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Taylor Swift or Taters?

For each statement, guess whether it applies to Taylor Swift, potatoes, or both.
Inspired by Overtired's quiz: McEnroe... or Mac 'n' Cheese?
Quiz by Dimby
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Last updated: December 26, 2023
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First submittedDecember 10, 2023
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1. Plays a prominent role in the film Cats.
Taylor Swift
Potatoes
Both
Taylor Swift played Bombalurina.
2. Featured in a Vincent van Gogh painting.
Taylor Swift
Potatoes
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Potatoes are shown in “The Potato Eaters”. Van Gogh died about 100 years before Taylor was born.
3. Consumed billions of times in 2023.
Taylor Swift
Potatoes
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Taylor accrued billions of streams in 2023. Americans ate billions of potatoes.
4. “Spuds” is one of their common nicknames.
Taylor Swift
Potatoes
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Tay Tay isn’t usually called “Spuds”. Spuds is taters.
5. Awarded the title of Time Magazine’s biggest newsmaker of the year.
Taylor Swift
Potatoes
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Taylor Swift was awarded the title in 2023. Potatoes sadly have never won the title.
6. Can have many eyes on them.
Taylor Swift
Potatoes
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Concert-goers have eyes on Taylor and potatoes grow sprouts called eyes.
7. Was difficult for politician Dan Quayle to spell.
Tailor Swift
Potatoe
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Quayle was televised teaching a child to spell “potatoe”. Ridicule ensued. There’s no evidence he has ever spelled Taylor Swift.
8. Their products were consumed more times by Americans in 2023.
Taylor Swift
Potatoes
Taylor has 68 billion total streams on Spotify. Almost 50 billion pounds of potatoes are eaten yearly in the US.
9. Grown in Idaho more than any other state.
Taylor Swift
Potatoes
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Taylor was grown in Pennsylvania. Idaho grows the most potatoes.
10. Creations often contain beef.
Taylor Swift
Potatoes
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Meat and potatoes is a common dish. Taylor’s songs often have celebrity beef with someone.
11. Native to the Americas.
Taylor Swift
Potatoes
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Swift is American. Potatoes are a New World crop from South America.
12. Victim of a Kanye West tirade.
Taylor Swift
Potatoes
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Kanye West went on an on-stage tirade about Swift’s music video winning over Beyoncé’s. Potatoes haven’t incurred Kanye West’s wrath… yet…
13. Has country roots.
Taylor Swift
Potatoes
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Taylor started as a country/western star. Potatoes have plant roots in the country.
14. Regularly gets mashed up during production.
Taylor Swift
Potatoes
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Mashed potatoes are popular. Swift songs often get DJ mashups.
15. Had at least one major role in the Toy Story film series.
Taylor Swift
Potatoes
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Mr. and Mrs. Potatohead are potatoes. Taylor Swift is not in the films.
16. Romantically linked to Hollywood and sports stars.
Taylor Swift
Potatoes
Potatoes cannot be romantically linked to anyone because they are not sentient.
17. Will float in the Dead Sea.
Taylor Swift
Potatoes
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Both humans and potatoes sink in fresh water, but float in moderately saline water in most cases. The Dead Sea's density is easily enough to make virtually any potato or Taylor Swift float.
18. Sometimes seen in a shiny jacket.
Taylor Swift
Potatoes
Both
Taylor wears fashionable jackets of various sheens. “Jacket potatoes” are wrapped in aluminum foil.
19. Have 24 pairs of chromosomes.
Taylor Swift
Potatoes
Both
Humans typically have 23 chromosomes. Potatoes have more complicated genetics, apparently.
20. Flowers ended up being one of their prettiest 2023 productions.
Taylor Swift
Potatoes
Both
Potatoes grow flowers when left uncultivated. Taylor never produced anything called “Flowers” in 2023 (Miley Cyrus did, though).
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Level 59
Dec 10, 2023
14/20 great quiz!! My knowledge that potatoes can be geneticly diverse than humans came back to help me. chimps too….so potato chimp hybreed…oh yeah great quiz!!
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Level 77
Dec 10, 2023
Thanks! It is truly humbling to know potatoes are more advanced than us.
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Level 84
Dec 11, 2023
Nice one. Love the "eyes" question :)
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Level 77
Dec 11, 2023
Thanks! The country one is my personal favourite.
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Level 60
Dec 13, 2023
Glorious quiz. I would argue that 3 and 8 are a bit similar. Perhaps one of them should be throughout the world if possible.

Seeing the spelling of the answer choices on number 7 was quite entertaining. Nice touch.

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Level 77
Dec 13, 2023
Thanks for the feedback! Good point. Got rid of the American reference for #3 so it doesn’t seem samey.
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Level 68
Dec 17, 2023
Amazing quiz! Love the answer explanations too, especially the 'beef' question! Nominated 😊
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Level 77
Dec 17, 2023
Thanks!
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Level 68
Dec 26, 2023
Humans have 23 ‘pairs’ of chromosomes, 46 total. Important distinction in there.
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Level 77
Dec 26, 2023
This is correct! Thanks for picking it up!