Personality Quiz: Which of Five Candies Would You Pick If One Were Poisoned?

The entertainment section "Kokteilis" of the Latvian daily Latvijas Avīze published a personality quiz on 30 October in which readers imagine choosing among five candies, one of which is poisoned. The quiz rests on the claim that the candy a person identifies as poisoned reveals their deepest subconscious fears. It is light entertainment, and the source does not say it has any scientific basis.

How the quiz works

Readers are asked to picture themselves at a table with five candies laid out in a row. They are told that one candy is poisoned and the other four are safe.

The rules say that one candy must be taken and eaten. Leaving or refusing is not allowed. Before choosing, the reader looks over the candies and names the one that, in their own view, contains the poison.

What the quiz claims to reveal

According to the article, the candy in which a person sees poison exposes their deepest subconscious fears. It also points to what they try hardest to protect themselves from in life. The available part of the source does not include explanations for each individual candy.

Other items in the section

The article's image was generated with artificial intelligence. The same page lists other "Kokteilis" pieces: a quiz on which minister's chair the reader would occupy while a new government is being formed, horoscopes for 30 October, an article on how Latvian shopping habits might look to foreigners, and a calculation of the income needed to live comfortably in Latvia.