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Wow, that's sad, I think I missed the one about the Israeli/Iran border but I still did better than 93% of those who took the test.

 

12 of 12 correct. Pretty darn good I say being I don't watch televised news but mostly read newspapers online.

 

Also 12 out of 12...I think not watching TV news is an advantage...

 

Here's Your Score: You correctly answered 12 of the 12 possible questions along with approximately 2% of the public. You did better than 98% of the genera.

As it is said, while ignorance maybe bliss, knowing is half the battle.

 

12 of 12. Thought I'd miss one, but I got 'em all. Don't tell my boss how much time I spend reading the news online. :incazzato:

 

8 0f 12 accurate reflection of how I tune out allot of news due to a feeling of powerlessness and have become almost numb to it.

Hey how bout' them Yankee's!

 

Figures that a Yankees fan would be dumber than the rest of us. =P

Born and raised in New England!

 

I'm even dumber. check out my avatar

Had to pull for the American league. ANYBODY but Philly

 

12 for 12 - but I had to think about two of them.


Here's Your Score: You correctly answered 12 of the 12 possible questions along with approximately 2% of the public. You did better than 98% of the general public.

New rule - those with less than 12/12 aren't allowed to post in this forum.

Tim.
:lol:

 

:cryin::cryin:

Nate.....Nate....The smart guys won't let me play with em' anymore!!!

Guess i'll add 'current events' to my goofing off from work agenda on top of hanging with you miscreants, planning my next mod(s) and keeping up with the national pastime

 

I really wish they would have asked a demographic question about which TV and Radio talk shows you watch/listen to... that would be REALLY interesting....

Who scores better? Olby fans or Beck fans? Limbaugh listeners or Rhodes listeners? Where would those who get their "news" from "The Daily Show" score?

 

Daily Show people probably score the highest...

The Daily Show's Jon Stewart has been selected in an online poll conducted by Time Magazine, as America's Most Trusted Newscaster, post-Cronkite. Matched up against Brian Williams, Katie Couric and Charlie Gibson, Stewart prevailed with 44 percent of the vote.


And to drag this into another current thread...John Stewart sure does wear his Jewishness on his sleeve.

 

Both fans know who Beck is though, even Daily Show people ought to since he gets a cameo on there for something he said or did from time to time. Honestly those who isolate themselves from the news, or are so centered they don't stray from CNN and WSJ for any reason probably struggled with some of them. It's a poll that favors those with heavily slanted views and thus a vested interest in being on top of small facts.

I wonder how many of the people who missed the "Public Option" and "Cap and Trade" questions support universal health care and environmental bills that contain those concepts. They're both really great sounding phrases ("Hey, it's an option, for the public!" "I love my Yankees Cap and used to trade baseball cards as a kid!") that can sure sound attractive with no knowledge of anything else on the matter.

 

I prefer to test my knowledge by listening to NPR's "wait, wait.. don't tell me!"

It's way more entertaining..

 

And you have a chance to win Carl Kasell's voice on your answering machine.

 

Too easy...If ya can't nail that you shouldn't be able to vote...

 

Oh, if only there was a test before you could cast a vote. I don't think it would be such a bad idea. Of course by the time the politicos were done with finalizing the questions that could be asked the only thing a voter could be asked would be his sex and shoe size.

 

Well you couldn't ask his sex because it might be her sex and as far as shoe size, that would leave out the folks with no feet...so quess we're back to where we started....:crazy: