Test Your News IQ

[Cooperhawk]

Got 9 out of 12.

This is a terrific test. And it shows results in a number of ways.
It surely indicates that the majority of Americans don't know what's going on.
It's astonishing that so many people got less than half right. The results say that 80% of the (voting) public doesn't have a clue, and that's pretty scaryThere are no tricks here -- just a simple test to see if you are current on your information.
This is quite a good quiz and the results are somewhat shocking.
Test your knowledge with the challenge of 12 questions, then be ready to shudder when you see how others did:

Click here: Test Your News IQ - Pew Research Center < http://pewresearch.org/politicalquiz/quiz/index.php>


http://www.pewresearch.org/quiz/the-news-iq-quiz/

 

[Bob Wright]

7 out of 12. Guess I'd better go read my morning paper.

You see, I just gave up cable!


Bob Wright

 

[graygun]

10/12

 

[5of7]

Well, I got 11 for 12, so I guess I have been watching enough Fox News.... 8)

 

[m657]

"You scored better than 92% of the public, below 4% and the same as 4%."

So just what IS the current federal minimum wage?
And the 'Sunnis in Iran' seems to be wrong:
Islam in Iran - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_Iran Cached
Islam is the religion of 98% of Iranians. 89% of Iranians are Shi'a and 9% are Sunni, most Sunnis in Iran are ... the Muslim population of Iran rose from approx. 40% ...

Then again perhaps I misread the question.

 

[Dan in MI]

86


I think the minimum wage question may be worded poorly, or my memory is bad. Isn't the minimum wage for federal workers different than the "federal" minimum wage?

 

[sfhogman]

11/12.
Not too bad, I guess.

Jeff

 

[RonEgg]

11/12

 

[Bear Paw Jack]

10/12

 

[Fox Mike]

8/12

 

[Rancher Will]

12 out of 12. However, I noticed that the question asking the unemployment rate, was hedged. It carefully asked what the government reported unemployment rate is. The true answer, of course, is not the government "official rate". The true rate is almost double the "Official Rate" since the government does not count those out of work who are not receiving unemployment benefits, nor those who have just dropped out of the market for the reason that they have not been able to find jobs after a long period of time. Also those who have lost full time jobs and are working only part time are not included in the Government "Official Rate".

 

[Rancher Will]

Thinking about "the number of people who do not know what's going on", I wonder if this is not the result of many of those watching the Main Stream News Networks that always distort the "News" and broadcast propaganda rather than news.

I know that if I depended on the TV News Networks I would not have been able to correctly answer some of the questions.

 

[gramps]

10/12. I missed the percentage of people at poverty level( 15%), and the largest portion of the USA's budget (social security)? That I question!
gramps

 

[Colonialgirl]

You answered 10 of 12 questions correctly.
See below to review your responses and compare results with a nationally representative sample of 1,002 adults who took part in our survey. For more findings from the survey, read "From ISIS to Unemployment: What Do Americans Know?"
You scored better than 92% of the public, below 4% and the same as 4%.

 

[Bear Paw Jack]

10/12. I missed the percentage of people at poverty level( 15%), and the largest portion of the USA's budget (social security)? That I question!
gramps

Same ones I missed. Just not sure I believe their answers or the source.

 

[Taterman]

11/12

 

[Wyandot Jim]

You answered 10 of 12 questions correctly.

 

[RVN11B40]

I got nine!

 

[ilikerams]

got 10 of 12, missed the one about the poverty level and about where we spend the most money. Guess I know more about the world than about my own country.

 

[RugerHound]

You scored better than 96% of the public...

11 of 12... I have no idea what I missed! :/

 

[Snake45]

You scored better than 96% of the public, below 1% and the same as 3%.

I missed the one about the current minimum wage. Shouldn't have.

 

[vortecMax]

8 of 12 for me.

 

[pyth0n]

11/12. Missed "the largest portion of the USA's budget (social security)".