Want a quiz on your political IQ? 12 question quiz here:

[rasputin1952]

http://pewresearch.org/politicalquiz/

I got all 12, but one took some thought as I'm not up the latest from Google.

Enjoy!

:D

[Lucian]

1. I scored better than 98% of the public.

Wow. That's pitiful (and when I say pitiful, I mean the general public is pitiful).

[gateley]

2. I got 11 - got the one about the inflation rate wrong. Other than that, I owe

my stellar score to the hours I while away on DU! :patriot:

[grumgrum]

9. Same with Me -- I'm Canadian so its DU that deserves all the Credit!

Lot of knowledgable people on this board

[de novo]

16. I missed the inflation one, too.

I am amazed that only 46% got right which house the Repugs will be taking in Jan.

[Pendrench]

3. I got 10 out of 12....missed #1 and #7

[gateley]

4. PS -- that was interesting. nt

[grumgrum]

5. I'm Canadian and i got: 11 out of 12 - Top 1% (Americans that dont score Higher is Embarrassing!)

If most of DU (who are American) cant score at 11 or 12 then what does that tell ya if a Canadian knows more about your country than you do :hi:

[activa8tr]

30. I have Aussie friends that know an awful lot about politics in the US, and

UK friends, too. Some of the questions were not really about American politics, tho, like India/Pakistan and the Google phone question.

[Jackpine Radical]

6. 12/12

<smirk>

[Parker CA]

7. 12/12. Amazing that almost 20% knew only 4/12.

[rasputin1952]

14. Those are the regular FOX viewers...

The only things they "know" is the garbage they are fed...;)

[activa8tr]

31. Bush supporters, and Palin supporters probably, too.

They might have scored lower than that.

[smitra]

8. 12/12 too! Level with the top 1% of the adult population, really? n/t

[11 Bravo]

10. 12 out of 12, (but I guessed on the Google question).

[Mimosa]

11. 12 out of 12!!! Yippeee!!!

[JackintheGreen]

12. And I thought I hadn't been paying attention

but 12/12. Whee!

[Kingofalldems]

13. Mr. Perfect

[Uzybone]

15. no reason any one on this site should get less than 11 correct

12/12 here

not surprisingly the fact than most of the TARP money has been repaid was something most respondents were ignorant about.

[Lindsey]

17. 10/12. I missed the inflation one and the Tarp one. n/t

[pnorman]

33. 12/12 here, but I had to make an "educated guess" on TARP.

We're on the honor system here.v Right?

[JoePhilly]

18. Me too ... and what's funny (or sad) is that I have an Andriod based phone.

[denem]

19. Google's Android OS is politics?

That's product placement for Google research. 12/12 I'm a tech head.

[activa8tr]

32. Yeah, that question just didn't belong in a politics quiz

[rasputin1952]

37. I thought that was pretty weird too...

but maybe it was a "control" question...:shrug:

[thereismore]

78. And I missed that one! How sad. nt

[Gothmog]

20. 12 out of 12

This was an interesting test

[flamingdem]

21. 12 out of 12, easy test for political junkies? nt

[Kweli4Real]

22. I missed two questions ...

The one about TARP, but I would protest the choices there's a lot of distance between "paid back all" and "paid back half." The correct answer should have been, frame the framing of the question ... "paid back all"

I also missed the one about spending ... I marked "National defense", but must have hit the tab key before submit.

But PEW should have asked one more: "Where do you get the majority of your news?"

[anakie]

23. 12/12 for this Aussie

nt

[BlueJazz]

24. 11

[slackmaster]

25. 11 right

I missed the one about the biggest federal budget item. I answered interest on the debt.

[rasputin1952]

36. I thought that's what it might be too...

but then I remembered where the Pentagon budget is so huge, cutting it by an 8th would have a dramatic impact...if they could really get rid of all the fraud, waste and abuse, 20% of the pentagon budget could go to so much better things...:D

[boppers]

42. I answered Medicare...

Turns out I was off by 108 billion dollars.

[ChimpersMcSmirkers]

58. I got 11/12 and answered Medicare as well.

[Sky Masterson]

26. 10 out of 12

Which isn't stellar.

[rasputin1952]

35. Look at the dim bulbs that got a lot less than you did...

10 is just fine...:D

[Sky Masterson]

38. No shit!

I may be some-dumb but I'm not plum-dumb! :)

[rasputin1952]

41. ...

:D

[BlueIris]

27. I screwed up on the federal gvmt's reported inflation rate.

1%. Okay.

[Lebam in LA]

28. That's the one I missed

Had no clue whatsoever about google. I guess I could have called the grandkids. I'm sure they would know

[activa8tr]

29. 11 out of 12 isn't so bad, is it?

I can be proud of that.

[Drunken Irishman]

34. I missed the inflation and TARP question.

[frylock]

44. me too

[lunatica]

64. Those are the ones I missed too.

[Blue_In_AK]

39. 11 out of 12 for me.

I missed #9 about TARP.

[Phx_Dem]

40. 12 out of 12!

[PBS Poll-435]

43. 11/12. Missed the trade imbalance question

:banghead:

[Clio the Leo]

45. And be sure to check out how your scores compare to the average...

..... on a question by question basis.

Only 19% know that we've received more than half of the TARP money back ........ OBAMA!!!! BUY A SUPER BOWL COMMERCIAL OR SOMETHIN!!!!

[rufus dog]

46. Crap

Over 1/2 taking the quiz get 5 or less questions correct!

[jillan]

47. I missed the Google smartphone question - haha - that's because I still use a flip-phone.

[Kind of Blue]

48. YAY! 12/12 but kind of easy for DUers. No?

KnR

[Hestia]

49. OMGosh I need a life - I got 12 out of 12

[Third Doctor]

50. I missed two

I actually did better than I thought I would. I'm a bit rusty on the economic details.

[jaysunb]

51. 12 of 12

in the top 1%....but funny, I don't feel any smarter. :shrug:

[csziggy]

52. Well, I did not expect that - I got 12 out of 12!

I have not been keeping up with stuff and flat out guessed about the Google phone question. But I guess I must be keeping up better than I thought.

[tomg]

53. 12 out of 12, but I guessed on

the Google one. I don't even own a cell phone ( I hate them).

[jimlup]

54. I got 11 of 12, missed because of my adult-ADD

I just didn't concentrate enough and missed the last question 'cause I didn't really read it. :mad:

[FlyByNight]

55. 10 of 12 (tripped up on TARP and inflation)

Lots of good scores here, unsurprisingly.

:thumbsup:

[FlyByNight]

56. 10 of 12 (tripped up on TARP and inflation)

Lots of good scores here, unsurprisingly.

:thumbsup:

[REACTIVATED IN CT]

57. I suprised myself by getting all 12 correct

The one about the smartphone was a pure guess as I am a luddite with a 10 year old cell phone

[Misskittycat]

59. 12/12

[lumberjack_jeff]

60. 11, and I shouldn't have missed #12. n/t

[awoke_in_2003]

61. what the hell does Android...

have to do with politics?

[LWolf]

62. I'm one of the 1% of the public that got all 12 correct.

Answered in 5-10 seconds per question, without having to stop and think.

And yet, I watch no tv news or talk, I listen to no radio news or talk, and I don't listen to those that talk about what they heard on tv or the radio.

[lunatica]

63. I'm in the top 4% of the public (96% correct)

And I missed two. This actually surprises me because I thought I would score lower. It's a pleasant surprise though.

[OswegoAtheist]

65. 12/12

Someone with a dummy account at freeperland should post this test and report back.

Oswego "or is that what the 4% who got every question wrong represents?" Atheist

[mikekohr]

66. 12 of 12. Bow down and tell me your not worthy

mike kohr
Bureau County Democrats
http://bureaucountydems.blogspot.com/2010/11/sarah-palin-rips-jfks-famous-religion.html

[TheKentuckian]

67. Here's Your Score: You correctly answered 12 out of the 12 possible questions, which means you did

better on the quiz than 99% of the general public.

[Ramulux]

68. That was really easy

I dont think anyone has any excuse for getting less than 10 of these right, there are one or two that I dont expect everyone to get but the majority are really simple.

[NoPasaran]

69. Twelve out of twelve

Oddly enough, I only get one vote in the next election, same as the guy who gets zero.

[ccharles000]

70. I only got nine right

[Balbus]

72. I applaud you for your honesty.

[Balbus]

71. self-delete

[Kaleva]

73. Aced it. Thanks to DU!

As I keep up on the current events and political discussions mostly on DU.

[juajen]

74. I got all questions correct. NT

[trusty elf]

75. Answered them all correctly...

and that's better than 99% of the country? :wow:

[Sancho]

76. 12 right..not too hard...

but most DUer's should do pretty well...

[laylah]

77. 11...I missed the inflation rate question. nt

[tilsammans]

79. 11/12 n/t

[Carnage251]

80. 11/12 Missed inflation rate question

98 percentile

[RockaFowler]

81. I got 11 right

I missed the inflation question.

[yesphan]

82. 11/12

Missed the inflation question because I misread it.
That's what i get for scanning.

[XemaSab]

83. I got 11 right

I missed the TARP question. :P

[Carnage251]

84. Somebody post the quiz on the free republic

[MrsCorleone]

87. Already posted.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2631272/posts

[bigwillq]

85. 10

Missed Inflation and Google Phone.

[LeftishBrit]

86. 10/12

I was wrong about the inflation rate (ours is 3% and I thought yours was actually higher), and the amount paid back on TARP (thought it was less than half).