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YouTube33 questions about government and politics:
http://www.isi.org/quiz.aspx?q=FE5C3B47-9675-41E0-9CF3-072BB31E2692&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1
I got 29/33 correct, 87.88%
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Rockmastermike
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(sorry alex, I beat ya by one.. :P )
far far more interesting than our scores, though are the small bits of statistical info they give on the page:
"The average score for all 2,508 Americans taking the following test was 49%; college educators scored 55%. " ('college educators' could mean a lot of things)
comparing scores of 2000 normal people taking the test 164 people who report that they have held at least one elected office:
http://www.americancivicliteracy.org/2008/additional_finding.html
And then it gets scary... (bolded emphasis is mine)
"Seventy-nine percent of those who have been elected to government office do not know the Bill of Rights expressly prohibits establishing an official religion for the U.S."
(are you shittin' me?)"Forty-three percent do not know what the Electoral College does. One in five thinks it either “trains those aspiring for higher political office” or “was established to supervise the first televised presidential debates.”"
(really? Really?!)"Officeholders and non-officeholders find it equally difficult to identify the three branches of government. Only 49% of each group can name the legislative, executive, and judicial."
(SRSLY?! WTF! How is that even possible?)ed: digging into this slightly farther: "Founded in 1953, ISI works "to educate for liberty," to nurture in future leaders an allegiance to America's founding principles -- limited government, individual liberty, personal responsibility, the rule of law, the free market economy, and moral norms."
So they may not be affiliated with any particular party, but they do seem to have a particular world view (that's ok, who doesn't?), which explains some of the wording on some of the questions on the quiz where it was fairly obvious which answer they WANT you to take, for example, on particular economics questions where the answer is somewhat a matter of debate. Also why basic business principals such as profit/loss calculation were included in a 'civics' quiz.
Posted 7 months ago # -
alexs
Limestone bluffs of the Scioto
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Yeah I thought that was taking a weird twist on some of those economics questions. And I missed the levee question because I said people don't pay for them while the answer was the government pays for them.
Oh, Sara Palin, let's see what you score on this.
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joshlapp
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Some of those questions were actually really hard! But still "You answered 32 out of 33 correctly — 96.97 %"
Incorrect Answers
Question: If taxes equal government spending, then:
Your Answer: government debt is zero
Correct Answer: tax per person equals government spending per person on averageGrrr hahaha.
Posted 7 months ago # -
lifeontwowheels
Highland West
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joshlapp said:
Some of those questions were actually really hard! But still "You answered 32 out of 33 correctly — 96.97 %"Incorrect Answers
Question: If taxes equal government spending, then:
Your Answer: government debt is zero
Correct Answer: tax per person equals government spending per person on averageGrrr hahaha.
That was one that got me and the Puritans.
31/33 for 93.94%
Anyone want to take a wild guess what my favorite subjects in school were?
Posted 7 months ago # -
StowCbusCleveland
Jackson Township, Canton, OH
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I had to stop and think a few times, but 33/33! Woohoo!
I'd like to give this test to some of my elected officials and see how they do.
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Analogue Kid
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30/33, not bad I suppose....
Posted 7 months ago # -
thefiercelime
the 4th Dimension
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While the civics has been a proven reliable economical means of transportation, I prefer the accord.
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Analogue Kid
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Rockmastermike
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