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    Question Pew Research News IQ Quiz - What's Your Political News IQ?

    Pew Research News IQ Quiz
    What's Your Political News IQ?

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    To test your knowledge of prominent people and major events in the news, we invite you to take our short 12-question quiz. Then see how you did in comparison with 1,001 randomly sampled adults asked the same questions in a national survey conducted Nov. 11-14, 2010 by the Pew Research Center.

    The Pew Research Center updates the News IQ quiz every few months by conducting a nationwide survey of Americans reached by both landline and cell phones. Each version of the quiz asks a wide range of questions about current events and issues as well as background facts and concepts that are relevant to the news. For an analysis of the findings from the most recent national News IQ survey, read the full summary of findings. (No peeking! If you are going to take the quiz, do it first before reading the analysis.)

    The exact same quiz administered on the telephone survey is replicated here on the website. When you finish, you will be able to compare your News IQ with: the average American, as well as with the scores of men and women; with college graduates as well as those who didn't attend college; with people who are your age as well as with younger and older Americans. Are you more news-savvy than the average American? Here's your chance to find out.

    The full reports from earlier versions of the quiz are also available (See July 2010, January 2010, October 2009, April 2009, December 2008, February 2008, September 2007 and April 2007). The April 2007 report also includes an analysis of how knowledge levels vary according to people's news sources.
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    Same.
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    this one goes to 12...



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    I got 9. I'm in the 87th percentile Not bad for someone who gets 100% of their political news from this site.
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    11/12

    I got your inflation rate wrong...
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    11/12, admittedly with some good guesses (forgot the PM of Sesh's homeland) ...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Seshmeister View Post
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    I got your inflation rate wrong...
    Yeah, that's the one I missed. Seems though it should be higher than that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nickdfresh View Post
    11/12, admittedly with some good guesses (forgot the PM of Sesh's homeland) ...
    You're kidding? You missed that one?

    Admittedly I'd forgotten the guy's name myself until I read that question, but given the other options available, well let's just say you would have to board a Virgin airways flight to Germany and get an airborne view of the Gulf of Mexico to narrow that one down

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    Quote Originally Posted by FORD View Post
    Yeah, that's the one I missed. Seems though it should be higher than that.
    I missed that one too. I think it's cause we've read too many of Nitro's inflation rants.

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    I caught that many economists are now worried about deflation...

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    I got the one about the unemployment rate and the one about the rate of inflation wrong.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nickdfresh View Post
    I caught that many economists are now worried about deflation...

    Deflation is the general decrease of prices. YES! That is happening! Just go home shopping right now and you will see this is the case. Time to buy real estate folks!
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    The Consumer Price Index which the US Government calculates the inflation rate from doesn't take figure the prices of energy and food.

    A more accurate inflation rate would be 8.5%

    http://dshort.com/inflation/inflatio...n-1872-present

    If you are buying a home (in most areas), there is deflation, if you are buying energy and food there is inflation. Also, the government loves to fudge it's balance sheet excluding long-term fixed liabilities like government pensions and social security.

    So government statistics are nice for politicians to rattle off but they aren't very accurate in the real world. Nobody in business would trust them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nickdfresh View Post
    I caught that many economists are now worried about deflation...
    Over here I think inflation is starting to rise because the currency is worth shit. Despite setting off this misery the US ducked this to an degree because the dollar was still seen as a safer bet.

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    11/12, admittedly with some good guesses (forgot the PM of Sesh's homeland) ...
    I'm so used to calling him 'that fucking cunt' I nearly got it wrong myself...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Seshmeister View Post
    Over here I think inflation is starting to rise because the currency is worth shit. Despite setting off this misery the US ducked this to an degree because the dollar was still seen as a safer bet.
    There really isn't a good currency anymore. The US Dollar keeps going because it's the oil reserve currency. The Euro is too new and unproven as is the European Union. The United Kingdom is a mismanaged has been and the British Pound Sterling doesn't command world respect the way it used to. The Japanese Yen might be a good short term park but long term it's just another fiat currency. Nobody trusts the Chinese so the RMB isn't going to be the new world currency either. The Swiss Franc is always good but not enough of them.

    As for long-term investments, nobody has a straight answer because the world financial system is unsustainable on it's current course and the big shake-out hasn't happend. After mucho shit hit s the fan and if you are lucky enough to survive it then who the winner is will be seen.

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