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At the time of writing there are 15099 filled tests so producing a match (assuming that all 8 answers must be the same) is highly unlikely (0,08%) if I assume even distribution.



Assuming even distribution, there would need to be 8^8 quizzes taken before there's a match.

Will we get that many people to take the quiz? I guess time will tell.


You may want to read about the "Birthday paradox"[1]. Short version the expected time for there to be a match with you is much much larger than the expected time to find a match at all.

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthday_Paradox




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