11-23-2008, 10:26 AM | #1 | |
Lord Soth
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Are You Smarter Than a Politician?
The Intercollegiate Studies Institute surveyed over 2500 people with a 33 question multiple-choice quiz about the federal gov't and American history. Although the average score was 49%, people who had been elected to some office only averaged 44%.
From the summary page. Spoiler warning -- some of the info on that page reveals test answers. Quote:
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11-23-2008, 11:30 AM | #2 |
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Re: Are You Smarter Than a Politician?
I got 87.88%, 4 wrong out of 33.
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11-23-2008, 12:54 PM | #3 |
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Re: Are You Smarter Than a Politician?
You answered 28 out of 33 correctly — 84.85 %
Learn something new everyday.
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11-23-2008, 02:53 PM | #4 |
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Re: Are You Smarter Than a Politician?
96,67%; only one I didn't get was the philosophy one, and I had a real 'Doh!' moment when I saw the correct answer. Some real stinkers among those, by the way. Had to take my time reading all of these very carefully before answering them. They made sense in the end, though.
Not American, by the way. Although I probably know more of US civics than of the one of my own country... Last edited by Papa Schlumpf; 11-23-2008 at 03:20 PM. |
11-24-2008, 12:10 AM | #5 |
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Re: Are You Smarter Than a Politician?
84.85%, 28 of 33.
At least I'm smarter than a politician...
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11-28-2008, 10:58 AM | #6 | |
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Re: Are You Smarter Than a Politician?
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11-29-2008, 11:04 PM | #7 |
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Re: Are You Smarter Than a Politician?
54%. I'll take that seat in congress now.
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11-30-2008, 09:30 AM | #8 |
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Re: Are You Smarter Than a Politician?
No! Reason being, regardless of a fictitious test which can be conducted online, have some even greater fictitious results posted, and without a validated source mind you, can claim anything it wants. Ah, the power of the internet. Furthermore, a politician has managed to outsmart all of us! We might have a good score, or even a fictitious score posted, but a politician is in office, and we are here on IW.
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11-30-2008, 12:26 PM | #9 | |
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11-30-2008, 06:39 PM | #10 | |
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