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For all you brainiacs out there
Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2013 9:38 pm
by baldeagle
Take this test and see how you do. -
http://www.isi.org/quiz.aspx?q=FE5C3B47 ... 2BB31E2692" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I missed one question. You answered 32 out of 33 correctly — 96.97 %
Full Civic Literacy Exam (from our 2008 survey)
Are you more knowledgeable than the average citizen? The average score for all 2,508 Americans taking the following test was 49%; college educators scored 55%. Can you do better? Questions were drawn from past ISI surveys, as well as other nationally recognized exams.
Re: For all you brainiacs out there
Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2013 10:09 pm
by SATX-Scrub
You answered 27 out of 33 correctly — 81.82 %
Apparently I know stuff.
Re: For all you brainiacs out there
Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2013 10:12 pm
by Jumping Frog
Darn Pilgrims messed me up.
Re: For all you brainiacs out there
Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2013 10:23 pm
by baldeagle
Jumping Frog wrote:Darn Pilgrims messed me up.
For me it was taxes, which is kind of apropos.
Re: For all you brainiacs out there
Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2013 10:36 pm
by K.Mooneyham
You answered 32 out of 33 correctly — 96.97 %
The levee one got me. The correct answer seemed a little too "slick".
This little nugget of information was particularly telling on "officeholders":
Only 32% can properly define the free enterprise system, and only 41% can identify business profit as “revenue minus expenses.”
No wonder our economy is so messed up.
Re: For all you brainiacs out there
Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2013 10:49 pm
by MeMelYup
After you take the test go to this page for some interesting info.
http://www.americancivicliteracy.org/20 ... nding.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Re: For all you brainiacs out there
Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2013 10:51 pm
by AEA
Too boring to participate in for me.
I am turned off and frankly tired of Govt. in any form, Federal, State and Local.
Re: For all you brainiacs out there
Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2013 11:00 pm
by jimlongley
29 out of 33 correctly — 87.88 %
And I had the right answer to two and picked the wrong one after reconsideration, something that as a technical trainer I have told me students not to do, over and over.
Re: For all you brainiacs out there
Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2013 11:04 pm
by tiviti
I missed: "The phrase that in America there should be a “wall of separation” between church and state appears in:"
Re: For all you brainiacs out there
Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2013 11:05 pm
by baldeagle
jimlongley wrote:29 out of 33 correctly — 87.88 %
And I had the right answer to two and picked the wrong one after reconsideration, something that as a technical trainer I have told me students not to do, over and over.
The biggest problem each of us has is being human, n'est pas?
Re: For all you brainiacs out there
Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2013 11:16 pm
by Rrash
31/33, but I guessed correctly on a couple.
Re: For all you brainiacs out there
Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2013 11:48 pm
by Pacifist
I missed a couple of history questions, one of which had to do with FDR, the Lyndon B. Johnson/Jimmuh Carter/B. Hussein Obumbler of his time, so I am not at all displeased.
Results
You answered 31 out of 33 correctly — 93.94 %
Re: For all you brainiacs out there
Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2013 12:24 am
by talltex
29 out of 33 correctly _ 87.88% missed on: public good/ levee, tax equals spending ( picked zero debt-which would be correct if only referring to a specific year), Supreme Court vs. Roosevelt, Lincoln debate
Re: For all you brainiacs out there
Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2013 12:44 am
by Medic624
Results
You answered 27 out of 33 correctly — 81.82 %
The levee one, the supreme court one and three others (obviously)
Even though I beat the average ... Maybe I should do some reading?!?
Re: For all you brainiacs out there
Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2013 2:53 am
by paperchunker
Results
You answered 33 out of 33 correctly — 100.00 %
Got them all..
