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Test your news IQ - Pew Research Center
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Posted on 12/03/2011 9:58:26 AM PST by Aria

This was very interesting... This is a terrific test. And it shows results in a number of ways. It clearly indicates that the majority of Americans don't have a clue about what's going on in the world. No wonder our politicians take such advantage of us. It's astonishing that so many people got less than half right. These results say that 80% of the (voting) public doesn't have a clue, and that's pretty scary.

There are no tricks here - just a simple test to see if you are current on your information. This is quite good and the results are shocking.

I believe it was Winston Churchill who opinioned that " . . . the biggest argument against democracy is a 5-minute conversation with the average voter . . ."

Test your knowledge with 13 questions, then be ready to shudder when you see how others did!

http://pewresearch.org/politicalquiz/quiz/index.php

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TOPICS: Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: knowledge; test
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To: EGPWS

13/13 - too bad they did not compare Freeper scores with DUhmmie scores.


121 posted on 12/03/2011 4:01:19 PM PST by Mr. K (Physically unable to profreed <--- oops, see?)
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To: morphing libertarian

Sure did.

Probably makes about 92k/y.

And it took them days...

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122 posted on 12/03/2011 4:35:19 PM PST by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: TLI

I missed my calling. I used to work for a living and didn’t come too close to 92K.


123 posted on 12/03/2011 4:39:23 PM PST by morphing libertarian
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To: Aria

13/13 -— I’m female. It was easy, Kagan is sort of red
headed. (What hair she has.)


124 posted on 12/03/2011 5:03:38 PM PST by jusduat (probably lost)
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To: Aria

13 without having to stop and think about it even once.


125 posted on 12/03/2011 5:07:47 PM PST by Mom MD (The country needs Obamacare like Nancy Pelosi needs a Halloween mask)
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To: Mom MD

13 - but I wasn’t 100% sure of my answers for two of them.


126 posted on 12/03/2011 5:15:27 PM PST by Private_Sector_Does_It_Better (If you like the employees at the DMV, post office, SS office... you'll love government health care)
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To: Aria

I scored 100% thanks to FR.

I want an all dem test though.

All of the answers would be: George Bush


127 posted on 12/03/2011 5:15:43 PM PST by dforest
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To: Mr. K

DUmmies can only answer George Bush to all questions.


128 posted on 12/03/2011 5:17:41 PM PST by dforest
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To: Aria

If 92% of the people can’t get these questions right, we’re in bigger trouble than I thought.


129 posted on 12/03/2011 5:24:57 PM PST by Cymbaline ("Allahu Akbar": Arabic for "Nothing To See Here" - Mark Steyn)
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To: Aria

13/13 easy.


130 posted on 12/03/2011 5:33:22 PM PST by Jet Jaguar
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To: jusduat

Kagan is a dude. Sotomayor at least, looks fem.


131 posted on 12/03/2011 5:36:01 PM PST by Jet Jaguar
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To: cpa4you
I thought the question an a symbol associated with Islam was kind of a trick.

They tricked you? OK. What symbol did you pick, and why?

132 posted on 12/03/2011 5:45:39 PM PST by TankerKC (Welcome to the age of "I Meant to Do That" Diplomacy)
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To: Paladin2
Are there ANY FReepers willing to admit to getting less than 13? 12?
Yes, but only with a whiny excuse about how they were tricked. :/
133 posted on 12/03/2011 5:49:29 PM PST by TankerKC (Welcome to the age of "I Meant to Do That" Diplomacy)
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To: TankerKC

I was sucked in by the arabic looking symbols. Like I said, the Red Cresent isn’t all that rare and can mean many different things.


134 posted on 12/03/2011 6:43:48 PM PST by cpa4you (CPA4YOU)
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To: Alas Babylon!

Free Republic, Drudge & Hot Air. No tv. I’ve even given up on Fox. 13/13 I barely graduated from college.


135 posted on 12/03/2011 6:52:39 PM PST by HotKat (Politicians are like diapers; they need to be changed often and for the same reason. Mark Twain)
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To: NEWwoman

AND being a member of Free Republic


136 posted on 12/03/2011 7:08:27 PM PST by NCMOM
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To: Aria

So I took the 13 question warm-up quiz for kindergartners. Where is the real one?


137 posted on 12/03/2011 7:19:00 PM PST by mnehring
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To: Aria

I aced it, too. Though I did have to guess on the “Name this Hispanican female” question.


138 posted on 12/03/2011 7:43:27 PM PST by j_tull (I may make you feel, but I can't make you think.)
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To: Aria

13 out of 13


139 posted on 12/03/2011 7:47:34 PM PST by TJC (V)
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To: mnehring

I agree...the questions were too easy for us FReepers.

The awful part is the huge % of people who know way less and still vote.


140 posted on 12/03/2011 8:00:22 PM PST by Aria ( "If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under.")
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