Can We Guess If You Donate Blood?

About This Quiz

Some superheroes shoot plasma from their hands, like Captain Marvel. Others give it through a needle, out of their veins, like every hero who has ever donated blood. Giving blood is one of those ways that an ordinary person can make an amazing difference, as blood banks are able to store up all of the essential blood types to be ready for people undergoing surgery, or suffering from traumatic injuries. We tend to forget, in our flashy modern age, what a miracle it is that an injured person can simply show up at a hospital and assume that it will be equipped with blood taken from other humans and refrigerated, and that they will be given as much of it as they need. It is one of the great triumphs of modern medicine.

Still, not everyone can give blood. If you have a communicable disease, you are on certain medications or you suffer from anemia and other disorders, you may be officially or unofficially banned from giving--or at least, you will only give when the recipient is you, and you're giving for your own upcoming surgery. Indeed, if you have low iron, you may find giving blood puts you to sleep for a whole weekend and makes you feel absolutely awful. In this case, it's probably wise to avoid it. However, most eligible donors can give blood and need nothing more but a nice little rest and a couple of cookies to recover--and best of all, their body will make more blood, so they can return in a little while and do it again!  Can we figure out if you are among them?