Posted on 10/25/2014 4:34:02 AM PDT by upchuck
Interesting quiz. How's your knowledge of current events?
What do you know about the news?
Test your knowledge of prominent people and major events in the news by taking our short 12-question quiz. Then see how you did in comparison with 1,002 randomly sampled adults asked the same questions in a national survey conducted September 25-28 by the Pew Research Center.
When you finish, you will be able to compare your News IQ with the average American and compare responses across demographic groups.
I read that question twice. It said something to the effect of "....as reported by the government."
11 out of 12. I missed the one about social security being the greatest expense. I thought it was interest on the national debt. All in all, FReepers are well informed.
I got 12 out of 12, but had to guess at the number of Americans in poverty. The real surprise is the percentage of our fellow citizens—even those who are supposedly educated—that have no clue on many of these questions.
If I recall correctly, one of the questions with the lowest correct response rate was on the North Dakota oil boom. Just another example of the environmentalists agenda and their influence in the media and education; the last thing they want people to know is that North Dakota is booming because of oil, creating thousands of new jobs that average $70K a year and up.
9 out of 12. thought national debt, and don’t really care about sunni vs shia (like dog poop vs cow poop, both stink) and the poverty level. i presumed anyone on the gubmint dole for welfare was poor. stupid me.
I got 12/12 and I never watch any television news, and the newspaper is nothing more than an overpriced comic book and crossword puzzle! Talk radio and internet sites like FR are my main source of information. I think the majority of those taking this quiz probably get all their news from television. Explains why they're so hopelessly uninformed.
Same here.
I find it astounding that 73% know the federal minimum wage is $7.25, but only 20% know that the Social Security is the biggest expenditure (until interest rates on the national debt take off), and only 20% know that only 15% (and not 47%) of their fellow citizens are below the the federal poverty line.
11 out of twelve. Blew the social security question.
-——Talk radio and internet sites like FR are my main source of information. -——
Mine as well, mostly the Internet....
The problem with that is the young adults who depend on the Internet for information ( social media) have no frame of reference (age and experience) to evaluate the information they are seeing and reading and believe some of the most idiotic things....
I’m constantly telling my nieces and nephews the stuff they post on Facebook is facetious or out right lies or disinformation...
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