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    Posted: 22 November 2008 at 2:17pm
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20081120/tod-us-officials-flunk- test-of-amerian-h-f62056d.html

Quote US elected officials scored abysmally on a test measuring their civic knowledge, with an average grade of just 44 percent
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US officials flunk test of Amerian history, economics, civics


I don't know much about that myself.

But seriously, that is very sad.
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Wow, that's the headline.

Editor fail
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Who took the test?
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Maybe that's how those tossers spell America? Kinda like how they spell color wrong ;)

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Heres the test, not sure what I scored because my internet died on me after I hit submit but it wasn't that hard.
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i got an 81%
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Quote 13)   Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and Aquinas would concur that:

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17)   Sputnik was the name given to the first:




The hell?


Half these questions have little to nothing to do with US history, and some can be a blanket for any 1st world countries civics...

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i was kinda wondering that myself.
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Too long, I gave up.
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90%
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88%.  Given the questions, the scores reported in that article are pathetic.
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What an odd collection of questions - some of which were quite subjective (or at least relative) indeed. 

And I can see how most Americans would miss a lot of them - much of this is stuff that is covered in PolySci classes and law school, and not many other places.  Can't blame a chemical engineer for not know a bunch of these.

Now lawmakers, that's another thing entirely.

29/33 for me.
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60.61%

Of course, I am not American and have never heard of half the things on there.
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dont feel bad carl, you still scored better then the average american....

i can understand how people wouldnt know some of them, but less then half is pretty pathetic...
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30 out of 33. I don't understand some of the low scores, I ain't 'xactly known for blindin' 'em with teh brilluntz ;)
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Originally posted by Bruce Banner Bruce Banner wrote:

29/33 for me.


Woo hoo . . . I scored the same as Bruce.  I'ze da smartz bomb!
(It works out to an 87.8787 . . .  but I rounded up.)

Originally posted by adrenalinejunky adrenalinejunky wrote:

dont feel bad carl, you still scored better then the average american....


. . . but we're still not inviting you to join our side. 


Edited by Mack - 22 November 2008 at 7:06pm
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