http://www.pewresearch.org/quiz/the-news-iq-quiz/
I got 11/12
"You answered 12 of 12 questions correctly."
caveat: have to say, though that the quiz seemed somewhat familiar like I'd taken it previously or one very similar...
12 of 12. As a caveat, while a junior in high school I set a record for Texas that can be tied but never broken by correctly answering 100 out of 100 questions on the UIL current events contest. ;)
10/12
I was going to complain that the test was US centric but the 2 questions I got wrong were about the Pope and the US supreme Court.... :P
Quote from: Barthheart on June 29, 2015, 12:22:37 PM
10/12
I was going to complain that the test was US centric but the 2 questions I got wrong were about the Pope and the US supreme Court.... :P
well I got 10/12 also, and got nr of rep in congrets and some obscure senator wrong. So its def US centric :)
10/12 here.
I guess I'm a bit of a misogynist. I admit I blanked out on whether there was 2 or 3 women on SCOTUS (I'd forgotten about Kagan), and I couldn't remember what Senator Warren looked like (other than "not like Nancy Pelosi"). :-[
Quote from: Martok on June 29, 2015, 02:49:59 PM
10/12 here.
I guess I'm a bit of a misogynist. I admit I blanked out on whether there was 2 or 3 women on SCOTUS (I'd forgotten about Kagan), and I couldn't remember what Senator Warren looked like (other than "not like Nancy Pelosi"). :-[
I got 12 of 12. If Senator Warren had a feathered war bonnet on you would have identified her correctly!
Quote from: jejo68 on June 29, 2015, 12:36:21 PM
Quote from: Barthheart on June 29, 2015, 12:22:37 PM
10/12
I was going to complain that the test was US centric but the 2 questions I got wrong were about the Pope and the US supreme Court.... :P
well I got 10/12 also, and got nr of rep in congrets and some obscure senator wrong. So its def US centric :)
I got 12 of 12 - but I agree that it is pretty US centric - but it is a poll by a US Nonprofit.
Also, why is Martin Luther King Jr. a big part of a current news quiz? He was murdered almost 50 years ago now.
12 out of 12
11/12. (I guessed correctly at the breakdown of senate seats).
I thought that photo was Malcolm X.
12/12
@Airboy - lol on the war bonnet.
12/12
I don't even have news channels anymore. I just read Twitter, Fox News app, and ABC News app.
I also took another PEW survey about political typology, I scored "Next Generation Left". That frightens me a little :-\
13/13 on the science one too.
Quote from: Swatter on June 30, 2015, 11:30:34 PM
12/12
I also took another PEW survey about political typology, I scored "Next Generation Left". That frightens me a little :-\
Not any surprise - but I scored "Business Conservative" on the PEW Political Typology.
11/12. I didn't know what Warren looked like, I had originally thought 3, but talked myself out of it. Turns out I should have gone with my first guess. And I deduced the make up of the Senate. I knew the Republicans had a majority, but I also knew it wasn't overwhelming.
Quote from: airboy on July 01, 2015, 09:43:05 AM
Quote from: Swatter on June 30, 2015, 11:30:34 PM
12/12
I also took another PEW survey about political typology, I scored "Next Generation Left". That frightens me a little :-\
Not any surprise - but I scored "Business Conservative" on the PEW Political Typology.
Ditto.
Quote from: Barthheart on June 29, 2015, 12:22:37 PM
10/12
I was going to complain that the test was US centric but the 2 questions I got wrong were about the Pope and the US supreme Court.... :P
Me too!
I missed the same 2 questions. I had no idea where the Pope was from. I figured Italy was a safe guess, statistically speaking.
Quote from: MetalDog on July 01, 2015, 11:19:58 AM
11/12. I didn't know what Warren looked like, I had originally thought 3, but talked myself out of it. Turns out I should have gone with my first guess. And I deduced the make up of the Senate. I knew the Republicans had a majority, but I also knew it wasn't overwhelming.
Exactly the same for me.