What kind of animal
correctly predicted who
would win eight World
Cup matches in 2010?
a. dog
b. pig
c. octopus
d.chimpanzee
Answers
Answer:
May be the answer is d. Chimpanzee
Paul the Octopus (26 January 2008[1] – 26 October 2010) was a common octopus used to predict the results of association football matches. Accurate predictions in the 2010 World Cup brought him worldwide attention as an animal oracle.
Paul
Oktopus-Orakel Paul mit Schuh.JPG
Paul, next to a football boot with the German flag colours, in his tank
Other name(s)
Paul Oktopus, Die Krake Paul
Species
Octopus vulgaris
Sex
Male
Hatched
26 January 2008
Weymouth, England
Died
26 October 2010 (aged 2)
Oberhausen, Germany
Known for
Successfully predicting results of football matches
Owner
Sea Life Centres
Named after
Der Tintenfisch Paul Oktopus – poem by Boy Lornsen
During divinations, Paul's keepers would present him with two boxes containing food. The boxes were identical except that they were decorated with the different team flags of the competitors in an upcoming football match. Whichever box Paul ate from first was considered his prediction for which team would win the match.
His keepers at the Sea Life Centre in Oberhausen, Germany, mainly tasked him with predicting the outcomes of international matches in which the Germany national football team was playing. Paul correctly chose the winning team in four of Germany's six Euro 2008 matches, and all seven of their matches in the 2010 World Cup—including Germany's third place play-off win over Uruguay on 10 July. He also correctly chose Spain as the winner of the 2010 FIFA World Cup final.[2] In all, Paul amassed an overall record of 12 correct predictions out of 14: a success rate of approximately 85.7%.