It's an ordinary day, and you wake up to get ready for work, like always. You turn on the TV in the living room on your way to the kitchen. While sipping on coffee, you hear something about a dangerous outbreak of disease happening in your country right now...
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You decide to go to work anyway. You open the door to leave, and there is a horrifying sight in front of you: a decaying, rotting corpse of a man is slowly moving past your house. Blood covers his face and clothes. What do you do?
You managed to hide inside your house without drawing the attention of the undead creatures. Taking a peek through the curtain, you see more and more zombies appearing on the street. You can't believe what's happening. What do you decide to do first?
You just realized there is no signal and the internet is down. There's no way to contact anyone or search for anything online. Suddenly, you hear a commotion outside. What do you do?
Your attempts to leave or call for help failed, and you barely made it out alive. You need to wait for a better moment before trying to escape. In the meantime, what are you going to do?
After your preparations are done, you sit down to gather your thoughts. How much do you know about zombies?
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Suddenly, a growling zombie bursts through your side door (goddamit, you forgot to secure it!). It's your neighbor, Mr. Smith! Thankfully, he's alone, but it's clear you're gonna have to take him down if you want to live. How do you kill Mr. Smith?
Mr. Smith is gone, the poor guy. You have to do something with that corpse in your living room, though. What do you do?
You hear a helicopter flying over your head. The voice coming from it insists all the living people should stay at home until the dangerous virus is contained. Do you decide to believe the government or not?
Whether you trust the government or not, there is no way to leave the house for now. While waiting for the situation to change, you decide to:
After a while with no updates, you decide to try your luck and leave the house. You can only take one set of three things. Which one do you choose?
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The front door leads to the street where you saw the zombies. The back door leads to your garden, and then to the desolate hiking trail. The side door has your car parked right in front of it - but you don't know what might be happening there. Which door do you choose?
It wasn't easy, but you managed to leave your house and not get eaten immediately. You're walking down the forest path when you stumble upon a zombie feeding on some unlucky victim. What do you do?
You were lucky enough to escape the zombie - or perhaps it was too full to go after you. You hide behind some tree to catch your breath. Suddenly, you hear a piercing scream. In the distance, you see a group of zombies dragging a screaming woman away from her car. What do you do?
One way or another, you got your hands on an automobile. Where are you heading?
You're driving past a broken-down car. Someone is inside, and they appear to need help. Your heart stops for a second - it's your friend and their family! You can see a couple of zombies approaching not too far away. What's your decision?
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Your car breaks down in the middle of the road. What do you do?
You finally meet other survivors and join their group. It feels a bit safer to be with others. You have been asked if you have any useful skills, what's your answer?
What do you think would be an ideal place to hide from the hordes of zombies?
What is your biggest fear?
Zombies are one of the main staples of popular culture, next to vampires, werewolves, ghosts, and demons. Many people are fascinated by the concept of the undead roaming the streets and forcing the living to fight for survival. Have you ever wondered how long you would survive if a zombie apocalypse ever happened? You don’t have to wonder anymore. Our quiz will help you answer this question in no time!
The term “zombie apocalypse” refers to a genre of fiction in which human society crumbles when the swarms of zombies take over. Usually, only small groups of survivors are left, and they have to fight for their lives and protect themselves from the zombies.
In some stories, the cause of the zombie outbreak is unknown. Other times, the outbreak is the result of some kind of virus, bacterial infection, parasite, or something else. Sometimes all dead turn into zombies, regardless of the cause of their death. In other stories, a person must be exposed to the vector of infection to turn into an undead creature.
What is a zombie? The definition of a zombie depends on certain factors. The roots of the term could be traced back to Haitian folklore, where a zombie is a dead body reanimated through various methods, but most often through magic like voodoo.
The ancient Greeks were the first human civilization to likely experience the fear of the undead. The archeologists discovered many ancient graves with skeletons pinned down by rocks or similar heavy objects. This manner of burial could have been intended to keep the bodies in place and prevent them from reanimating.
The modern version of zombies was largely inspired by the works of the American filmmaker George A. Romero. In the case of contemporary zombies’ depictions, magic usually isn’t involved, instead replaced by science-fiction methods such as carriers, vectors, pathogens, radiation, scientific accidents, etc.
Most portrayals of zombies share a few characteristics, such as a lack of free will and being subordinate either to an outside force (like a sorcerer) or to an overwhelming desire (like hunger for human flesh). A zombie is an animated corpse of a single being, usually a human. Their bodies are often depicted as rotting and falling apart, though in some instances they can be preserved (for example, through magic). In some stories, zombies can have supernatural abilities, such as increased speed and strength.
Zombie folklore has existed in Haiti for centuries, possibly dating back to the 17th century when West African slaves were brought in to work on the sugar cane plantations. The slaves, forced to live and work in brutal conditions, yearned for freedom. Per some findings, a zombie’s life – or rather, afterlife – represented the horrifying plight of slavery.
Voodoo (also spelled vodou or vodun) is a West African religion that is practiced in Haiti and the Caribbean, Brazil, the American South, and other places with an African heritage.
Many people who practice voodoo today believe zombies are myths, but others believe zombies are people who have been resurrected by a voodoo practitioner called bokor.
Bokors have a tradition of concocting concoctions from herbs, shells, fish, animal parts, bones, and other objects, such as “zombie powders”. They contain tetrodotoxin, a lethal neurotoxin that is found in pufferfish and other marine species.
The tetrodotoxin combination, when used carefully at smaller doses, may cause zombie-like symptoms such as difficulty walking, mental confusion, and respiratory problems. Tetrodotoxin overdose can result in paralysis and coma. That could cause someone to appear dead, be buried alive, and then be revived.
According to Linda Troost’s The Undead Eighteenth Century, zombies first appeared in literature in 1697 and were characterized as spirits or ghosts rather than cannibalistic beasts. In 1954’s novel “I Am Legend” by Richard Matheson, the protagonist is a lone survivor fighting against other humans which were turned into vampires. This book is considered an early inspiration for the zombie genre.
The zombies didn’t acquire a cult following of their own until the release of “Night of the Living Dead”, directed by George A. Romero. The movie solidified the concept of the zombie we know today and inspired many creators for years to come. Ironically enough, the word “zombie” is never used in Night of the Living Dead, and the undead are called “ghouls” or “flesh-eaters”.
Romero’s movies opened the door for countless depictions of zombies in the years that followed. Many movies, TV shows, comics, books, and video games were created, using the undead creatures as the main plot point. You can like zombies or dislike them, but as a pop culture phenomenon, they aren’t going anywhere.
Take the quiz we have for you and find out how long you will survive during a zombie apocalypse! How many days do you have left? Answer the questions and discover your fate!