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Savant Abilities Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

a)

Daniel Tammet

b)

Ellen Boudreaux

c)

George Widmer

d)

Stephen Wilshire

2.

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

a)

37337

b)

9385211855

c)

3.1415

d)

22,514

3.

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

a)

Synesthesia

b)

ADHD

c)

Dyslexia

d)

Autism

4.

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

a)

100%

b)

1%

c)

10%

d)

50%

5.

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

a)

Left hemisphere

b)

Frontal lobe

c)

Temporal lobe

d)

Right hemisphere

6.

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

a)

Ellen Boudreaux

b)

Daniel Tammet

c)

Stephen Wilshire

d)

George Widmer

7.

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

a)

Dates, through paintings

b)

Languages, through music

c)

History, through dance

d)

Mathematics, through poetry

8.

What can Stephen Wilshire draw after only seeing it once?

a)

Portraits of people

b)

Abstract art

c)

Accurate and detailed landscape of a city

d)

Still life compositions

9.

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

a)

Savants are the result of genetic mutations

b)

Savants have access to a higher power

c)

Savants are born with unique brain structures

d)

We all have these talents locked up inside our brains

10.

What does Daniel Tammet struggle with in his daily life?

a)

Physical coordination

b)

Mathematical calculations

c)

Basic social relationships

d)

Learning new languages

11.

What does Ellen Boudreaux find difficult due to her condition?

a)

Basic social relationships

b)

Playing music

c)

Recalling historical details

d)

Navigating her surroundings

12.

What is one of the challenges faced by autistic savants in their daily lives?

a)

Difficulty in playing music

b)

Difficulty in recalling historical details

c)

Difficulty in performing complex calculations

d)

Difficulty in understanding non-verbal signs

13.

What does physicist Allan Snyder believe is possible in the future?

a)

Create technologies to unlock hidden talents in all individuals

b)

Enhance the artistic abilities of savants

c)

Discover the genetic cause of savant abilities

d)

Develop a cure for autism

14.

What is the majority gender among savants with extraordinary abilities?

a)

Equal distribution between male and female

b)

Prefer not to say

c)

Female

d)

Male

15.

What is the name of the phenomenon that leaves savants with an exceptional capacity for recalling detail?

a)

Compulsion

b)

Synesthesia

c)

Autism

d)

Savant syndrome