-Case Scenario Game

1. Worst-Case Scenario Game Based on the books by Joshua Piven and David Borgenicht DISCLAIMER: For entertainment purposes only! Don’t try this stuff at home!

2. 1. What should you immediately do if your tooth gets knocked out? • A. Put it in a glass of water. • B. Put it back in its socket. • C. Dry it thoroughly and put it in a plastic baggie. • D. Put it in a jar of baking soda.

3. B. Put it back in its socket.

4. Which of these can serve as an emergency solution if you forgot to put on deodorant? • A. Drink a glass of milk. • B. Rub salt on your armpits. • C. Put mint tea bags under your arms. • D. Put ice cubes on your armpits for 30 seconds.

5. C. Put mint tea bags under your arms.

6. What should you do if you are chased by a pack of dogs? • A. Get in a building or car as quickly as possible. • B. Lie down and play dead. • C. Pick up a stick and throw it to distract them. • D. Turn and face them, growling aggressively.

7. A. Get in a building or car as quickly as possible.

8. What’s the best way to stay cool if you have no power and no air conditioning? • A. Eat some dried soybeans or cranberries. • B. Put your feet in a pot of cool water. • C. Pant like a dog. • D. Keep your forehead misted with water from a spray bottle.

9. B. Put your feet in a pot of cool water.

10. What’s the best way to get dog poop off your shoe? • A. Put it in a plastic bag in the freezer, then chip it off. • B. Spray with water, then wipe carefully in the grass. • C. Leave your shoe outside and let bugs take it away. • D. Roll up duct tape, sticky side out, and blot it away.

11. A. Put it in a plastic bag in the freezer, then chip it off.

12. . What should you do if you’re being chased by a herd of giraffes? • A. Flap your arms rapidly and jump up and down. • B. Moo like a cow (very similar to giraffe’s call). • C. Lie down flat on the ground. • D. Wade into a pool of water.

13. D. Wade into a pool of water.

14. If a pack of wolves tries to attack you, what should you do? • A. Lie down flat on the ground. • B. Throw a rock at one of them. • C. Try to climb a tree. • D. Howl at them.

15. B. Throw a rock at one of them.

16. What should you do if you see a bear? • A. Run away as quickly as you can. • B. Try to climb a tree. • C. Back away slowly. • D. Cross to the other side of a river or pond.

17. C. Back away slowly.

18. What’s the best way to treat a jellyfish sting? • A. Nature’s remedy: urine. • B. Rinse with fresh water. • C. Rinse with sea water. • D. Rub with an ice cube.

19. C. Rinse with sea water.

20. . How can you escape a riptide while swimming in the ocean? • A. Swim for shore as fast as you can. • B. Swim parallel to the shore. • C. Float on your back. • D. Swim away from shore, then try to swim back to shore again.

21. B. Swim parallel to the shore.

22. You’re camping and you realize there’s a snake in your sleeping bag. What should you do? • A. Slowly work the bag down your body. • B. Try to spring out of the bag in one quick motion. • C. Feel along the outside of the bag and try to grab the snake’s head inside. • D. Stay motionless and wait for the snake to leave.

23. A. Slowly work the bag down your body.

24. What’s the first thing you do if you get bitten by a rattlesnake? • A. Disinfect with alcohol and make a tourniquet above the bite. • B. Disinfect with hydrogen peroxide and make a tourniquet above the bite. • C. Wash with soap and water and keep the bite area higher than your heart. • D. Wash with soap and water, and keep the bite area lower than your heart.

25. D. Wash with soap and water, and keep the bite area lower than your heart.

26. What should you do if you’re caught passing a note in class? • A. Make a run for it. • B. Throw the note as far away from yourself as possible. • C. Swallow it immediately. • D. Cry.

27. C. Swallow it immediately.

28. How do you stop a runaway horse? • A. Lean forward on the saddle so you don’t fall off. • B. Pull and release the reins with medium pressure. • C. Pull very hard on the reins. • D. Don’t try to stop it—try to throw yourself off into some bushes.

29. B. Pull and release the reins with medium pressure.

30. How do you survive in a hostage situation? • A. Avoid eye contact with the aggressors and speak only when spoken to. • B. Try to establish a rapport with them and reason your way out. • C. Cry and keep talking about your family. • D. Create a distraction on the other side of the room and make a run for it.

31. A. Avoid eye contact with the aggressors and speak only when spoken to.

32. What’s a good way to shake someone if you’re being followed? • A. Head immediately for home and lock yourself inside before calling the police. • B. Go to the park and hide in some trees or bushes. • C. Go to a restaurant and exit out the back through the kitchen. • D. Turn and stare at them until they feel intimidated.

33. C. Go to a restaurant and exit out the back through the kitchen.

34. If your car is hanging over the edge of a cliff, nose-first: • A. Climb in the backseat, break out the rear windshield and climb out. • B. Climb in the backseat, open a rear door (or break the window) and climb out. • C. Try to rock the car backwards with your body weight. • D. Put the car in reverse and rev the engine as hard as possible.

35. B. Climb in the backseat, open a rear door (or break the window) and climb out.

36. How do you survive in a plummeting elevator? • A. Jump in the air when it hits the ground. • B. Stand up and press your body into the corner of the elevator. • C. Try to climb out the grille onto the top of the elevator. • D. Lie down flat on the floor in the middle of the elevator.

37. D. Lie down flat on the floor in the middle of the elevator.

38. How do you survive going over a waterfall? • A. Try to go down head-first. • B. Roll your body into a small ball (think cannonball at the pool) • C. Try to go down feet-first. • D. Aim for the edge of the waterfall and try to grab protruding branches as you fall.

39. C. Try to go down feet- first.

40. What should you do if a tarantula crawls on you? • A. Sit perfectly still and wait for it to crawl away. • B. Pick it up gently and place it on the ground. • C. Stand up and jump up and down until it falls off. • D. Try to squash it.

41. C. Stand up and jump up and down until it falls off.

42. What’s the best way to cross a piranha-infested river? • A. Cross at dawn and swim as slowly as possible. • B. Cross at night and swim quickly. • C. Take a running jump and leap so you avoid the water as much as possible. • D. Throw rocks far away from you as you swim to make a distraction.

43. B. Cross at night and swim quickly.

44. Test your foreign language skills! Which of these means “I have been seriously wounded” in French? • A. Je saigne abondamment. • B. Je ne cherchais pas à vous offenser. • C. Ne me blessez pas, s’il vous plait. • D. Je suis serieusesment blessé.

45. D. Je suisserieusesmentblessé.

46. . Which of these means “Please do not injure me” in German? • A. Verletzen Sie mich bitte nicht. • B. Argern Sie mich nicht. • C. Ich will Ihnen nicht weh tun. • D. Ich habe meine Papiere.

47. A. VerletzenSiemichbittenicht.

48. . Which of these means “I am bleeding profusely” in Japanese? • A. Watashiwaookegawoshiteimasu. • B. Anata no kibunwogaisurutsumoriwa arimasendeshita. • C. Watashiwaobitadashiku chi gadete imasu. • D. Anatawoitai me niawasetaku arimasen.

49. C. Watashiwaobitadashiku chi gadeteimasu.

50. Staring is NOT considered rude in which country? • A. Canada • B. Zimbabwe • C. Belgium • D. Pakistan