Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder Apparently, unsurprisingly, not as much as you would hope. <a href="http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1804/political-news-quiz-iq-deficit-defense-spending-tarp-inflation-boehner" target="_blank">http://pewresearch.org/pubs/18...-boehner</a>
Originally Posted By gadzuux >> You correctly answered 11 out of the 12 possible questions, which means you did better on the quiz than 98% of the general public. << I messed up on the 'what consumes most of the annual budget' question.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<Here's Your Score: You correctly answered 11 out of the 12 possible questions, which means you did better on the quiz than 98% of the general public.>> I also messed up on the annual budget question.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper I got 10 out of 12 but am not surprised by the two that I missed. Inflation rate and the India/Pakistan relations. I was surprised I got the Google operating system right. Admitted guess.
Originally Posted By utahjosh I got 10 out of 12 as well. Missed on India/Pakistan and the TARP payback.
Originally Posted By andyll 12 of 12. Got lucky on the prime minister. (only name I reconized) The breakdowns were interesting. Hate to say it ladies... but your scores were lower on every question. Young and non-educated did lousy. Surpised that across the board all groups did equally poorly on defense spending.
Originally Posted By FaMulan Weird, the overall said I got 10 of 12, but the question-by-question shows I only missed the amount of inflation. :-/
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Got all 12, but even though I knew the inflation rate was near 1%, it still felt weird to check that one. It doesn't FEEL right, even if it is right.
Originally Posted By utahjosh I'm glad we are all so much more intelligent and informed than the dirty general public.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 I don't think you need to be that smart to score well on that test. But Josh'd snideness aside, it is kind of disconcerting that so many people DO seem uninformed. And basing their opinions on their uninformed beliefs.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan Woo hoo! 12/12. One of the few places being a news junky pays off. (Because it sure as Hell doesn't do the ol' blood pressure any good at all, I can tell you.)
Originally Posted By barboy2 I got 3 out of 11--- not too shabby eh! I guess all that FOX news, which Wife watches nightly, I hear coming from the family room has paid off nicely.
Originally Posted By Mr X Also 11 out of 12, and I too screwed up the spending question...should've been on my toes more since others have mentioned it, my confusion (stupidly confused, really) was in thinking that Medicare included all of S.S., which if so I believe does amount to more spending than the military but only by a little (paying the interest is in third, I think).
