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Title: How up on current news are you?
Post by: joiei on July 19, 2008, 10:40:47 PM
Here is a little test (//%22http://pewresearch.org/newsiq/%22) to test how current your knowledge of the news is.  I scored a 91, not perfect.  I missed the question about the Dow.
Title: How up on current news are you?
Post by: we vs us on July 20, 2008, 06:19:44 AM
I scored 97; I knew the question about the Dow.  

The scoring is kind of weird.  They rank you according to a national percentile, rather than giving you a hard individual score.  So I scored a perfect 12 of 12 questions, but still rank at 97%. A tad annoying if you were hoping to get "%100" in red pen and a scratch and sniff sticker on your paper [;)]
Title: How up on current news are you?
Post by: RecycleMichael on July 20, 2008, 07:36:33 AM
I got 12 out of 12. I watch the news all the time.

I almost missed the sex question. I tried to answer "in favor".
Title: How up on current news are you?
Post by: pmcalk on July 20, 2008, 07:54:08 AM
I got 12 out of 12--the 97% means that you along with 3% of the country know all of the answers.  I think its a little sad that more people know the answer to the talk show host than any other question.
Title: How up on current news are you?
Post by: MDepr2007 on July 20, 2008, 10:38:35 AM
It could also be saying you are dumb enough to beleive eveything you hear on the news [:o)]

With local news in Tulsa you have to watch at least 3 to hopefully hear one correct version. Then you are just guessing which one was even closest.
Title: How up on current news are you?
Post by: Hoss on July 20, 2008, 10:56:43 AM
quote:
Originally posted by MDepr2007

It could also be saying you are dumb enough to beleive eveything you hear on the news [:o)]

With local news in Tulsa you have to watch at least 3 to hopefully hear one correct version. Then you are just guessing which one was even closest.



that's usually pretty easy.  Whichever version didn't come from Fox Spews you can usually eliminate as journalistic.

[:o)]
Title: How up on current news are you?
Post by: Ed W on July 20, 2008, 11:50:02 AM
Phooey!  I missed TWO.  One of them was "Who's the leader of the Free World?" and I answered, "Why, me, of course."  But I forgot that's on my home planet, not this one.
Title: How up on current news are you?
Post by: cannon_fodder on July 21, 2008, 09:04:37 AM
I rule K-PAX.

Missed the DOW one.  Price Is Right has me conditioned to answer the question without going over.
Title: How up on current news are you?
Post by: Conan71 on July 21, 2008, 10:38:57 AM
Bosnia tripped me up.

Imagine that, people on here being well-informed and interested in news. [;)]
Title: How up on current news are you?
Post by: dbacks fan on July 21, 2008, 11:35:46 AM
91%, missied the Bosnia question.
Title: How up on current news are you?
Post by: grahambino on July 21, 2008, 11:56:51 AM
91%
Title: How up on current news are you?
Post by: jne on July 21, 2008, 02:03:30 PM
I only missed the DOW one, but I missed it BIG:)