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Thank goodness. Vodalus Send a noteboard - 11/12/2009 11:13:06 PM
I have to say, considering how far apart the options for this answer were, it seemed very easy for me - if they had asked if it was closer to 9000, 10,000 or 11,000, it'd have been a different story, but to know the 10k number from the given options, you needn't have paid attention to this year's news at all. Of course, I did study economics, even if that wasn't in the US.


I agree with the first part, but I think the market was pretty close to 6,000 back in early spring. Are you done with school now?

And of course, the Afghanistan answers were very far apart as well, and I still got that wrong, so maybe I shouldn't be saying anything.


No, you shouldn't. We, and by that I mean the community, expect lots of self-flagellation and begging for forgiveness.

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Test Your Political IQ..... trzaska2000 - 11/12/2009 12:49:31 AM 1248 Views
Me Too! MightyYT - 11/12/2009 12:58:33 AM 672 Views
Pretty amazing that only 2% of respondents got all 12 questions right..... trzaska2000 - 11/12/2009 01:09:09 AM 633 Views
Because we're politically obsessive? Isaac - 11/12/2009 03:58:28 AM 689 Views
Only 24% of people understand what cap and trade is. Roland00 - 11/12/2009 04:09:36 AM 631 Views
Which is fairly disturbing Isaac - 11/12/2009 04:21:52 AM 645 Views
science is more interesting than your silly politics *NM* LadyLorraine - 11/12/2009 04:28:24 AM 344 Views
12 out of 12 Roland00 - 11/12/2009 01:03:08 AM 620 Views
I missed most of the people LadyLorraine - 11/12/2009 01:04:00 AM 648 Views
Re: I know! *NM* Danae al'Thor - 15/12/2009 07:56:03 AM 388 Views
9 out of 12 Colonel Logain - 11/12/2009 01:22:00 AM 688 Views
9 of 12 *NM* Hieshyn - 11/12/2009 01:40:35 AM 349 Views
8 of 12. (names and numbers have never been my thing) *NM* Jonielle - 11/12/2009 02:19:37 AM 348 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 303 Views
12/12 That was easy. *NM* The Shrike - 11/12/2009 02:42:16 AM 318 Views
There's also a science one, on the same site Isaac - 11/12/2009 04:13:05 AM 1056 Views
only missed the one about mars LadyLorraine - 11/12/2009 04:27:22 AM 709 Views
It wasn't a great question Isaac - 11/12/2009 04:52:23 AM 675 Views
i hate questions like that. I need to get used to them LadyLorraine - 11/12/2009 05:02:39 AM 650 Views
Suh-weet. Got 'em all. nossy - 11/12/2009 05:05:44 AM 590 Views
Was unsure of the first one, the rest were easy Floffe - 11/12/2009 06:56:21 AM 654 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 347 Views
I don't agree, actually. Legolas - 11/12/2009 10:34:36 AM 615 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 318 Views
Wrong spot. *NM* Inigo Montoya - 11/12/2009 12:11:06 PM 341 Views
Perfect 12 *NM* Hieshyn - 11/12/2009 01:08:26 PM 335 Views
12 for 12 again! Me smart! Are there any others we can take? *NM* trzaska2000 - 12/12/2009 05:07:56 AM 367 Views
11. Didn't know DOW, surprise, surprise. *NM* nossy - 11/12/2009 05:02:49 AM 337 Views
Me too. Either. Whatever. Capitalist scum can keep their meaningless statistics *NM* Cannoli - 11/12/2009 04:52:44 PM 346 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 344 Views
actually, that number is pretty damn meaningless for the average american moondog - 11/12/2009 05:24:07 PM 606 Views
You're dead wrong. That number influences all sorts of things that affect people, whether... Vodalus - 11/12/2009 05:32:01 PM 669 Views
Influential, yes. Readily known and called to mind, not so much. nossy - 11/12/2009 06:33:19 PM 642 Views
I think it's a good example of how demographics can have an unexpected bias Isaac - 11/12/2009 07:28:07 PM 709 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 646 Views
*raises hand* Legolas - 11/12/2009 08:38:48 PM 697 Views
Thank goodness. Vodalus - 11/12/2009 11:13:06 PM 738 Views
Same as nossy ^ *NM* Floffe - 11/12/2009 06:57:01 AM 326 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 329 Views
11 - hesitated on the Afghanistan question and then picked the wrong one. Legolas - 11/12/2009 10:37:21 AM 694 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 674 Views
12 on the politics, 11 on the science. Stupid antibiotics *NM* Inigo Montoya - 11/12/2009 12:11:53 PM 356 Views
12/12. Though, I did guess on a couple. *NM* Kaldric - 11/12/2009 01:47:48 PM 337 Views
12/12. It's scary that 98% of people can't get it right. Tom - 11/12/2009 01:53:19 PM 635 Views
Perhaps... jh - 11/12/2009 04:35:01 PM 714 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 658 Views
Eh, likely a lot more here. The 5% was for that site. *NM* jh - 12/12/2009 02:01:58 PM 380 Views
Who knows, it was a phone survey anyway Isaac - 12/12/2009 02:28:25 PM 690 Views
10/ 12 snoopcester - 11/12/2009 02:00:05 PM 593 Views
10 correct. Danu - 11/12/2009 02:15:30 PM 626 Views
11/12, top 93%. Mad Cow Bomber - 11/12/2009 02:38:36 PM 811 Views
Yeah, that's true. *NM* Legolas - 11/12/2009 03:35:14 PM 304 Views
11/12 - I didn't give the official, read bullshit, number for unemployment. *NM* Vodalus - 11/12/2009 04:57:44 PM 312 Views
12/12 politics and science *NM* moondog - 11/12/2009 05:24:37 PM 339 Views
12 of 12, but besides the geography question, people should know those answers through osmosis. Palatine - 11/12/2009 05:45:43 PM 601 Views
11/12, didn't know the Dow jones *NM* AliasRY - 11/12/2009 06:24:54 PM 307 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 324 Views
Re: Only 6. Danae al'Thor - 15/12/2009 07:54:35 AM 618 Views
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