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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
Last I heard, Jethro couldn't decide whether to become a brain surgeon or a fry cook.

Not sure if this test qualifies him to be either.

61 posted on 12/03/2011 10:35:28 AM PST by daler
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To: Paladin2

I missed the Islam symbol.....didn’t know the moon had a star associated with it. It was my first choice, but not my final. I’m a loser. Yes very very easy. Scary that nationwide results are so bad, but not surprising.


62 posted on 12/03/2011 10:35:52 AM PST by chiller ( Elect another batch of TPartiers and it won't matter which R we elect. WE will lead.)
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To: Aria

My wife isn’t an American citizen, doesn’t pay any attention to politics and got 10 out of 13. One of the ones she got wrong was the symbol for the GOP which, since she has never voted, makes sense.


63 posted on 12/03/2011 10:37:31 AM PST by Oshkalaboomboom
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To: Aria

12/13, only because I over-complicated one of the questions, the one about the co-founder of Apple. Steve Jobs is so obviously associated with Apple, that I thought the question must mean, “Who was a co-founder of Apple along with Steve Jobs?”


64 posted on 12/03/2011 10:40:48 AM PST by exDemMom (Now that I've finally accepted that I'm living a bad hair life, I'm more at peace with the world.)
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To: Aria

13/13. The scary thing is I did better than 92% of the respondents. This Country is in trouble.


65 posted on 12/03/2011 10:41:02 AM PST by PA Engineer (Time to beat the swords of government tyranny into the plowshares of freedom.)
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To: bravo whiskey

Kagan never smiles.
The wise (cough) Latina always has a * eatin’ smile. Much along the same line as The Won’s arrogant nose. Telling traits.


66 posted on 12/03/2011 10:41:02 AM PST by bgill (The Obama administration is staging a coup. Wake up, America, before it's too late.)
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To: Aria
13/13 with 8% of the population. I bet Freepers are in the 8%. Then again, I scored 16 on the ACT (I was knee crawling drunk when I took it and didn't understand the importance of the ACT) but qualified for MENSA on the AFQT Test (had motivation because if I didn't I'd been an 11B in the Army).
67 posted on 12/03/2011 10:42:51 AM PST by vetvetdoug
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To: Aria

It says, 13 questions correct along with 8% of the public.

I’m wondering what the percentage of FReepers would be? 95%?


68 posted on 12/03/2011 10:44:21 AM PST by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: daler
Last I heard, Jethro couldn't decide whether to become a brain surgeon or a fry cook.

Last I heard he is working as a "double knot" agent under Petraeus.

69 posted on 12/03/2011 10:44:21 AM PST by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: MindBender26
men beat women in 13 of 13

By a lot. Yutes were abysmal also.

Just in case anyone was wondering it is that why every time you see an Obama sticker on a compact car, there's a young lady behind the wheel... there you go.

70 posted on 12/03/2011 10:50:18 AM PST by WhistlingPastTheGraveyard (Some men just want to watch the world burn.)
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To: Gen.Blather

I also got 13/13; looks like the 8% are all freepers


71 posted on 12/03/2011 10:51:18 AM PST by Rusty0604
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To: Paladin2

Yeah I screwed up on the prime minister of Great Britain and the unemployment numbers I went with 15 percent I thought it a trick question 8.6 was pounded in my head for the last day or so but 15 percent is closer to the real number anyways


72 posted on 12/03/2011 10:55:22 AM PST by al baby (Is that old windbag still on the air ?)
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To: Aria
Stupid test. I got them all right, but I had to guess to some extent on all three photograph questions.

ML/NJ

73 posted on 12/03/2011 10:55:43 AM PST by ml/nj
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To: Paladin2

FYI GPS is not Radar


74 posted on 12/03/2011 10:57:38 AM PST by al baby (Is that old windbag still on the air ?)
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To: nuconvert

I got all questions right. Yes, it would be nice to know the % for Freepers.


75 posted on 12/03/2011 10:59:21 AM 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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To: Aria

I got 12 out of 13. It was the Islam question I got wrong.


76 posted on 12/03/2011 10:59:53 AM PST by GOP Poet (Time for Bambi and his commie crew to go.)
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To: Aria

I got 12 of 13 right. I thought the question an a symbol associated with Islam was kind of a trick. The “Cresent” can also represent the “Red Cresent Society” or South Carolina.


77 posted on 12/03/2011 11:00:36 AM PST by cpa4you (CPA4YOU)
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To: Aria

I got 13 right of 13. Scary that so few know even half of that little bit. And we wonder how the US ended up in its current mess...


78 posted on 12/03/2011 11:01:27 AM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing)
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To: al baby

I can only afford a radar detector.


79 posted on 12/03/2011 11:01:52 AM PST by Paladin2
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To: Aria

13/13 and I’m Australian. I put the results down to being addicted to FR!

Mel


80 posted on 12/03/2011 11:03:19 AM PST by melsec (Once a Jolly Swagman camped by a Billabong....)
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