Savant Abilities Quiz

What is the name of the autistic savant who can perform complex calculations at lightning speed and peak seven languages?

• Daniel Tammet

• Ellen Boudreaux

• George Widmer

• Stephen Wilshire

How many decimal places did Daniel Tammet memorize pi to in 2004?

• 37337

• 9385211855

• 3.1415

• 22,514

What phenomenon does Daniel Tammet attribute his fluency in numbers to?

• Synesthesia

• ADHD

• Dyslexia

• Autism

What percentage of the autistic population is estimated to have savant abilities?

• 100%

• 1%

• 10%

• 50%

Which hemisphere of the brain is associated with mathematics and memory in savants?

• Left hemisphere

• Frontal lobe

• Temporal lobe

• Right hemisphere

What is the name of the female savant who has a gift for music and can recall and navigate her surroundings despite being blind?

• Ellen Boudreaux

• Daniel Tammet

• Stephen Wilshire

• George Widmer

What is George Widmer's obsession and how does he express it?

• Dates, through paintings

• Languages, through music

• History, through dance

• Mathematics, through poetry

What can Stephen Wilshire draw after only seeing it once?

• Portraits of people

• Abstract art

• Accurate and detailed landscape of a city

• Still life compositions

What does physicist Allan Snyder claim about the talents of savants?

• Savants are the result of genetic mutations

• Savants have access to a higher power

• Savants are born with unique brain structures

• We all have these talents locked up inside our brains

What does Daniel Tammet struggle with in his daily life?

• Physical coordination

• Mathematical calculations

• Basic social relationships

• Learning new languages