Interesting civics test from 2008

[ErikO]

I got 29 out of 33.

http://www.isi.org/quiz.aspx?q=FE5C3B47-9675-41E0-9CF3-072BB31E2692&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1

[stubshaft]

31 out of 33 not too bad for an old man.

[Bret4207]

31/33 because I disagree with the way 2 questions are presented and their answers.

[jswaff]

30 out of 33. Not bad, since I haven't been in school for almost 40 years.

[cbrick]

31 out of 33 (You answered 31 out of 33 correctly — 93.94 %) and one of those I clicked the wrong button. :(

Not too bad for a high school drop out truck driver that hasn't sat in a class room in nearly 50 years and considering college professors averaged 55% (now why doesn't that surprise me?)

Rick

[Uncle R.]

32.
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And yeah - I agree with Bret. My "wrong" answer was correct, factual, accurate - but it wasn't what they wanted.
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Uncle R.

[fecmech]

For me 31 out of 33. Missed the Puritan and tax= spending questions. I bit on the zero dept answer. Us Cast Boolit people are smart as#$%es!

[midnight]

Got 30 of 33. One I knew the right answer but didn't read carefully enough (an old habit of mine) and there was another one I just plain disagree and the other one I didn't have a clue and guessed wrong. I guess we here on the forum are some pretty smart fellers.

Bob

[lbaize3]

28 of 33 for me. Old age is dimming those last few brain cells entirely too quickly.....

[cbrick]

Na, were not smarter. Younger folks today aren't stupid, what they are by design and intent is very un-educated. When you have no idea of such things as asked in that quiz how could you possibly know when or even if your rights are taken away.

Rick

[btroj]

I only got 26. I don't know my ancient philosophers or some of the other things asked. I do consider myself pretty well versed on our government and political system.

Kids today may not know civics as well as the older generations but they are learning things that were not known when some of our members were in school. The differences between the high school chem class I took in 83 and what my daughter got a couple years ago was amazing. They learned things I never did. And this is in the same school district.

Don't confuse lack of knowledge in a certain area with a general lack of knowledge.

[44fanatic]

24/33...some of the questions hadnt really seen before.

[stubshaft]

Let's send it to jughead and see what he scores.

[jpatm2]

28 out of 33, I guess it's not too bad.

[DLCTEX]

30 of 33. Didn't know what FDR threatened and don't recall ever hearing of it. I got lucky guessing what the Philosophers thought.

[chief3]

I got 31 and agree that one of their answers was wrong.

[Crawdaddy]

I suck... 25 out of 33. How could I confuse square deal with new deal. Guess I have been reloading too much.

[Dale in Louisiana]

31 out of 33. And my ninth grade civics teacher would ALMOST be proud of me.

dale in Louisiana

[NVcurmudgeon]

31 of 33 (93.94%) But I'm old, hate television, read a lot, and have been a political junkie since I sat up late into the night with my mother to hear the 1944 Presidential election results.

[Harter66]

28/33

2nd guessed myself on 2 questions. I loathe politics ,as a result I blew the of the/by the/for the/people and the FDR threat . I should also be firmly tongue lashed for bill of rights confusion.

I was more a physical history kid. I asked why,where and what far more often than who or when. I mean who really remembers WWIs final trigger was an assainated duke ......barron(?). Just how I work I guess.the greeks were easy 2 answers didn't exsist in their era and 1 of them is credited w/"I think therfore I am".

[midnight]

NVcurmudgeon - I probably was up that night in 44 but my Ma was probably changing my diapers ( the real cloth ones). I did stay up all night in 64 watching Barry lose. The start of our long slide down to where we are now. We can be quite proud of our members scores on this quiz. Even the lowest scores reported here are much higher then the median.

Bob

[Charley]

30 of 33.

[bob208]

it is not a real testit does not the press 2 for spainish.

[ErikO]

Let's send it to jughead and see what he scores.

Based on their results, bet he'd do 'not well'. lol

Seems like I'm the median here, makes me feel good. :)

[MT Gianni]

30 0f 33.

[archmaker]

30 out of 33, and two of them I should have known. I think the result table is interesting, and IF true . . . .sad.

[Rick N Bama]

28 of 33, it amazes me how brilliant some of you guys are.

Rick

[Matt_G]

29 of 33 for me.

[clong]

32 of 33.

[LuvMy1911]

30 of 33... mis-read one them too.

[AggieEE]

28 out of 33 for me. three or four questions covered stuff we never covered in school. Like I know Plato was a Greek phylosipher (sp) but not what he said on subjects. Still better than a college prof;-) AggieEE

[M1A4ME]

29 out of 33. Got some right I guessed at and got some wrong I thought I had right.

No changes from the usual. I've been out of school since 1984 (finished college after a tour in the Army) so its pretty sad to think so many people that are supposed to be educated get such low scores as reported at the start of the test.

[Shooternz]

Well I got 20 or 60.61% but I am a foreigner and live off shore.
Robert .

[GRid.1569]

Well I got 20 or 60.61% but I am a foreigner and live off shore.
Robert .

19 but in my defence I'm a foreigner also...

lots of the political structures ?'s dragged me down....

[palmettosunshine]

29 out of 33. 87.88%