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Because we're politically obsessive? Isaac Send a noteboard - 11/12/2009 03:58:28 AM
I would say I'm surprised so many got the fed right, I nearly answered greenspan out of habit. But when you look at it, only baucus was a question that your average person with a decent memory and reular news watcher is likely to miss at any given time. People have seen maps of the middle-east so many times on the screen it would be hard to miss yet less than half got the Iran-Israel one. Still, if you're mostly a radio news type,. it's a mistake on might make, how many people know if Mozambique borders the Sudan or Somalia?

Now what really surprises me is how many didn't get Cap and Trade, barely breaking the random even in the high scoring demographics and often being beneath it.


12/12 by the way, but I'd really be curious to see how people scored on something a bit more intense and spercifically political than what five minutes of news a day should give one, like who the Sec of Energy is or who are the heads of the RNC and DNC. Iran-Israel is not a political question, it geography.
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Test Your Political IQ..... trzaska2000 - 11/12/2009 12:49:31 AM 1198 Views
Me Too! MightyYT - 11/12/2009 12:58:33 AM 630 Views
Pretty amazing that only 2% of respondents got all 12 questions right..... trzaska2000 - 11/12/2009 01:09:09 AM 585 Views
Because we're politically obsessive? Isaac - 11/12/2009 03:58:28 AM 638 Views
Only 24% of people understand what cap and trade is. Roland00 - 11/12/2009 04:09:36 AM 588 Views
Which is fairly disturbing Isaac - 11/12/2009 04:21:52 AM 600 Views
science is more interesting than your silly politics *NM* LadyLorraine - 11/12/2009 04:28:24 AM 320 Views
12 out of 12 Roland00 - 11/12/2009 01:03:08 AM 574 Views
I missed most of the people LadyLorraine - 11/12/2009 01:04:00 AM 593 Views
Re: I know! *NM* Danae al'Thor - 15/12/2009 07:56:03 AM 362 Views
9 out of 12 Colonel Logain - 11/12/2009 01:22:00 AM 639 Views
9 of 12 *NM* Hieshyn - 11/12/2009 01:40:35 AM 326 Views
8 of 12. (names and numbers have never been my thing) *NM* Jonielle - 11/12/2009 02:19:37 AM 324 Views
12/12. Of course, I'd probably do worse if it weren't current events. *NM* Burr - 11/12/2009 02:35:30 AM 281 Views
12/12 That was easy. *NM* The Shrike - 11/12/2009 02:42:16 AM 294 Views
There's also a science one, on the same site Isaac - 11/12/2009 04:13:05 AM 1001 Views
only missed the one about mars LadyLorraine - 11/12/2009 04:27:22 AM 662 Views
It wasn't a great question Isaac - 11/12/2009 04:52:23 AM 625 Views
i hate questions like that. I need to get used to them LadyLorraine - 11/12/2009 05:02:39 AM 599 Views
Suh-weet. Got 'em all. nossy - 11/12/2009 05:05:44 AM 537 Views
Was unsure of the first one, the rest were easy Floffe - 11/12/2009 06:56:21 AM 605 Views
12. I think the selection bias would be stronger on this one. Also, they're much easier questions. *NM* Ghavrel - 11/12/2009 08:07:50 AM 325 Views
I don't agree, actually. Legolas - 11/12/2009 10:34:36 AM 564 Views
It was a lot easier due to not having more than one america specific question. *NM* jh - 11/12/2009 11:23:41 AM 294 Views
Wrong spot. *NM* Inigo Montoya - 11/12/2009 12:11:06 PM 316 Views
Perfect 12 *NM* Hieshyn - 11/12/2009 01:08:26 PM 310 Views
12 for 12 again! Me smart! Are there any others we can take? *NM* trzaska2000 - 12/12/2009 05:07:56 AM 343 Views
11. Didn't know DOW, surprise, surprise. *NM* nossy - 11/12/2009 05:02:49 AM 311 Views
Me too. Either. Whatever. Capitalist scum can keep their meaningless statistics *NM* Cannoli - 11/12/2009 04:52:44 PM 320 Views
Like it or not, that number is all too meaningful for every American. And non-Americans, too. *NM* Vodalus - 11/12/2009 05:01:57 PM 324 Views
actually, that number is pretty damn meaningless for the average american moondog - 11/12/2009 05:24:07 PM 559 Views
You're dead wrong. That number influences all sorts of things that affect people, whether... Vodalus - 11/12/2009 05:32:01 PM 618 Views
Influential, yes. Readily known and called to mind, not so much. nossy - 11/12/2009 06:33:19 PM 586 Views
I think it's a good example of how demographics can have an unexpected bias Isaac - 11/12/2009 07:28:07 PM 654 Views
Eh? No mention of newspapers? Am I alone in getting most of my news by reading an actual... Vodalus - 11/12/2009 08:06:26 PM 597 Views
*raises hand* Legolas - 11/12/2009 08:38:48 PM 645 Views
Thank goodness. Vodalus - 11/12/2009 11:13:06 PM 677 Views
Same as nossy ^ *NM* Floffe - 11/12/2009 06:57:01 AM 303 Views
9. I haven't been paying attention to recent events. Two of them were statistics, unsurprisingly. *NM* Ghavrel - 11/12/2009 08:06:15 AM 308 Views
11 - hesitated on the Afghanistan question and then picked the wrong one. Legolas - 11/12/2009 10:37:21 AM 643 Views
6, and above average. Not bad for an Aussie with no interest in American politics. rAndy aL - 11/12/2009 10:41:57 AM 627 Views
12 on the politics, 11 on the science. Stupid antibiotics *NM* Inigo Montoya - 11/12/2009 12:11:53 PM 332 Views
12/12. Though, I did guess on a couple. *NM* Kaldric - 11/12/2009 01:47:48 PM 311 Views
12/12. It's scary that 98% of people can't get it right. Tom - 11/12/2009 01:53:19 PM 589 Views
Perhaps... jh - 11/12/2009 04:35:01 PM 664 Views
5% of the replies here. I doubt 5% of the replies at that site are from non-Americans. Tom - 11/12/2009 05:21:44 PM 607 Views
Eh, likely a lot more here. The 5% was for that site. *NM* jh - 12/12/2009 02:01:58 PM 357 Views
Who knows, it was a phone survey anyway Isaac - 12/12/2009 02:28:25 PM 635 Views
10/ 12 snoopcester - 11/12/2009 02:00:05 PM 544 Views
10 correct. Danu - 11/12/2009 02:15:30 PM 569 Views
11/12, top 93%. Mad Cow Bomber - 11/12/2009 02:38:36 PM 757 Views
Yeah, that's true. *NM* Legolas - 11/12/2009 03:35:14 PM 279 Views
11/12 - I didn't give the official, read bullshit, number for unemployment. *NM* Vodalus - 11/12/2009 04:57:44 PM 289 Views
12/12 politics and science *NM* moondog - 11/12/2009 05:24:37 PM 315 Views
12 of 12, but besides the geography question, people should know those answers through osmosis. Palatine - 11/12/2009 05:45:43 PM 554 Views
11/12, didn't know the Dow jones *NM* AliasRY - 11/12/2009 06:24:54 PM 285 Views
12/12 , im not surprised that alot of us got them all right, we are a pretty political group *NM* Aisha - 13/12/2009 02:29:14 AM 300 Views
Re: Only 6. Danae al'Thor - 15/12/2009 07:54:35 AM 547 Views
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