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Left is Right: How Much do you Know about Left handed people?


As any left-handed person knows, the world is built for righties. Left-handed children have to spend their lives conforming to a world that was not designed for them. Take our short quiz to see how much you know about left-handedness. And after you read the answers to our quiz, we have some tips for promoting success in your left-handed child.

1. What percentage of the American population is left handed?
5%
13%
24%
34%
2. Is being left-handed inherited?
Yes
No
3. In the Middle Ages, Left-Handed people were thought to be
Smarter
Blessed
Evil and Inferior
Safer
4. Left-handedness is more common in
males
females
5. Which one of these American Presidents is not left handed?
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
George Bush
Bill Clinton

6. Wearing of the wedding ring on the left hand was started by which civilization?
Vikings
Ancient Egyptians
King Arthur's Court
Romans

7. Left-handed children are naturally clumsy.
True
False
8. Hand preference is usually not established until children are
4 to 5 months
one year of age
two years of age
four to five years of age

9. Left-handed school children have difficulty with:
scissors
writing on the blackboard
desks designed for right-handed students
all of the avoce

10. What famous children's television character is left-handed?
Kermit the Front
Barney
Tinky-Winky
Arthur

 

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