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Are you smarter than a politician?; Take this civics test
Topic Started: Feb 11 2012, 02:26 PM (234 Views)
George K
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Finally
http://www.isi.org/(X(1)S(0hhmq2jdpl15sd4551q2q445))/quiz.aspx?q=FE5C3B47-9675-41E0-9CF3-072BB31E2692&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1

Here's how politicians did:

http://www.americancivicliteracy.org/2008/additional_finding.html

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Here's how I did:

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Mikhailoh
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I got em all. Does that mean I've been elected?
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Nah. It means you're overqualified.
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Didn't we do this a few months ago?
In my defense, I was left unsupervised.
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George K
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jon-nyc
Feb 11 2012, 05:08 PM
Didn't we do this a few months ago?
Probably, but I thought the questions were different.

But then again, maybe I need some of that cancer drug to be sure.
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Nothing is as effective as homeopathy.

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Dewey
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HOLY CARP!!!
It's amazing - actually, no, it really isn't - that the general public so consistently beat the elected politicians. And the issues that the politicians did the worst at are appalling.
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Klaus
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HOLY CARP!!!
You answered 23 out of 33 correctly — 69.70 %

I seem to be a totally average American :lol2:

I was totally at loss regarding many questions about the constitution and other formalities of the US government.

And somehow my brain skipped the "our" in the question "Name two countries that were our enemies during World War II." and, thinking about the Xinjiang war, ended up checking China and Russia :crazy:

Unless others made the same error, I have a hard time believing that only 70% knew that Germany and Japan were enemies of the US in WW2.
Edited by Klaus, Feb 13 2012, 02:11 AM.
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jon-nyc
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You answered 33 out of 33 correctly — 100.00 %


Just like last time, same questions too.
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Riley
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Klaus
Feb 13 2012, 02:00 AM
You answered 23 out of 33 correctly — 69.70 %
Same! I've never taken any sort of American history class, the answers I knew were a combination of things I've read from various sources including TNCR.
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Kincaid
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Klaus
Feb 13 2012, 02:00 AM
...thinking about the Xinjiang war, ended up checking China and Russia :crazy:
OTOH, you may be the only person here that's heard of the Xinjiang war. I never had.

I was right on 31 of 33, missing questions about "Gov't of the people, by the people, for the people" and the question about the public good in regards to a flood levee.

Better than I thought I'd do.
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You answered 33 out of 33 correctly — 100.00 %
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Klaus
Feb 13 2012, 02:00 AM
And somehow my brain skipped the "our" in the question "Name two countries that were our enemies during World War II." and, thinking about the Xinjiang war, ended up checking China and Russia :crazy:
That works for WWII as well. :lol2:
The dogma lives loudly within me.
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