OT Thread XV: Too Deep For You

[Krams]

Snagged this from the Lounge OT thread.
Interesting quiz: http://www.isi.org/quiz.aspx?q=FE5C3...3-072BB31E2692

You answered 21 out of 33 correctly — 63.64 %

Made some incredibly stupid mistakes.

 

[nyrpassion]

Made some incredibly stupid mistakes.

damn. nice job! Same with me, I screwed up on the WWII question, I read it as, who were enemies in WWII, not who were our enemies.

Also didn't get this: http://www.americancivicliteracy.org/2008/additional_finding.html
are politicians just dumber? Because that would explain alot

 

[Krams]

Taking AP Macroeconomics and AP US Politics/Gov really helped me with that.

 

[Killem Dafoe]

that's when you know you're old

Right? I feel like this guy..

 

[BlueshirtBlitz]

If only Frank the Tank was a real person, my college partying experiences would be much less dull.

 

[*Bob Richards*]

72.73%

Meh.

 

[The Gloaming]

Woo!

You answered 29 out of 33 correctly — 87.88 %

 

[Boruto]

As a canadian, I failed the civic thingy.

 

[Krams]

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.

 

[Krams]

Totally misread the Lincoln/Douglas question and accidentally selected the wrong choice for the FDR one.

 

[Kakko]

wtf. i leave for a few hours and miss like 10 pages. gotta catch up. interested in this quiz. probably gonna gte >50

 

[Krams]

Would it be okay to take a Political Compass test and post the results here? No need for debate, would just be interesting.

 

[*Bob Richards*]

At least I scored higher than the average which is an abysmal 49%.

 

[nyrpassion]

Haha, I'm not even American either Czech me out

 

[The Gloaming]

So only 57% of elected politicians know what the electoral college is?

 

[nyrpassion]

Would it be okay to take a Political Compass test and post the results here? No need for debate, would just be interesting.

I'll do that too. haha

 

[*Bob Richards*]

Would it be okay to take a Political Compass test and post the results here? No need for debate, would just be interesting.

As long as we simply analyze what is posted and not delve into a debate on where everyone stands in the spectrum, I see no problems.

 

[Kane One]

So only 57% of elected politicians know what the electoral college is?

Is it the college they elected to go to?

 

[Boruto]

Can anyone explain PayPal to me? and the experiences you've had with it.

 

[The Gloaming]

Is it the college they elected to go to?

Do I have a chance at this college?

Where do I apply?

 

[nyrpassion]

 

[Krams]

http://www.politicalcompass.org/test

 

[nyrpassion]

Can anyone explain PayPal to me? and the experiences you've had with it.

paypal is amazing. use it anywhere I can. what do you need? have you set up the account yet?

 

[nyrpassion]

http://www.politicalcompass.org/test

interesting
I'm so communist

 

[Krams]

So only 57% of elected politicians know what the electoral college is?

You have to remember that these 'elected politicians' are probably mostly losers who got elected to serve on their local town board.