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HOW MUCH ATTENTION ARE YOU PAYING?

Posted: Thu, 06 Feb 2014 17:57:44
by dorminWS
Take the quiz at this link.

It's astonishing that so many people got less than half right. The 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 a good quiz and the results are somewhat shocking.

Test your knowledge with the challenge of 13 questions, then be ready to shudder when you see how others did:

If you get less than half correct, please cancel your voter registration.


http://www.pewresearch.org/quiz/the-news-iq-quiz/

Re: HOW MUCH ATTENTION ARE YOU PAYING?

Posted: Thu, 06 Feb 2014 18:16:48
by Taggure
Good Quiz

News IQ Quiz ResultsYou answered 10 of 13 questions correctly.
See below how your results compare with the 1,052 randomly sampled adults who took part in our national survey and review how you responded to each question.

You scored better than 85% of the public, below 9% and the same as 6%.

Re: HOW MUCH ATTENTION ARE YOU PAYING?

Posted: Thu, 06 Feb 2014 18:22:23
by kelu
10/13. Not bad for a immigrant.

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Posted: Thu, 06 Feb 2014 18:36:53
by Kreutz
11/13

You scored better than 91% of the public, below 4% and the same as 5%.

I got the first question(the shaded states) and the dow jones one wrong. :(

Re: HOW MUCH ATTENTION ARE YOU PAYING?

Posted: Thu, 06 Feb 2014 18:43:05
by MarcSpaz
I'm in the top 25%. Not to bad. I've always been a C student.

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Posted: Thu, 06 Feb 2014 18:46:45
by jcgorla
11/13. Missed the Population graph and DJIA questions


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Re: HOW MUCH ATTENTION ARE YOU PAYING?

Posted: Thu, 06 Feb 2014 19:08:42
by MNMGoneShooting
dorminWS wrote:Take the quiz at this link.

It's astonishing that so many people got less than half right. The 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 a good quiz and the results are somewhat shocking.

Test your knowledge with the challenge of 13 questions, then be ready to shudder when you see how others did:

If you get less than half correct, please cancel your voter registration.


http://www.pewresearch.org/quiz/the-news-iq-quiz/
Per DorminWS, I need to turn in my voter card.

Re: HOW MUCH ATTENTION ARE YOU PAYING?

Posted: Thu, 06 Feb 2014 19:11:33
by Viper21
12 out of 13. :hysterical: I was surprised, as I guessed on a couple. The only one I missed was Egypt. I guessed Syria. I guessed on a couple others & got lucky I suppose.

Re: HOW MUCH ATTENTION ARE YOU PAYING?

Posted: Thu, 06 Feb 2014 20:23:12
by MNMGoneShooting
And I watch the news, OReilly, The Kelly File and Hannity each night. I guess that's not enough to be an educated voter.

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Posted: Thu, 06 Feb 2014 20:31:06
by mamabearCali
11/13..... Missed the Dow jones one and the CEO question

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Posted: Thu, 06 Feb 2014 21:08:50
by KaosDad
10/13. I'm OK widdat.

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Posted: Thu, 06 Feb 2014 21:10:07
by tinner666
Not as dumb as I thought I was.
"You scored better than 85% of the public, below 9% and the same as 6%."

Re: HOW MUCH ATTENTION ARE YOU PAYING?

Posted: Thu, 06 Feb 2014 21:50:55
by thekinetic
Better than average. erm well more than half but the one about the middle east was unfair. How am I supposed to know what country it is from a small random piece of map, I'm not a cartogropher. The rest I got wrong well they're my bad!

Yay I'm not quite a stupid as I thought I was, eh what you want I don't watch the news.

Re: HOW MUCH ATTENTION ARE YOU PAYING?

Posted: Thu, 06 Feb 2014 21:55:29
by smltooner
12/13......missed on college graduates (I said more men than women).

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Posted: Thu, 06 Feb 2014 21:57:28
by TomVA
Got 12 out of 13, missed the Supreme Court justice question.

TomVA

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Posted: Fri, 07 Feb 2014 07:45:25
by Swampman
11/13, get to keep my card. Missed the first one on states allowing gay marriage, and the fifth one on the dow.

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Posted: Fri, 07 Feb 2014 08:58:22
by dorminWS
Well, y'all showed me yours so I'll show you mine. 12 out of 13. Missed the Dow chart.

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Posted: Fri, 07 Feb 2014 09:19:30
by Kreutz
thekinetic wrote:Better than average. erm well more than half but the one about the middle east was unfair. How am I supposed to know what country it is from a small random piece of map, I'm not a cartogropher. The rest I got wrong well they're my bad!

Yay I'm not quite a stupid as I thought I was, eh what you want I don't watch the news.
The Sinai was the giveaway it was Egypt.

Re: HOW MUCH ATTENTION ARE YOU PAYING?

Posted: Fri, 07 Feb 2014 09:42:43
by Reverenddel
You answered 11 of 13 questions correctly.

I missed the ones about the states in gold, and the stock pattern.

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Posted: Fri, 07 Feb 2014 10:58:46
by Nemo24
11/13. Missed the College Graduate and the Population Graph questions. Only guessed on those two so I'm officially on "news-overload".