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

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  • FORD
    ROTH ARMY MODERATOR

    • Jan 2004
    • 58754

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

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

    Take the Quiz


    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.
    Eat Us And Smile

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  • FORD
    ROTH ARMY MODERATOR

    • Jan 2004
    • 58754

    #2
    FORD's results:

    Eat Us And Smile

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    • Dr. Love
      ROTH ARMY SUPREME
      • Jan 2004
      • 7825

      #3
      Same.
      I've got the cure you're thinkin' of.

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      • knuckleboner
        Crazy Ass Mofo
        • Jan 2004
        • 2927

        #4
        this one goes to 12...



        (knuckleboner's wheelhouse...)

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        • FORD
          ROTH ARMY MODERATOR

          • Jan 2004
          • 58754

          #5
          Show off!
          Eat Us And Smile

          Cenk For America 2024!!

          Justice Democrats


          "If the American people had ever known the truth about what we (the BCE) have done to this nation, we would be chased down in the streets and lynched." - Poppy Bush, 1992

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          • lesfunk
            Full Member Status

            • Jan 2004
            • 3560

            #6
            I got 9. I'm in the 87th percentile Not bad for someone who gets 100% of their political news from this site.
            http://gifsoup.com/imager.php?id=4448212&t=o GIFSoup

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            • Seshmeister
              ROTH ARMY WEBMASTER

              • Oct 2003
              • 35160

              #7
              11/12

              I got your inflation rate wrong...

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              • Nickdfresh
                SUPER MODERATOR

                • Oct 2004
                • 49136

                #8


                11/12, admittedly with some good guesses (forgot the PM of Sesh's homeland) ...

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                • FORD
                  ROTH ARMY MODERATOR

                  • Jan 2004
                  • 58754

                  #9
                  Originally posted by Seshmeister
                  11/12

                  I got your inflation rate wrong...
                  Yeah, that's the one I missed. Seems though it should be higher than that.
                  Eat Us And Smile

                  Cenk For America 2024!!

                  Justice Democrats


                  "If the American people had ever known the truth about what we (the BCE) have done to this nation, we would be chased down in the streets and lynched." - Poppy Bush, 1992

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                  • FORD
                    ROTH ARMY MODERATOR

                    • Jan 2004
                    • 58754

                    #10
                    Originally posted by Nickdfresh
                    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
                    Eat Us And Smile

                    Cenk For America 2024!!

                    Justice Democrats


                    "If the American people had ever known the truth about what we (the BCE) have done to this nation, we would be chased down in the streets and lynched." - Poppy Bush, 1992

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                    • Dr. Love
                      ROTH ARMY SUPREME
                      • Jan 2004
                      • 7825

                      #11
                      Originally posted by FORD
                      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.
                      I've got the cure you're thinkin' of.

                      http://i.imgur.com/jBw4fCu.gif

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                      • Nickdfresh
                        SUPER MODERATOR

                        • Oct 2004
                        • 49136

                        #12
                        I caught that many economists are now worried about deflation...

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                        • Little Texan
                          Full Member Status

                          • Jan 2004
                          • 4579

                          #13

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                          • Little Texan
                            Full Member Status

                            • Jan 2004
                            • 4579

                            #14
                            I got the one about the unemployment rate and the one about the rate of inflation wrong.

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                            • Nitro Express
                              DIAMOND STATUS
                              • Aug 2004
                              • 32797

                              #15
                              Originally posted by Nickdfresh
                              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!
                              No! You can't have the keys to the wine cellar!

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