Quiz: Who wants to be a millionaire?

The BBC Science website has an online quiz: Can you work your way to success? By answering a few questions, you can find out if you have what it takes to become a millionaire!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/mind/surveys/millionaire2/

The quiz has only 5 multiple choice questions, and is said to be taken from the book, Think Yourself Rich (by Sharon Maxwell Magnus).

I took the test a number of times, giving different answers, to see which results I would get according to the different answers. The questions focus on those attributes that are associated with "success," at least in terms of being successful at work and earning money.

Example question:  Your boss is on holiday. Do you:

1. Come in later and leave earlier?
2. Work as normal?
3. Work harder - you want to impress your boss's boss?

I think it's not difficult to guess that answer 3 is the "right" one.

It would be interesting to have students take the quiz to see if they have what it takes to become millionaires. But in class they could discuss what their idea of "success" is. Does success on the job involve making a lot of money? Or are there other factors for students that are also important?

Another interesting activity would be to have students discuss why the "right" answers indicate that someone has more of an ability to become rich (or achieve "success"). What do they think are traits common to those who have achieved this kind of success.

Students could also brainstorm other questions for such a quiz, according to the characteristics they think are typical of self-made millionaires.

There is also room here for discussion of cultural differences, since this is a British-focused quiz.