American Civics test - how well do you know the USA?
andyt @ Fri Jan 14, 2011 2:28 pm
Thanos Thanos:
28 of 33, 84.blah-blah%. Some of the questions, especially the economic ones, seemed more from the Chamber of Commerce guidebook than from any sort of objective and factual textbook.
Exactly. Is this a real civics test or some sort of indoctrination instrument? Who are the people that put this out - part of Fox News?
coaster_dot @ Fri Jan 14, 2011 3:06 pm
88%
But I just took a class that reviewed almost all of this stuff last semester 
Regina @ Fri Jan 14, 2011 3:51 pm
OKAY back on topic or this is locked ASAP.
xerxes @ Fri Jan 14, 2011 9:00 pm
You answered 32 out of 33 correctly — 96.97 %
Average score for this quiz during January: 74.2%. 
Arctic_Menace @ Fri Jan 14, 2011 10:34 pm
You answered 27 out of 33 correctly — 81.82 %
Average score for this quiz during January: 74.2%
Hyack @ Sat Jan 15, 2011 12:52 am
$1:
You answered 26 out of 33 correctly — 78.79 %
Surprised myself, some questions were total no brainers, some answers were just good guesses.
desertdude @ Sat Jan 15, 2011 4:00 am
You answered 22 out of 33 correctly — 66.67 %
Not too shabby for someone who hates history and has never studied American history beyond the 1900's and very little at that too.
Some were just general knowledge. Like sputnik ?
Guy_Fawkes @ Sat Jan 15, 2011 4:38 am
You answered 23 out of 33 correctly — 69.70 %
Meh, I guess I dont pay enough attention to American history. Still my average is pretty close the American one.
desertdude @ Sat Jan 15, 2011 4:44 am
Well then your just as American as the Americans. My case is special having never set foot on the American continent. 
Well then maybe those Jay leno jaywalking videos really arn't too off !
Mustang1 @ Sat Jan 15, 2011 4:45 am
Thanos Thanos:
28 of 33, 84.blah-blah%. Some of the questions, especially the economic ones, seemed more from the Chamber of Commerce guidebook than from any sort of objective and factual textbook.
"You answered 30 out of 33 correctly — 90.91 %
Average score for this quiz during January: 74.3%
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And you're dead-on about some of the economic questions.
GreenTiger @ Sat Jan 15, 2011 8:45 am
desertdude desertdude:
You answered 22 out of 33 correctly — 66.67 %
Not too shabby for someone who hates history and has never studied American history beyond the 1900's and very little at that too.
Some were just general knowledge. Like sputnik ?
Not too shabby for someone who hates history and has never studied American history beyond the 1900's and very little at that too.
Some were just general knowledge. Like sputnik ?
Good point. What does Soviet space history have to do with American Civics?
martin14 @ Sat Jan 15, 2011 8:52 am
GreenTiger GreenTiger:
desertdude desertdude:
You answered 22 out of 33 correctly — 66.67 %
Not too shabby for someone who hates history and has never studied American history beyond the 1900's and very little at that too.
Some were just general knowledge. Like sputnik ?
Not too shabby for someone who hates history and has never studied American history beyond the 1900's and very little at that too.
Some were just general knowledge. Like sputnik ?
Good point. What does Soviet space history have to do with American Civics?
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Brenda @ Sat Jan 15, 2011 8:58 am
You answered 24 out of 33 correctly — 72.73 %
Not bad for a European at 8 am on a Saturday morning...
Arctic_Menace @ Sat Jan 15, 2011 9:05 am
And the Americans themselves don't know some of this stuff? I mean sure, I randomly guessed on a handful, but jeez... 
Arctic_Menace @ Sat Jan 15, 2011 9:05 am
Double post.