Famous Eyes
You've seen these stars on red carpets, concert stages and countless magazine covers, but would you know them from just a glance? Twenty-one famous gazes, and nothing else to go on. How sharp is your eye for a star?
About this quiz
Humans are remarkably good at recognizing faces, partly thanks to a region of the brain called the fusiform face area that specializes in the task. But most of us take in a whole face at once, so seeing only a narrow strip around someone's eyes makes even very familiar people surprisingly hard to identify.
This hard quiz shows twenty-one famous people, actors and musicians included, through nothing but their eyes. Each photo has been cropped to a thin band around the eyes and placed on a dark background, so you won't get help from hairstyles, smiles or famous outfits. The photos come from Wikimedia Commons under public domain or Creative Commons licenses, and image credits are listed with each picture.
Every image has its own answer box, and each box only accepts the right person for that picture. A correct answer locks green and the cursor jumps to the next empty box; press Enter if you want to skip ahead and come back later. Surnames on their own are accepted for most people, along with well-known nicknames. You have five minutes. Focus on eyebrow shape, eye color, wrinkles and the distance between the eyes, and don't be afraid to guess, since you lose nothing by trying a name that turns out to be wrong.
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