How Current Are You?
Friday, July 18th, 2008 - 4:30pm
A simple political/current events quiz.
I scored 9 out of 12. I missed the following:
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The current majority leader of the US Senate.
The country Hugo Chavez is president of. I got tripped up by Venezuela vs. Colombia.
The Dow Jones Industrial average. I don't pay attention to it.
How did you do?
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9 out of 12. Not bad for a Canuck, seeing as 8 of the 12 questions were about American goings-on (9 if you count the Dow Jones question).
I'm pretty sure that by "prominent people and major events in the news", they meant "prominent people and major events in the American news".
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-on L4D11 out of 12. I got the DNC question wrong, but I'm a Republican, so I guess that's okay.
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Missed the DJIA. I thought it was under 11000 currently.
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7 out of 12
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12 out of 12.
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I got 8 out of 12.
Same.
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I got 10 out of 12. Missed the chairperson of the DNC, and guessed low on the number of US deaths in Iraq.
I'm pretty surprised that women did that much worse on the quiz than men, especially since college grads did better than non-college grads, and there are more females graduating from college than males. Also, I love how much higher the percentage of all demographics is that got the Oprah question right.
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10 out of 12 here.
I didn't know the about the Dow Jones and I blanked on the Fed Chair
I also found the form of the questions kinda funny - Do you happen to know...
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Hurray, 91% of you are stupider then me.
I had no idea who the current senate majority leader was.
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11 of 12.. Maybe not so dumb after all
now is that 91% of those who took the quiz or of the general populous?
6 out of 12, 50%. I am average!
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It says they represent a national telephone survey, so I assume that's a population sample.
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9 out of 12.
11/12, missed the Iraq casualties question
12/12
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11/12. Slightly under on the Iraq one. Again, not bad for a Canuck.
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8 of 12. Not bad for a Canuck who largely ignores the global stage.
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6 out of 12. I don't follow politics much so I'm surprised I scored that high even.
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11/12.
Freaking uppity senate.
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11 of 12
underestimated the Iraq casualties -
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11 of 12. When I answered the DNC chairman, my computer screamed at me.
My screen didn't tell me which one I got wrong, maybe the majority leader.
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8/12, which is better than I expected, got these wrong: majority leader of senate, Obama supporter, Dow Jones (I was nowhere near optimistic enough, damn you British media!), and chairman of federal reserve.
Pistols for two and coffee for one.
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10/12.
11/12. Missed the Dow question.
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11/12, also missed the Dow question. Not bad for a Brit, eh?
Bags of smoke, right flanking!
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11 out of 12. I also missed the Dow Jones question.
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And me too, missed the current DJIA. Pfft. Old Economy Fail.
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9/12. I guess listening to NPR in the morning is good for something.
Revolution? Vacation? Somebody fart?
Damn, 11 out of 12. Stupid Serbia I don't care what happens there.
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7 out of 12. Not bad for someone that absolutely despises politics.
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