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Are you smarter than a (American) politician?
- Thread starter Misty
- Start date
You answered 31 out of 33 correctly — 93.94 %
Must...beat...Caelum...!
Must...beat...Caelum...!
I FUCKING BEAT YOU. You always made fun of me for not being able to spell in high school, but I win this battle!
25 of 33--not bad for being three years removed from a history course. I'll take that.
You still can't spell...but I concede defeat.
Haha, I got like 30.30%
but I'm Canadian, so they don't teach us this stuff ?_?
but I'm Canadian, so they don't teach us this stuff ?_?
Score: 98% (1 wrong)
Age: 20
Country: US
Missed 33, don't know if its because I got tired of reading at 2 AM or just don't know it.
Can't say I'm surprised, government/history stuff has just come naturally to me, I've gotten 97% or higher in all my high school history classes, and in my first day of government the teacher had us take a citizenship test and I was the only one who would've become a citizen. I really don't get it because I never read the textbooks and I never paid attention during class because I always knew what the teacher was talking about before they even said it. Other people always wondered why I knew everything about history and government and I would always reply "I have no idea." This stuff is just second nature to me for some reason.
Age: 20
Country: US
Missed 33, don't know if its because I got tired of reading at 2 AM or just don't know it.
Can't say I'm surprised, government/history stuff has just come naturally to me, I've gotten 97% or higher in all my high school history classes, and in my first day of government the teacher had us take a citizenship test and I was the only one who would've become a citizen. I really don't get it because I never read the textbooks and I never paid attention during class because I always knew what the teacher was talking about before they even said it. Other people always wondered why I knew everything about history and government and I would always reply "I have no idea." This stuff is just second nature to me for some reason.
You answered 24 out of 33 correctly — 72.73 %
Oh well, could of done better :/
Oh well, could of done better :/
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/11/24/19759/556/144/665985
just an intersting analysis of the quiz
just an intersting analysis of the quiz
Some of the questions definitely have a disingenuous spin, although it's not that hard to find the 'expected' answer for most of them. It's pretty clear from looking at the books section of the ISI site that they're a bunch of wingnuts, so the bias here is rather subtle in comparison. Anyway, I wouldn't take this quiz very seriously to begin with beyond being an internet conversation piece.
82%
By the way, 164 of the two-thousand-some-odd people who took the test claimed to have, at some point in their life, held elected political office. That means any sap who claimed to have done anything political now can lower the scores.
By the way, 164 of the two-thousand-some-odd people who took the test claimed to have, at some point in their life, held elected political office. That means any sap who claimed to have done anything political now can lower the scores.
96.97%
I am ashamed that I did not get a 100. Also, what SSBMRoy said is true; it's pretty easy to get the answer from the aim of the question, except in cases where the question simply asks for fact recall. Although of course, no online quiz should ever be taken seriously unless it has real consequences for your life.
Also, a ton of these aren't even specific to the US, so internationals feel free to take it for interest.
I am ashamed that I did not get a 100. Also, what SSBMRoy said is true; it's pretty easy to get the answer from the aim of the question, except in cases where the question simply asks for fact recall. Although of course, no online quiz should ever be taken seriously unless it has real consequences for your life.
Also, a ton of these aren't even specific to the US, so internationals feel free to take it for interest.
Yeah, some of what they picked out in that article was kind of ridiculous, especially when they overlooked this question:
27) Free markets typically secure more economic prosperity than government’s centralized planning because:
A. the price system utilizes more local knowledge of means and ends
B. markets rely upon coercion, whereas government relies upon voluntary compliance with the law
C. more tax revenue can be generated from free enterprise
D. property rights and contracts are best enforced by the market system
E. government planners are too cautious in spending taxpayers’ money
I did manage to get this one right, but only because I was being slightly disingenuous..
Have a nice day.
27) Free markets typically secure more economic prosperity than government’s centralized planning because:
A. the price system utilizes more local knowledge of means and ends
B. markets rely upon coercion, whereas government relies upon voluntary compliance with the law
C. more tax revenue can be generated from free enterprise
D. property rights and contracts are best enforced by the market system
E. government planners are too cautious in spending taxpayers’ money
I did manage to get this one right, but only because I was being slightly disingenuous..
Have a nice day.
