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 got 11 out of 12 too - I thought Pakistan was controlled by ISIS, not Syria!
Same here. 11 out of 12. Missed the number of Americans living below the poverty line. With so many on food stamps and welfare I think it’s much higher.
In the summary at the end, did you notice men outscored women on every question except the minimum wage? Found that interesting.
11 out of 12
The spends the most money on question got me. I really thought it was national debt not sosh security
Blew the one about Sunni vs Shia.
Do y’all think the questions are “fair and balanced?”
IMHO, there should have been at least one direct question about Obola.
Ditto
Ditto
12/12. And I thought for sure I got a couple wrong.
12/12
Missed two..I thought “national debt interest” was the biggest expense, and 35% of Americans were below poverty line.
Me too. Went with 25.
Pretty shocking how little people must watch the news...
14 % got ONLY 4 right...???
I think my dog pushing the key pad on any random answer could have just as good of a score or better...
my misses also...
Pretty much sums up why women shouldn’t vote.
I missed that one too. I do not believe only that small percent are at or below the poverty level. I guessed correctly about the greater expenditure Social Security vs debt, but question that one too. Why? Are they factoring in what people paid in to Social Security before they collected? It doesn’t say.
Did you see what Miley was wearing?
Seems like we need to second guess a couple of the bold faced lies. I missed unemployment in as much as the true rate is much higher when you figure in people who have stopped looking for work.
Figures lie but liars can figure.
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