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From a five-month online contest, which was based on the popular board game Trivial Pursuit, between the sexes, a conclusion was drawn that women are cleverer than men.

During the competition more than 15 million questions were asked. Women answered 4,088,139 questions correctly, compared to the 4,077,596 right answers given by men.

The most popular overall category was Entertainment, followed by Science & Nature, Sports and Leisure, History, Arts & Literature, Geography and finally People & Places.

Women were strongest when answering questions from Entertainment. They answered twice as many from the category, traditionally characterised as pink, as men with 56.8 per cent of answers given correctly.

The best categories for the men were Science & Nature (57 percent accuracy), Entertainment (56.7 percent). They answered twice as many questions on Sports & Leisure as women with a 54.8 per cent success rate. Their weakest subject areas were Geography and People & Places with only 49.9 per cent of questions answered correctly for each.

“The online Trivial Pursuit Battle of the Sexes experiment invited people worldwide to compete for the ultimate bragging rights – to be a member of the smartest team,” said Katreena Lines, Global Senior Marketing Manager. “The online experience invited everyone to show off their inner genius, by answering 1, 10 or 100 questions a day, in support of their team. Our congratulations to the women who fought hard for the win.”