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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 01:53 PM Original message |
Are You a Dumb American? |
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meegbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
1. One-FUCKIN'-hundred ... |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 11:31 AM Response to Reply #1 |
62. What meegbear Said! |
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SteelPenguin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
2. If you can't answer those you're not dumb |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 02:01 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. You'd be surprised |
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SteelPenguin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 03:06 PM Response to Reply #4 |
19. That's partly what I mean by the dumbing down |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 04:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
34. Yes, you'd be surprised. For example, the woman that did not know who Betsy Ross was, |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
3. 10/10 |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
5. Crap! I missed two! And I was great in American history... |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 02:03 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Delaware. |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 02:14 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Thank you! And that's what I said, LOL, so I don't know what else I could have missed... |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 02:17 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Don't have HBO but I love Paul Giamatti |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 02:37 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. The only other film I saw him in was "Sideways," and he wasn't very likable in that. |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 03:23 PM Response to Reply #6 |
22. States didn't sign the Declaration of Independence. |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 04:13 PM Response to Reply #22 |
33. Thanks for the correction. |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 04:42 PM Response to Reply #6 |
39. I would argue about 'first state' status. |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 09:54 PM Response to Reply #6 |
43. Not exactly |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 02:20 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. Yea, I got the same |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 02:38 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. I just wish they'd tell me what I missed. |
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SteelPenguin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 03:09 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Here are the answers |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 03:41 PM Response to Reply #20 |
29. Thanks so much! And those were my answers! |
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SteelPenguin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 04:04 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. human error? |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 05:03 AM Response to Reply #31 |
53. For example, "District of California" was an easy one to pick if your weren't... |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 10:48 PM Response to Reply #20 |
47. It didn't tell me how many I got right |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
7. That's 2nd-grade level stuff. If you didn't get 10/10, then you should be ashamed. |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 02:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. ...or English? I got 8/10.... |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 03:39 PM Response to Reply #10 |
28. An English version would be harder, because England has like 100,000 years of history |
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SteelPenguin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 04:07 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. The Magna Carta is what? |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 04:18 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Nicely done! Just 9 more and we've got a quiz. How about: |
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SteelPenguin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 04:35 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. I don't know how dumb I can make them |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
8. No, I failed to be a dumb American. Got all 10 right. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
9. 100% correct n/t |
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tannybogus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
13. The answer to #6 is wrong.. |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 02:40 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Doesn't he represent EVERY branch of the current government?! |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 04:35 PM Response to Reply #13 |
38. the answer to #1 really is wrong |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
18. Got them all right- you'd have to be a duh'murikkan not to. |
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Waiting For Everyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
21. News IQ Quiz from Pew Research |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 03:32 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Speaking as a 100%er on that quiz... |
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bbgrunt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 01:15 AM Response to Reply #23 |
52. very sad that the lowest score was on the number of dead soldiers. nt |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 10:31 AM Response to Reply #52 |
57. Well, actually Harry Reid was the lowest at 24%... |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 05:40 AM Response to Reply #23 |
55. only 28 percent got the number of dead soldiers right ? |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 03:33 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. 100% |
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pansypoo53219 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
24. doidn't give ma a score, tho it was 10/10 |
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Lautremont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
26. It told me I was a Smart American. It was wrong! |
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ProgressiveFool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
27. Um, it said I was a smart American, but didn't show my score anywhere |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 03:42 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Yes. That was the only one I wasn't sure of, but we both got that one right... |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
36. I am a smart American |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 05:36 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. me, too... |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 09:58 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. SALIN! |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 05:24 AM Response to Reply #44 |
54. Zomby!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 11:04 AM Response to Reply #40 |
59. that would be delaware. I lived 20 mins from them |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
41. "You are not a dumb American" 8/10. Not bad for a Canadian. |
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elizfeelinggreat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
42. You Are a Smart American |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
45. Perfect 10 here. |
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KillCapitalism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
46. That shit was too easy. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 11:19 PM Response to Original message |
48. Got 10/10 - really easy test |
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slampoet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 11:42 PM Response to Original message |
49. Why are these question about things only Americans care about? |
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tkmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 12:34 AM Response to Reply #49 |
51. LOL that's a good point |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 05:42 AM Response to Reply #49 |
56. it's connected, if they had more knowledge about our own country |
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slampoet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 11:28 AM Response to Reply #56 |
61. To a point you are right, but mostly I disagree, the problem with learning about US history is that |
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Tindalos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
50. 8/10 |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 10:52 AM Response to Reply #50 |
58. That's okay. We'll spot you a "Delaware" if you'll forgive us a "Nunavut". ;-) |
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varun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
60. 8/10 |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
63. Only 9/10, but in my defence I'm British. |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 11:50 AM Response to Reply #63 |
64. Do You Call July 4th, Good Riddance Day? |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 12:01 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. No, we celebrate it as the anniversary of Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum saving the world. |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 12:34 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. LOL! |
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