Pew News IQ Test

[mjrpes]

What is your news IQ?

http://pewresearch.org/newsiq/

[Peenyuh]

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[Big Kahuna Burger]

Was this the one posted on Digg a few days ago? The one about U.S. politics that the average person got 50% on? I got 11/12 on that. I didn't get the talk show one.

[Dukester]

Here's Your Score: You correctly answered 10 out of the 12 possible questions, which means you did better on the quiz than 83% of the general public.

[Fjoggs]

What does these questions got to do with IQ?

EDIT: Right, 'news IQ'.

[bitWISE]

I did VERY poorly. But I did get some right.

[brisk]

i closed the browser after the first few questions when i realised it was just all about american politics. snore.

[Dr_Watson]

Here's Your Score: You correctly answered 12 of the 12 possible questions along with approximately 3% of the public. You did better than 97% of the general public.

fyi, the questions are pretty geared toward americans...

[scared?]

100%...thx...

[mjrpes]

yeah i forgot most people here aren't american. but i bet most non-americans here could score better than the average american.

[scared?]

lol non-americans...and ppl who score 97% on that test...

[Dr_Watson]

This is sad.

3. Since the start of military action in Iraq, about how many U.S. military personnel have been killed?

Percentage of all adults that knew the right answer (+/- 1000)? :: 28%

[Dr_Watson]

lol non-americans...and ppl who score 97% on that test...

97 = 100

[Κracus]

I got like 35...

[seremtan]

yeah i forgot most people here aren't american. but i bet most non-americans here could score better than the average american.

yeah the amero-centrism was heavy but i still got 91%. think i tripped up on the dow industrial thing

[scared?]

lol moron...

[seremtan]

you didn't know that. you either guessed or looked it up

[Ryoki]

Fuck that, there was one question about international politics, the rest was uninteresting American politics.

I got to the 'Which famous celebrity endorsed Obama, was it dr. Phil or Oprah' and my mouse whooshed over to that little red X at top speed.