Current Events News Quiz

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bayonetbrant

June 29, 2015, 11:12:44 AM
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bayonetbrant

#1
June 29, 2015, 11:14:54 AM
I got 11/12
The key to surviving this site is to not say something which ends up as someone's tag line - Steelgrave

"their citizens (all of them counted as such) glorified their mythology of 'rights'...and lost track of their duties. No nation, so constituted, can endure." Robert Heinlein, Starship Troopers

steve58

#2
June 29, 2015, 11:45:42 AM
"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...
Government is not the solution to our problem—government is the problem.   Ronald Reagan
The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.   Thomas Jefferson
During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.   George Orwell  The truth is quiet...It's the lies that are loud.   Jesus Revolution
If you ever find yourself in need of a safe space then you're probably going to have to stop calling yourself a social justice warrior. You cannot be a warrior and a pansy at the same time   Mike Adams (RIP Mike)

Steelgrave

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June 29, 2015, 11:49:53 AM Last Edit: June 29, 2015, 11:56:50 AM by Steelgrave
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.   ;)

mirth

#4
June 29, 2015, 11:53:55 AM
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Barthheart

#5
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

jejo68

#6
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  :)

Martok

#7
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").  :-[ 

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airboy

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June 29, 2015, 03:38:37 PM
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!

airboy

#9
June 29, 2015, 03:40:10 PM
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.

OJsDad

#10
June 29, 2015, 06:51:48 PM
12 out of 12
'Here at NASA we all pee the same color.'  Al Harrison from the movie Hidden Figures.

Staggerwing

#11
June 29, 2015, 06:59:10 PM
Vituð ér enn - eða hvat?  -Voluspa

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I got my time machine, got my 'electronic dream!"
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Silent Disapproval Robot

#12
June 29, 2015, 08:28:25 PM
11/12.  (I guessed correctly at the breakdown of senate seats).

I thought that photo was Malcolm X.

LongBlade

#13
June 29, 2015, 08:55:07 PM
12/12

@Airboy - lol on the war bonnet.
All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

Swatter

#14
June 30, 2015, 11:30:34 PM Last Edit: June 30, 2015, 11:40:50 PM by Swatter
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.
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