Posted on 01/14/2011 9:38:50 AM PST by Stoutcat
Looks like our elected officials are failing at all sorts of things. Latest on the FAIL list is knowledge of the Constitution. Since many are required to swear (or affirm) an oath to uphold that document, you’d think that they’d know a bit about it. But then again, you might also think that most U.S. citizens would know at least a bit about what’s in the Constitution, right?
But you’d be wrong on both counts, of course. As HotAir reports:
“The bad news: the general public gets an F, with just a 49% average on the 33-question civics test. The worse news: those who identified themselves as public officeholders scored an average of five points worse than the general public…”
But before you scoff too hard at our officials, here’s a warning: it’s actually a challenging quiz! I zoomed through and expected to get 33 out of 33 correct. To my mortification, I missed three questions!
Here’s the link. You take the quiz and then see how smart you feel. On the other hand, you’re sure to do better than our elected officials.
You could hardly do worse.
Whoops! Sorry, I forgot to include the html for the link. I’d be interested to see how folks here do on the quiz.
I scored 100%.
Should I run for something or am I, as I believe, unelectable?
I missed #10, 30 and 33.
Or so they say.
I disagree with their answer here. The only other one I got wrong was because I moved too fast and made a dumb mistake.
29 of 33
Yes, yes I am.
You answered 33 out of 33 correctly — 100.00 %
And its not really very challenging.
LOL!
You’re a threat to national security.
Janet’s gonna be watching you.
You answered 33 out of 33 correctly — 100.00 %
Average score for this quiz during January: 73.7%
Agreed regarding #30. I guess I was thinking more “what would I do” than “what is a government likely to do.”
87.88%
31 of 33. Missed the Plato one and, a free market one. Had the right answer and changed it. Kinda like back in school.
You ARE UNELECTABLE. As quickly as possible, RUN FOR THE CANADIAN BORDER then charter a rocket to the moon as “they” will soon come for you because you KNOW TOO MUCH. :-))
That’s one I got wrong, too. And I disagree, too.
That’s one I got wrong, too. And I disagree, too.
She will tire of that very quickly I'll assure you!
Got 31 right. I, too, answered #30 on the basis of what they SHOULD do vs. what the current crop of cretins (the new pubbies excepted — for now) WOULD do!!
You answered 31 out of 33 correctly — 93.94 %
Average score for this quiz during January: 73.8%
I missed 30 and 33 too. Would like an explanation. Not too bad for an unbalanced conservative who listens to talk radio.
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