Kissing Quiz - A Kiss is A Kiss

What do you know about kissing?

1. The scientific name for kissing is:
a. philematology
b. philanthropy
c. philology

2. The average person will spend an estimated ______ minutes kissing in their lifetime.
a. 10,483
b. 20,160
c. 50,216

3. 50 percent of all people kiss have their first romantic kiss before they are:
a. 12
b. 14
c. 18

4. You burn _____ calories in a one minute kiss.
a. 14
b. 18
c. 26

5. Feelings of passion cause a surge of chemicals in the brain similar to those brought on by
a. bungee jumping
b. distance running
c. both of the above

6. The longest kiss on film was between Jane Wyman and Regis Tommey in the 1941 movie You're in the Army Now. It lasted:
a. 2 minutes and 5 seconds
b. 2 minutes and 25 seconds
c. 3 minutes and 5 seconds

7. Over ____ facial muscles are involved in passionate kissing:
a. 23
b. 34
c. 48

8. Your lips are ____ times more sensitive than the tips of your fingers.
a. 20
b. 50
c. 100

9. A study by a Canadian anthropologist demonstrated that 97 percent of women shut their eyes during a kiss but only ___ percent of men did.
a. 37
b. 48
c. 56

10. The Romans soon discovered that a kiss has many meanings and assigned words for these different types of kisses, such as basium meaning:
a. friendship kiss
b. passionate kiss
c. savium

Love you
Nabin