http://www.pewresearch.org/quiz/the-news-iq-quiz/

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"Test your knowledge of prominent people and major events in the news, by taking our short 13-question quiz. Then see how you did in comparison with 1,041 randomly sampled adults asked the same questions in a national survey conducted online Jan. 18-24 by the Pew Research Center. The new survey includes a mixture of multiple-choice questions using photographs, maps and symbols. When you finish, you will be able to compare your News IQ with the average American, as well as with the scores of college graduates and those who didn’t attend college; with men and women; and with people your age as well as other ages."

you should be able to get 13/13 easily

9/5/2013 12:24:45 PM

92% of people in my demographic are idiots

9/5/2013 12:30:34 PM

Took that many weeks ago

Take this instead for more of a challenge:

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/the_slate_quiz/2013/08/the_slate_quiz_with_quizmaster_ken_jennings_play_the_news_quiz_for_the_week_4.html




[Edited on September 5, 2013 at 12:34 PM. Reason : I got 426, good week for me]

9/5/2013 12:33:37 PM

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"Your score is better than 92% of responders."

9/5/2013 12:37:19 PM

considering i haven't watched the news in forever, i'm surprised I did as well as I did

9/5/2013 12:39:28 PM

Quote :

"You answered 13 of 13 questions correctly along with 8% of responders."

9/5/2013 12:43:29 PM

i got 12

i dunno what Elizabeth Warren looks like, i must be dumb

9/5/2013 12:45:34 PM

LOL, I second guessed myself on the flag for China so I missed one.

Flags are hard.

9/5/2013 12:48:52 PM

I forgot which gay state became gay lovers in 2012. I knew it wasn't gay Texas. I put Ohio . I suck so much.

9/5/2013 12:49:58 PM

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"you should be able to get 13/13 easily "

Only if you're a regular watcher of the news. If you don't watch the news at least two or three times a week, then you probably don't know what Elizabeth Warren, Chris Christie, our Attorney General, and John Boehner look like. You probably don't know what country Syria is either. The rest are pretty easy. 8/13 are easy...the rest you should get if you pay attention to the news.

9/5/2013 12:57:52 PM

you should be able to locate Syria by process of elimination alone, regardless of how often you watch the news. Elizabeth Warren is the only one that is maybe excusable, and she has had a few youtube videos go viral.

9/5/2013 1:01:36 PM

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"i dunno what Elizabeth Warren looks like, i must be dumb"

9/5/2013 1:01:58 PM

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"You probably don't know what country Syria is either"

I couldn't pick out Syria on a map, but I could pick out Egypt, Saudi Arabia & Turkey on a map making the choice for that question pretty clear

9/5/2013 1:02:09 PM

Syria was easy just because its been in the news

But I can easily see how people interviewed in January when the survey was done, or say 5 years ago wouldn't be able to pick out Syria

9/5/2013 1:05:14 PM

I could understand them not knowing where it is, but I can't understand them not being able to figure it out considering the other multiple choice options.

9/5/2013 1:10:06 PM

^ Do you ever encounter average americans on a daily basis?

9/5/2013 1:17:25 PM

i didn't know what elizabeth warren or eric holder look like

9/5/2013 1:19:11 PM

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"i got 12 i dunno what Elizabeth Warren looks like, i must be dumb"

ditto

9/5/2013 1:21:17 PM

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9/5/2013 1:29:06 PM

Are you people scared of this one?

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/the_slate_quiz/2013/08/the_slate_quiz_with_quizmaster_ken_jennings_play_the_news_quiz_for_the_week_4.html

9/5/2013 1:43:59 PM

i'll raise you http://www.sporcle.com/games/g/simpsons

9/5/2013 1:46:53 PM

^ 8/63

9/5/2013 1:49:33 PM

Quote :

"i got 12 i dunno what Elizabeth Warren looks like, i must be dumb"

9/5/2013 1:50:46 PM

Quote :

"Are you people scared of this one? http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/the_slate_quiz/2013/08/the_slate_quiz_with_quizmaster_ken_jennings_play_the_news_quiz_for_the_week_4.html"

total guess on the $1000 fine for eating __________ and an informed guess on the first woman own what questions

9/5/2013 2:03:21 PM

Missed the Zimmerman question eh? Too bad, could have been a pretty epic score, though 485 is already pretty badass.

9/5/2013 3:01:51 PM

i'll raise you http://www.sporcle.com/games/g/simpsons

only 28/63. very dissappointed that I couldn't remember some character's names!

9/5/2013 3:23:33 PM

^^I got them all but the last with a total score of 477. I didn't realize it was timed at first.

I don't pay attention to the news so I just had to guess the most plausible answers for most of them.


I don't feel like a badass.

9/5/2013 3:48:08 PM

I AM TEH SMRT! S M R T!

o wait, s m a-r-t

9/5/2013 4:40:37 PM

I quit after 3rd question

9/5/2013 5:06:08 PM

some of my questions seemed to be more trivia than current events

i mean, i know nigeria is one of the most populous countries...but you get strikes against your "news IQ" for not recognizing their population distribution chart?

9/5/2013 5:29:48 PM

indeed you do

there are important societal differences between Nigeria (overwhelmingly young), the US (balanced but aging), the Netherlands (even more heavily aged), and Japan (overwhelmingly elderly), all based on their population pyramids

9/5/2013 7:52:12 PM

http://blog.constitutioncenter.org/2013/09/pop-quiz-10-basic-constitution-questions/


I got 80%. I didn't know #5 and #6

9/17/2013 3:34:09 PM