lets see how knowledgeable you guys are about public affairs.

don't use wikipedia o

http://pewresearch.org/politicalquiz/quiz/

Woohoo . . . .  so, what did I win? or is this a sign I need to lay off the news a lil bit?

you smart o.

i got 11 out 12. i didn't know who the head of the financial committee was.

If I had a penny for everytime I've heard Ben Bernanke . . . him, Tim Geithner and Nancy 'botox' Pelosi

Damn, I should have cheated. I got 8.

lol  Blackspade, an honest man is by far more endearing than a smart one.

lol 8 out 12 isn't bad. the average is about 6

This should solely be for americans.it is american business,american questions,apart from the iran and isreal border issue and the health care question which is a humanitarian disaster in american.

8/12 - i no dey yankee sha and that ben banke abi wetin call - i saw jesouls post before i decided to try it

@topic,

I scored 11 out of 12.  The questions are easy and I can't figure out which question I missed.


Find out how your score compares with other Americans who took the test in our national telephone survey:

Overall Score

How you did, question by question

Demographic breakdowns by question
How You Did, Question by Question
Below you'll find your question-by-question results and the percentage of all adults who answered each question correctly in our telephone survey.

Question Correct Answer Your Response All Adults, Percentage Correct

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1. Can you tell me who is the newest justice to join the Supreme Court? Sonia Sotomayor Correct 65  
2. Do you happen to know who Glenn Beck is? A television and radio talk show host Correct 40  
3. Do you happen to know which political party has a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives? Democrats Correct 75  
4. Does the so-called "public option" legislation being discussed in Congress deal with, Health care Correct 56  
5. Can you tell me who is the chairman of the Senate finance committee, which is working on a bill to reform the health care system? Max Baucus Correct 18  
6. Do you happen to know who is chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve Board? Ben Bernanke Correct 33  
7. Do you happen to know if Iran and Israel do or do not share a border? No, they do not Correct 42  
8. Do you happen to know if the national unemployment rate is currently closer to: 10% Correct 53  
9. Do you happen to know if the Dow Jones Industrial Average is currently closer to: 10,000 Correct 33  
10. Is health care spending per person in the U.S. higher, lower, or about the same as in most major European nations? Higher in U.S. Correct 61  
11. Does the so-called "cap and trade" legislation being discussed in Congress deal with, Energy and environment  Correct 23  
12. About how many U.S. military personnel are currently in Afghanistan: 70,000 Incorrect 28  
Find out how your score compares with other Americans who took the test in our national telephone survey:

Overall Score

How you did, question by question

Demographic breakdowns by question
Demographic Breakdowns by Question
Below you'll find your question-by-question results and the percentage of each demographic group that answered the question correctly in our telephone survey.

 Gender Education Age
Your Responses Male Female High School
or less Some
College College
Graduate Ages 18-29 Ages 30-49 Ages 50+

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This shows how many questions you answered correctly, compared with the average number of correct answers for different demographic groups. For example, men answered an average of 5.9 questions correctly.          
11 5.9 4.7 4.2 5.3 7.1 4.0 5.4 5.8

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Percent answering correctly
1. Can you tell me who is the newest justice to join the Supreme Court? Correct 67 64 55 64 84 46 68 73
2. Do you happen to know who Glenn Beck is? Correct 45 37 29 40 59 31 40 45
3. Do you happen to know which political party has a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives? Correct 78 72 66 78 87 65 74 80
4. Does the so-called "public option" legislation being discussed in Congress deal with, Correct 59 53 46 54 74 40 59 61
5. Can you tell me who is the chairman of the Senate finance committee, which is working on a bill to reform the health care system? Correct 23 12 9 18 32 11 18 20
6. Do you happen to know who is chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve Board? Correct 41 26 23 31 50 18 32 41
7. Do you happen to know if Iran and Israel do or do not share a border? Correct 54 31 32 41 60 39 41 45
8. Do you happen to know if the national unemployment rate is currently closer to: Correct 62 45 41 56 69 38 54 58
9. Do you happen to know if the Dow Jones Industrial Average is currently closer to: Correct 44 23 25 32 48 18 34 39
10. Is health care spending per person in the U.S. higher, lower, or about the same as in most major European nations? Correct 59 63 55 64 70 57 67 59
11. Does the so-called "cap and trade" legislation being discussed in Congress deal with, Correct 29 17 14 21 39 13 24 28
12. About how many U.S. military personnel are currently in Afghanistan: Incorrect 32 24 22 33 34 21 27 31
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@topic,

I scored 11 out of 12. The questions are easy enough and I can't seem to figure out which of the questions that I missed.

oh there is a score breakdown on the site too.

redsun:

This should solely be for americans.it is american business,american questions,apart from the iran and isreal border issue and the health care question which is a humanitarian disaster in american.

oga redsun confess your score.

oyb pass am so you no get excuse 

i got a 9 out of 12. yeah I don't listen to the news sue me. lol

so this is one of those type of online survey things they use to research how much the news the average american knows?

bawomolo:

oh there is a score breakdown on the site too.
oga redsun confess your score.

oyb pass am so you no get excuse 

I attempted the two i am interested in and i got them right,isreal shares no bother with iran,while health care cost more in america than any other developed world all because of mere greed,they have enough to around,yet they want their own citizens to suffer in the name of capitalism.I am not keen on american domestic affairs,i know Obama is at the helm of the affairs and he is doing good,trying to impose good over evil.

Health is wealth,but in america it seems like wealth is health,they will rather waste trillions on war than to save the poor.New orleans katrina was another incident of america choosing biased tradition to sanity,they left them to perish because they were poor blacks-children,youths,adults,the very old,even pets,all were suppose to be american citizens.

9/12 and i don't live in the US.


[img]http://pewresearch.org/politicalquiz/quiz/index.php[/img]

An average american will hardly know what british currency is called,talkless of nigeria.They don't know shit out side america,why should non americans bother with their affairs.

oyinda.:

i got a 9 out of 12. yeah I don't listen to the news sue me. lol

so this is one of those type of online survey things they use to research how much the news the average american knows?

yeah a test of how aware (or dumb) americans are.

11/12.

Not bad.

100% , and i live in south london

two were guesses though . . . . israel/iran border and the trading cap legislation . . but i guessed correctly

i guess it aint easy to be lucky

My overall score:

How I did, question by question:

Demographic breakdowns by question:

Tayo-D:

@topic,

I scored 11 out of 12.  The questions are easy enough and I can't seem to figure out which of the questions that I missed.

Tayo-D,

From your post "12. About how many U.S. military personnel are currently in Afghanistan: 70,000 Incorrect 28", it seems you missed Question 12.

SeanT21:

ahh, richyblack, U love to bluff.

I have not watched CNN in a couple of weeks but I tried.

SeanT21,
The one question I found a bit difficult was "7. Do you happen to know if Iran and Israel do or do not share a border?". Recalling that Iraq is west of Iran was all I needed.

RichyBlacK:

SeanT21,
The one question I found a bit difficult was "7. Do you happen to know if Iran and Israel do or do not share a border?". Recalling that Iraq is west of Iran was all I needed.

I freaking failed that question. I thought they did share a border.

loll.
on a random note, It's funny that sometimes when I think about it, we know more about North America than we know about Africa.
maybe we should carry out a survey on how many Africans know if Mauritania shares a border with Mali. i'm guilty of accusing westerners of being ignorant about Africa but I think i'm more ignorant than I should be myself.
don't know if this applies to you guys as well.

I missed only the question about the troop number in Afghanistan


What's so freaking sad is the average American on the street don't even know or care to know the answers to those questions.

Apart from RichyBlack, I think all of you should defer to my superior knowledge when arguing political issues from now on.

How can a nucca in the UK know more about your politics than you? I must admit to guessing about the chair of the finance committee looking into the public health option, and also making an informed guess on troop numbers in Afghanistan.

oyinda.:

loll.
on a random note, It's funny that sometimes when I think about it, we know more about North America than we know about Africa.
maybe we should carry out a survey on how many Africans know if Mauritania shares a border with Mali. i'm guilty of accusing westerners of being ignorant about Africa but I think i'm more ignorant than I should be myself.
don't know if this applies to you guys as well.

that's true. african geography is something else.

strange countries like djibouti and the likes

bawomolo:

that's true. african geography is something else.

strange countries like [b]djibouti [/b]and the likes

I use to laugh in Geo when we talk abt it