Posted on 08/17/2006 8:13:09 AM PDT by presidio9
Three quarters of Americans can correctly identify two of Snow White's seven dwarfs while only a quarter can name two Supreme Court Justices, according to a poll on pop culture released on Monday.
According to the poll by Zogby International, commissioned by the makers of a new online game on pop culture called "Gold Rush," 57 percent of Americans could identify J.K. Rowling's fictional boy wizard as Harry Potter, while only 50 percent could name the British prime minister, Tony Blair.
The pollsters spoke to 1,213 people across the United States. The results had a margin of error of 2.9 percentage points.
Just over 60 percent of respondents were able to name Bart as Homer's son on the television show "The Simpsons," while only 20.5 percent were able to name one of the ancient Greek poet Homer's epic poems, "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey."
Asked what planet Superman was from, 60 percent named the fictional planet Krypton, while only 37 percent knew that Mercury is the planet closest to the sun.
Respondents were far more familiar with the Three Stooges -- Larry, Curly and Moe -- than the three branches of the U.S. government -- judicial, executive and legislative. Seventy-four percent identified the former, 42 percent the latter.
Twice as many people (23 percent) were able to identify the most recent winner of the television talent show "American Idol," Taylor Hicks, as were able to name the Supreme Court Justice confirmed in January 2006, Samuel Alito (11 percent).
(No more Olmert! No more Kadima! No more Oslo!)
Are you sure? I know at least 2 SCOTUS names are Dopey and Sleazy...
I seem to remember something about getting the government you deserve.
Anyone who can't answer 100% of these questions correctly should not be permitted to vote IMO.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg is Dopey.
I can name quite a few Congressmen: Wheezy, Sleepy, Dopey, Grumpy...
This is a big "so what".
Unless someone can tell me the importance of memorizing judges' names.
Dont forget Floozy and Drunkard
I think maybe a duplicate since I read this the other day, but scary nonetheless.
I hear Snow White is really into photography, taking pictures of all the dwarfs. Then she mails the film into a cut rate photo service and gets to cleaning up the house, all the while singing 'Some day my prints will come.'
No, she's Sleazy.
Yes, we know. We have a couple hundred million morons living in this nation.
We don't need constant reminders. We pay their bills every month.
I've forgotten the name of the one confirmed before Alito. My bad. I watched it back to the woman who stepped down...what was her name again?
There is more truth in fable than in history.
Who's playing the role of Dopey? Breyer? Souter? Stevens?
There are only 4 of any import.
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