A Post September 11th Quiz

[Melusine]

Originally posted by Zero Alpha:but i dont see how non americans are supposed to know any of that stuff anyway.

So you don't feel like knowing anything that happens outside of your own country, Zero Alpha? That's a little short-sighted, isn't it? It's kind of healthy to take an interest in the world around you, at the least on a superficial level. And 9-11 was not just about America.

It's true some questions were hard to answer if you are not American - like Pritchke I had trouble with for instance the question that listed several Senators and some were mentioned more than once. But others were not too difficult, even if you're not from the USA. I scored 70% BTW, but I had to guess at some of them.

[ 07-18-2003, 05:21 PM: Message edited by: Melusine ]

[johnny]

Thanks for taking our quiz. You answered 75% of the questions correctly.

Hm, not bad.

[Azred]

I scored 65; not too bad, I suppose. There are many university students here in America, though, who wouldn't even know who Henry Kissinger is....

[Xen]

Originally posted by Cerek the Barbaric: I only got 50%. [img]graemlins/blush.gif[/img] The fact that I rarely watch any national or international news accounts for many of the questions I missed.

[Grojlach]

Originally posted by Azred: There are many university students here in America, though, who wouldn't even know who Henry Kissinger is....

Wasn't Henry Kissinger the bad guy in Joseph Heller's Good as Gold?

[Grojlach]

Scored 85%. Failed on question number 1 (the senator question), 6 (the declining statesmen) and, to my surprise, on 14. Until now, I'd never even heard of that 1 dollar discount per barrel of oil... [img]graemlins/uhoh1.gif[/img]
Had a few lucky guesses as well, but I suppose I did reasonably well. [img]smile.gif[/img]

[khazadman]

I scored a 75. I did badly on the true or false.

[Kakero]

I score 50%, that's quite a suprise for me as I never watch any world news and I don't know anything what happened in US.

[wellard]

Originally posted by Kakero: I score 50%, that's quite a suprise for me as I never watch any world news and I don't know anything what happened in US.

Which proves you can learn a lot from the posts on Ironworks [img]tongue.gif[/img]


P.S. i only got 70% [img]graemlins/blush.gif[/img] and I read time magazine and U.S. papers all the time.

[Gab]

My score was 60%. I consider this a good score because I'm no American. I knew a whole lot about the sept.11 attacks. Honestly, way too many questions were American oriented.